Traditionally in all cultures babies tied to a cloth to the back, hips or front was seen as a convenient way to carry the child. Other baby carriages included cradleboards, baskets, travois and portable cradles. Slings reappeared in the 1960s becoming popular after the launch of the structured soft pack. A frame pack was used to carry toddlers and older babies. The ring sling got popularized in the 1980s. In the 1990s the pouch carriers were launched. Since the Victorian era, prams or perambulators have been in use in the United Kingdom. These have gone out of fashion now with other more comfortable baby carriages becoming available. Today the different kinds of baby carriers that are available in the market includes hip carriers, baby slings, mei tais, frame backpack carriers, the hip and soft front carriers and slings.
A stroller or a buggy is used as a means of transport to carry babies and young kids up to three years of age. This is convenient when traveling. It resembles a chair moving on four wheels. The baby is kept safe and secure in the stroller by means of a harness that holds the baby to the stroller by the waist, shoulders or the legs. There are strollers that offer three point harness and five point harness with the latter being more safe. The stroller is provided with either a foot break or a hand break. Besides the common single stroller for carrying one kid, strollers that can carry two kids side by side or one behind the other are available. Strollers that can carry three children too are now available.
There are many brands of strollers in different designs in the market such as Graco Strollers, Chicco Cortina Travel System Stroller, Kolcraft Strollers, Inglesina Strollers, Rock Star Strollers, Maclaren Strollers, Stokke Strollers and Schwinn Strollers.
There are several kinds of strollers now in the market. There are the umbrella strollers for the older kids. There is neither a sun canopy nor is there storage facility. The padding of the seats too is less. But this makes the umbrella stroller lighter and cheaper. The standard strollers have both the sun canopy as well as large storage compartments. The seats too are well padded. This makes them heavier and costlier. Similar to the standard stroller is the travel system stroller except that it has a car seat. The child can be detached from the stroller with the seat without any disturbance and transferred to a vehicle for instance. The recent entry into the market is the jogging stroller. This is different from the standard strollers with the four wheels being replaced by three wheels which are also bigger. This is to make the stroller firm on rough terrain as well as when being steered at high speed.
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