Devon and Bournemouth

As well as spending alot of time at the Olympics and Paralympics in the summer we also went on holiday to Seaton in Devon and then a weekend at our friends hotel in East Cliff, Bournemouth.
2 Days before we went on holiday Adam (3.8yrs) fell and broke his collar bone. This made our holiday extra interesting...

The iCandy came in use for both Adam and Henna! We did a very muddy walk down to the beach on our first day. After a short while Adam couldnt walk much further as his collar bone was hurting him, so Henna went into a sling and Adam went in the jogger, he still fitted into it well! (I will dig out the photo as its on my old phone)

The jogger was also very useful for loading all the beach stuff and protecting Henna from the sun,

Even the wet weather didn't stop our adventre! We went to Dartmouth Castle, and then decided to take a river taxi back to the harbour. Lifting the iCandy down the steps was quite easy as it has a light chasis and seat unit.

Thankfully the weather did brighten up that day.

As you can see we have to take alot of stuff with us, which fits under the jogger with no problem at all!

On our way home from Devon we had 2 nights in Bournemouth. We decided to take our annual trip over to Brownsea Island. To get the jogger on to the boat, we had to collape it into its 2 parts,as the gangway wasn't wide enough. On the island we had a long walk around. Henna enjoying watching the wildlife from the comfor of the jogger

Even with the rough ground and stones on Brownsea island we didnt get a puncture!

Summer ramblings

June and July have yet again been very busy for Henna and her iCandy!

At the being on June Henna had to Great Ormond Street Hospital for tests. On our way to GOSH we had time to visit platform 9 3/4

 

The basket was a great size for putting all the stuff needed for a day in hospital. After a long day at the hospital Henna sleep well in her pram home, which included a tea stop for a very hungry Mummy and Daddy! 

 With the good weather that we had briefly we had a lovely day out to a Anglesey Abbey, which is a Nationa Trust property near Cambridge. The boys decided to play hide and seek - can you spot Adam??

Again the basket was fantastic to fit the pack lunch, sling and waterproofs (well you just never know!) in.

July saw the Olympic touch come through Ware, a town local to us. We took our spot on the road waiting to see the touch. Our good friends at Kards and Krafts put out chairs for the customers, our boys took full advantage of them!

 After these photos were taken the rain came, thankfully the icandy rain cover was quick and easy to put on and prevented little Henna from getting rather damp.

 As July plodded on the weathe began to heat up. I decided on a quick trip to London to take in the olypmic fever. I was very grateful for ther Palm sunshade. This photo was taken from London Bridge looking towards Tower Bridge.

Whilst in London we wandered around the yellow mascot trail, meeting some of Wenlock and Mandavills friends.

I still get stopped by people asking me about the iCandy peach jogger and my thoughts about it. And yes I still say its the best pram I have had.

We have just come back from our family holiday to Devon and Dorset and its had a fantastic adventure!

 

 

Adventures with iCandy peach jogger

Our peach jogger is getting alot of use in this lovely weather!

Henna turned 6months old in April and was eager to be sitting up rather than lying down in the carry cot so we moved her into the seat unit.

When I was setting the straps up for her I initally found it fiddley but soon work out an easy way to thread the straps back through the holes in the seat unit and cosy toes.

I am finding that using the seat unit takes up less space in my car as I am able to stack it ontop of the chassis.

 As Henna is hypermobile she is still not sitting unaided. The seat unit has a number of differnt positions so that she can lie back but still see the world go by.

We spend alot of time out and about. The iCandy peach jogger has an excellent sized basket. for me I can put in a cool bag for a day out, potty, change bag, rain cover and sun shade. (well you never know what the weather will be!)

We are loving the palm sunshade. It is easy to put on and folds away nearly in a handy little bag. The only little adjustment I would make on it if I could would be for there to be a double zip. This way it could be unzipped from the middle and open both ways rather than just one.

 
We are a very active family! So the iCandy peach jogger comes with us. We had a day out to Greenwich recently. This involved lots of different train changes until we reached....

                                                                  The Cutty Sark

Recently we got our first pucture, which I was suprise it last this long as it spends alot of time going on wooy walks! Jeremy fixed it in next to no time and we were back on the road.

We have now had the iCandy peach jogger 12months and still love it!

The Baby Show

On Sunday Henna and I went to the Baby Show at Excel in Docklands. It was lovely to be stopped by so many lovely mummy's to be asking about my opinion on the iCandy peach jogger. They were all grateful to be about to get first hand opionon from a mummy who has been using it for a while. One lady was certain that it was the pram for her.

Carrycot

Henna and I have been getting lots of use out of the iCandy peach jogger with the carrycot on.As we live on top of a hill it makes the walk to and from town a breeze. It pushes and steers perfectly, even on the uneven paths.

The carrycot itself gets the thumbs up. Henna enjoyed sleeping in it both in the house and out walking. Recently she was admitted to hospital for a week. Rather than sleeping in the large cot (we co-sleep at home) I decided that the best place for her to sleep was in her pram. She slept soundly in it.

Thankfully we were discharged from hospital in time for the snow. Rather than staying home and watching the snow fall through the windows we took the peach jogger out on another adventure. In the snow the peach jogger glided through the snow with no problem at all. With other prams that I have had I have had to lock the front wheel in order to get through the snow, but with the peach jogger I didn't.












I have only had to use the rain cover a few times, but it has been simple to put over the carrycot. There is a little flat at the top near the hood that can be opened to allow Henna to hear me chatting to hear more clearly.

We have now being using the iCandy peach jogger for nearly 20weeks now and we are both sleep in love with it!

A synopsis

So last March I ended an online competition to win an iCandy Peach Jogger. I thought nothing of it until Easter Saturday when a bar of chocolate arrive from iCandy. And lo and behold look what I found inside... a GOLDEN TICKET!!

So a few weeks later I get a call from iCandy arranging for all the Golden Ticket winners to go to iCandy University to meet the staff and pick up our new prams!

iCandy University is heaven for someone who loves their prams! We were able to see all the differnt models that iCandy have and also the new Strawberry which wasnt yet released!

Adam was my cheif tester for a few month until Henna arrived! At the time he weighed about 13kg which is below the upper weight for the seat unit. It was great to push with him in it. As I was heavily pregnant over the summer it was far the easiest of my prams to push - I have a McLaren XT and a Quinny Zapp!

The only minor downside I found was that when Adam was sleeping and the hood was open then I couldn't see him as there is no parent window.

I took it on a day out to London, including a trip to Madam Tussards. At Madam Tussards a member of staff took it to the buggy park whilst we walked around the museum. When I went to collect it the 2 members of staff were really impressed with the peach jogger saying it is the best pram they have pushed in a long time. They said that it was easier to steer and felt very light!

With the seat unit on the forward facing position, the shopping basket is very easy to get into and is a great size for my cool bag.

In October our newest tester arrived. Henna was born weighing 8lb 3oz and left the Rosie Maternity Hospital in the iCandy Peach Jogger. The pram was admired as we left as it was differnt from a car seat that other babies where leaving in.