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| At breakfast on Feb 3, 1996 with Julia in the Snugli | Getting ready to fly home from Shanghai. Julia in the new stroller. |
1996 - 8 month old. Took
the same Snugli. Baby too big. Used Snugli some but purchased an umbrella
stroller at the Friendship Store in Guangzhou. This was great, particularly
during meals when Julia was sleepy.
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| At breakfast on Feb 3, 1996 with Julia in the Snugli | Getting ready to fly home from Shanghai. Julia in the new stroller. |
1999 - We did research on strollers prior to the trip and ended up taking a Manten Piggyback stroller and were thrilled with it. It had been highly recommended by others on various lists. Mary was 22 months, a really good age and size for the backpack mode. We took the stroller over to China in its original box as part of our checked luggage. We tied strong string around the box and used that as a handle. We put some odds and ends inside the box so as not to waste any valuable packing space -- things for the orphanage, etc. We duct taped the box shut, but put the remaining duct tape in the box and taped it in there, so it was available for later in the trip.
Once we got Mary and found out how useful the piggyback stroller was and how much she liked it, we got rid of the box and string and just carried the stroller on the airplanes as a carryon, usually wearing it onto the plane with her in it. (CAUTION: watch out you don't smack the poor kid on the top of a doorjamb!) We were able to walk around, see museums, shop more leisurely, with Mary in the backpack. She could just lean her head over on my neck and take a nap in it whenever she got tired. She could steer me by kicking me in the ribs and would stick her feet in my pockets if she didn't want to be lifted out.
There used to be more about the Manten
Piggyback stroller at their website, but the address is no longer working. In
case it ever returns, it was http://www.piggybackstroller.com/
One issue with the piggyback stroller is
that the child needs to be able to hold up her head. If you have any reservations
about her ability to do that, I would simply pick up a stroller once you are
in China, if you feel
you need one.
We passed our Piggyback stroller
on to another family for another trip to China and they in turn passed
it on to another. I think it has been to China 7 or 8 times by now. Its
use is coordinated by one of the people in charge here in Atlanta FCC.
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| Mary in the Piggyback Stroller with Daddy in front of the Nan Yue King Museum in Guangzhou |
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| Telephoto view of Mary and Daddy in Nanning |
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| Arriving home in Atlanta. Louisa (then 5) and Julia (then 4) pushing their new little sister. |
Marie's Travel Tips for Those Adopting from China
The Cave of Wonders – A Tourist Attraction in Nanning, Guangxi, PRC
The Journey to the West - A Tourist Attraction in Guangzhou, Guangdong, PRC
The Orchid Garden - Another Tourist Attraction in Guangzhou, Guangdong, PRC
CCAI Watl Disney World Reunion - Oct 2000
Kirby's Disney Theme Parks TV for the Week web page
Kirby's China Related TV for
the Week web page on Chinasprout