Going up and down the escalator with the pram

[discoclare]

I do it all the time, If there is a lift..I use it...If not, then I use the escalotors. I never get funny looks, well I don't notice if I do as I dont care what other people think.

I'm with you, if there's a lift I use it but there often isn't. There is a definite divide here on those who live in London and those who don't! Most tube stations don't have step free access (ie a lift) so in the majority you are restricted to stairs where you carry one end of the buggy and (hopefully) a kind member of the public carries the other end (generally in greater London), or the escalators (in central London). I have never seen a sign on the tube saying not to use buggies and everyone does it pretty much. Personally I think it's more scary carrying it up and down stairs than using the escalator.

For those saying it's never too far to go to the lift - it is if there isn't a lift! Makes you wonder how disabled people manage to get around.

 

[pinktaffy]

god i dont like exculaters on my own never mind with a pram. i get terrible scaired of hightes spesh on the really tall ones at the train staion. its lifts or stairs only for me lol

 

[Seity]

I've never seen a sign on an elevator and see people with strollers use them all the time, maybe another one of those US vs UK differences I don't see a problem with it. I've never had to worry about it as the only time I was near an escalator with my LO, I was wearing him. Way easier than having to deal with a stroller.

 

[xbabybumpx]

Never. My DH wanted to do it but I went crazy. He was too lazy to walk towards the elevator, so I carried Omar & he went up with the empty stroller. Would never take such risk.

We are not lazy, we are just being practical.
The wife always says use the lift, but if the escalators is like 10 meters away, why not use them.

Because it is more dangerous to use the escalator - hence the warning signs on some of them.

Are you seriously saying that you are too lazy to walk the extra distance to a lift???

No I am being practical.

you said in your first post that you take the escalater as the lift is too far away. That is lazy not practical

 

[OmarsMum]

Never. My DH wanted to do it but I went crazy. He was too lazy to walk towards the elevator, so I carried Omar & he went up with the empty stroller. Would never take such risk.

We are not lazy, we are just being practical.
The wife always says use the lift, but if the escalators is like 10 meters away, why not use them.

Men I'm scared of escalators, I hate heights, makes me dizzy

 

[pinktaffy]

oh come on theres no need to give the person who made the post a mouthfull and call him lazy. he was asking for oppinions not abuse.

 

[RJsMum]

My MIL used to work the customer information (where they rent out the buggies) at the local shopping centre and told how a mom went on one and the baby slipped out and their clothes got caught and the baby was really injured. I wouldn't chance it on a stair one.

At the same time...the flat ones at the grocery (where there are two levels) I have gone on those because it's just a moving, flat surface and I just lock the wheels so my push-chair stays in one place. 99% of the time DH is with me and he will even stand in front of it as well...but it's even very rare that we shop at the 2-story grocery stores.

 

[xprincessx]

it's exceedingly dangerous - thats why there are warning signs on them saying dont do it

 

[xprincessx]

Never. My DH wanted to do it but I went crazy. He was too lazy to walk towards the elevator, so I carried Omar & he went up with the empty stroller. Would never take such risk.

We are not lazy, we are just being practical.
The wife always says use the lift, but if the escalators is like 10 meters away, why not use them.

Because it is more dangerous to use the escalator - hence the warning signs on some of them.

Are you seriously saying that you are too lazy to walk the extra distance to a lift???

No I am being practical.

so being practical is more important than your baby's safety?
gee some people have no clue!

 

[smokey]

TBH iv never seen any signs saying not to do it.

 

[smokey]

There realy is no need to give the guy grief for asking a question.
Its one of those you do what you feel best and leave me to my doings type thing.
As long they are sensible with it and not like somestupid people iv seen who are only holding on with one hand while on a mobile looking the other way then it is somthing that can be done safely as long as you know your child is straped in, your holding the buggy with both hands properly and your not pissing about at the same time.
Same as with most views just because one person doesnt do it doesnt mean no one should.

 

[venusrockstar]

Wow...I would never do something that puts my baby in danger. There are signs up for a reason.

 

[jennie_78]

No ive never done it, and i never would either. There is just no way id put my LO in any danger so id rather walk the extra to the lift. If there isnt a lift then i dont go up or down stairs.

 

[Sam9kids]

I have done loads of times, and prob would do it again

 

[smokey]

I have done loads of times, and prob would do it again

I would imagine youv had to do it a few times per trip, up down, get the next one

 

[mandylou]

I have done loads of times, and prob would do it again

I would imagine youv had to do it a few times per trip, up down, get the next one

hehehehe

 

[Sam9kids]

I have done loads of times, and prob would do it again

I would imagine youv had to do it a few times per trip, up down, get the next one

hehehehe

Its een worse when theres been no lifts or escalators and we have had a single and double pram to hump up and down stairs!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cleckner04]

My SIL did it and security actually yelled at her. I would never personally do it. I'll walk the extra mile to find an elevator. I will take Emma out of her stroller and hold her while DH holds the stroller up an escalator though.

 

[better2gether]

To be honest, I've done it before many times and without a second thought. I'm always with my OH when using an escalator... We are usually in the mall. I've never seen any signs saying not to.

 

[Lara310809]

People are allowed their own opinions, and I don't think it's fair for someone to have a go at someone else for admitting that they take a buggy on an escalator. I personally think that it's more dangerous taking the baby out of the buggy to go on the escalator, because you should hold them with both hands in case they make any jerky movements (e.g. arching their back). If you are holding onto LO with both hands, then how are you holding onto the handrail? And there's no way I'm going up an escalator only holding her with one hand. And if you then fall, I doubt the baby would get away unscathed, whereas in the buggy at least there is more chance of the frame protecting it from hitting the floor. I would never take LO up an escalator without her being in her buggy, but that's my choice and I don't criticise those that do

I can understand that some of you think it's lazy, but if someone is confident they know how to do it and can protect their LO adequately while doing it, I don't see it as being lazy. I have had to perfect it, because we have about 5 lifts in the whole of Gibraltar, aside from housing blocks, which I don't use. If you have to do it, you find ways of making it safe. My HV, paediatrician, GP etc is all located on the second floor. If the lift is broken, do I just not take her? What if it takes weeks to fix it (which it sometimes can do, here), you would be waiting ages. I think escalators are safer than stairs anyway, because once on you don't need to move, and on stairs you have to negotiate every second of it.

And besides, you can take precautions; you either have someone else holding the buggy up, you take out LO and hold them (as some people have suggested), you put the brakes on, you hold it level so that the baby is not tipped up, you wedge whe wheel right into the back of the step and you wedge your foot and leg at the other end simultaneously... I'm perfectly confident when taking my LO up and down escalators, because I had to learn to be so.