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By Jamie Robinson, April 19, 2010

A cloth was used traditionally in all cultures to carry the baby tied to the front, back or hips. There were also other means of carrying babies such as in baskets, portable cradles, cradle boards and travois. Slings became once again fashionable in the 1960s when structured soft pack was introduced. Frame pack began to be used to carry toddlers as well as older babies. During the 1980s the ring sling became trendy. Pouch carriers were launched later in the 1990s. The prams or perambulator popular since the Victorian era in the United Kingdom soon went out of fashion with newer and more comfortable carriages being introduced. There are many kinds of baby carriers that are available in the market. This comprises baby slings, frame backpack carriers, hip carriers, slings, mei tais, the hip and soft front carriers.

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 various brands and styles of strollers in the market such as Chicco Cortina Strollers, Graco Strollers, Inglesina Strollers, Kolcraft Strollers, Maclaren Strollers, Rock Star Strollers, Schwinn Strollers, and Stokke Strollers.

There are many kinds of strollers in the market. Umbrella strollers are meant for older kids and do not have a sun canopy or storage facility and have very little padding. For these reasons, they are also the lightest and cheaper. The standard strollers have sun canopy, well padded seats and large compartments for storage. For these reasons, they are heavier. The travel system stroller is also like the standard stroller, but has a car seat. This comes in handy to seat the child in a car seat while traveling by removing and attaching the seat as a car seat. This disturbs the child least while shifting the child from and to a car and stroller. The latest to arrive in the market is the jogging stroller which is also like a standard stroller but with three large wheels instead of four wheels. This keeps the stroller steady on rough terrain and while pushing the stroller at higher speed.

Now you know more about the history of strollers!

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