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According to MyStrollers.com, the latest G2 seat offers several improvements on the previous model including thicker foam in the headrest, an increased height rating (now to 53 inches) and a redesigned harness which reduces tangling of the straps and uses magnets to keep the straps out of the way when putting children into the seat.

The Toddler Car Seat G2 is currently only available in Ruby. Black and Mocha are due in the Northern Hemisphere Spring of 2012.

Orbit Baby Website

If you think your twins might be the perfect Steelcraft models, you need to send in two recent photos of your twins in their stroller, and you need to do it quickly, because emails need to be received by this Friday 27th January!

More details on Steelcraft's Facebook Page

Owners of Bumbleride Indie strollers manufactured between January 2009 and September 2011 and Indie Twin strollers manufactured between January 2009 and August 2011 are asked to discontinue use of the stroller and apply for a Wheel Retrofit Pack, which once installed will resolve the issue.

For more information and contact details visit the Bumbleride website.

Bumbleride Website

According to information on the UK Baby Birds website, the Evo has a reversible seat unit with height adjustable leatherette handle, weighs in at only 7.8kg and has an easy and compact fold. The reclinable seat unit has an integrated footrest and is interchangeable with the Mutsy carrycot, and the Mutsy Safe2go and Traveller car seats.

Baby Birds have the Evo listed as available with a black frame in six colours (white, red, navy, black, brown and bright blue). I have also spied it online with a silver frame.

While Baby Birds are currently taking orders for the Evo, The Online Pram Centre are listing availability as April. Both are listing the price as £399.

See more great photos on the Online Baby Centre's Wall

In February Phil & Teds will be entering a team into the Wellington Round the Bays to help raise money for the Surgical Research Trust, and they would like your help!

If you're in Wellington you can join the Phil & Teds team to walk or run the 7km course. Simply go to the registration page, enter Phil&Teds as the team name, then join the team and select your event.

If you're not local you can still help the team to raise money for a great cause. Just visit the team fundraising page and make a donation. Strollers and Prams have donated $100 to help get the team going. Why not go help them on their way!

Phil & Teds fundraising page

It seems though that nobody does cute and quirky quite like Cosatto. Rather than just offering a single quirky offering each year, Cosatto decks outs their entire collection of lightweight strollers in fabulously fun prints. This year's collection includes babooshka dolls, monsters, and kitties teamed with bold stripes, polka dots and large text which reads 'Happy Go Lucky', or on the twin strollers 'Sis' and 'Bro'.

And then there's the Golightly. Featuring bold black and white stripes, tiny polka dots on the seat and a big red bow, it's not likely to be everybody's cup of tea. But then since Cosatto claim this to be their fastest selling stroller ever (as do The Online Baby Centre who got their stock in on the 21st of December and were sold out 9 days later) it obviously does appeal to a whole lot of people out there.

A quick look around the internet shows most retailers taking pre-orders for various arrival dates. If you want one, then I'd suggest you get in line pretty fast!

Cosatto's current lineup

I'm keeping an eye on their Facebook page to find out!

The Strider PLUS 4 is an extremely versatile pram with a host of practical features such as a reversible seat, extra large hood and enormous under seat basket. And when your family grows you can add a second seat behind the first to turn the Strider PLUS into an inline double.

Make sure you read Ally's review to find out all the fine details and see a host of photos of the Steelcraft Strider PLUS 4.

Steelcraft Strider PLUS 4 Review

The single reported case of this occurring happened when the car seat was installed facing forward (as opposed to the recommended rear facing position), and the wheeled board was kicked up, hitting the exposed release button and causing the car seat to disconnect from the adaptor and fall.

Bugaboo have advised owners of the adaptors (model numbers 80400GC01 and 80401GC02) to stop using them until they receive a part designed to cover the release button. More information about the recall is available at the Bugaboo website.

Bugaboo recall notice

The Foonf is Clek's convertible child seat, which allows children to rear face up to 20.4kg (45lbs) and can accommodate a child forward facing to 29.5kg (65lbs). The seat is installed using a rigid-LATCH installation, and has a host of impressive safety features.

The Foonf also wears Paul Frank fabrics, which are just plain cute, or you can choose from four gorgeous solid colours if that's more your style.

The Foonf is due in North American stores in June 2012 and can be pre-ordered now from North American retailers.

Clek website

2011 was an exciting year for Strollers and Prams. We launched our monthly newsletter, held our first of several competitions and added car seats news and reviews to the site.

With a twinge of sadness we said goodbye to our resident pram reviewer Mel at the end of 2011, however we are very excited to introduce our new reviewer Ally who already has an impressive array of prams lined up ready to review.

In 2012 we plan to have more news, more reviews and more fantastic competitions. We can't wait to share it all with you.

Happy New Year!

As always Mel has taken the Urbo through its paces and written up an in depth review full of fantastic photos.

Read the full Urbo review

The Emotion combines sleek, contemporary design with a range of practical features including a reclining backrest, adjustable footrest, roomy underseat basket, and large waterproof hood/canopy. It weighs in at just 6kg and comes in a range of gorgeous colours.

Available now at PishPoshBaby

We have just enabled support for Tapatalk, a nifty little app that makes forum browsing (and posting!) a breeze, no matter what your mobile device of preference.

Stroll on over to the Tapatalk website for more information, and then head back to the S&P forums to catch up with the latest discussions.

Tapatalk

Bugaboo will be releasing three new limited edition fabric colours for 2012. The gorgeous new colours - Jade Green, Coral Red and Electric Blue, will be available as hoods/canopies for the Donkey and Bee, and as a Tailored Fabric Set (which includes the hood/canopy and bassinet apron) for the Cameleon. The new fabrics can currently be pre-ordered from some US stores and look to be due mid February.

Pre-order from Pish Posh Baby