Nursery World - Let our babies face us, say buggy-pushers

Nearly 90 per cent of parents and carers would talk to their baby more when out and about if their buggy faced them, according to a survey carried out by a literacy charity. The results are from an online survey of more than 800 parents and carers by Talk To Your Baby, the National Literacy Trust's early language campaign.

Nearly 90 per cent of parents and carers would talk to their baby more when out and about if their buggy faced them, according to a survey carried out by a literacy charity.

The results are from an online survey of more than 800 parents and carers by Talk To Your Baby, the National Literacy Trust's early language campaign.

The charity is calling for more affordable parent-facing 'sociable'

pushchairs, after 90 per cent of respondents to the survey said they would choose a back-facing buggy over a forward-facing one if the cost was the same. Seventy-four per cent said they would pay up to £200 for a pushchair that could face both ways.

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