Its not the easiest pram when its facing you, but once you get the hang of it it's fine. I know it looks bulky but it's really not that heavy to lift. I saw a baby in it before I bought it and he looked so comfortable, I had to have it. When you are using it as a pushchair its lovely to push, very easy to manouvre. My baby sits in it all the time, even in the house, I put the footmuff on and give him all his toys and they dont fall out, he has his afternoon sleep in it, he has also slept in it when we went away for the weekend, he slept longer than he does in his cot.