How to Fit a Rain Cover to a Stroller

Rain covers are an essential accessory for your stroller to keep your baby dry during bad weather and rainy days.

If you live in an area with unpredictable weather (like the UK!), pram rain covers can be really handy for daily outings to keep your baby shielded from the rain whilst in their buggy. But do you need a rain cover for a stroller? How do you fit a rain cover to a stroller? And are rain covers for strollers safe?

In today's blog, we will take a look into whether rain covers will keep your baby safe, how you can attach them to your stroller and whether they actually work.

What is a Rain Cover?

A stroller rain cover is designed to protect your baby from wind, rain or snow. They are see-through plastic covers that have air holes that provide air circulation into the buggy.

With rain covers, parents can still continue on their travels and adventures as a family without getting stopped by the rain or worrying about their baby becoming too wet.

Studies have shown that babies can't regulate their temperatures as well as adults to accommodate weather changes. A rain cover will help your baby to stay sheltered from the rain keeping them nice and warm.

Why You Need a Rain Cover for Your Stroller

Rain covers are considered an essential stroller accessory amongst most parents due to the unpredictable UK weather.

Always being prepared as a parent is important, as you never know if rain could start whilst out on a walk in winter months. Rain shouldn't interrupt your day and stop you in your tracks.

The Benefits of a Rain Cover for a Stroller

Let's look at how a fairly simple accessory can make your life and travel with a baby easier:

Protects From All Weather

A rain cover not only protects your little one from the rain, but it can also protect them from the wind. Wind can get really cold and babies feel the wind a lot stronger than their parents. A rain cover works well to prevent the wind from getting to your baby, keeping the pram at the right temperature. Providing your baby with an extra layer of warmth.

Ventilation

Rain covers have ventilation holes to stop the temperature inside the pram from getting too hot for your little ones.

Travel Without Worry

You can travel anywhere with your baby and buggy when you have a rain cover on hand in case of rainfall or bad weather.

Travel whenever and wherever you like with your family, without having to worry about the weather changes, you will be prepared for all weather.

Stroller rain covers are also lightweight and can pack down really small so you can bring them anywhere with you.

How to Fit a Rain Cover to a Stroller

If you have a universal rain cover that fits onto most pushchairs fitting it to your pushchair will be simple. Rain covers are designed to be convenient and easy to throw onto your pram when it rains.

All you have to do is,

1. Take out your stroller from wherever it is stored. This is usually in a bag or underneath your stroller in your stroller’s storage compartment.
2. Roll it out and make sure the ventilation system is open and flowing.
3. Pull over your stroller so that the stroller and child are completely covered and attach any fastenings and velcro if you have them.
4. That's it! Continue with your adventures.

Are Rain Covers Safe?

You may be wondering if rain covers are safe for your baby and the answer is yes! As long as your rain cover has air holes to allow air in and out, rain covers can actually provide safety to your baby and keep their body at the correct temperature.

To guarantee your child's safety, ensure the material is non-toxic and BPA-free to make sure the plastic cover doesn't emit any toxic chemicals that your baby could breathe in.

Other Weather-Related Stroller Accessories

Maintaining the correct body temperature for your baby is important to all parents when making sure your baby is safe and comfortable.

There are so many other accessories that you can use to make sure of this. Let's take a look.

Foot Muff

Footmuff Cosytoes is the perfect solution to chilly toes. A footmuff is like a sleeping bag for your little one in their stroller. It helps to take the edge off from cold temperatures and the wind.

Winter Covers

Take it that one step further with a Winter Cover for your stroller. Similarly to the rain cover, the winter cover provides more installation for your baby or child. It features a quilted padded grey material attached over the whole of your stroller like a big blanket cover.

Invest in a winter cover if you are worried about cold winter nights or when going on holiday to cold climates.

Umbrella for Stroller

An Umbrella for a Stroller is perfect for protecting your baby from harmful and harsh UV rays. Your stroller’s canopy may not be enough to shield your little one from the sun. This is why a UV-protected flexible umbrella is great as you have more control as to where you create that much-needed shelter, shade and sun shield.

The Lejoux Stroller

Here at The Lejoux Stroller, we have a wide range of accessories to keep your baby sheltered from the weather conditions.

Our strollers are compact, lightweight, durable, stylish and affordable. These amazing travel-friendly strollers come in seven colour varieties for you to select from. Pick from black, grey, blue, beige, red, green and pink - the choice is yours!

Browse our website and take a look at our collection, if you have any questions or need any guidance then don't hesitate to reach out to us and a member of our team will be happy to help.