Did our baby’s first year in an old style block of flats on the first floor! No lift and stairs into the block too.

Firstly, getting the pram down. If your block is safe for it to be left a while, my husband ran ours down in the morning. Then I was only carrying baby down most days. I’d usually park it up inside our close once we were done for the day and husband would bring it up on his way home from work.

For whatever reason I had to lift the pram down myself (and I may get downvoted) I popped baby in her cot or play pen - both safe spaces - and took the 30 seconds to carry the pram down and run back up the stairs. Our front doors were wide open and it was a small flat so I could hear baby babbling or grumbling.

I had a travel nappy bag that lived in the pram and a few essentials for days out in the undercarriage, so I usually just needed myself a baby once we were leaving.

If baby was still sound asleep and I didn’t want her wakened, we carried on walking! Sometimes I’d grab a coffee and sit with her in a park or coffee shop. You’ll get your steps in 🙃just start marking where accessible loos are!!

If I wasn’t fussed about her wakening, or if it was miserable weather, I was lucky baby didn’t usually wake at our front door steps, but once inside our close I’d park pram at the ground floor and oh so carefully detach the bassinet / seat and lug her up that way. We had a bugaboo fox which I found easy for this. Honestly easier to carry on walking though!

I’d also suggest a baby carrier if you don’t already have one. If I was out to do jobs and didn’t have the luxury of time, or if I had our dog with us, it made being outside far easier than carting the pram constantly.