[blparent] double strollers? (child locators)

Tue Aug 18 20:43:12 UTC 2009

Hi.  I don't know anything about double strollers, but I did buy a child 
locator from Amazon for about thirty dollars.  There were locators from 
Brickhouse that were much more expensive, but the reviews on the site were 
mixed about them, and the reviews form the "Mommy, Where Am I" locator that 
I bought were much better.

The part of the locator that stays with the child is shaped like a teddy 
bear, and it has a clip so it can be fastened to a shoe or a piece of 
clothing.  What I've done is fasten it inside the backpack of the stuffed 
animal harness that Sarah wears.  The other part of the locator is on a 
keychain, and it stays with the parent.  I've clipped it to the key holder 
inside my purse.  If I press a button on the keychain part of the locator, 
an alarm will beep inside the teddy bear part that Sarah is wearing.  If I 
press the button again, the alarm will beep much more loudly.

I don't suggest the child locator as a substitute for supervision, or as a 
substitute for a stroller or a harness, but it does give me a little piece 
of mind that if my baby girl does manage to wander away from me--and she's 
quick, you better believe it--I have at least some chance of figuring out 
where she is in very short order.

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed 
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eva" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] double strollers?

>I have never seen these strollers, but am curious if they have a seat belt, 
>or if you could make one for them. Maybe that would help prevent the kid 
>from jumping out. Also, could one put one of the backpack leashes on their 
>older kid, and keep it around their wrist, so that you would know if the 
>kid was trying to get loose. Like I said I have never seen these types of 
>strollers before, so not sure if any of this would work.
>
> Eva
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> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] double strollers?
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>> Really depends on your kid. Mine would be out of that real fast at
>> really bad times.
>> Pulling it isn't the problem, it's more the temperament of the kids
>> riding.
>> My kid would shriek "I get out" and then literally bolt into oncoming
>> traffic.
>> If yours didn't, great.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jennifer Massey
>> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 5:11 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] double strollers?
>>
>> it is what I used for my 2.  Dustin used it as well and had no problem
>> pulling the stroller instead of pushing it.  My 2 are 22 months apart
>> and my daughter who does not listen well at all due to Oppistional
>> defientcy disorder would let me know when she wanted to get up and look
>> at something.
>>
>> Jennifer and dustin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] double strollers?
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>>
>>> Really bad idea to allow the older child to have that kind of ability
>> to
>>> exit and enter the stroller at will when one or both parents can't
>> see,
>>> and/or when one or both parents is busy tending to one of the
>> children.
>>> Amber, why not carry Shawn on your back and the new baby on your
>> chest?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Jennifer Massey
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:10 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] double strollers?
>>>
>>> What about a sit and stand.  The baby would go up front and in the
>> back
>>> is a "jump" seat for the older child, they can either sit on the seat
>> or
>>> they can stand on the stand plate that it has.  This also leaves room
>>> for the older child to get in and out the stroller when they want.
>>>
>>> Jennifer and Dustin
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 2:58 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] double strollers?
>>>
>>>
>>>> This is just my opinion, since I  have never used one, but it seems
>>> that
>>>> one
>>>> in front of the other would be much easier to handle.  Side by side
>>> would
>>>> be
>>>> too wide and thus not easy to control. V
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Amber Boggs
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 6:29 PM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>> Subject: [blparent] double strollers?
>>>>
>>>> Hi all, you must have known this question would come. LOL has anyone
>>> any
>>>> experience
>>>> with double strollers? I am looking for one that will pull as easy as
>>> my
>>>> peg
>>>>
>>>> prego.
>>>> Any thaughts? It seams as if they do not make any with ravercable
>>> handels
>>>> or
>>>>
>>>> swiveling
>>>> weals. Or am I missing one? I was just looking at a colcraft online,
>>> and
>>>> liked that
>>>> the seets can be moved around to have the kids face different ways.
>>> But I
>>>> wonder
>>>> how this would be for pulling. Also did you find the side by sides
>>> were
>>>> harder to
>>>> use then the frun to backs? Again any help would be grate.
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Amber Boggs
>>>>
>>>>
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