[blparent] umbrella strollers

[Angie Matney]

We looked at some umbrella strollers, at honestly, they seemed like they 
would be harder to pull, due to the lack of a centralized handle. Are they 
easier to deal with than they seem?

Thanks,

Angie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] umbrella strollers


> Some are still built this way and in my opinion those are garbage.  Many
> umbrella strollers are built with a firm back and normal seat to support
> baby.  Chico makes a great one.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 11:45 AM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: [blparent] umbrella strollers
>
> I haven't looked at strollers for years, but when Gab was a baby, I read 
> an
> article that said that umbrella strollers were the absolute worse for our
> child to ride in.  because they are scooped, the baby's back is always
> curved and this would lead to a curved back.  They said also because the
> baby was so limber at this young age, it was easy for their back to form
> that way.
> Like I said, this was many years ago and I'm not sure if umbrella 
> strollers
> are still soft canvas anymore. V
>
>
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