[blparent] to keep the stroller or not?

[Pipi]

I'm not sure how much my input counts, but I'll give it anyway. I used a 
carrier with my daughter for as long as I could before my back couldn't 
handle it anymore. From the time she was able to walk, that is what she 
wanted to do the majority of the time. She received a monkey backpack leash 
for her first birthday, so we started using it for little trips around the 
block, which took long periods of time due to her being so little. I'd let 
her walk with her leash at the mall, store, circus, fairs, things like this.
I did use my stroller a little bit if I knew she'd be tired and it became a 
place for her to nap. I've never pulled a stroller behind me though. I'm 
just now transitioning into using a cane.
My daughter is now almost 3. I only use her jogging stroller and that is 
only when we are going for a walk or jog for me to get exercise.
Another option that you could definitely pull behind you and is considerably 
cheaper would be a wagon. It wouldn't work well for bus travel, but for 
walks, the zoo, even a fair, it would work well. My best friend and I have 
used it with both of our kids for trips like that.
These are just my thoughts. Things to think about are how long do you think 
you'll be able to comfortably carry your child? I wasn't able to carry for 
as long as I'd hoped. In my experience, young children around 2 to 3 can 
walk decent distances especially when they are used to walking.  That is how 
I handled not having to use a stroller much.
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni" <rovadia82 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 5:03 PM
Subject: [blparent] to keep the stroller or not?


> Hi everybody,
> Before my son was born, I researched strollers and found a stroller with a 
> reversible handle. It is the bumbleride flier stroller. IT is expensive, 
> costing us 350 dollars. We bought it thinking that I would use this 
> stroller when I was by myself and my husband would use our other stroller, 
> the baby jogger city mini stroller that he liked better. We've been using 
> the city mini stroller but haven't even opened the box for the bumbleride 
> flier. I have been reluctant to try and pull the stroller behind me since 
> it is a rather wide stroller and I was never quite good at pulling 
> shopping carts behind me in grocery stores. I have a baby carrier that I 
> use when I go out by myself with my son but am worried that one day he 
> will be too heavy to carry, even on my back. We have the option to return 
> the stroller to amazon and get a full refund. Part of me wants to return 
> it so we can get our money back but another part wonders if I might need 
> it one day.
>
> So, my question to all of you is do you find that you need your reversible 
> handle stroller or do you feel that the baby carrier route is best when 
> traveling alone as a blind person? Is there a reason I might want to keep 
> the stroller to use later?
>
> Thanks for your input.
> Ronit
>
>
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