[blparent] Best strollers

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Erin,

We have a store in Omaha where you can walk around with the strollers,
and this is where we were introduced to the Bob strollers. Yes, you can
both place a car seat in the stroller as well as have the child just in
the seat, and they can be newborn up to age 3 or 4. We had the
opportunity to stroll around the store trying out various strollers.

As for pace, of course we will have to adjust our pace depending on the
terrain. We already have stroller experience with Penny, but her
stroller is old with no flip-handle and is not a jogging one. But we are
use to adjusting our pace when the terrain does not accommodate for a
quicker pace, but of course anyone will have to do this regardless of
disability or not, or pulling a stroller or not.

The jogging strollers are really nice especially if you have an active
lifestyle. They are made for high activity hence the name jogging
stroller, grin. When on our walking trail, the terrain is smooth cement
that we are also familiar with, so a jogging stroller would be nice as
we exercise on the trail. One Bob actually comes with fitness
instructions for specific exercises to be done with the stroller along
with plastic yoga tubes to use for different toning and strengthening
exercises with the stroller.

Especially nowadays, the purpose of the jogging strollers is to
accommodate for activity regardless of the terrain. It's like buying a
car a little; they are made with great suspension for shock absorbency,
rubber wheels that swivel for sharp turns and rough terrain. They are
great for really active people.

We are leaning towards the jogging stroller, but still want to make an
informed decision. We still have four months, so plenty of time to do a
bit more research.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Message: 17
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:50:26 -0700
From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Best strollers
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Hello Bridget,

Out of all the folks I know who have Bob strollers, they have all
absolutely loved them.  They are made very well and everyone has said
they're worth the money.  I haven't done research on the jogging
strollers, but I'm wondering how young you can put your baby in there
and does the Bob have a travel system feature where you can put the car
seat on top of the jogging stroller?  If you can do something like this
that would be awesome.  If you don't need the car seat while out and
about and you can have a new born in the jogging stroller than that
would be even better.  If you're able to get your hands on any of these
ahead of time to really role around and check out for yourself I would
do that.  Also, you will definitely want to slow your pace dramatically
when moving along those bumpier spots of terrain because those little
guys are pretty fragile.  Even now my guide dog knows that when I'm
pulling my son or even have him in a carrier, then he slows his pace
down a quarter to about half my normal fast walking pace.  I was a bit
frustrated by this change at first even though I knew it was best, but
I'm now used to it and appreciate it tremendously since it would be ugly
should anything happen to us.  I have a friend who fell with her son who
was in a carrier and her little guy got all torn-up from hitting the
concrete.  My friend is fortunate because her son didn't hit his head
which so easily could have happened.  After that she really slowed
herself down and took it easy because she realized what could have
happened to her baby.

Happy shopping and let us know what you think of the Bob if you get your
hands on one.

Erin