[blparent] Best strollers

Mon Apr 23 18:46:03 UTC 2012

Oooh, that's another great thing about the City Mini. It is infant
ready. And, if you like, you can get a car seat adapter to put the car
seat on.

On 4/23/12, Erin Rumer <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bridget,
>
> That store sounds great and a wonderful way to really get to test drive
> different strollers.  The jogging stroller sounds like a wonderful option
> for you and it's fabulous that you can use the Bob with or without the car
> seat.  Something I'd look for now that I didn't think so much about before
> my son was born, is make sure that you can get some decent height with the
> back-head rest and shoulder straps on the harness of the stroller.  My
> husband and I purchased a Chico umbrella stroller that we were very happy
> with in many ways and Chico makes some great stuff.  However, the stroller
> instructions said that it can hold a child up to 50lbs which is great but
> our son recently just grew out of the stroller because of the limited
> height
> on the shoulder straps and he's only around 30lbs.  Even if the stroller
> had
> better shoulder straps his head was only another couple inches tops from
> being at the maximum height of the head rest.  So, if you can try and get
> the stroller that's going to allow you to use it the longest since kids
> often times grow taller before they reach the maximum weight of a
> particular
> device then that's going to be best.  I know the Bob has something like a
> 100lbs capacity which is awesome, but unless a child is quite over-wait no
> 100lbs kid is going into a stroller because that's about the average fifth
> grader.  That wait limit is a great sign of how well made the stroller is
> but when it comes to how it actually fits a child it's the height of the
> back rest and the flexibility of the straps that tell one the most.
>
> Oh, something you'll also just want to be comfortable with if you get a
> stroller with air tires and are going over a variety of terrains is
> patching
> tires.  I have lots of friends with air tires on their strollers which they
> absolutely love but they do get punctured pretty easily and patching or
> replacing tires just comes with the territory.
>
> Happy shopping.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:15 AM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Best strollers
>
> 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
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:50:26 -0700
> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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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
>
>
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