[blparent] O&M advice

[Amanda Matheny]

I find my Jeep Liberty jogging stroller plenty easy to push from the
front. I actually absolutely abhore the idea of pulling it alongside
me. That's when you're asking to run it into something because you
have to make the cane cover you and the stroller, and you can't
exactly find things on the far side of the stroller. So, pulling it
behind me works particularly for me, especially when my husband's
around to help push from behind, but either way it is more effective
for me.

Still, the fact that we do things differently just shows that we all
have different preferences. My best recommendation is to try it both
ways and experiment to figure out what works best for you. At least
getting different perspectives from people with different preferences
will give you more ideas of what to try.

HTH

On 5/29/12, Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC <lmartinez217 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jogging strollers don't seem to work well when pulling them behind you and
> having them backwards. I have a jogging stroller that I absolutely love and
> it's very easy for me to maneuver it with one hand while I walk next to it
> using my cane. I also pull  the sun cover down and curl my fingers around
> the front edge and pull the stroller behind me if it's a narrow spot.
>
> I don't know if that makes sense but don't  give up the jogging stroller and
> just use the carrier. My son weighed 20 bs and was 27 inches when he was six
> months old. I had a carrier that can hold kids up to 35 pounds too, but he
> was so tall it began to be very awkward to carry him in the front. And, I
> didn't quite like the back carry. Strollers should be one more tool in your
> toolbox. Okay for now, I am off my soapbox.
>
> LM t
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 27, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Jessica Trask
> <ashleejessandmark2012 at samobile.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey Jodie.
>> It's Jess. And that's actually what will be happening. Since my daughter's
>> father will be working full time. The O&M specialist has also come up with
>> the thought of using a baby carrier and I found one online that actually
>> goes up to 35 LBS if the stroller idea doesn't work for me. Which I know
>> starting to think that the stroller may not work for me the way it needs
>> to. Because I did a trial run with it using it for taking a donation of
>> some items that I donated somewhere I tried pulling it behind me and it
>> didn't work very well.
>>
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