[blparent] Using jogging strollers

[Star Gazer]

Nothing says you have to use a jogging stroller if you aren't comfortable
with it. 
I never was either. You do need to find something you are comfortable with,
wearing the baby is always an option. 
But, you don't have to be comfortable with a method just because it's been
handed down that this is what you should do. 


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of mary jo
hartle
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:40 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] Using jogging strollers


Hi all,
I'm sure this topic has been discussed several times before, but I'm
interested in knowing if any of you use a jogging stroller and actually pull
it.  I know of a lot of blind parents who use one but push it and manage to
use a cane somehow in front/over top of the stroller, or else just rely on
usable vision (no cane) to push the stroller, or who some how tilt the
stroller up on its back wheels so they can pull it (essentially pulling the
stroller only on the back two wheels instead of all three that it has) , but
none of these practices are options I feel comfortable with.  Does anyone
use a jogging stroller and actually pull it behind you? I've practiced with
a couple of different models from friends and my experience is that because
of the fact this style of stroller only has three wheels, it tends to
fish-tail really bad--even the ones that have locking and unlocking front
wheels--unless you somehow can tilt it back taking the front wheel off the
ground a bit.  I'd really be interested to know of someone who uses one and
just literally pulls it without it fishtailing, or if anyone knows of a
jogging stroller that has a reversible handle that flips somehow making it
possible to pull it without fishtailing, maybe or that has four wheels
instead of three?
Thanks for any info you can share.


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria
Martinez, NOMC
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 9:54 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] A cool app I found

Okay I update my previous email to say that if you're going to go for this
app go for the all in one app. It is called learning pad or audio baby
talking learning pad. It has a light version which only teaches the
alphabet, numbers, colors and animals. It only has the training mode though.
If you pay one dollar and 99, might you can get the full version which
includes a challenge mode. This gives the child instructions on what to look
for and much more. I highly recommend it. Even more so than the free
version.

Sent from my iPhone

On May 31, 2013, at 6:41 PM, "Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC"
<lmartinez217 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My son is now growing out of some of the apps I found for him a year ago.
Now that he is too I am looking for new apps that he can play with when
commuting. I just found a really neat app that teaches colors, which he is
actually very good at but if you purchase the paid app you can put it in a
challenge mode which asks the kid to hunt for the different colors. If I
remember correctly, it is called audio talking color pad or something along
those lines. When you downloaded the app is actually called color pad. Hope
that helps. I really like it as a blind parent because you can move your
finger across the screen and access the  colors which are laid out in
squares in a keypad fashion and they're labeled. So it is very accessible
and I highly recommend it.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

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