[blparent] Using jogging strollers

Star Gazer pickrellrebecca at gmail.com
Thu Jun 6 15:57:45 UTC 2013 

How cool!
What are the specs for this as in a weight limit? 
You say it works with "any c arseat". That may be true, but does it have a
maximum weight limit?
I found out our changing table did. I should have known this, but I didn't.
It's maximum weight was 30 pounds. Note, the *was* as it broke during a
diaper change. 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Angela
Frederick
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 11:49 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Using jogging strollers

Hi, Mary Jo,

We just bought something called the Go-Go Babyz Kidz Travelmate. The
spelling is snazzy. I'm spelling it correctly here.

It's a device that turns a car seat into a stroller when you place the car
seat into the frame. It's designed for travel in airports and will work with
any car seat. The frame has two huge, wide rubber wheels, and the best part
for blind people is it's designed for pulling like a suitcase. We haven't
tried it yet in a real-life setting, but it felt really smooth when we
tested it out. We'll have it at convention if you're interested in looking
at it.

We found this when we were looking for the Sit N Stroll, and this is less
than half the price.

Good luck, and congratulations on the little one.

Best wishes,
Angela

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary Jo
Hartle
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 9:45 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Cc: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Using jogging strollers

Thanks. Yes, I am a big fan of baby carriers, but my child is getting a
little too old for a carrier, and I am expecting our second one so I cannot
use a carrier  right now. Otherwise, that would be my ideal preference as I
love using baby carriers. I like the design of the jogging stroller as they
are much more light weight  easy to close, and maneuver over different
terrain  with ease.  My interest in them is for these reasons, not because
it's what everybody else uses and is popular right now.
Thanks for the feedback though. 
Sent  from my iPhone

On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:37 AM, "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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