As no-one wants my birthing ball on here, any ideas what I can do with it?

[Bogeyface]

Dont tell me to use it for post birth exercise, as I will laugh my ass off :o

So, happy for someone to collect it but as no one seems to want it, any ideas what I can do with it? Where would it be useful? I dont want any money for it, but I would like to see it put to better use than it currently is which is being chucked around the conservatory by the kids!

[MrsShrekTheThird]

could give you lots of ridiculous ideas... my dc have one in the garden and try to use it as a handsfree spacehopper
failing that... and quite seriously now, I work in SEN education and we're always begging for this sort of stuff, as exercise balls for children with physical disability or movement issues. Maybe either contact a local group, sen gym club, school voluntary group or charity to donate, or check out the special needs board on here?

[piprabbit]

I was going to say save it for when your DC is toddling as my DS loves playing with the exercise balls at the local 'mini-gym' session he goes too.

But now I'm worried that MrsShrek will laugh at me - although her idea for the SEN group is so definitely better than my contribution.

[dikkertjedap]

Donate to a hospital?

[MrsShrekTheThird]

pipa, don't you dare think I'm sensible

Giving it to the toddler to use as a fairground is waaayyyy more entertaining

[rooks14]

Gumtree! People are very weird about private info on here, only takes a few mins to stick it on gumtree!

[piprabbit]

There are moments when it's a bit like a Scooby Doo episode.

First shot of DS chasing oversize ball across gym.

Second shot of ball chasing DS back again. .

[MrsShrekTheThird]

can picture it... heehee (if you can imagine a seven year old in a footie kit using a mahoosive blue gymball as a handsfree spacehopper, usually holding his own ears as the gymball doesn't have any then you get the idea of what my neighbours see. Insanity central.)

[piprabbit]

'holding his own ears' - seriously??

Love it .

[Bogeyface]

ooh, now I am torn!

On the one hand I would like to donate it somewhere useful as MrsShrek suggested but on the other hand, wating 18 months for a live ScoobyDoo is very tempting :o

[piprabbit]

I think you should save it for the live Scooby Doo followed by the more mature human spacehopper and then donate it.

Everyone wins.

[Solo]

There are always people on freecycle/freegle asking for them.

[MrsShrekTheThird]

so when we see ticket opportunities for "scoobydoo live" coming to a town near you very soon, we'll know who the star of the show will be? You could make a fortune. And you will piss yourself laughing, then you will wish you'd used it for the post-baby exercises that it was meant for

[piprabbit]

MrsShrek - replace your DS's football kit with <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=hands+free+spacehopper+images&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGGE_en-gbGB399GB399&tbm=isch&tbnid=2xyTeRuMcnwglM:&imgrefurl=www.b3ta.com/board/archive/39701/&docid=I6OIh7ruDUAdiM&w=251&h=405&ei=OgAyTt6tMIS88gOxkqWhDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=685&vpy=231&dur=193&hovh=285&hovw=177&tx=107&ty=166&page=7&tbnh=165&tbnw=118&start=106&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:106&biw=1280&bih=681" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">this outfit.

[Bogeyface]

Whilst I agree in theory with piprabbit having 6 kids means that if I save it for live Scooby, it wont last until hands free Space Hopper :o

Perhaps I should compromise and as soon as we get Scooby, I donate it!

[MrsShrekTheThird]

Pip, perfecto

and Bogeyface, you really oughta keep it. In fact, you should call your newborn Scooby.

[Bogeyface]

My username on every other website is actually Scoobydoo, and I was gutted I couldnt have it MN as it was taken! So I am going to take the hint :o

[Bogeyface]

couldnt have it ON MN

[idlevice]

At baby & toddler gym classes they use them for various "exercises" with the child, like lying the child on them & rolling side to side, as apparently it is good firstly for developping eye muscles in younger babies then things like balance & core muscles - you could probably look up what to do if you were that interested, but it'd be a bit of a pain to keep it for a few mins play now & then.

[melliebobs]

Virgin active do a team buildin/exercise class called 'drums alive' and they use the Swiss balls as the drum. Problem solved! Get some sticks and on days your a hit pent up have a drum!