I need a buggy for a 2yo, with one handle not two - any suggestions?

[gigglewitch]

Gist is that i have carpal tunnel thingummy and am waiting for surgery on my wrist, in the meantime it's quite a problem to push two-handle strollers, either my hand is numb or painful. The other thing that kills off the obvious "well get the little one to walk" idea, is that she has orthotic boots and quite a few difficulties with her feet - thus can't walk far, so a pram is a necessity. She's also outgrown our smallest lightest stroller
Anybody got any ideas?

Well the mountain buggy would be a piece of piss to push, but you'd need both hands to fold it, and it's (like all 3 wheelers) quite big. Would you need to fold it a lot?

I can easily push my Urban Detour three wheeler with one hand but haven't collapsed it in so long I cant rememeber how to do it!

Both the Mountain Buggy & Urban Detour are easy to push. If your DD is likely to need one for a while there is a Mountain Buggy XL available. This has the same frame (so looks just the same) but has a larger seat & hood and comes with a longer footplate which you can attach later as she grows. Yes, expensive but it would last longer (& it's available VAT free)
see www.pushchairs.co.uk for details

Jane Nomad? I use it for my 2 1/2 year old, plenty of room to grow into and easy to push. I still use it on occasion for my DD who is 4 and has hypermobile joints, plus femoral anteversion of one leg, so needs a rest sometimes. Or the Slalom which is the 3 wheeler version. I had the older Powertrack model and loved it, a dream to push. THey are fairly largish folded though.

oooh you lot are fantastic. thank you for all these suggestions, i'm off to google / hunt kiddicare website. Both hands needed to fold buggy is not necessarily a problem, I can get round that - it's pushing and steering that gives me the grief
mankyscotslass it sounds like we're in the same kind of territory with DDs, mine has hypermobile joints, intoeing and flat feet along with an unmemorably-named ankle condition. can see her needing a rest til 4ish y.o. too, as DS2 who is 4.5 with no such problems does like to hitch a lift occasionally.

the micralite has one handle also...

I'd probably go for the Micralite. The Toro reclines more than the Fastfold - important obviously if she still naps in the pushchair.

Both are great over rough terrain, very easy to push one-handed etc. Small shopping basket on the fastfold though.

Note that a one-handle pram won't necessarily be easy to push one-handed - the Micralites are but with others do check.

BUT the Micralite Fastfold seat isn't that wide at the top so you need to check it isn't too small if she is very big for her age.

Not sure whether the Toro is better on this.

Gigglewitch, our dd's do sound similar. My dd also intoes badly, but in her case it comes from her hip, where her thigh does not sit at the correct angle, which is the femoral ante-version. She will need an op at around age 10 to try to improve things.
THe hypermobile joints are not as bad as they could be, as at the moment she exhibits no signs of Hyper Mobility Syndrome, so we are lucky. Although as her consultant said, she is very bendy!
I still have my double buggy for days both the 2 1/2 year old and DD are tired as well, my Nipper 360 double!

Have you ruled out a bugaboo, I have a frog and I find it easier to push than my mountain buggy (which I am selling already!) I'm looking at getting a baby jogger mini city which still has head room for my 2.7 month old to grow (she is getting too tall for many other pushchairs!), has a single handle, is lightweight and should be a doddle to push.

more googling then.
I think we're going to try to get a trip to mothercare world over the w/end to try out the urban detour [cos i'm liking the price ] but at this rate it looks like she could get 2 yrs out of it so i'm not in a huge panic about getting the cheapest thing around, but like most there's a budget [150ish] so don't want to get into travel-system territory as obviously we wouldn't get the full use of one.

I think urban detours are very underrated, it's possible to pick up used ones in great condition very cheaply on ebay

I totally agree with lillypie. I liked my first one so much (bought new back in 2002) that i bought a second one from Ebay (I kept one in the car and one in the house for the school run - that's my excuse anyway!!)

I also agree that the urban detour is easy to push the down side for me is there is not a lot of leg room on it for older toddlers and it is bulky in the car. Also yes the are cheap to pick up on ebay

you lot rock.