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first bike for children with cp

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:17

dd is going to be 4 in march and is desperate for a bike - her balance isn't excellent she can stand unaided and walk about fine in doors but is very clumsy outside - so althuogh we want to get her bike we're a little scared of her falling - she wears a splint so we dont' think she'll beable to pedle the bike more just shuffle with it

we've seen this in elc /link{http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-33980?image_id=2&product_id=33980\classic trike} and like the fact that we can push her with the handle. so any comments apreciated or any other recomendations

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:17

oopps here

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Gillian76 · 01/01/2006 23:18

I have no experience of a child with cp, but that's exactly the bike I thought of when I read your post!

misdee · 01/01/2006 23:18

that looks good.

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:19

misdee will you point your sis in this direction if you speak to her please

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sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:20

That trike is very similar to DS's old SN trike, which I sadly gave away a few months ago, as he had outgrown it. I am thinking about getting one of those for DD1 now I have seen it.

sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:20

lol

lou33 · 01/01/2006 23:21

FD, talk to your physio/ot, we have a bike through them for ds2, which has the right support for him.

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:21

thanks for that sparkly it seems to be the only one on the market that is still a trike but will fit an older child

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:21

we have a new physio lou and at the mo it's me showing her the ropes

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lou33 · 01/01/2006 23:22

what about ot?

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:23

what's ot?

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sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:23

fairydust look here Me and dd1 looked at this trike at a SN thing we went to last year, Its a fab trike and you can get funding from chartities for it

misdee · 01/01/2006 23:23

occupational therepist

lou33 · 01/01/2006 23:25

Ds2's is similar to this , but he has leg supports on it too

(second row of pics)

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:26

occupational therepist - we don't have one those - what do they do?

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sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:26

Is your DS's a theraplay trike lou?? Ds had one like that, but I found it very heavy.

sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:27

theraplay trikes

misdee · 01/01/2006 23:28

i am wondering if dd2 could use that trike

sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:28

funding is avaible from whizzkidz for theraplay trikes

lou33 · 01/01/2006 23:34

god mieow i have no idea wtf it is called,the names of all his stuff is a huge blur!

it's pretty ,much like that, but more square, it's v bulky tho

probably an older version

sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:35

lol lou, Ds doesn't have a trike or bike atm, must get something sorted for him.

lou33 · 01/01/2006 23:36

ds2 starts school on weds mieow

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fairydust · 01/01/2006 23:38

is he excited lou?

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sparklymieow · 01/01/2006 23:39

wow!! He has grown up fast. My dd1 is in year 1 now and DS is in year 3!! dd2 is in nursery. I loved their xmas play, DS was sat on a chair on the stage while the rest of the class were standing, and at the end Ds had to wait for the rest of the class to leave the stage and his friend helped him down off the stage [bless]

lou33 · 01/01/2006 23:47

He is really excited, he has been wearing his unifrm for weeks now

He was Joseph in his nursery play, it was really sweet. He sat on his sn chair with everyone paying homage to him pleased as punch

Low quality pic here