Desperately need a double buggy...advice please

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Hiya all. I have a 6 and a half yr old ds who has a chromosome/genetic disorder with no name to it as yet. He cannot walk, talk, has epilepsy. I have a 1 year old dd also and a 12 yr old dd. I desperately need a double buggy that I can put ds and dd in as at the moment we are imprisoned indoors unless someone is with me and pushes ds's wheelchair.
I am also a single mummy.
Just rented the double mountain buggy duet but ds is slightly too tall for it.
Can anyone please help? I am going to go insane if we are stuck in any longer!! :(

Can you try wheelchair services? They may be able to order a double Maclaren Major.

Hiya...not tried them, my ot was pretty useless in ths area. Maclaren Major wasn't supportive enough. My ds had a single Maclaren Major. I'm really wanting a buggy that would recline etc for both kids. It's a nightmare

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Have you looked at the Tom cross tandem special needs buggy?

It is suitable for a child with sn up to age 8 and an able bodied child up to age 4.

Sorry multiple posts! If you contact twins uk( know you don't have twins) they can advise on funding.

Have you looked at a buggy pod? It's a buggy seat that clips on to the side of a wheelchair (or a single buggy). It might be a good solution for you.

We have an Out n About nipper 360 which is a side by side double and is fab. But not sure if it might have the same problem re size for your 6 year old.

My DD will be 4 in December and is quite small so still fits in the buggy fine but when she starts school next year I am planning to take her in a wheelchair with her sister in a buggy pod attached as don't want to take her to school in a buggy if I can avoid it.

What you will be offered by your wheelchair services will vary a lot by area I think. Ours offers no provision for double buggy or wheelchair options at all.

have you looked at a phil and teds vibe? they are built like a tank. my dd (tall 7yo with gdd) still ssits in the front seat when she gets too tired. they are expensive tho but maybe try ebay?

I have a Maclaren twin techno for my non walking nearly 5 year old and one of his siblings. It may be too short for you again as the back of the seat measures 48cm from the bottom up to where the top of the head would go. I picked mine up from ebay.

If you're desperate to get out you may have to think of another way. I have three non walking children and have ds (5) in the Maclaren, one of the twins (17 months old) next to him in the other seat and then the other twin carried on my front (sleep time) or on my back in a manduca carrier. You can use the manduca up until they are 3 years old/20 kgs. It's not a great solution, but for short trips or occasional day outings it works.

We have a tall DD who is nearly 7, she fits in out baby jogger mini city double still. Not easiest to push as she much heavier than our 5wk old baby but allows me to get out and about with her, 2 yr old DS and baby. Great prams with long seat backs. If her and toddler in it much easier to push as more evenly weight matched

Could your 12yr old push the youngest in a buggy to help you?

Hi, I have a britax b-dual. here My big 5yo can go in either seat (usually the bottom one as I put a car seat on the top) but both seats are full size, and in the top seat there is loads of space between her head and the hood. I would say of getting one then you will definately need the extension bits to move the top seat forwards to give the lower seat more space.
It's easy enough to push, you have to use drop curbs and bumping up a curb is hard with a large child in, but that's the same with any double. It's heavy with a larger child in, but I've taken mine to woods/hills etc, and once you're used to it it's easy enough.
And importantly it is very sturdy. I suspect I will have mine until baby ds can walk (which point I'll go back to the mac major for dd and the buggy board for ds)