Pushchairs again - 3 yr old with cp and new baby

[charleypops]

Hi,

Ds will be 3 when baby is born in May. He is in a supportive buggy at the moment which was funded by WS, (an Ormesa New Bug). What on earth will I do when the baby is born? I guess I could sling her/him for a while but this is far from ideal as it'll make ds's transfers very difficult. I also have a bad back. Ds needs a chair that can sit him at 90 or nearly 90 degrees as he hates being reclined because he can't see around him, so I guess that rules out the double mountain buggy.

Will I be entitled to another pushair from WS?

Thanks

Hope you all had a lovely christmas x

just bumping this up for you. Have friend in same situation. She has severely disabled 6 yo in a wheelchair. Is a single mum and is expecting twins

Crikey

You wont get a double buggy or anything useful from wheelchair services. But some social services will help with something like that.

Or you could ask your therapist to look into one of the wheelchair charities or Family Fund.

The real difficulty is finding something that will give your older child the support they need, while carrying your baby. It might be worth contacting Whizz Kidz as they employ therapists who are very up to date on what is available.

www.biz-e-kids.co.uk/product_details.asp?d=1&c=164&p={D5F786B0-48E0-4E07-B764-EC816988D8BF}

Sorry I am rubbish at links, but I was in the same situation DD in a maclaren major and had a new baby, this works well. Called a buggypod

Mitchell, Ive never seen one of those before, but it looks like a great idea.

Charley, it might be worth asking SS if they would fund one of those to go on your existing buggy. Youd need to find out if they would fit on some of the bigger chassis tho.

I used a sling with the baby was tiny - up to about 6 months iirc. Agree that transfers were difficult - tbh I didn't do them until the sling was off

everything took a LOT longer as a result!

I also bought from ebay a double maclaren major - massive thing, only shop I could go to with it was Boots and had to walk on the road because it was too big for the pavement

however it was helpful I couldn't have managed without it; but dd2 could only use it from 6 months because it didn't recline

they are expensive new

after that dd2 just had to walk as soon as she possibly could!

Do you get Disability living allowance at all? And have you ever talked to a occupational health therapist they are your best bet for equipment etc. I sympathise with the bad bad ditto occuy heath may be able to help with that too

here is our major buggy

see? HUGE

Fubsy, thanks for Whizz Kidz suggestion, will give them a go.

Mitchell, I do like the look of the buggypods, which I'm sure would be fine for an older baby, but not sure if it's suitable for a newborn. I'll try to find one to trial for ds, but I imagine it won't be supportive enough, but could see if it can be adapted, so that's an option to explore.

Cappuccino, Major's aren't supportive enough for ds and he needs to be totally upright - I'm shocked at how wide they are! Good to know you survived with a sling though!

Bablon, we get dla and I have asked our OTs about this, but they don't seem to know what to suggest.

I've been looking at the Phil and Teds lately and I'm going to check those out. Might be able to adapt one of those?