Feels like i have given in or maybe just accepted dd2 is not NT.

[Marne]

Just won a Mclaren Major on E-bay and i feel a little as i was hoping we wouldn't need one for dd2, Dh wasn't keen on getting one as he thinks dd2 should be able to walk (holding my hand) like a NT child . I find it hard to cope with both dd's without having a buggy and dd2 is now too big for her small buggy. We often go to car boot sales in the summer and neither of the girls can manage all the walking (dd1 moans that her laegs hurt due to low muscle tone and dd2 runs off or refuses to walk).

I think Dh is worried about drawing attention to dd2 and people asking questions.

Please tell me i have done the right thing and it will be a god send in the summer when we go on day trips?

It's the best thing for DD2, so you have definitely done the right thing!

People will stare just as much if she runs off/lies on the ground as my DD is wont to do, so your DH's argument doesn't really stand.

Thanks Fanjo, i think its Dh making me feel guilty, i won't need to use it for the school run as i drive to school most days (so in september she won't be seen by her class mates in a buggy), it will mainly be for the summer o we can have days out without worrying about dd2 running off or lying down in the road.

Defo done the right thing... a Major buggy is simply a means to an end.. it you getting out as a family with less hassle
You don't have to defend your actions to anyone

We used one for years and still have a wheelchair that we use occasionally as DS2 can't do long walks (ASD, MLD hypotonia). We use it as and when necessary.. so less these days as he's 12 but we'd never have got out when he was younger otherwise!

Ahh I miss taking him round car boot sales....(won't go now!)

i wish we'd got one, we got a Techno XLR instead and she is almost too big for it and its very heavy, she looks like a 5 year old in a buggy, she is very tall, so we get the looks anyway!!

You've done the right thing.

No one bats an eyelid when I'm walking round with DS2 in a buggy and DS1 holding onto it. I miss it when I don't have it, too. Took just DS1 out shopping, this afternoon and my arm is in spasms from keeping hold of him in the shops (and he still managed to turn off the lights in one shop!)

I can remember the feeling only too well when DS2 got his mac major. He looked "more disabled" if that is at all possible. We don't his much now as DS3 is only 14 months and needs a pram so it sits in the cupboard gathering dust.

It was a godsend though, and you'll be glad you got it. The footplate is very sturdy, and my neice has sat on it on occasions to hitch a ride. Wish I'd known you wanted though Marne, I could have got DS2's couriered to you as we aren't using it at present.

Picked it up this morning and took the dd's into town as had to pop into boots, thought i would try at out and it was great, dd1 wanted a go in it too, i said to her 'what will your friends think if you use a buggy' and she said 'she didn't care as it looks fun' , dd2 looked so much smaller than she does in her little buggy. No one batted an eye lid appart from when dd2 was singing at the top of her voice at the till.

Glad it worked out well for you and your DDs