tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post4143277044264929177..comments2023-04-11T05:13:50.505-07:00Comments on DisABLEd Positive parent: Yet more useful baby products on high street for disabled parents! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11005096501831595920noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post-25825489056731587052012-09-22T01:38:16.682-07:002012-09-22T01:38:16.682-07:00Thank you so much for this one. I'll definitel...Thank you so much for this one. I'll definitely recommend it to a friend who's been having a hard time with their new born.Kath Mannhttp://www.nest-shop.co.uk/baby-cotsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post-34003204324075585552012-08-25T11:00:23.320-07:002012-08-25T11:00:23.320-07:00thank you so much. It was really kind of you to se...thank you so much. It was really kind of you to send me such a detailed reply. I'm sure your advice will be really helpful.<br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post-10750550369341318402012-08-25T08:45:44.412-07:002012-08-25T08:45:44.412-07:00HO.S blogger being annoying, I mean a "Scuttl...HO.S blogger being annoying, I mean a "Scuttlebug" not scuttlebutt as my computer is hell bent on auto correcting to. <br /><br />You will find a way, it is difficult to look in the future and ponder how something will happen until you see it unfolding in your child so these are just some ideas but I bet you will have come up with a hundred more inventive ways by the time you are getting your child to walk. I am still in learning about all this really, my son is 19months old and despite all our inventive ideas, purchased items to encourage walking he still prefers to coast and will stand for a few seconds UN aided but that is about it. However his intellectual capacity seems to have taken off, so I think walking very much depends on your child and whether or not they like reading and learning quiet games or up and about exploring the world. What ,any mothers have told me is to not worry, it is just our sons way and to be honest when our little darlings are walking boy you can bet we will have a new hundred things to be inventive about to stop total caious ensuing haha xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005096501831595920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post-15063570013108346172012-08-25T08:41:02.553-07:002012-08-25T08:41:02.553-07:00Hi Maddy,
As you probably already know whilst som...Hi Maddy,<br /><br />As you probably already know whilst some baby gadgets offer the same solution to baby care for well parents as disabled parents such as the walking wings , occasionally we have to find common shop brought items and work out inventive ways of using them to help us in parenting care. Walking your child from a wheelchair is one of those times.<br /><br />I do not know the details of your chair or of your disability but here are a few solutions:<br /><br />1. A curtain poll, from a DIY store or astrong garden cane. On conventional old fashioned manual chairs the arm rests have gaps underneath the rest. Simply post garden cane, husband can cut down to safe size so you do not look like you are about to embark on tightrope walking but there must be a good portion of cane poking out of the arm rest gaps either side. Your child when it gets coasting will instantly enjoy finding any thing he or she can to pull himself up onto so as in walking position. Slowly move wheelchair back using a leg to scoot or arms and hey presto.<br /><br />2. Electric wheelchair, wack chair speed right down. Using a scuttlebutt trike which is a fantastic purchase for getting your child to use on own to build up legs, the saddle of scuttle bug also slips nicely under many electric wheelchairs. So the saddle will be under your wheelchair seat and handles facing your child. The instinct to grab on handles will be overwhelming for any coasting child! In order to tow scuttlebug slowly without need to use your hands, take a long strip of material, like a dressing gown tie, tie one end in a knot around the handle bar centre on scuttle bug and the other end onto a belt worn around your waist. Slowly edge wheelchair back whilst your child holds onto the scuttlebug bar and hey presto you are helping your child walk. <br /><br />There are several items that are useful for us not great at walking ourselves parents, that will encourage your child's leg muscles to build and co ordinate for walking such as the Scuttlebug on its own, my son pushes it around the room by himself and tries to climb on now and then. A baby walker but get partner to take your child to sit in a few as some just are awful at putting child in a good walking position. Removing cushions of a sofa and placing interesting toys at back of sofa encourages child to let go a bit of the sofa and reach to toys hence putting more weight through legs and learning confidence. A Tippitoes baby bouncer is the easiest of bouncers on market to use to encourage weight bearing. Toddle trucks, hmmmm not sure these are great really and certainly no good for my hubby and I to use with our son as neither of us can stand and bend down that low etc. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005096501831595920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post-84655738129351879452012-08-24T21:24:14.036-07:002012-08-24T21:24:14.036-07:00Cool products for kids specially the lesson of tea...Cool products for kids specially the lesson of teaching to ride a bicycleBaby Productshttp://leoandbarbie.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977346207935034011.post-57247709737819142262012-08-24T13:02:11.645-07:002012-08-24T13:02:11.645-07:00thanks for all this great advice. Do you have any ...thanks for all this great advice. Do you have any tips on helping baby walk for those of us who can't walk ourselves? I have an able bodied partner who could do it but I really don't want to miss out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com