tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post361850170891673361..comments2024-01-27T18:00:54.268+00:00Comments on This Is My Blog: On PracticalitiesMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-24473520241930331362016-05-11T22:03:38.465+01:002016-05-11T22:03:38.465+01:00The only difference having the big wheels at the f...The only difference having the big wheels at the front makes is that it's almost impossible to go in a straight line. If you roll any chair down a hill it'll try and spin itself round to go little wheels first.<br /><br />I can't understand why she preferred it, but she did.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-14341004361353398132016-05-11T22:02:23.310+01:002016-05-11T22:02:23.310+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-37940393523562371132016-04-26T21:20:01.402+01:002016-04-26T21:20:01.402+01:00Firstly I just wanted to say thank you for everyth...Firstly I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've shared about becoming a mum. I too have the same condition and use a wheelchair (a few years ago you also helped me to decide about getting e-motions, so thanks for that too!), so everything has been really useful and helpful and encouraging to read, as I'd love to be a mum too.<br /><br />I have a couple of specific questions:<br /><br />1. How do you manage resting during the day? I know you have said that your PAs don't do parenting, so I was wondering how you manage to rest? At the moment I have to rest a couple of times during the day to keep my energy as good as it can be, and I wonder how this will be possible if I had a baby to look after. I know babies have naps, but I worry that my need to nap and a baby's need to nap wouldn't necessarily 'match'!<br /><br />2. How do you find holding and moving Jamie about? A few of my friends have had babies recently and I've held them, and I wonder how I'll be able to manage moving a baby around at home, especially as they get heavier. Obviously a sling will help, but I'm curious as to whether you have any other thoughts and/or tips about this aspect of caring for a baby.<br /><br />Thanks again!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974201971126211788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-91639153552286402112016-04-26T17:23:43.623+01:002016-04-26T17:23:43.623+01:00Thanks for doing a post in response to my comment ...Thanks for doing a post in response to my comment - it was really useful. I'd seen people wearing slings, but I hadn't considered how useful they would be along with a wheelchair (and Google shows that they work well for men too!).<br /><br />I guess my 'only' other question (which I guess is a pretty big question!), is how you manage caring for a baby with your fatigue? I'm worried that I would be too tired to calm a baby down, to feed them, to play with them etc - particularly with all of the disturbed sleep etc that comes with a baby. There's obviously no 'answer' to this, but I'd be interested to hear your experiences sometime...<br /><br />Thanks again for all of the useful posts!robintwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070742946631912837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-55667922532085109922016-04-21T20:31:32.355+01:002016-04-21T20:31:32.355+01:00It's the "more or less flat" that...It's the "more or less flat" that's the kicker, though. Even getting around the estate where I live is an adventure in potholes, cambers, ridges caused by tree roots under the pavement, and dropped kerbs that aren't close to being flush with the road surface.<br /><br />I also prefer the sling inside shops as it means the "footprint" I'm trying to get round crowded aisles is the square of my wheelchair rather than a rectangle of that square plus a pushchair fixed in front.<br /><br />I mean, I'd love to try something like that for wandering round the park, perhaps. But for moving around urban/suburban spaces, not so much. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-16876984886053626652016-04-20T19:18:09.214+01:002016-04-20T19:18:09.214+01:00I have a friend who got a daughter in August, and ...I have a friend who got a daughter in August, and she uses a power chair when leaving the house. Her husband has made a lifting mechanism out of curtain pole hooks (I think that's what they're called in English? The pieces attached to the wall that the pole rests on) that he has affixed to her foot rests, so she can drive up to the back of the buggy, lift the chair/ foot rests up slightly to catch the buggy and lift its back wheels of the ground, and then she can manoeuvre around quite easily as long as it's more or less flat. The buggy has front wheels that can swing around. It does require a power chair advanced enough that you can control height of seat and angle of foot rests, though.Souvrayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250783829321662232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-85648684810039198972016-04-18T06:00:04.951+01:002016-04-18T06:00:04.951+01:00As I recall, your mum's wheelchair had the lar...As I recall, your mum's wheelchair had the larger wheels at the front? I wonder if that made a difference?<br /><br />With the powerchair I've occasionally moved the pushchair one-handed while operating the joystick, but only very slowly, over the tiniest distances, and in environments with absolutely smooth floors, wide doors, etc. Put me on a pavement with unpredictable cambers, potholes, dropped kerbs that still have an inch, poor traffic visibility due to badly parked cars... I don't think I'd get far.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27874443.post-63044451386207344252016-04-17T16:33:02.260+01:002016-04-17T16:33:02.260+01:00If I ever go to the supermarket with someone who c...If I ever go to the supermarket with someone who can film it; I can make a short vid demo using a trolley of how I push a supermarket trolley. Which is the same technique my mum used to push me when I was in a pram, and how I plan to push a buggy if I manage to have kids.<br /><br />It wouldn't work for anyone who can't move their legs at all (it involves using your feet to propel your manual chair leaving a hand free to push a buggy), but it works for people like me who can move their legs, just for whatever reason can't really walk.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.com