Jonathan Maus BikePortland

Ken,

i strapped my daughter's car child seat into a trailer when she was
three months old and it worked great.

I have a column on BikePortland about family biking. Here's a recent
story that went through a lot of the different kid-biking set-ups. http://tinyurl.com/6kes55
. There are lots of photos and links and many comments from readers
with more tips/advice.

good luck.
--Jonathan
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On Aug 29, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Augusto Carneiro wrote:

> I am sure people will have many opinions here, but I would encourage
> you to
> also listen to your child... We have 3 kids, the youngest is 1.5yrs
> old now,
> and all of them started on the trailer at different ages. Some
> around 6
> months, others at 10 months or so. We started with rides around the
> neighborhood, and then increasing slowly after that. While I was in
> the
> first 2 years of kicking off Nossa Familia I was a stay at home dad
> and did
> some training rides with the two kids in tow during their nap times,
> but
> never more then 1.5 or 2 hrs, and again listen to you baby/kids, if
> they are
> having a miserable time then something is wrong and they are not
> ready for
> it yet.
>
> There is a lot of info out there, but remember to listen to your kids!
>
> Augusto "I wish my parent's had towed me in a trailer when I was a
> baby"
> Carneiro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Gregory Leblanc
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 8:17 AM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Question about transporting newborns via bike
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Susan Otcenas >
> wrote:
>> You might want to take a look at this article:
>> http://www.bhsi.org/little1s.htm I'm not necessarily advocating for
>> their position, but it's definitely food for thought. Your little
>> one
>> will be precious cargo, so it will help to read lots of different
>> perspectives on the subject.
>
> Wow, neat site. I wonder if I can find one that's as alarmist about
> transporting newborns by car...
> Greg
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