NW Cyclist
I have a 15 month old and when he was 4 months old I tried the car seat in
the trailer thing and it didn't work too well for us. First of all I
haven't seen a car seat that completely cradles the infants head properly
and their head will bounce around a lot because the child usually falls
asleep in the first 5-10 minutes of riding and trailers are known to bounce
around especially with light loads in them. Although this may work for
others, I'm just sharing my experience. In addition I would definately talk
to your pediatrician to get their input.
On 8/29/08, Jonathan Maus BikePortland wrote:
>
> 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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