Can't find a cycle helmet small enough for baby.
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wafflycat
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Mrs.MysticMeg said:
That's the age Wafflycat Minor was when I first started taking him on my bike for exactly the reasons you're wanting to do it - it was my way of getting about in daily life. He's almost 21 now, so you'll be pleased to know it is entirely possible for them to reach adulthood after being exposed to the 'dangers' of cycling so young
Lid... Wafflycat Minor ended up wearing the smallest lid I could buy with the fattest padding that came with the lid. It worked. He's still here. How developed your child is at holding up her head, you will know.
purplepolly
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wafflycat said:
Never did me any harm either, and that was in an urban area on a folding metal finger-catching childseat before helmets seemed to have been invented.
wafflycat
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It worked in the sense that it enabled a lid to fit...
Never crashed. Never fell over, never had a problem with any of the highlighted problems of transporting a young one by bicycle. I think the potential problems can so easily be overstated so that yes, it makes cycling sound dangerous and scares folk off.
Never crashed. Never fell over, never had a problem with any of the highlighted problems of transporting a young one by bicycle. I think the potential problems can so easily be overstated so that yes, it makes cycling sound dangerous and scares folk off.
Auntie Helen
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Yes, the OP hasn't visited since the day she made her original posts. Obviously wasn't happy with our recommendations!
I am Spartacus
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Yes, you naughty people... my first thought If I saw anyone with a baby on back of a bike.. what a complete tit ;-)
Could you not put the baby in one of those baby rucksack things? I've seen parents using them walking up Snowdon which is surely just as "dangerous" as cycling as if you slip on a rock etc down you and the little one goes. The ones where you stick the baby in the front in a pouch thing.
That's what I would do if I had a bambino and wanted to nip to the shops. Cycle slowly and carefully and there is probably just as much risk as getting run over by a car when walking with a pram.
That's what I would do if I had a bambino and wanted to nip to the shops. Cycle slowly and carefully and there is probably just as much risk as getting run over by a car when walking with a pram.
Was strongly advised by paedatrician not to put babies in trailers before about 6 months as the vibration scrambles their brains to jelly. Seats better as modern ones are suspended. And it's true, the seat is a LOT smoother than the trailer, even though the latter has suspension and pneumatic tyres.
Went in the seat from about 6 months too, soon as they were in control of head via neck muscles. Used a blow-up neck cushion to help and they tended to sleep a lot. Found helmets to fit at that age on internet, and used seats with high sides for support and protection.
Went in the seat from about 6 months too, soon as they were in control of head via neck muscles. Used a blow-up neck cushion to help and they tended to sleep a lot. Found helmets to fit at that age on internet, and used seats with high sides for support and protection.
Mrs.MysticMeg said:Not if she had a helmet
Maybe you should read this http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2007/07/shakenbaby.html.
A bit of ill-fitting polystyrene won't stop your baby's brain being damaged by the inside of the skull.
HJ
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Another attempt to sell more helmets, when will they ever stop... 
