Hi Hayley

Yes it is tricky with one being healthy and the otehr one having high needs !!!

We have City Jogger Elite, have had it since the boys were 9 months (they'll be 2 next month). looking back it really was just good luck that I got a suitable one!

Bought mine second hand, so it's an older model, but i hope they still make it.

The seats are bucket style and really soft, so the bum sinks in and the pelvis can't slide forward. I have a corex board covered with foam in the back of the seat for Marten to provide the support and padding. Then I have Kidopotamus buggy liner in for him to make the seat narrower and support the lumbar region and head and keep things (ie him)in one place. When he was younger and weaker he also had a wee roll to support the side of his head from tilting too far, but he does not need it any longer. On top of that City Joggers are quite light and easy to fold.

Somebody in this forum mentioned some buggy which is 50:50 and the healthy child side can be taken off later on, but you have to trawl through the old posts here to find it.

How are you doing anyway? tried to PM you through Tamba, but it came up that you haven't activated your PM system. I am happy to get PMs from you.

Good luck with buggy search!

Imogen x

The double one mentioned sounds like my buggy - the Activate Tandem. It's stupidly expensive but offers a proper postural support adjustable seat on the front and a 'sling seat' at the back. The sling seat is actually a substantial reclinable seat with its own raincover and can be taken off when the second child no longer needs it. I have been told that the basket at the base is solid enough to withstand a 2nd child standing in it as if it were a buggyboard and the pushchair can continue to be used as a single pushchair once the 2nd child no longer needs it all. It can be used in a car using the anchor points but we have only ever folded in down and put it in our very large boot. Downsides: very very heavy,doesn't fold down small, very very expensive. Upsides: proper adjustable postural support chair, no compromise in comfort for the other twin.We applied for charity funding to help us get it and have been really pleased with it. Looks nice too. Maria xx

Is it really that heavy??? I was looking at it the other day and thought it would be a good idea - something like £3,000 I think/ I think the OT said we might get around £1,000 after a wheelchair assessment but as the charity funding seems to be all means tested, we will not be eligible....

I have a Renault Grand Scenic - is it too big for that do you think? Whereabouts are you based?

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Hi Hayley,

We're in Burgess Hill, nr Brighton. We got assessed through Horsham wheelchair Services and if I remember rightly we got something like £1600 towards it from them (the cost of a Snappi single pushchair plus some extra for the servicing we would have got if we'd have taken that pushchair) plus £900 charity funding. Like you we found we weren't eligible for most sources of charity funding either because of income or because Tom's part of the pushchair was paid for by the NHS and charities said that they couldn't pay for the rest of it because it was the part for the child without a disability. I mean, what are we meant to do, leave her at home?! It's crazy - if we didn't have twins we wouldn't need a double pushchair and we could have taken the single Snappi buggy that the NHS said Tom was entitled to because of his postural support needs. If we had twins and neither was disabled we could have used the double buggy we bought when they were born. It is the very fact that we have an able-bodied twin and a twin with CP that led us to seek such a specialist buggy in the first place - its not a special treat for Iris or anything, just a necessity because of the circumstances...We had to jump through hoops of fire to get the £900 from a local charity that supports kids - not a great experience in all honesty.

YES - it is that heavy - you would want to be careful how you lift it in and out of the car and you have to take both the front seat and the rear seats off the chassis before folding the chassis up. Its the chassis that weighs a tonne. We have a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso and it fits in ours with the chassis unfolded and the seats balanced on the top.

If you live nearby you are welcome to come and see it! Try before you buy!

Maria x