am I an idiot for jogging with 2 month old in stroller?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:shaken baby syndrome.

+1
Poor baby's head is bopping around while you get your workout in

not if they are in the car seat. no different than driving and going over bumps in the road

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

they say this to avoid liability and for the lowest common denominator. I have a friend who is a big runner and has won 5K races pushing her infant in the jogging stroller with the carseat. I've run with my kid in there as well, took stroller strides on maternity leave. It is perfectly fine and really no dif then driving with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

they say this to avoid liability and for the lowest common denominator. I have a friend who is a big runner and has won 5K races pushing her infant in the jogging stroller with the carseat. I've run with my kid in there as well, took stroller strides on maternity leave. It is perfectly fine and really no dif then driving with them.

Good grief, lady. It's a couple of months. Why in the world would you put your child at risk? Stupid and selfish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

they say this to avoid liability and for the lowest common denominator. I have a friend who is a big runner and has won 5K races pushing her infant in the jogging stroller with the carseat. I've run with my kid in there as well, took stroller strides on maternity leave. It is perfectly fine and really no dif then driving with them.

Good grief, lady. It's a couple of months. Why in the world would you put your child at risk? Stupid and selfish.

by that logic you shouldn't drive with your baby either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

they say this to avoid liability and for the lowest common denominator. I have a friend who is a big runner and has won 5K races pushing her infant in the jogging stroller with the carseat. I've run with my kid in there as well, took stroller strides on maternity leave. It is perfectly fine and really no dif then driving with them.

Propping your baby on top of a jogging stroller is very different than putting them in a 2 ton car where there are protected and you barely feel any movement. To each their own. Glad it worked out for you but it's irresponsible to recommend this practice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

they say this to avoid liability and for the lowest common denominator. I have a friend who is a big runner and has won 5K races pushing her infant in the jogging stroller with the carseat. I've run with my kid in there as well, took stroller strides on maternity leave. It is perfectly fine and really no dif then driving with them.

Good grief, lady. It's a couple of months. Why in the world would you put your child at risk? Stupid and selfish.

by that logic you shouldn't drive with your baby either

Or push a stroller over gravel. Or go over a bump. Or come down off a curb onto the street level. Etc... I'm a new poster and I totally get having the head supported. But if you are on a fairly smooth surface and the baby is in a car seat it really is not different than driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wow I am shocked by all the people who say this isn't ok.

baby in a jogging stroller with no support= no, all the recs not to jog with them until they are 8 months or sitting are for baby in the stroller WITHOUT a car seat.

baby in a car seat attached to a jogging stroller= perfectly fine. seriously no different than driving with your baby in the car in the car seat. They are very well supported.

just be sure you fix the front wheel of the stroller as it bounced weird if you dont.

Um, no. The instructions for OP's stroller say this:
• Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age in the stroller seat or if using a car
seat with the Baby Jogger Car Seat Adaptor. Always check with your child's pediatrician
before running/jogging with your child.

Clearly not the same as driving. Sheesh.

they say this to avoid liability and for the lowest common denominator. I have a friend who is a big runner and has won 5K races pushing her infant in the jogging stroller with the carseat. I've run with my kid in there as well, took stroller strides on maternity leave. It is perfectly fine and really no dif then driving with them.

You bolded the wrong part. The important part was the "Do not run/jog with children under 6 months of age." That answers OP's question.

[Anonymous]

It was medical advise to have a child sleep on their bellies, then on their side, now it's on their back.
It was also okay to give medication to a baby, now it's not advisable until the child is 6 years of age.

In my city there are tons of potholes, car rides are not stable nor are they smooth. That's why she's in her infant car seat, with her harness properly adjusted to help keep her as stable as possible.
A jogging stroller barely shows as much danger as going over tons of pot holes at 60-80MPH.
As long as you have your LO wearing a harness to help keep him/her stable, and you're paying attention and not hitting violent gravel roads at your top speed, I'd say it's fine.

Sure babies are tiny cute little new beings, but they aren't made of thin glass. Do you think our ancestors wrapped their young in bubble wrap and avoided any movement at all costs? Eh no.

They are climbing, running, doing all they need to do and I bet you any form of currency that they held their children * GASP* with one hand, while doing any sort of physically demanding activity.

At the rate that this is all going its going to be recommended to not walk with your infant because " HAVE YOU NOT HEARD ABOUT SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME?! How DARE you even speed walk with a infant in your arms!"

OP... Honestly, you do you. If you feel it's safe, and you take precaution, and you ensure your kid is enjoying the ride as much as you are enjoying your little bit of time being out and about then I don't think there's a problem.

Shame on all of you for being so damn drastic.
Scaring all the new moms and making others feel awful.

What works for you/others works for you/others.
Ugh.

-Dani

[Anonymous]

NP but sorry it's not the same as driving in the city. Your 2 ton car has shock absorbers to take away a lot of the shock. OP, please at least wait until 6 months and always ask your pediatrician first especially about whether to has regular stroller or adapter.

[Anonymous]

#zombiethread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was medical advise to have a child sleep on their bellies, then on their side, now it's on their back.
It was also okay to give medication to a baby, now it's not advisable until the child is 6 years of age.

In my city there are tons of potholes, car rides are not stable nor are they smooth. That's why she's in her infant car seat, with her harness properly adjusted to help keep her as stable as possible.
A jogging stroller barely shows as much danger as going over tons of pot holes at 60-80MPH.
As long as you have your LO wearing a harness to help keep him/her stable, and you're paying attention and not hitting violent gravel roads at your top speed, I'd say it's fine.

Sure babies are tiny cute little new beings, but they aren't made of thin glass. Do you think our ancestors wrapped their young in bubble wrap and avoided any movement at all costs? Eh no.

They are climbing, running, doing all they need to do and I bet you any form of currency that they held their children * GASP* with one hand, while doing any sort of physically demanding activity.

At the rate that this is all going its going to be recommended to not walk with your infant because " HAVE YOU NOT HEARD ABOUT SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME?! How DARE you even speed walk with a infant in your arms!"

OP... Honestly, you do you. If you feel it's safe, and you take precaution, and you ensure your kid is enjoying the ride as much as you are enjoying your little bit of time being out and about then I don't think there's a problem.

Shame on all of you for being so damn drastic.
Scaring all the new moms and making others feel awful.

What works for you/others works for you/others.
Ugh.

-Dani

I realize that medical advice has changed over the years as we get more information and studies but I don't think that's a good reason to substitute your own advice instead.

[Anonymous]

I am the poster who saw somebody bragging after finishing her stroller job 5 weeks pp- i
Guess those crazies who responded hear saying its fine are the same ones who responded to the ladys post on fb saying way to go! There is a whole unhealthy community of women who are obsessed with running/exercise and cant comprehend putting a short break of running until their babies are old enough. Makes me really sad to see so many disordered moms

[Anonymous]

Wow. Yes. OP, you aren't supposed to jog with them until around 6 months. I forget the weight limit, but they're supposed be sitting independently at that point. Stop now.

[Anonymous]

Very slow jogging with a 2 month old is probably fine. I have bigger concerns about the stroller being top-heavy with the carseat attachment and tipping over than I do about shaken baby syndrome. I had a BOB and that thing was over-designed to be an incredibly smooth ride, and I don't think there could be much of a difference between a slow jog and a brisk walk.

However, please don't sprint with your infant in the carseat attachment in the bike lane. very bad idea!!