We were feeling a bit snowbound just after Christmas. Not everybody shovels their sidewalk and the snow doesn’t have to get too deep to be too much for a standard wheelchair (even a new purple one). So we brought out the Winter Wheelchair (AKA a Baby Jogger Special Needs Junior Outdoor Mobility Device. I’m not kidding.) This thing can plow through pretty much anything. Last year I even took it up Riverdale hill a dozen times while tobogganing with Jon (if I do it this year, it’ll probably be the last–he’s heavy and it’s steep!)

It’s not a perfect solution…Jon’s posture isn’t too great just sitting in the hammock (and it does affect him afterwards). But he loves the outdoors and we were all getting a little grumpy, and the crankiness literally diappears when we get out to the front step. It is a big emotional deal. So it’s all a balance.

Uh-oh. In the course of linking this post I notice that the Baby Jogger company has relegated the Special Needs series to their Non-Current Model section. Implying that it might be discontinued. This is a concern because within a couple of years, our guy is going to need a bigger Winter Wheelchair (ie a Baby Jogger Special Needs Outdoor Mobility Device). I hope they aren’t doing anything drastic.