My DS has low tone in his trunk area. He has trouble sitting up straight (and rising from lying down to sitting up), though his arms and legs are reasonably strong. (Most people don't even notice he has low tone issues when he's doing his normal activities.) He also has some bodily coordination issues.
He had trouble with the classic style radio flyer tricycle, which has a typical tricycle seat (no back portion). He kept sliding/falling off the seat. He also had trouble coordinating his feet while trying to keep himself on the tricycle. So, I got him another tricycle with a seat back (the back is all-in-one with the seat bottom, so it looks kinda like a mini-bucket seat). That helped immensely by helping him stay on the tricycle, most of the time anyway
. So then his biggest issue was learning to coordinate the feet and keep them on the pedals. He's been doing okay with that (most of the time lately). Anyway, now he's pretty much at the top end (size-wise) for his little tricycle. Does anyone have any thoughts on what we can do next? A regular bicycle with training wheels probably won't go well, for the same reasons his first tricycle didn't work.
We have been thinking of an Adams Trail-a-Bike (http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Trail-A-...=ATVPDKIKX0DER) and getting the backrest optional accessory (http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Backrest...A2HFCV3FY28WSA
). It has some kind of a buckle-in accessory. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this kind of setup.
They have BuddyBikes (http://www.amazon.com/Buddy-Bike-Fam...=A6Y5O1T9JBJ7L), but 1) he's probably still too small to fit in one of those and 2) EGADS! are those expensive. And 3) It still requires that the child be able to sit properly in the seat (not sure we are there yet).
Are there any other ideas, like a larger tricycle that isn't necessarily for special needs ($$$$) but has a seat with a back on it? Alternatively, are there any backrests that go on standard bicycles?
Just not sure what to do next. I think it's been very therapeutic for him, in many ways, to learn the tricycle.
Oh, and he's not yet 4.5 years old, and he's probably about 25% on the height curve (shorter than average) - with short legs for his body.
He had trouble with the classic style radio flyer tricycle, which has a typical tricycle seat (no back portion). He kept sliding/falling off the seat. He also had trouble coordinating his feet while trying to keep himself on the tricycle. So, I got him another tricycle with a seat back (the back is all-in-one with the seat bottom, so it looks kinda like a mini-bucket seat). That helped immensely by helping him stay on the tricycle, most of the time anyway
. So then his biggest issue was learning to coordinate the feet and keep them on the pedals. He's been doing okay with that (most of the time lately). Anyway, now he's pretty much at the top end (size-wise) for his little tricycle. Does anyone have any thoughts on what we can do next? A regular bicycle with training wheels probably won't go well, for the same reasons his first tricycle didn't work.We have been thinking of an Adams Trail-a-Bike (http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Trail-A-...=ATVPDKIKX0DER) and getting the backrest optional accessory (http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Backrest...A2HFCV3FY28WSA
). It has some kind of a buckle-in accessory. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this kind of setup.They have BuddyBikes (http://www.amazon.com/Buddy-Bike-Fam...=A6Y5O1T9JBJ7L
), but 1) he's probably still too small to fit in one of those and 2) EGADS! are those expensive. And 3) It still requires that the child be able to sit properly in the seat (not sure we are there yet).Are there any other ideas, like a larger tricycle that isn't necessarily for special needs ($$$$) but has a seat with a back on it? Alternatively, are there any backrests that go on standard bicycles?
Just not sure what to do next. I think it's been very therapeutic for him, in many ways, to learn the tricycle.
Oh, and he's not yet 4.5 years old, and he's probably about 25% on the height curve (shorter than average) - with short legs for his body.
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