Bernie is a paraplegic (Complete T10). She has been in a wheelchair for 18 years. Jasper is 5 months old. Bernie has been able to pick him up like this since he was 2 months old. She uses the arm of the lounge chair as support when picking him up. Jasper knows the routine well and tenses up on the count of three to help Bernie lift him.
Jasper and his mum, Bernie, have just come home from the hospital. Bernie, who is in a wheelchair, gives Jasper his first bath at home. The bath is a fisher price bath that comes with a sling to hold a new born. The table that we use as the bath/change table is a $50 trestle table from Bunnings.
Jasper is now a year old. In this video Bernie shows how she takes Jasper to the toilet and then gives him a shower after dinner. Bernie uses the same shower chair she uses to sit Jasper on while she cleans him. They play and have a lot of fun at shower time. Bernie is a paraplegic with a complete severe at T10.
Jasper's mum, Bernie, is a T10 paraplegic. In this video she shows how she picks up Jasper now that he is mobile. He is at the stage where he can commando crawl on his tummy, but can't crawl on his knees yet.
Bernie is a paraplegic (T10 Complete). She is able to put Jasper to Bed in his Power Cot, an electric cot that lowers the baby's bed so they can't climb out and raises it again to get them out. See the manufacturers video at http://www.youtube.com/user/WHATBOX1#p/u/0/B5T-cAR9GkY
As often as we can, we try to sail across to Magnetic Island. Jasper isn't phased by life on the boat, he does the normal things he does to pass the trip. He plays, he sleeps, and then plays some more.
Bernie is a paraplegic (Complete T10). Jasper is 5 months old. Bernie has been getting Jasper in and out of the car since he was 6 weeks old. We have a 'Turn-A-Tot' car seat made by Infa Secure.
This video shows how Bernie settles Jasper when he doesn't want to go to sleep straight away. Bernie uses the tweddle method of periodic reassurance to get him to sleep. Jasper is 3 months old.
Many years ago, Bernie backpacked through aftrica. Being in a
wheelchair this was quite an accomplishment. In Zimbabwe she joined in
on an Elephant Safari through the national park.