Exploring Life & Business with Taylor Moreland of Frog Mobility

Today we’d like to introduce you to Taylor Moreland.

Hi Taylor, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
We are Taylor and Ally Moreland, parents of Brody. Together, we have developed a new mobility device for babies, toddlers, and children who have difficulty moving their legs. We call it The Frog.

Brody Ray Moreland was born on April 3, 2017. He was born with a spinal cord defect known as spina bifida. He underwent two surgeries immediately after birth and another four revisional surgeries over the remainder of 2017.

Brody’s doctors and neurosurgeons did a great job, but his level of defect, coupled with newly discovered spinal cord atrophy, meant that he would have very little to no movement or control of his lower body starting below his chest. This meant Brody would not be able to sit unsupported, crawl, or be mobile in any way on his own. After this realization, Brody’s mobility became a top priority for us.

With the help of Brody’s tremendous physical therapist, Gerti Motovalli, and a lot of practice, Brody was able to use a baby wheelchair to maneuver around the house. This was very exciting but Brody still wasn’t able to play on the floor, go certain places, or interact with toys the way other kids his age do. Brody needed a way to crawl.

After numerous late nights and trial and error testing, we created the first Frog. This was a truly life-changing time for Brody. Before The Frog, Brody was stuck on the floor wherever we put him, and he had a very hard time playing with most of his toys.

After he started using The Frog, he was able to roam around the house, chase the cat, play with toys and do everything that any crawling baby could do. His cognitive development exploded over this period. For the first time, he was able to truly explore his world.

Over several months we made changes to the design and production of The Frog. Once perfected Brody was spending hours a day in his Frog. He could seriously go faster in it than we could walk, which is pretty good for a 21-month-old who can’t move his legs!

According to multiple physical therapists, there was nothing available like The Frog. It is the first real mobility device designed for children with disabilities as young as six months old. To date, we have given out over 300 Frogs to children all over the world.

Once Brody began to grow, he cognitively wanted to be more upright to talk and interact with his peers. We created the GoBro toddler wheelchair for him after trying many others that didn’t work great for him and were very expensive.

The GoBro became available to kiddos to order during the winter of 2020. Since its release, we have sent out over 200 GoBro’s to children all over the world.

Children all over the world are born every day with disabilities that affect their mobility early in life. We have seen how much Brody’s life has changed because of The Frog, and we would love for it to change your child’s life as well!

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
This was never meant to be a business to make money, it was a business to help improve children with disabilities’ lives.

The biggest challenge we faced in the beginning and still today is connecting with those children who are in need of our devices.

Thankfully social media has helped us build awareness, but there are still so many children that could benefit from a Frog or GoBro that we haven’t reached.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
We make the Frog, a crawling device, and GoBro, a toddler wheelchair, for children with disabilities.

There is nothing like the Frog available for kiddos who can’t crawl. The GoBro is the lightest weight and most affordable toddler wheelchair available. We sell our products for the cost it takes to manufacture, but we raise funds so we can provide devices at a low cost or free to families who are unable to afford a device.

We know how expensive it can be to have a kiddo with medical challenges and don’t want finances to be the reason a child can’t experience mobility.

What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
We are currently shifting our business from an LLC to a non for profit, this is something we are very excited about! We hope to continue to help kiddos experience mobility all over the world as we continue to build awareness.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.frogmobilityllc.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frogmobilityllc/?hl=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frogmobilityllc/