My almost 5 yo is determined not to pedal his bike. Its driving me mad. He absolutely LOVES his balance bike. But its getting way to big for it though and its very worn out from a lot of use. We will have to get rid of it. So he will no longer have a bike.
If i put him on his normal bike he gets a bit hysterical sayi g he cant do it. He pedals the pedals backwards but not forwards. He says his legs wont do it. He does tend to become hysterical quite easily its his nature.
I know he can do pedals cos i have seen him do them occasionally on a trike but he just seems to not like them much.
All his friends are on pedal bikes without stabilisers and i am worried he will miss out. I know how much he would love it cos of how much he loves his balance bike.
I know its generally better to do a laid back approach with these things normally and not put any pressure on but i know from experience with him that he sometimes needs a little persuasion otherwise he wont try anything new.
Does anyone have any tips? Do you think he just needs anither 6 months to mature a bit and try again later?
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has anyone else had a pedal bike refuser?
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anothervisittothepark · 06/08/2014 15:44
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