My three year old son has always been happy to walk and hasn't used his buggy since we went on holiday last summer so we sold it at Christmas.
We've since had a baby and bought her a YoYo buggy to use as our day-day-pram. Son, who I think is a little jealous, has since been complaining about walking when we go on day trips which is something he's never done before.
I recently joined a YoYo group to ask opinions on getting a buggy board attachment for him as I'm anticipating lots more complaining when we go on holiday in August (we do city breaks with lots of walking).
The replies were surprising! A lot of people were telling me to forget the board and that I should be buying/hiring a buggy for my son as 'he's only three' and 'still so little!' There were also lots of comments from people who said that their four, five and six year olds still use buggies.
I suppose I don't see my son as 'little' any more as he is fairly self sufficient (potty trained, can use cutlery, has a good grasp of language, can entertain himself etc) and feel like he's definitely 'upgraded' from toddler status now.
The only other children we know who are older than our son stopped using their buggies at a similar age so I think I just assumed this was normal?
I think now I'm worrying that I'm assigning his reluctance to walk as just jealousy that will pass when actually he's being genuine when he says he doesn't want to as he's actually too tired?
So, am I being unreasonable in not having a buggy as an option for my son? Should I really be looking at hiring one for our holiday? 🤷🏻♀️🧐