Help walking refuser

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What have parents of lazy toddlers done to help encourage them to walk more?

She used to love walking she was walking by her first birthday and honestly used to run walk everywhere.

Im a keen walker and didn't do prams initially, i always went with the carrier so she could get up and have a rest when ever she wanted but mostly because the terrains I was walking from day to day would have killed most buggies within my budget. Well any way I fell pregnant with our second couldn't get the carrier over my bump and she still wanted a nap during the day so if we were out I needed a solution so we got a buggy and she was not that keen unless she was tired.

Baby no2's arrival and she now pretty much won't walk for 5 minutes without wanting to be up or in the pram help. I'm at my wits end with the comments about her being to big for her pram she has only turned 3 but she is very tall tbf. Makes it hard to walk the dogs or to nursery getting frustrated as I know she can walk the distances I'm asking she just doesn't want too.

Please reassure me this is just a phase and that I won't have to fireman's lift her into uni 😂

Why not just let her get in the buggy?

Tbh I have a condition in my wrists that does mean it's hard to push her but it's a half mile walk to nursery at her pace. I'm trying to encourage her to be active and enjoy being outdoors. I do let her in the buggy I have a double and often have the baby in the carrier as that's where they are settled. I was just looking for solutions or ways to get her to walk so I don't feel so encumbered.

I mean don't get me wrong the guns I'm going to get carrying them both everywhere will rival Arnold Schwarzenegger's lol but still.

Will she use a scooter/balance bike/ scuttle bug?

Have you tried a buggy board??

My LO insists on being carried at time (I'm currently 36 weekspregnant with #2) and it's a pita, but total refusal just means we don't get anywhere and we both get upset.
Some times I have agreed (short distances) but that I carry to one lamp post, he walks to next. Has been useful at times.

No to buggy board could be worth a try but if she would walk I wouldn't need the buggy at all as baby is happy in carrier. At the mo I'm back carrying baby and front carrying her before meltdown point then trying to put her back down and distracting her.

Tried the bike/scooter/scuttle bug I end up carrying that as well as her 🤦🏻‍♀️

My wrists are still rubbish after #1 so I feel your pain re buggy pushing.

Would you be able to have #1 in a toddler carrier on your back or ring sling on your hip and #2 in the buggy so it's lighter to push?

Oh Foody we do the lamppost thing too. Hopefully they just do it soon.

I know comparing your child with others is just not worth the stress but every other child sy her age I know seems happy and content to walk. Except one but they are low functioning autistic so they have enough going on.

Also, I know really you want a getting her to walk solution, but have you tried buggys with different handles?.My first one used to really just my wrists , current one, not so much.

I used to get it pushing a trolley round too and found holding with my hands upright less sore.

I can manage her no bother in a carrier and do have a super toddler carrier but I need to get a single buggy tbh as the double is just weird to push with just one in it.

The double we have is actually really good and has great suspension just bulky. Doesn't really hurt unless I'm pushing up hill which seems to always be the case 😂.

Most buggy-hating people I know either drive or bribe them with sweets. I have listened to many a crying small child wandering along with sweets.

The dedicated walkers all let them in the buggy so the walking parent can just get on with things.

Scooters: they get tired, won't ride, or crash & hurt selves. Just an extra thing for you to carry.

At 3 she could do a scooter with a strap, drag her a long for some and once she gets the hang she'll do it herself?

Looks like I'm just going to have to accept buggy situation for awhile. I don't want to bribe (not that I don't do this) but I want her to enjoy walking so that In the future she doesn't have crap memories of crying her wee eyes out or no teeth thanks to my rubbish parenting lol.

Think il fork out for a buggy board try it on the double and if she accepts this then il just do that.

Scooter with a strap? So kind of like a lead on a normal scooter?

Do you have a littlelife backpack OP? I took the strap off that and attached it to the scooter, it was perfect to pull the scooter along with. I've also seen people pulling them along with a belt. Really helps when they get tired, or going downhill before they get the hang of using the brakes, or going uphill when they haven't got the strength to get up there. And if they want to walk instead it means you don't have to carry the scooter or bend down to push it, you can just pull it along as easy as Larry.

I'd agree with the other poster. I am a walker and just get on with using a buggy and don't care what people think. I get comments from 'friends' "ohh mines hates the buggy, has been walking everywhere for ages" but they drive everywhere so actually that's bull! Their child isn't being expected to walk anywhere for any length of time or distance!

DS2 was in a buggy until he was nearly 4, as he's big for his age and I thought the buggy would collapse! Getting back from the school without it was horrible, because he was overtired after a full day.

She isn't lazy, she's 3. You've brought an interloper into her field. She may adore said interloper but she still has to take that in and balance for love for her sibling with the interloper stealing her parents. And just as she's used to it, her sibling will crawl or walk or talk and it'll be something new to process.

It sounds like she's enjoying the rest and the being babied a bit.

I would do short trips with baby in carrier and her walking. Does she hhd your hand good? Otherwise or possibly still also reins or those back packs with leads on.

Half a mile is a lot on little growing legs so I'd take the buggy and get her to sit back and fold her legs up so she's crossed legged if her feet drag. Of put them on the footrest.

My DS was walking at 8 months, however, you couldn’t rely on him to go for an actual walk, he always wanted into the buggy or would just sit down. We ended up using the buggy WAY longer than I ever intended to, but he would go further on a balance bike. We just assumed he was a bit lazy, but when he was 5 found out that he has very hyper mobile joints, which mean his legs genuinely do tire much quicker than everyone else’s. Perhaps worth baring in mind!