What age did you stop using a buggy / pushchair for your little one?

[HotChocolatemarshmallows]

Just wondering what age on average we will stop
Using our buggy.

I don't like our current one but wondering if there's any point selling & getting a new one.

It depends on the individual child and how much walking you need to do and whether you drive a lot. The youngest I look after is 2 and a half and will probably not need the buggy for much longer. We walk a mile each way to school and back, so that's potentially four miles, plus walking to toddler groups, library, shops etc. She's quite happy to scoot there and back most days and can walk it (at toddler pace!) but it's useful to have the pram for when the weather is bad and you just need to get somewhere fast.

My youngest will be coming up to 3. We’re using it less, but will still use it if put in the city shopping and I rely on it for school runs as otherwise a 15 minute school run can take a lot longer and frankly in the mornings especially we don’t have that time to spare!

We don't have a car and do a lot of walking, including to hospital appointments so can't do all of it at toddler pace so we still use one for our 3 year old and probably will for another few months. I usually have the baby in a sling so it's hard to keep close enough to the 3 year old for him to scoot safely on busy London pavements.

When DS was 3. We usually drive to most places, but also he's so tall, his feet were nearly touching the ground!

I only completely stopped when DD was around 4.5-4.9. But at the end I only used it for speed when we had to get from A to B in 5 minutes when walking it usually took 10.
We probably stopped regularly using it when she was around 4.

It varies so much based on your child and lifestyle. DD was really light, so if DH was with us we knew he could pick her up and carry her if she got too tired.

Baby was 4 months old the last time I took ours out. I didn’t like it so I didn’t use it much.

Dd is nearly 3 and we still use it occasionally. Mainly if we need to be quick on the school run or if we’re out for the full day it’s an option for her to sit in if she gets tired.

DD1 was pretty much out of hers by 2... But could hop on the buggy board if she got tired.
DD2 (20 months younger) stopped regularly busing hers at 3, but was on the back of my bike frequently instead.

DS1 stopped using his not long after he turned 3 and DS2 was born (he used a buggy board for quite a while after that though).

DS2 when he was about 3 3/4 and could scoot quickly enough to do the school run without making us late.

(I don’t drive so probably used the pushchair longer than I would have done if I had a car.)

With my youngest, when she was about 3.5/4. She could walk well enough but her brothers were 8 and 6 and much quicker than her so it was often much easier to push her so I could keep them all together. When she was closer to 4 she could keep up much better and we stopped using it

Dd2 was born when DD1 had just turned two so DD1 was relegated to the buggy board! She is happy walking short distances (up to a mile at a push id say) but we tend to use the buggy board for anything over about 1/2 a mile so without DD2 we might've still been using it!

About 2.5, she just wanted to walk all the time

I stopped at 16 months, when DD2 was born and I needed it for her. DD1 was a good walker on toddler reins. The exercise gave her sturdy legs! I used the car for long distances, but DD1 happily toddled up hills, across fields and round the village. By the time she was 3, she could almost outrun me! I think a lot of children stay in buggies too long these days - they really benefit from exercise in the fresh air, using their muscles and developing good balance and posture. My two had a long walk every day unless blizzards made it impossible to leave the house.

My fosterling was around 2 years 7 months, she's now just 3 and will sometimes ask to be carried for a bit but is generally happy to walk run everywhere.

Ds was 2 1/2 when he refused to use it anymore.
Dt were walking well by 2 1/2 however because there was two of them and I had time constrictions with school runs it was probably aged 3 (when it was too heavy for me to push). I often used the pushchair to get to school on time and let them walk home.

DS was three years and seven months when his baby sibling came along and he got a buggy board. I don't drive and it's a long walk to town, local shops etc.

Ds1 is 2.9 and in the last couple of weeks I’ve stopped using the double buggy and take a single for the baby and ds1 walks. Occasionally will go on the buggy board but not much. I don’t drive but he seems happy to walk quite far and always says he wants to walk. Doubt he will go in a buggy again now.

4 when there was a need for speed. DS2 was just turned 4. DS1 a bit longer, but I still had it in service with DS2, and would swap them around and use a carrier if both needed help. It looks like DS1 had some hypermobility in his hips which would explain a longer transition to walking functionally without back-up options. I've always used walking as functional transport.

Some people I know that gave buggies up by 2 never had to walk with a purpose, either they drove from A to B or were doing leisurely activities where they could afford to dawdle at toddler pace.

About 2.5.

Eldest was 2 and a half. Except if he wasn't feeling well.
Second... Well, he was complicated and I stopped last year when he was 6 (getting him to school on time was complicated due to to SEND and meltdowns.... Normally I wouldn't have put a kid his age in a buggy). Frankly I still think I should get a disability buggy for him at times.

And my smallest is tiny and I would be fine pushing her in a buggy but she's very resistant to the notion now, so I take my cue from her. even though she's 4, she's just about the size of most 2 year olds so I still will off she's ill but the older2 still need taking to school. Don't really care what anyone thinks, I do what is right for my family.

4 🤗. But my excuse is DD was looked after by my lovely DMIL the year before starting school and DP dropped us off there in the mornings on the way to the station and after leaving DD with her Granny, I walked 30 mins to my office. I then walked 30 mins back to MIL and got there at 6pm. It was then a good 30/40 minute walk with a tired 4 year old back home. In the buggy I could do it in 20 minutes. She was a slow walker and in the winter especially it was just easier to keep her warm and dry in the push chair.

My eldest stopped using it at about 18 months would walk everywhere, still does. Their sibling was nearly 3, late walker and not all that keen. Walks everywhere now, willingly I will add. 😀. Third child walks of balance bike everywhere and has done since about 20 months. We live rurally and walk a lot for school, nursery, activities and for our dogs.
My fourth goes everywhere in the sling as he is like velcro, not sure our buggy will see light again.

4-5yo, mostly 5yo. There was still some cadging lifts up to 7yo if a younger sibling had vacated the seat. So handy to put shopping, book bags, nappy bags, sleepy toddlers...