When did you stop using a pushchair?

[Nursetynurse]

My second was born when my oldest was 3.5, so he rode around on the buggy board for some time after. Youngest is now 3.5 and it still seems useful to have a pushchair for longer days out (zoo, etc) or, recently she had gastro and it was nice to be able to pop her in the pushchair and walk around for some fresh air.

Just wondering when people stop using pushchairs!

Stopped? I'm thinking of getting back in mine. I liked it

We moved house when my son was just under 4yo and it went into the basement storage never to return. We were no longer walking distance from nursery or town which meant we drove more often (sadly).

I think I missed it more as a storage place for bags and shopping while out and about!

I carried mine about in the boot for ages, partly because of fear of breaking down on the motorway and being on hard shoulder with a kid and no way to restrain them.

Around 4? I brought my double on holidays for twins around their 4th birthday and they seemed too big in it but we needed to walk a distance into town everyday and they would have ruined the holiday otherwise.

I work in childcare and staff often complain about kids over 3 arriving in pushchairs, more in terms of it being bad for the child because a walk is good for them. They often arrive full of pent up energy that could have been regulated by a walk. Also many kids are unfit even at 3 or 4 and leg muscles and core muscles are weaker than previous generations. They are not wrong but also they don't live the reality of trying to walk with a child who refuses point blank to go and end up running late for work. Also depends of course on the distance and the weather. We also see children arriving by car and being carried in the door for no reason at all. It's the parents choice of course but it almost always produces a child who has poor self care skills in other ways and high dependency on adults, and often struggles with preschool.

I guess my point is use it until you need to, but try not to make it the default all the time so your child also gets used to walking and being independent.

My first was 19 months when second was born. For some reason I thought she was all grown up and ready to walk. 🤔 I was mad. I soon started putting baby in a sling and keeping eldest in her buggy. It ended up that eldest would still ask for the buggy as a 4 + yr old when we were on walks longer than 30 minutes. Youngest would walk.

Each family works things out differently

Thanks for the input! Yes, to be clear, DD walks shorter distances, rides a balance bike to nursery, etc. It’s just for the odd occasion that we still have it, such as a very long luit g or walk from a train station om holiday.

Just before age 2. He just wanted to walk and refused to go in it, so that was that!

Dc1 was in a buggy until he was about 2.5yrs and dc2 was about 20m but only as we got a bus to and from work/nursery and it was more annoying using a buggy to board a bus.