To think that three years old is quite old to be using a buggy?

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Relative of DP was talking about how her buggy broke, so was going to have to find money for another one, find one she likes etc etc.

But the child in question is three which I would assume is old enough to walk places rather than buying another buggy?! Fair enough using it if it's there but if the buggy breaks she's probably too big for it...

Would you have bought another buggy at that age? She's an only child, with no immediate plans for any others yet.

dd couldn't walk until she was 3.She is now fairly independent but a bit wobbly and needs a chair for longer distances.Maybe the child in the op has some sn that may not be obvious the the outer world?

oh for god's sake. my son is five and we still take the buggy out. mind you we do round trips of 5 miles, so is that 'allowed'!? do i have your blessing OP? bet your child goes everywhere in a car.

I don't drive....I can't. I get the buus to Tesco 3 miles...then walk 20 minutes to the actual store..then we go around with the trolley then I hve to get it all home. I can't afford a taxi.

You try all that with a three year old hanging on your arm...could you manage it? Carry 6 bags of shopping, a toddler and get on and off the bus plus walk 20 mins?

Doubt it.

Ulyanka - In Syria, the pavements are also crap and the populace poor (ish). So you see a lot of toddlers walking, but you also see a lot of tired toddlers being carried. There's also the matter of many people living flats, making pushchairs less of a good idea.

However, pushchairs are still becoming more popular there.

I'm s till laughing at pixie's description page one. I have a 2 and 3 year old (and two others) and we did try a single buggy. After many fights over who went in it, 3 year old sitting on the ground and not moving, ending up carrying the 3 year old and pushing the two year old at the same time (and believe me that is not easy) and putting up with 2 crying toddlers every day on the school run, we went back to a double buggy. They are both sweet and smiley now and I can actually walk down the street again.

As the saying goes, don't judge your neighbour til you've walked a mile in their shoes or should it be "don't judge your relative's kid until you have taken her to the shops and back 3 times without a buggy..."

Why has North America been mentioned ?

In this thread ,(as far as I can see ) I am the only one here right now !

OOOOOH , get this lol ...my sister lives in Norway ,does not drive -kept using the buggy till her youngest was 5 !!!!!!

Who gives a flying fuck? Really?

I wouldn't bother, personally. For longer outings, presumably transport is needed anyway, and unless there are other mitigating factors (disability etc) shouldn't a 3 year old be walking pretty much everywhere reasonably local?

I do have a shopping trolley though! I am a proud owner of one for many years. But you can fit so much more on a buggy

Ulyanka At least half the world's population would consider you spoilt and rich so pull your neck in.

Another good thing about buggies - when my dog gets tired he likes to sit in the tray underneath

ppfft.

Women in less developed countries carry all sorts of heavy things. Water for instance. Carrying a child is slightly different as there are benefits in some situations (eg closer bonding with child, child more likely to walk when they can) but in general having the choice whether or not to lug heavy stuff makes us fortunate rather than spoilt IMO; and I bet there are times when many of those child-carrying women would absolutely love to have the choice of a buggy.

What seth said.

Yabu. My 4 year old still uses the double buggy sometimes. I don't walk at toddler speed in the rain or cold. Or when we are in a rush / have lots of shopping to carry. Or when I'm at the end of my tether.

seeing a dc who looks about 3 in a buggy wouldn't faze me in theleast. Really I would never have thought twice about it. An 8 year old might have startled me a bit but 3..

my dd1 is almost 4 and we still use a buggy tot ake her to nursery, because a 10 min walk with her walking takes 30 mins plus as she is very slow,
also on the days where she has double session she is too tired to walk and if you force her she just cries for the whole 30mins plus and ends up at nursery in the afternoon exhausted and upset, and considering we only have betwwen 11.30 and 12.45 to get her home eat rest and back to nursery taking a half hour each way journey is not very practical.

she can however walk if she wants to, if i put ds3 and dd2 in the powertwin then she knows she has no choice but to walk so walks.

it is more convenient with a pushchair, mine is a cheap £15 stroller, if it broke i would by another one, not for the benefit of dd1 but in case we needed to take dd2 or ds3 out individually to dr or something without the powertwin

Do what you like.

My 3 year old walked a bit but needed a buggy for longer walks and shops; I could sit 5 year old on top and hook on a load of shopping. (Don't have car.)

A woman once said to me (kindly), 'You look like you're pushing a maisonette'.

My life, though. It worked.