To get DD a new pushchair when she is 3 years old?

[MumblingRagDoll]

Inspired by the lady who wanted to know if buying a 4th pushchair for a 4 month old was silly.

DD turned three in March and still uses the pushchair for school runs...we leave it behind when we go to town sometimes but not aalways as she get tired still..the one we have is dirty and I have tried to clean it but it just won't come up nicely....DH says we should make do with what we have as it still works fine....but I think a rubby pushchir is like a grubby coat and is just not on.

I HAVE really tried to clean it.....but to no avail.

And if am not BU can anyone reccomend a decent lightweight pushchair that's comfy and is not pink.

thank you!

I had same dilemna, OP, and chose to stick with grubby old inadequate pushchair - only because I am Meaner than Scrooge. It's your money & if you can afford it & it will cheer you up then just go for something under ~120 quid; it will have resale value, anyway. I assume you spend a lot more time looking at it every day and that's why your DH doesn't get why you want something nice looking. Someone on Freecycle will be delighted to take your old grubby one.

Obesity epidemic due to late-age pushchair use my Ass...DD9 was daily still in the pushchair up until she was nearly 5yo, and occasionally in it at 5-6yo. That must be why she won her year group's Fun Race today, got graduated to the leisure centre's top level swim group this evening and is now bouncing on the trampoline after just getting back from a 1.5 hr session of Judo.

(Yup, right fat lazy Porker I bred, there. )

I haven't read the thread although I know a lot of people frown on pushchairs at this age.

DD is 3.5 and I have a 10 month old. She goes to pre-school every day. It's a 30 minute adult fast walk back.

She can walk back. Sometimes she does walk back. However, she is already very tired after school and to make her do it every day would just be awful for all three of us in different ways. I'd have to chivvy, DS would have to put up with a slow ride back and he hates the pushchair, dd would be knackered and fit for nothing in the afternoon. So, often I insist she goes in.

If it suits you, get one.

This may have already been suggested, but at 3, a micro scooter can easily replace a push chair. I have a reluctant walker at 4, she 'gets tired' and hates walking anywhere, but she happily scoots everywhere. Most of the preschoolers at school have them, and she will happily scoot a 40 min walk (by her standards, reduced to 20 mins when she scoots). So I'd buy a micro scooter.

PS She has had the scooter for a year!

My experience of scooters for 3-5yos is that I (the parent) end up carrying the scooter and chivvying along a reluctant LO. That's assuming they don't first crash into something and scream the world down with blood and bruises everywhere. And that they don't try to ride the darn thing into the road and traffic and other pedestrians. And that I don't need to be anywhere else anytime remotely soon and that the weather isn't quite unpleasant. Or that I don't have another child(ren) getting fed up with the dawdling pace & journey hiccups. Other than all that, a completely enjoyable experience to be had

Forget pushchair, buy mini micro scooter you will not regret it!

have you tried cleaning it with white wine vinegar and bicarbonate of soda?

Ah, but lljkk, was it has mini micro scooter? If not, forget it. Nothing else comes close

I wouldn't recommend scooters for under 5s either. They don't have enough control near roads IMO, and if you have to go down hills to get somewhere?

That and yes, you do end up carrying them everywhere.

I think some people are being a bit harsh. personally i'd rather have mine walking at 3, my youngest is 4 and has been out the buggy since she was 2 and we have walk everywhere and do a lot of walking.

but if you decide to get another i'd go for a cheap one if shes not gona be in it long?

How about a bike with a tag-a-long?

Mini micro scooter? £50 for a kid's scooter...? No, strangely enough, I haven't felt very motivated to go there .

I presume you carry a lock for the Mini-micro scooter, Jojay? Because you can't take it in shops or classrooms, can you? And sounds extremely nickable otherwise.

£50 - less than a new buggy

We're a bit country bumpkin-ish I'm afraid and the only shop we go to is the village post office, and I'm quite happy to leave it outside with no lock.

But I can't see they'd be harder to chain up than a buggy.

jojay there are plenty of buggies around for less than £50. Argos alone have 6.

Sorry not read every post as dealing with a snotty toddler but maybe you could look on eBay. Lots of people with more money than sense buy a multitude of pushchairs [jealous ] and often sell them on without them having much use. You could feel better buying a secondhand one than splurging on a new one.

We picked up a decent Graco reclining buggy for £20 (I collected locally) which we only use when we're out all day and DD is likely to nap as our main buggy is a non-reclining Quinny Zapp. It came with rain cover, cosy toes and basket so no extras to buy.

Llijk, I too was a bit reluctant to spend £50 on a scooter, and I also had the problem of DD only scooting for 5 mins and then I'd end up carrying the scooter. But trust me, the micro scooter is a totally different beast and I take back the scoffing I previously did. It is totally different to other scooters in the wheels, the steering which makes it so easy for even an older two year old to scoot on them. My DD has gone from not scooting for 5 mins, to scooting for over 40 mins. She now scoots everywhere, and it is so much healthier than her just sitting in a pushchair the whole time. What's more the resale value on micro scooters is great. Look after them well, and you could get £30 back when you sell them on eBay. So it's then only £20 - £30. Given that, it's no surprise that all the mums here have got them.

They really do transform the walk to school.