3yo DS and buggy ...

[mamasnet]

DS is almost 3yo. My Stokke Xplory has been with us through thick and thin. I promised my uncle whose DW is due in May the buggy, but thought I still had a few weeks to get used to the idea. He's now sent me a text asking if he can pick up the buggy tomorrow. Upon reading the text, I promptly burst into tears - a reaction I simply wasn't expecting. I know it's unreasonable; STBXH and I have taken DS out several times now buggy-free and I know we could manage without it. But I'm not ready to give it up yet. I also know that DS would miss it - he loves his buggy, even if he hardly uses it anymore.

Before you ask, there are no new babies on the horizon for me, so I can't even use that as an excuse!

Tell me IABU and I should let it go. And if I do, just how do I go about explaining it to my 3yo in a way he can comprehend? Or am I being a touch PFB and melodramatic?

Just tell them it's not ready yet and you'll give them a shout in a few weeks. I know how you feel. My LO is going to be four very soon and has been out of the buggy for months upon months but they're still stashed in the hall cupboard!

Just A touch PFB ..... But it's sweet.
Time for your ds to graduate to a wonderful scooter .... Useful to pull along as well. Perhaps ask your uncle to buy you a cheap £20 pushchair for emergencies ........

You can explain to him that he is a big boy now and that he is going to have a baby cousin soon who he can set a good example to.

Is it worth taking him to buy a cheap stroller, so you have one if you need it, and DS can be a big boy and help choose it?

Why can't he wait until May? Tell him you need it for a few more weeks, will deliver it or courier it when his baby is closer (and you and DS are ready to say goodbye).

Oh I know this feeling.

Why does he need it so early?

If I were you, I'd say you are still using it and you'll be able to give it to him nearer to the birth.

Totally understand, it's the fact that ds is moving on a stage. I can remember feeling lost wen we felt there were no more nativities to sit through! Dss were 10 and 9!! So we had 2 more!!!! Oldest dc now 22 and still always b my baby.

Natural feeling.

He's 3. Give them the buggy!

Go and get a cheap umbrella fold, maybe even let DS choose which colour he wants. Though I doubt he'll care, its you that will be more attached to it than he is. I think you might like life with a smaller and lighter buggy to see him through this last stage of buggyhood.

DD moved from buggy to scooter when she turned 3. I told her in advance that once she was 3 it was 'goodbye buggy hello scooter'. It was all fine. (her buggy was a basic maclaren though not a nice one) and we did have a transition period where I dreaded going far on foot. You can always pull a scooter along in a worst case scenario.

But agree, if you can, just say you will pass on buggy nearer the time.

I didn't say but my uncle lives in Exeter, so he and his DW are hardly ever in London. He's in London for a pre-planned trip and he thought he could save us the hassle of couriering it over or him having to travel to London closer to his DW's due date.

I haven't had the chance to wash the coverings yet, so could say I'd like to spruce it up for them before he picks it up. But it just feels like I'd be delaying the inevitable (and making life more difficult for them and/or us).