4yr olds in pushchairs

[SEH23]

aaaaahhh!!! i made my annual trip into the town shopping centre for christmas shopping today with my 5 month old DD.

LIFTS!! wow i hate them more than ever. waiting alongside 4 other pushchairs and then the mom with her 3-4yr old in pushchair pushes infront of me... WHAT?!?

a) wait your fucking turn
b) do you really need a buggy for children that old?

i hate my pushchair and can't wait for my DD to start walking so i can leave it behind. absolutely acknowledge shopping centres are busy etc but this child looked miserable, had a dummy stuck in his mouth and could be on reigns? surely?

[Stillwishihadabs]

Yes Mrs D that's what I said exactly.Everyone should ditch the buggy by 11 months......er right as ds (10) would say

[bruffin]

I started walking him to the corner shop and play group at 11 m. It is possible.

DS was walking at 10mos, I still was using buggy for him until 3 (double buggy as dd was exactly two years younger), various reasons mentioned above. Didnt hold him back as at 16 he walked 72miles to my mums house in 3 days. Also has done his duke of edinburgh gold expedition.

[ouryve]

Hazey despite his late and very wobbly start, DS2 has a lot more stamina than DS1, now.One morning, recently, DS1 had to tag along with us for the school walk, which DS2 ran. DS1 ended up exhausted. He can walk for miles, but soon flags if he needs to really exert himself.

[ouryve]

We didn't get referred until DS2 was 3 and still regularly falling over, either. It was only then that we found out about the 18 month referral thing.

[husbanddoestheironing]

I used to get irritated from time to time when out with the toddler in a particular shopping centre where there weren't enough lifts. Then one day I queued for the lifts with a woman in a wheelchair and got it back in perspective

[lljkk]

"practiced what I preached"

why does anyone have to preach? :(

I used to carry my toddlers on my back, too. Wish I hadn't. Now I have a lot of shoulder problems, I get shoulder pain carrying almost anything. Do they do shoulder replacements like hip replacements?

[foreverondiet]

So yes that me, with my 4 year old in a buggy in the shops. Because he will happily come with in the buggy and will refuse to co operate when walking. Plus its a 20 min walk from my house to the shopping centre, so I he would struggle with that. Plus if I don't take the buggy I can't cope with shopping in one hand and him in the other. Have never managed to use reins.

And yes he is perfectly healthy and my youngest.

[Mrsfrumble]

Yes, you can have shoulder replacements lljkk. My aunt had one and is thrilled with the results.

No obese children in this house either; they're both built like whippets. As I say, DS walks more than most adults do. It's only because of the distances we have to cover in this sprawling city that he needs the occasional ride. If we're pottering around the neighborhood - to the park or grocery store or DS's new preschool - I leave the pushchair at home and he and his 2 year old sister both walk. But if we're trekking downtown to the library, museum or botanical gardens then hell yes, I'm taking the double stroller even if neither of them ride in it!