To get the double buggy back out for my 7 and 3 yr olds

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No size issue, they are usually petite, and not bothered by the buggy. They probably miss it if anything

My main fitness was walking, long distance and speedy rather than pottering around. It’s so hard with kids, they aren’t bad walkers for their age but can’t really stride fast enough or cover distance in a way that will make a proper dent on my fitness levels.

I’ve still got my double, I live in a hilly area. My husband works long hours and I just don’t have time otherwise. I’m thinking of each afternoon popping them in the buggy for a really brisk hilly 3-4 mile walk. With the double it’s not easy. I do other things, like cycle, but this is a super easy no prep way of actually sticking to something for fitness tat works.

I’m getting flabby, odd? If you saw me regularly would you think it was odd...? We do walk together, but as I said it’s just not going to keep me fit staying at their pace

Funnily we did just dance tonight! Linked the wii back up and rediscovered our genetic crapness at dance and how funny it is and I lightened up.

The thing also about the double is pushing 40-50kg up hills and off road at a jog is hardcore. It burns and you feel alive (seriously, try it on a steep hill, run it). A sitting bike or the stairs just don’t really match it the same. I can add a rucksack and really be fit again. A lot of suggestions are sedentary in comparison, and not fun.

Also, if I make her keep up I basically highlight she can’t. She can’t even turn pedals in circles when still, she’s a sweetie but is like a young child. She can’t spit kerbs, understand instructions. Her siblings are sporty and achieve well, she’s just where she is herself and I don’t want to make a meal of it to her when she’s the kind of kid that always tries. No attitude on her at all, today trusts everything

@HTruffle we make time for learning and reading everyday. No worries on it

Would a bike trailer be more comfy for them than a buggy? Thinking better suspension and wheels?

Sounds like taking her out in the buggy will enable her to go out to places she couldn't otherwise go to as she can't walk to them, so it does sound like win-win.

Isn’t the 7 year old at school during the day? The 3 year old is ok to go in a buggy though if he’s happy to.

Go for it! My boys fight over the buggy when their toddler sister doesn't want to go in it. They are 5 and 7. They would happily go in a double while I work out.

Do it OP, I know exactly what you mean and if my 7 year old could fit in the pushchair I’d do it.

A single and a buggy board might work?

You do what you need to do, sod everyone else, some of the opinions and suggestions on here take no notice of the situation you’ve described.

Download the body coach you can do it at home, and it gets your heart rate up. I really wouldn’t take A 7 year old out my daughter would be so embarrassed

I get up at 5.20 three mornings a week and so a 5 k run. I leave for work at half six, so it works for me. Feels like a terrible idea when I go to bed and set the alarm ( like now ) but it really sets me up for the day and I love knowing I've done my run already. Would that work for you ?

I was always dead jealous of babies getting pushed around. If the kids are happy why not give it a go? The worst that can happen is it doesn't work.

Are your older 3 not old enough to look after the 7 year old? I appreciate a 3 year old might be too much for young teens but if she’s sat down colouring or playing or watching tv surely she’d be fine with her siblings? Then you take the 3 year old in the buggy?

From what you’ve said I don’t actually think there’s anything wrong with her being in a buggy for an hour a few times a week, but you must have doubts or you wouldn’t have posted. Also like someone else said what about when she’s 8, 9 etc?

My 13yo is envious of my toddler niece getting pushed around in a buggy. I wouldn't worry about putting a tiny 7yo in it. Just watch out you don't have an accident snapping the buggy with the weight of the 2 kids and also you might have to teach 7yo to keep her feet off the ground so she doesn't get hurt.

I was the fittest and most toned in my life in the years of pushing a double buggy on the school run, totally do it!!

I won’t leave any of mine alone with older siblings until they are old enough to largely look after themselves. For some of them at 5 they were fine with the TV and someone in shouting distance. She’s not got the common sense yet. Things I’ve caught her at recently, picking up a glass she’s dropped and nearly slicing herself, opening the door to investigate sounds outside, turning the gas on to investigate the smell, falling down stairs for no reason at all, falling in the empty bath... I could go on but she’s clumsy with poor impulse control. Like a young kid, but more ability to reach stuff and manage locks etc.

If something happened when I’m in that’d be hard to deal with, imagine a young teen if their sibling was hurt in their care. It’d be a lifelong guilt trip. It’s not fair to put it on them.

On seeing the older child, I’d assume they had some kind of mobility problems.

However - this sounds like it be really good for you. If your children will be happy enough, go for it!

If you know they’re fine, who cares about a bunch of strangers?

I'd say go for it if it was summer.
However I can imagine the excitement and novelty will wear off very quickly with the 7 year old once it gets dark (was already starting at 4ish today) and shes sat still in buggy freezing her arse off for an hour. Even with a blanket I'd never underestimate how cold sitting still can be. I'd be thinking of a backup plan just in case.

Really?? A 7yr old in a buggy?? Do you want them to be picked on? Like are you for real.

If the buggy idea doesn't work out, can you skip? Would skipping outside in the garden work? Would your older DC's be able to watch the younger ones if you were just in the garden?

Hi OP,
If you're able to find a baby backpack 2nd hand, that might work. My 3 year old still fits in mine and she's heavy enough for it to be a proper workout- you could walk with the 7 year old and still break a sweat!

I think it's a good idea going out with them both in the buggy though- yes some people might make assumptions (I might have had I not read this thread) but that's on them (and me)- sounds like you and the kids will enjoy it.

Man I miss the days on maternity pushing 2 kids around in a buggy, I'm a right lardarse since I went back to work!

I don't understand why you care what others think. I wouldn't.

If your dc don't mind sitting in a buggy, then do it. I would.

If people look and judge, who gives?

Fair enough if the 7 year old is looking forward to it. Nicely drip fed though. This child has become more and more disabled as the thread continued.
Perhaps you should have explained to begin with exactly how delayed your daughter is.

I wonder if you could find a way of cycling w the two of them - for example with the younger one in a front seat, and your 7 year old on a trailgator (own bike, attached firmly to yours so that you tow them and balance for them). We found the trailgator was fun for the child, really helped them w balance, confidence, learning to turn pedals, and oh MY the exercise you get when you are dragging yourself, a second bike and two kids is AMAZING. I do suspect that this is a spring/summer suggestion tho, not a midwinter one (kids won't be doing enough exercise to keep warm, and you can't give them blankets etc. as you can in buggy). So maybe an idea to keep for next year.

I have a 3 and 5 year old and no way 5 year old would go in buggy so what I do is go to a field or play park, kids wonder about playing and stuff while I do short reps

30 seconds fast 30 seconds recovery x 15

That is a hard session and you don't need much space.

Cant you do something like that

Haha my 8year old DD is always hopping into her little sisters buggy if she’s not In it on school run. She doesn’t care that her friends see her. I would think she does but no if she can have an excuse not to walk she will take it

If I was in your situation OP I would go for it! My DD is 5, when we went to London a few weeks ago I took the pushchair as I know she would get knackered walking all day! Doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks! My DD walked for some of it and when she was in the pushchair she did some colouring