Holiday buggy at 4, aibu?

[AliciaBurke92]

Hi all,

We are going away in a couple of days and I am undecided on weather to take the buggy. We last went away with DD when she was around 18 months and it was god send. We didn't have to be back in the room for her nap, I didn't have to carry a changing bag and we could stay out past her bedtime.

This time she is obviously older but I am still thinking about taking it, it's meant to be around 27 degrees in the day time and although she isn't a bad walker, I still think she will find it tough. There is also a hope that she will nap in the buggy. I think with the queues at the airport at the moment I think it will be a bit easier.

Is it ridiculous to be pushing a 4yo in a buggy?

We took a buggy when we went to Disneyland for our 4 year old. He hasn't been in a buggy since he was two but it was definitely needed. I know it's a different kind of holiday you are going on but honestly if it could make your life easier just take it. Who cares. At the very least you can push your bags round in it!

Take the buggy. Life is too short to be dragging round with a 4yr old.

Your call. Personally I couldn't wait to get rid of the buggy and won't be taking one on my summer holiday (kids 6, 3 and 3). We will just let them stay up late in the evening and all go out together. Mind you they go to bed late anyway and we'll let them have a nap in the day if tired out from the pool etc.

Last time we went away and DD was 2 it was a saviour as we didn’t have to go back to the room for her to nap. I would just change her into something she could sleep in, dummy and the hood down and she would dose off straight away. Knowing DD she will still nap in the buggy and I think the heat will help get her off

I was about to start the same thread. Going to Venice and DD is just 4. Taking the buggy as lots of walking and want to stay out slightly later for dinner.

If she is happy to go in it then take it.

I think it’s worth it from the responses, we are hoping to get DD dinner and down in the buggy so me and DH can go for a nice meal

DS just turned 4 a couple weeks ago and we are going away in August.

I won't be taking the buggy, he doesn't use it now at all and doesn't nap. His 8 year old sister however would be climbing in it to get out of walking anywhere!

If we do any lengthy excursions I can hire one from the hotel if need be.

I’d rather be pushing a tired 4 year old in a buggy in the heat than carrying one! Take the buggy!

I wouldn't judge. Holidays are much longer days and very tiring.

100% take it. For long walks, day naps, late meals, bag carrying, airport, whatever.

It probably helps that you're only taking a presumably quite light single buggy whereas I'd have a twin tank

We’ve always taken a buggy for the our kids on holiday when then were 4. They keeled over in the heat and snoozed in them when we stayed up late. Perfect.
who wants to carry a tired child in the heat?

I had mine until 4&6, elder is autistic so made life simpler

I would take one. Its a cosy and familiar little space for them.

Those big hiking backpacks/child carriers would work really well for this kind of scenario.

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t take it! It’s a holiday and it will make life much easier.

Friends from abroad came to visit London during Christmas and they had a pushchair for their 6 yo daughter but the 8 yo son used it more as they got very tired from all the activities they did during the day from visiting museums to winter wonderland.

I'm going away in July and I'll bring my buggy for the 4 year old. It won't bother me in the least what anyone thinks. She was exhausted and cranky a few weeks ago after pre school and her dancing class and I had to dash into the supermarket so I remembered it was in the boot so she happily sat in it. A mum at pre school regularly brings the buggy for the DC when she is walking home rather than driving.

My granddaughter is 3 1/2 and her parents want her out of the pushchair and walking everywhere, fair enough.
However when I have the grandchildren one day a week, what with walking to school to drop her brother off, walking to town then the park, back to mine then back to school and back to my daughter's house, I walk about 7 miles. It would be too much for her so she's still in the pushchair with me. If they got rid of their pushchair, I've got 2 here I can use, as otherwise I'd have to either cut down on what we do, or take forever to do anything. I can't carry her so I'll keep her in the pushchair as long as possible.
Her brother was in my pushchair until the Easter before he started school, and even then he'd love to have gone in it!
Take the pushchair, you'll regret not having it more than you will having it.

Going against the grain but we'll be taking our 4 year old on holiday to Spain in August and it hadn't even occurred to me to take a buggy, we don't even own one any more! We're on holiday in Cornwall this week and we've not got one. It just gets in the way for us once you're out of the nappy bag, bottles, change of clothes stage.

I haven't read the full thread and someone has probably already said this, but I'd take one and have it in the evenings for them to fall asleep in, then you can enjoy a drink or two in peace!

I suppose it depends on what she's like and what her habits are. My 4 year old hasn't napped for years so that wouldn't be a consideration for me, and there's absolutely no way she would sleep in a buggy while we stayed out in the evening.

I’d def. take it. Once had to buy one when on holiday with 3 year old dd2 - a lot easier than carrying her! Dd1, OTOH, would never sit in a buggy after she started walking - and she was walking by her first birthday.

I'd take it, pushing a tired child is easier than carrying!