To ask at what age did you stop using a pushchair?

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How old is too old for a child to need a pushchair?

This depends on the size of the child if it fits in it and how far the child otherwise has to walk surely?

Like if your pushing a child a 2 mile trip on a pushchair that you'd otherwise drive of you thought child too old for pushchair then quite obviously no age limit.

I think this is a very random question

About 4, I didn't drive and we didn't use it on short trips but still used it for big trips.

DD was the size of a 6 year old so got some odd looks but most people drive from place to place and their DC barely walk, it's a bit unfair to expect a child from a non-driving family to walk for miles just because they look too big.

Now that I drive, if I was to have another child I'm sure I would ditch it much earlier.

I think it's very situation dependent. My first was out of it before 2. My second was more like 3.5 because I needed to do the older ones school run at a reasonable pace and without the toddler running away.

Of course there's probably people going to reply that they never used it from 18 months once they could walk but I bet these are people who drive absolutely everywhere 🙄

They are too old for a pushchair when

1. they are too big to fit in it comfortably
2. they are too heavy for their main carer(s) to push them in it comfortably
3. they can reliably walk the distances required in their life without needing to ride.

About 2. We didn’t drive everywhere. But dc2 was very proficient on a scooter & balance bike (as well as a good walker) so we just didn’t need it anymore. They would sometimes go in the sling up to around age 2.5.

This question is how long is a piece of string ...my eldest still occasionally uses a push chair and is about to turn 8. My youngest was out of the pushchair from around age 2.

My DS didn’t walk till 22 months, but once he got going he would walk for miles quite happily. But would still use the buggy for speed or if I had a lot to carry. (I don’t drive). We officially ditched the buggy just after he turned 3 as we left in the shed a couple of weeks and went funny so we threw it out.

This is very situation dependant. I used a buggy much longer with my Eldest when I lived in town than when I became rural, learnt to drive and bought a car.

If you and a toddler need to walk a mile or two to the nearest supermarket and then cart back shopping it’s much easier with a buggy. If you are driving to a supermarket sticking toddler in trolley you’ll probably ditch buggy sooner.

Depends on so many things. My kid started hating it around 2.5; we only used occasionally until 3.5 and then gave up completely

About 4. Any older is embarassing.

I think it began a slow fade out at around 3 years old for all three of mine. DD2 and DD3 were both late walkers because they both bum-shuffled until they were nearly 2, so it paid to keep the pushchair going for that bit longer.

We'd definitely ditched it before any of them turned 4.

My first 3 ish. ( think we took it on holiday when he was 3.5)
my second was about 4.5 but he is disabled.

I remember my sister going "oh my god why do you need a buggy for a 4 year old ?" when I first got it and said "oh it can last up to school age."

But my sons nursery was 2 miles from my house. There was no way my son would walk that tired after a full day in nursery or in the morning fast enough for me to get to work on time.

She lives in another country where they drive everywhere while we walk everywhere.

He's 5 now and while he cycles to school on swimming lesson day he still goes in the buggy. I need to get him, walk to swimming in time for his lesson and then get back to collect his brother from nursery so I still use the double buggy. The other option is to drive but traffic and parking is horrendous where we live and I don't need to clog up the roads in case someone judges me.

4.3 or so. My DC still liked to go in it, I had to turf them out. They were a perfectly active child but didn't like to walk in a functional, get-from-A-to-B kind of way. Preferred to run, climb, hide when out of the pushchair but then just sit in it with a snack or a book if we needed to go somewhere. If I tried to get them to walk they would either bolt, stand still, sit down or hide. It was very wearing!!

My youngest is just 3 and I don’t plan to stop any time soon because I like to walk everywhere rather than drive. If a park is a mile or 2 away I’d always choose to walk over driving. He is good at scootering but normally gets to the point where he wants to be carried so I end up carrying him and scooter. If I drove places I imagine we wouldn’t really need it. I normally bring push chair and scooter/ bike so he can hop in the pushchair when tired

DS is newly 2 and hasn’t been in a pushchair since about 18 months. I had twins when he was 16 months so he had little choice really but he soon adapted.

By two. We didn’t have a car so we walked a lot and it’s easier having a walking kid you occasionally carry than a walking kid you have to get in and out of a pram or who wants to push it. Walking all the time built DD’s stamina. At bang on 2, DS barely uses his except to be run home after nursery but I can see him scooting that journey by summer.

I think the only people who continue with prams a long time past two have cars to store them in! Couldn’t wait to get it out of the hallway. If you drive I can see you might have a child that needs it as they’re not used to shanks pony.

About 4ish for long journeys/ days out. Parents with two young children or twins tend to use them for longer as it's a nightmare with two going in different directions.

My 6 year old still uses a pushchair-a special needs pushchair because he is autistic and is an eloper. We use it places we know he is likely to be triggered and leg it. Town for example, there is no way I could run any errands with out. It provides a safe space for him and he is calmer with the pushchair, ear defenders and his sensory toys. He can and does walk routes that he is familiar with, he walks the 20 minutes walk to school. For ds1 I think he was around 2-3 when we got rid of his pushchair. We don't drive so walk everywhere.

Everyone has different circumstances, there is no right or wrong answer. I never thought I would have a 6 year old in a pushchair but we have a child with needs and that's where we ended up. For us it really does help us all!

We stopped using the push chair around 3yr for dc1 (now 5) as they were a confident and competent walker. However dc2 (almost 1) is now in a pushchair rather than the travel system and when he gets fed up and dh or I carry him dc1 jumps in (smaller than average and about the size of a 3 year old) and we push him for a bit, which is easier than a shoulder ride.

Sold ours when the baby was ten weeks old and didn’t get another, so I guess we stopped using the pushchair at eight weeks.

There is no age too young or too old, it’s up to the family, the parents, the lifestyle. Many children will never use a pushchair so it’s not a need as such. Lots of people will find them useful for many months or several years for every reason under the sun, there is no right or wrong.

Very much depends on the child. We stopped using ours when our son was about 16 months old. He was a good walker and it was heavy and cumbersome and I couldn’t be bothered with it anymore. My nephew was in his until he was about 4 because he hated walking. Both approaches were fine, it was just what worked for each child.

My eldest moved on to a buggy board at 2 years 6 weeks when his younger brother was born. He was absolutely fine.

I don't drive, so hung onto my twins' buggy longer than possibly needed, but got rid of it the day they turned 3 (they were proficient on balance bikes and scooters by this age; I started 'training' them young!).