How do I encourage my son to walk more?

[MrsHelsBels74]

Problem at the moment is I'm 7 months pregnant & if we go anywhere & son decides he's not walking any further I can't carry (or drag!) him home. But if I take the buggy he just wants to sit in it & not walk at all. We're hoping to avoid getting a double buggy when number 2 comes along but at the moment I can't see how it's going to work. Any tips? Son is 29 months old.

Make him do it, endure the screams until he does. Can he be cajoled into it eg race you to the next lampost? Can he be blackmailed eg big boys walk, buggies are for babies? Can he be bribed eg if you walk to the shops you can have some Magic Stars?

Bribery usually works for us. Don't think you will need a double buggy at this stage at all. Get a sling and a buggy board. Some slingmeets or Children's Centre's have slings which they loan out to try and you can usually pick up buggy boards fairly reasonably from an NCT Nearly New Sale .

Just get a double buggy.

Could you get a buggy board and use that ready for practise fr when the baby arrives?

I would second the double buggy but it depends on how much you want to walk.

My eldest son is now 15 and still refuses to walk. When he was your child's age he would lie on the pavement, buggy boards are great but they jump off them after the motion rattles thier spine then your even further away than you would of been without one.

I'd love to say you can bribe/cajole/demand them to move on, its not true some children are born to run and others are not destined to even saunter. x

If you can afford it get a double buggy,
Why give yourself the stress! I have just bought a second hand phil and teds for my three year old and five month old as it can be a double or single and my husband and I enjoy long walks so three year old can hop in when she gets tired. No big deal.

I gave up and when 6 months pregnant started using the buggy again to get ds aged 3 back from nursery.
As soon as dd was born and I could walk, I started weaning him off it again, using a sling for her. After 3 week the buggy vanished, to emerge 3 weeks later laid flat with footmuff and new toys on it, for dd. No, ds, you've never seen this before. No problem since then.
But at 2.9 will depend on how much walking you need to do.

Well bribery worked today, we went to the park & back & I told him he could have an ice cream when we got home but only if he walked like a big boy. Had a few protests but we did make it without any picking up.

Can't afford a double buggy do have a sling & buggy board but not tried it out yet.

Glad the bribery worked for you, and giving the icecream at home is so much cheaper than buying one at the park .

Can you get the buggy board fixed on now, before LO arrives. That way if you are both tired, he can go on the board and you can stick the shopping on the buggy seat. Just a thought.

We bought DS a doll when I was expecting. A little odd I know but he did enjoy it for a while. It was very good for practising with the sling too .