present ideas for a boy who will be 18 months?

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btw he can't walk yet.

Sorry, wasn't too clear, I meant a trike without pedals, like these.
www.pintoys.com/toy/html/rideontoys001.htm

we had the smallest one, 00539.

btw, He may be walking by then

Flier, that was exactly what I was looking for for my ds! Strange though, how do you order on that site?

emkana, I think we got it from nurseryandtoys, but I've seen it elsewhere too, I'll have a scout about and see where else I saw it.

A ride - on dumper truck with a tipper.

here you go, emkana, seen them elsewhere too, all around this price.

www.mulberrybush.co.uk/toy-store/detail-scooter-ride-on.aspx

oooh he might like one of those trikes without pedals but if he's already got a car is it necessary??

also could he not just scoot a long on a normal trike with pedals as if it had no pedals iyswim. or would that not work?

Those little scoot-alongs are excellent for this age-group, na - and they go on using them for a long time too (pedals get in the way of scooting and they can't use the pedals until they're at least 3, so you can get him one with pedals then)

My kids had a light narrow plastic one which was dead easy for them to manouvre and drag about - might be better than wood (although not so lovely!) Can't find one on-line, they used to be dead cheap and they might only be in local stores (if I find one I'll link to it)

even if the pedals are right at the front like this

just found this but i thought i saw a trike in the book

DS is 18m and his fave toys are his trike, Iggle Piggle, footballs and a baby keyboard thing he has.

Oh no, that's a like-a-bike 2-wheeler for older children, he needs at least 3 wheels (the thing mine used had 4)

The pedals at the front do get in the way - once they are quick at scooting they swing thier feet right to the front for more acceleration

there's this

emkana there's this too

the one flier linked to is only £24.99 on that site i just linked to aswell.

That one looks interesting! The thing you have to watch with a trike is whether it will tip if they turn the front wheel and lean over at the same time, but that design looks quite stable with the wide back wheels.

If I can't find an image like ours (and I can't yet, which is making me think they really don't make them any more) I'll scan a photo in and put it on my profile, just so you know what I'm banging on about

DS has this which I think is good because it will last a while here

Thanks for the links!!!

thought you had all given me an excellent idea with a dumper truck thin with a trailer until my mum's just told me that's what she's getting him. arghhh. back to square one. just remembered we've been given my cousin's old trike to no point in getting one of those.

fortyplus i've just searched for a dumper truck type thing like you mentioned but i can only find a trike with a trailer that doesn't have pedals and it's pink. any idea where my mum would be able to get one from?

DS's trike is from John Lewis here and is very good and seems very stable.

halfords were selling the dumper truck type ones last christmas.

halfords link www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BasicCatalogSearchResultView?searchTerm=jcb&storeId=10001 &catalogId=10151&langId=-1&pageSize=10000&beginIndex=0&beginIndexForPagination=0&sType=SimpleSearch& searchType=EXACT&searchTermCaseSensitive=no&searchTermOperator=LIKE&searchTermScope=3&coSearchSkuEna bled=true&resultCatEntryType=2&sortOrder=ascending&resultType=2&topCategoryId=ALL

i want one without pedals though if i can get one cos he won't manage a pedalling one.

flier, the one you linked to - is that the one you have? Do you think you could measure for me how high it is? The thing is due to ds's dwarfism I need something which will accomodate his short-ish legs - that's why most ride-on toys are no good for him, he can't reach the floor.

sorry emkana, we don't have it anymore. I'll see if I can get some dimensions for you online, though.