What age did you get rid of the pushchair?

[Tw1nkle]

My DD will be 4 in November, and she has always had a large pushchair - it fills the car boot up, folded up lol!!! (We've never brought it into the house, as there isn't room!)

I really want to get rid of it now.
Would I be silly to do so?
Do I still need it?
Should I have got rid of it ages ago?

Thanks!

We got rid of ours at 3 - she wouldn't go in it anyhow - mainly used for long days out between 2.5 and 3 and a bit... but we are "walkers" - hubby takes the only car to work and we go on the bus a lot, so it was "encouraged".

You can probably get rid of it now.

My ds2 is 3.8 years. He only uses the pushchair once a week when we have a 3 mile walk (although he does walk for some of that). I will be keeping hold of the pushchair until he is 4 ish as I expect I will need it for the school runs if he is poorly or it snows.

I just realised you dd isn't quite 4, she must be pretty much the same age as my ds2 (he will be 4 in December). I would probably keep it for a few more months, but maybe bring it in from the car and keep it in a shed if you can, and then you've got it if she's ill or something and you need to go out.

Hi tutu100, yes, they must be about the same age! I could put it in the garage for a bit I guess.
It rarely comes out of the car boot these days, but is useful for shopping round town or days out!
I'm nervous about getting rid of it because I find it so useful!

Finally stopped using the Chicco umbrella pushchair just after he was 4. He missed it. For the first time I went back to the UK without it when he was 4.3, and he kept asking for it whenever we went out, especially if we were out with someone else who did have a pushchair.

He's got over it now (just about) but he still whinges about having "broken legs" if he feels like he has to walk too far.

Before we stopped using it, we mostly didn't have him in it anyway - it was more of a back-up for if he got tired, as I can't carry him any distance (bad back) and for carrying my bag/ food bag/water bottles if we were out for the day. I miss it for that, actually.

My son stoppped wanting to go in his pushchair from about 15months, we persisted for a while but it was easier without it - pushing the chair with him walking alongside it was hard work.

I stopped at nearly 4, when DD stopped napping during the day. We used to be out and about without a car a lot at weekends, so after-lunch naps (or the whiny/overtired need-a-nap stage) were a real nuisance without a buggy. Otherwise she was perfectly capable of walking everywhere before that.

DS stopped at a similar age, again because of naps, and also because DD was due when he was just over 4.

It did take me a while to get over not having the buggy as a dumping ground for all the coats, bags etc...

DS1 was 2 and DS2 3. Both strong and will walk quite a distance. Ds1 refused after 2. We do drag them on long forest walks and we encourge him to push himself, he will moan but once we take his mind off it he forgets and think its good for them.

4 is quite old isnt it? Though I can understand the whingy stage and the coat stand element. Neither my two would sit still long enough after 2.5.

Mine went well before age 4. DD1 was nearly 3 and DD2 just over 3. They probably whinged for a few months on occasion, but not having one is so liberating And it's never been a problem as such, although 4 year old DD2 occasionally curls up on our laps and conks out which is a pita if we're out (we once had to carry her asleep all the way from the millennium bridge, up to the tube, on the tube and then all the way along the passage to the natural history museum and oh my god, she was heavy at the end! But frankly, a buggy would have been a worse pita for a day trip in london on the tube).
But on the whole I'd say getting rid of the buggy is both freeing for you and good for their health and fitness too. When not in London, DD2 scooters lots - which is a lovely bridge between buggy and walking.

Ds refused to get in after 18 months, he wanted to walk. Which suited us.

Ds2 is 14 mo and still in his but not walking yet.

We stopped using ours when DS was around 2.3. He's always been big for his age and I just found him too heavy to push anymore. Plus he was over the 15kg weight limit (was around 18kg) so I thought it wasn't a good idea. Luckily we have good buses around us, so we mostly walk and then bus when he gets too tired.

2 years old. DD wouldn't sit in it after that. She is strong though, and walks well - which is just as well as i have a bad back and won't carry her. She can do the half mile walk into town and back and sets quite a pace too!

Somewhere between 2 and 2.5. She hated going in it and I prefer her to walk. She also has a mini scooter too so she uses that quite a bit. Every now and then she will get carried if we have been on a v long walk or out ALL day. She is now 3
5.