When did your DC stop using a pushchair?

[hammersmithapollo]

At what age did your dc stop using a pushchair or buggy?

2 1/2

Stopped completely at home around age 3, however we still took buggy on holidays abroad until my daughter was 5 and was the best decision we made!

2 and a few months. But that was because my 3 are all 2.5 years apart, and I wanted the pushchair away for a few months before the next one was born. I didn't want the toddler who had been using the pushchair thinking the new baby had kicked them out of it. So it went away at 2 and 3 months and came out again when the new baby was born. When DC3 was almost 2.5, it broke. So then I had no excuse and she had to start walking too :)

About the same they stopped having naps. I just tended to use it so I could keep going while they slept. Can't remember how old they were though

Interesting to know thank you.

Dd is 2y 1m and struggles with walks. For example, a walk to the shop that if I am on my own (from door to door) would take approximately 3 minutes, took about 45 minutes to an hour the other day (that was there and back though).

Parks are about a 10/15 minute walk from our house and she cannot handle that at all.

I know she's still young and you shouldn't compare but that along with a couple of other minor issues makes me wonder whether I should be keeping an eye and mention to the health visitor at some point.

About 18m

2y 1m is still tiny. You really dont need to enforce walking at that age!

Ds is 3 and hasnt really used his since about 2.5 ish but weve kept it for holidays.

All 3 of my DC stopped using pushchairs for the most part between 2 and 2.5 yrs.

They started wanting to walk, trying to climb out of the pushchair and so on around that age.

When you say your DD struggles with walks, do you mean she doesn’t have the stamina to keep walking, or is it because she’s distracted?

We’ve had plenty of walks taking ages longer than they should, but with my 3, it’s usually been because they wanted to stop and examine everything that caught their eye, or say hello to every daisy, rather than because they weren’t capable of walking very far.

@PurpleGentian I think a bit of both to be honest. She does get distracted by lots of things, but also just doesn't have the stamina. To be fair she was a late walker so we've not had the head start a lot of others have had.

I've still taken my double pram out for DD3.5 to share with her DSis 18mo. She can't really manage more than a mile each way and the library for example is just that bit too far, but I don't want to take the car because exercise / want toddler to sleep /parking / the planet. Also handy for putting all the shopping in.

My dd was almost 5, she just flatly refused to walk. It took the threat of being taken to school in her pushchair that got her to stop.

DS is 3 and we still use it occasionally. But more and more it is becoming a bag chair whilst he walks. Will probably take it on holiday in a few weeks then after that it'll be gone.

I don't drive so we walk or get public transport everywhere. My eldest still hitches a ride in the buggy when tired occasionally and he's 4.5 years. I'm keeping 20 month old contained in it for as long as possible as he is a runner and has no sense.

Hang on, if a three minute walk takes an hour, there's something wrong which is nothing to do with pushchair, how does that even happen?

DS is just 3 and we only use it for holidays abroad and if I need to do specific errands in town and I need him contained as he doesn't hold hands well.

How did a 3minute nip to the shop take you 45mins?
I still use mine with 3yo for the school run or shopping because he gets bored of it but I'm phasing it out now. He's been perfectly capable of a 5km fun hike since he was 20mo though.
Why do you want to ditch the pushchair though?

About 3.5y however we lived in London and it was necessary as using tube/buses and every journey out of the house was on foot. We continued taking for full days out until age 4, but that was just to have it there if they got totally knackered in the middle of London and a long tube journey home.

The scooter phased out the pushchair

Both of mine could manage a 20-30 min walk from age 2

I used it today for a 3.5 year old, but we were out 9-2 all over the city and we walk instead of using the tube a lot. I can go easily a month not using it, or more, but it’s occasionally useful. I don’t want to be always limited to child speed/ distance.

DS is almost 3.5 and still uses it for nursery run as that is over half an hour at a brisk adult pace. He is moving to a more local nursery in September so we intend to get rid then. If we go out to somewhere for a walk however we don't take it and he is perfectly capable of walking decent distances. It's just that in the morning we need to get to nursery quickly and can't dawdle.

Not in a rush to get rid of the pushchair, just aware that she may not be walking at the same rate as other children. She's VERY slow.

It took an hour because that was the trip there and back, and popping in the shop. This is what I mean I literally can't go out without the buggy because I'd never get anywhere.

1. He only used it when he wanted to. Preferred to walk but now and again he needed a ride

Play games to get her to move it? Dc1 is slow if I let him be. He was also a late walker at 17 months but has been walking everywhere I allowed him since and happily goes on 2-4 mile walks as long as I play along. Games like what does that leaf feel like, can you see that big stick, look at that puddle, that's a big drain. He moves fairly quickly with that.

Ds1 was about 19 months

Ds2 was about 2 years

Ds3 is 3 years and I just use it occasionally if we are all walking into town and back because it’s quite a long walk for him although he walks for miles on days out!

Some (NOT ALL) people who stop using a pushchair early use the car more.

I didn't stop completely until DD was around 4.5, as there was one trip a week where I had ~5 minutes to do a 10 minute walk, so I bung her in the pushchair and ran.

We just gradually cut down. If DH was around we could get away without more easily as he could carry her further if needed.

1st born- age 1.
2nd and 3rd born- for safety sake, age 2.5+. If they're stuffed in a buggy, they're not in a road.