When did your DC stop using a pushchair?

[hammersmithapollo]

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

Mine could walk for ages but I would never not take the pushchair because a) might need to get somewhere at a certain time eg school pickup and he dawdles (as toddlers will and should... because they are interested in the world!) b) if he kicks off I cannot lift him due to birth injuries/my back c) it is good for shopping and d) naps e) containment if I need to do sth else ... who are these 2 year olds who don’t just run off at the first opportunity..? Mine won’t stay still for a minute!

Most mums round here (rural, small town, everyone walks everyday) seem to have buggies with them til at least 3.5/4. Why not?

OP. Just take the buggy and build it up until she has more stamina?

It will happen naturally. She will get quicker and not want to use it and start to get a bit big to be comfy in it.

If you are at the swing park can she run around and play for a reasonable length of time? If she can then it might reassure you she has the strength and ability, perhaps she just doesn't want to walk from A to B at a reasonable pace yet.

My son was 2.5yrs but dd was smaller so she was happy in hers until closer to 3. You find you stop needing it as much after a while it's just because you are going somewhere quickly or busy or she is tired rather than always taking it. Then it phases out.

It’s management too. Sometimes you need to contain them if in a really busy area. But I’m surprised to see a child in a pushchair beyond 4. My niece is 8 uses one but she’s partially disabled (and quite small for her age). I’ve noticed she’s in a wheelchair rather than a pushchair more now.

I'm truthfully dd1 was still squeezing in with her sister when they were 7 & 5, not often but I didn't drive so it was quicker than getting the bikes out

Ps they were small and people assumed they were twins

Just before they turned 2.

They didn't want to be in it anymore and I didn't mind leaving 10/20 minutes early to account for the constant 'look at this car/flower/cloud/bit of pavement etc.

Mine was about 6! But I used to pick her up from school with the 4 year old in the front of the Phil & Ted and then she’d leap in the back as soon as we were out of sight!

Just over 2 for one, around 2 and 9 months for the other.
Both because it was easier without - I got a lot of buses and trains, and it was just easier not to worry that the lift was out of order again, or that I wouldn't fit on the bus.
They were slow at first though! I remember trips to the corner shop being epic expeditions. Speed comes gradually, with practise.

DS is neatly 4 and we haven't used ours for a few months. Even then I only used it for the uphill walk home after a full day at nursery. Now I take the scooter.

DD didn't walk until she was 19months, and had difficulty walking so it was still used regularly until she was at least 3 and a half. But we also lived on the top of a huge hill, we only had one car (which ex often had) so if we headed to the shops etc she probably would have never walk all the way to the top on the way home. It was just easier.

We relocated cities when she was 4 so we got rid of the buggy then.

Just turned two. I would regularly walk a mile into town using a sling or carrier, with DS walking at least some of the way from about 13 months, so he worked his way up to it. I mostly just used the stroller for the supermarket shop.

We used it with DD 1 until she stopped napping at almost 4 but she would still hop in given half the chance! She didn't walk until 2 and is currently being assessed for hypermobility though so always got quite tired. We don't have a car and are Londoners so would be out for long days.

DD2 is 3 in a couple of months and is phasing it out but also naps still so we take it for that (and also to carry loads of crap).

Don't worry about 'should'. I made my life difficult by not getting a double because I thought DD1'should' be walking and it was a total pain.

Mine is 3 and a half and I still use a double buggy with him and the baby. He would love to walk, use the scooter or bike all the time but I literally walk everywhere and often it's not practical with the baby as well. He is slow when walking and a maniac when on the scooter/bike and my baby is getting too heavy to take a carrier everywhere. I think if you use a car a lot you can get away with not having one but I walk miles every day to the shops, pre school, park, etc. I wouldn't worry about it, your child is still very young.

We still take ours out on day trips and ikea trips and suchlike where lots of walking is involved. DS only sits in it about 10% of the time but otherwise we'd have to carry him. He's 3 and 8 months.

I have 3 DC. DC1 and DC2 were 2 (but would still stand on a buggy board while I pushed the new baby), DC3 was 3 before he gave it up.

Both DC were two when they stopped using it completely. We have one car and DH uses it for work. So I started DS walking the nearly two miles to school and back occasionally from 18 months as he was a big lad and I hated pushing the pram up the hill to get there 😳 It took 25 minutes each way and he ditched the pram completely after his second birthday. He now walks to school (just under a mile) in 15 minutes (unless there are a lot of insects to say hi to 🤪). And he’ll walk further if we need him to too.

children need to be given the chance to develop stamina and they can’t if they’re permanently in car seat/pushchair! So I’d suggest going a little further every day, allowing more time for a journey than you need!

My late walker was also very slow at that age.

I worried about it and tried to force her to walk a lot but it just made us all miserable.

If I was doing it again I probably would have signed her up to baby gymnastics or similar and spent more time at the park and soft play etc, encouraging her to be active in other ways.

I spent nearly a grand on a travel system and never used it! I ended up just using my carrier.

I think they're all different. My eldest ds didn't take his first (staggering) steps until 18 months and wasn't walking competently until a couple of months after that. Yet he was happily trekking through the woods and up hills 6 months later. His younger brother walked much earlier but was a nightmare to try to actually get anywhere for ages, stopping at every distraction and demanding to be carried after about minute. Still is to a certain extent at almost 3, I have to take his balance bike out if I want to actually get anywhere quickly.

It can very on the child and also how far things are. My DD is 2.5 and does walk well, she can walk to the shops, library etc as it's about a 10-15 min adult walk but further she does need the buggy. I also take it if we will be out over nap time. Her friends that live further away don't go to the shops or library without theirs but most walk some of the journey.

Regularly, about 3. But we work at a lot of festivals and we used it there til about 4 for long distances when I had lots to carry or for a nap if it had been a really early morning. Definitely we couldn’t have done away with it at just 2.

23 months, when her baby brother was born and I refused to by a double.

DS is 3 and a bit. Still use it for long days out (like going on the train to visit PILs in London)
Its got a big basket at the bottom for bags and DS often falls asleep on the way home.

At 3.5 years completely but I don't drive so that last year was just for long days out not for day to day