To take a beach trolley around London with kids in it?

[thesurreymum]

Planning a day out at the science museum on my own with DC in half term. They are 5 and 4 and we do not have a pushchair. Every time we go to London they get so tired walking around/tubes etc. can I take my beach buggy and when they've had enough I can push them around in it? It folds down and is on wheels so I can carry it when going on tubes etc. not sure if a it looks really silly and will be more faff than it's worth. Wwyd?

Five year olds get tired. They moan, they groan and they’re hard work! Nothing wrong with jumping in a buggy. Have you never been to Disneyland or a theme park, or a busy city centre with loads of walking. And tbh no I don’t really look at children and think you’re fat. I do however judge people on here who are nasty and judgemental.”

Yes, 5 year olds can be hard work. So can 10 year olds and 15 year olds. Why not deal with it rather than resorting to a solution that suits you but isn’t best for them. Yes, been to all of the above with young children. No pushchairs necessary.

Will duck out now. I don’t see what’s “nasty” about commenting that far too many British children are overweight, it’s a national problem and is storing up so many health problems for them in the future 🤷‍♀️

Goodness me @MrsSkylerWhite what a unpleasant and unnecessary remark.

The advanced search poster suggested that MrsSkylerWhite has health issues of her own. Obviously an average 25-45 year old mum will be able to walk much further and faster than a 4/5 year old but if the adult has restricted mobility or stamina for some reason then the issue of needing to support a small child to keep up with them would never arise, because they'd both have the same ability.

But even so it seems short sighted not to realise that other adults may not have the same restrictions.

We regularly go into zone one and my youngest has refused the buggy since just after their third birthday. I take a backpack with all our stuff and kids do scooters, which I mostly 'guide' through crowds, or I end up pulling them.

I have contemplated getting a wagon but they're just too big and it would be impossible to do transport with it.

Can you not take scooters?

Please don't. Scooters on crowded pavements are a nuisance. Small children on scooters often don't look where they are going, so everyone else has to keep dodging. And what do you do with them when the children aren't scooting?

Radical suggestion, perhaps, but why not just plan the day according to the capabilities of the children?

I agree with the majority - it would be far too crowded!

This ^

All of this.

I absolutely disagree with you about scooter @CeliaNorth! Teach your kid how to ride it and buy a pully to control then buy a lock and get a folding one that goes over your shoulder and they are a life saver.
I say this as someone who walks on a crowded payment daily with a child on a scooter in both London and New York.

@BadForBusiness
I don’t have health issues? I had cancer in 2016 and was extremely overweight once but not now. Few niggles at nearly 60 but nothing much really 🤷‍♀️

I’m not sure scooters are the answer either - bear in mind, as you’ll be the only adult, you’ll need both hands free to hold each of their hands, eg on tube platforms, getting on and off, in crowds, and so on. Having to carry either a buggy or scooters, unless they have shoulder straps and will stay on without a steadying hand, is a non-starter.

Totally agree, they are a menace, parenting with no common sense.

I really do not trust a 4yo to use a scooter properly, all day long, without getting bored, without refusing to push it and whining for mum to carry it, without banging into things or people, and without shooting dangerously off the end of the pavement. Scooters are OK for older kids if the street is not too crowded and if they have shown themselves to be trustworthy and sensible in this kind of situation. They are not a substitute for a buggy.