What age did your child stop using a pram/pushchair/stroller?

[Scottyme]

My child is 15 months I hate not parent facing with her stroller but if they ate going to stop using it at say 2 I don't want to go through the effort of buying another pram.

Oldest refused to use it somewhere around his 3rd birthday, but used a buggy board for a bit after. Youngest would probably still be in it now if I hadn't stopped when she turned 4 ( and got her a scooter instead).

About 3. I can't imagine ditching it at 2, they have no sense of self preservation and regularly need to be contained. Maybe if you drive everywhere and don't have any other children or anything to carry??

But honestly I wouldn't buy a parent facing one at 15 months. They soon get fed up of this and want to look out.

DS had reins when he was two, he hated his pushchair.

Like others have said, it really depends on your lifestyle. We live a 20-25 minute walk (at my pace) from where my kids went to nursery, so we used it for nursery until they were 3/3.5. We walk a lot and had big days out even when they were small, so it was a godsend then, and when DS2 was titchy and DS1 was four, there were times DS1 would go in the pushchair while I carried the baby. One of my kids liked it more than the other but we definitely got our money's worth for both kids.

I still regret not taking it on holiday when DS2 was a little over three and a half; he was generally a good walker but we were in a hot country and long days meant one of us lugging around a tired/asleep sweaty toddler who would have politely refused a nap at home but the travelling had worn him out. I didn't think we needed it but it would have been a godsend!

Thanks all I've just re read my post and note to self dont rush writing it 😂

I use it for in the car going to town and stuff. I have an out and about for country walks.

I'm looking at a pram I can face both ways but not a massive one like my icandy. When my child is tired they prefer to parent face. Also my current stroller doesn't lay completely flat which is annoying as they won't nap in it and just gets over tired, whereas when they are in their icandy they do sleep

About 3. I can't imagine ditching it at 2, they have no sense of self preservation and regularly need to be contained. Maybe if you drive everywhere and don't have any other children or anything to carry??

Totally depends on the child, DS was a baby that would crawl and stop at the edge of a bed before six months while I've known other children not to have much sense of self preservation at 4. We used a balance bike and a backpack. He reliably stopped at the kerb of side streets.

5 years. I liked walking at my own pace and being able to hang bags off the back instead of carrying stuff around. Probably could have stopped earlier but it didn't suit us.

Double buggy until they were 2&4, kept single until youngest was 5, sometimes they both climbed in together!

Last time we used any form of pushchair was renting one at Disneyland Paris, 6&8, just a single but they both used it a bit, both very short for age at that point

About 5. We don't have a car, and walk almost everywhere, so we used ours for the sort of journeys people would use cars for, like rushing from school to the older child's dance class at a speed that little legs can't do, or travelling home after a late night, or when not feeling well.

Almost 5. I don't drive so we walked miles every day. Mine where also still napping around 11am so we would go to toddler group in the morning then child would nap in the buggy while we walked home then they would nursery in the afternoon. No buggy would have meant no nap leading to a very cranky child at nursery. For non drivers it is the child's mode of transport. Drivers tend to overlook this point.

Around 3 / 3.5. It was honestly a relief to clip them in! At age 3/3.5, we didn’t use it every time, just if we had a long day out (Ie: not a quick pop to the shops). We didn’t live in a driving place - walked / buggy everywhere - so it definitely helped a lot. I think if you drive a lot, you can probably give it up much sooner.

I missed it when it was gone! But dc were ready!