Too big for stroller--the website

[SouthernExplorer]

Someone needs to send this pic to the website ASAP!

Someone should. He already has one of Peter Pan:
http://toobigforstroller.com/page/4



Maybe he can branch off into TBFS: Disney Characters Edition


It looks like he can also branch off into TBFS: Celebrity Edition

http://toobigforstroller.com/page/6

 

[Dacky619]

If you have older kids and you want to use a stroller, use it.

If I think it looks funny, I'm probably going to chuckle.

 

[smw]

holy crap there are some whiners around here. if you dont like the website, get out of it and move along.

my son has flat feet so it is painful for him to walk long distances.

i have completely flat feet and ive played soccer since i was 5. im 32 now and still play 4 times a week.

 

[KigerKat]

A good friend of mine's 12 year old girl recently hurt her foot playing softball the day before going to Six Flags. She convinced her parents that she could walk just fine, it just hurt a little and she kept off of it the night before.

So, they let her go to Six Flags. Turns out, her foot was actually broken and not taking care of it right away led to her needing surgery and being out for the rest of the softball season.

Moral of the story: kids will say anything to keep having fun. Twisted ankle or broken foot, if there's an amusement park at risk, they'll suffer through the pain. I would have taken my child to first aid before I threw her in a stroller and kept having fun.

 

[graceesmom]

I'm just waiting for the picture of me to show up from back in 2008 (DD was 2) and we went to MK commando from opening to Wishes. I sat in her jogging stroller for wishes and let her sit b/t my legs. Now that was a kid too big for a stroller.

I've since learned the error of my ways. We are no longer members of the Disney Commando Club. We get there early, head back to the hotel after lunch then go back to the park after dinner if we choose. But my daughter still uses the jogging stroller when at Disney. Not like she did at 2, but we are all happier including her if she gets a push every now and then.

 

[jayandstacey]

I find myself agreeing wholeheartedly with everything jayandstacey says. So, jayandstacey, if you we ever happen to be going to WDW at the same time, I'd love to buy you a drink while we push our 'too big' children around at Epcot whilst sipping an adult beverage (or a cold lemonade) and fending off glares. I wish the WDW strollers had sturdier drink holders. I hate when my margarita spills as I'm navigating through World Showcase after dark.

I'm with ya! Except I'm buying...since that's my mantra throughout the parks.

I also found that with a bigger kid, you get a much more stable stroller with much greater potential and kinetic energy. This is imparative in a very deep crowd, where people might decide to take on the stroller for whatever reason. My linebacker size and a big hum-vee stroller loaded with about 65 pounds (55 lbs kid, 10 lbs stuff) can take on the best of them.

And yes, any parent of a kid with any ankle strain should leave immediately. More strollers and shorter lines for the rest of us. Bye!

As for the margarita...after dark, double strollers should hold only adults in world showcase. Adults that can keep two drinks on the level, whatever their own roll, pitch or yaw may be.

 

[jayandstacey]

...So, they let her go to Six Flags. Turns out, her foot was actually broken and not taking care of it right away led to her needing surgery and being out for the rest of the softball season.

Moral of the story: kids will say anything to keep having fun. Twisted ankle or broken foot, if there's an amusement park at risk, they'll suffer through the pain. I would have taken my child to first aid before I threw her in a stroller and kept having fun.

Or...

Moral of the story: Use a stroller on the chance your child may have broken bones or you your child may need surgury and be out for the rest of the softball season.

(question - so, kids can play softball with a broken foot so long as they don't go into a park on it? Just asking. I'd think a broken foot is pretty much the end of a softball season, park or no park.)

 

[justakrazymom]

Still baffles me why anyone cares.. my kids.. my choice..doesn't affect you..

I don't ram people with my stroller ( but my kids have been stepped into more times than I can count..look DOWN people)..my stroller isn't a factor in your vacation unless u make it one..then it's your problem..all yours..glare all ya want.. heck I may have my pink haired 16 year old jump in just for a photo op!

 

[smw]

my kids have been stepped into

must have been quite a mess.

 

[bartleby1]

YEAH you should have!
This is the most selfish thing I think I have ever read here. If my 9 year old twisted her ankle I would not just stick her in a stroller and move on I would make sure it was tended to correctly. Seriously if it was that bad that a 9 year old had to be in a stroller than maybe she should have been resting it in order to prevent further damage. I just don’t get this Disney at all cost mentality. I can’t imagine going to Disney with the attitude of I must get every penny I spent out of it. doesn’t that suck the fun out of it?

Oh, give me a break. That's exactly why I put her in the stroller - to rest it! Any decent parent knows their children well enough to know if they need medical attention. My DD has weak ankles. It is a condition that both of us have. We have weak, loose joints. She has done it quite a few times before. Her ankle locks up and then continues to do so for a while until it pops back into place. Sometimes it loosens up quickly, sometimes it takes a little longer. It does not require medical treatment and she is not in pain but it will continue to give out. We were on the back side of Epcot in the countries when it happened so we pushed her to France and watched a movie where she sat down and rested it. Then we pushed her to the United States to watch another show and she rested it. Then we pushed her to Germany and she rested it while we ate. By the time we got back around to Mexico after dinner she was fine for the remainder of the day and walked the rest just fine.

I suppose I should have just made her walk all the way across the park to the exit and across the parking lot to the car and then across our resort and up a flight of stairs to our room instead though, since 10 year olds are too old for a stroller. Much better than allowing her to rest in the stroller and catch a few shows and have some dinner.

 

[KigerKat]

Or...

Moral of the story: Use a stroller on the chance your child may have broken bones or you your child may need surgury and be out for the rest of the softball season.

(question - so, kids can play softball with a broken foot so long as they don't go into a park on it? Just asking. I'd think a broken foot is pretty much the end of a softball season, park or no park.)

She had convinced her mother she was fine enough to still go to Six Flags. Who knows what would have happened if they went to the doctor right away, but the doc did tell them that she made it much worse by going anyway. I was just saying that kids will suffer through the pain and convince their parents they are fine if there's a chance they might not get to go to an amusement park.

And she was 12. Putting a non-handicapped 12 year old in a STROLLER would be wrong. Putting any 12 year old in a stroller is wrong. If they are handicapped at that age, they should be in a wheelchair.

Still baffles me why anyone cares.. my kids.. my choice..doesn't affect you..

You're right. I don't care what you do with your kids. But if you put a child that is too big in a tiny stroller, I'm going to laugh. Out loud. And I will laugh again when I see the pics posted online because you did it in a very public place where almost everyone has a camera.

So, by all means...keep putting your big kids in tiny strollers. It makes people watching more fun and entertaining!

 

[SouthernExplorer]

Still baffles me why anyone cares.. my kids.. my choice..doesn't affect you..

I don't ram people with my stroller ( but my kids have been stepped into more times than I can count..look DOWN people)..my stroller isn't a factor in your vacation unless u make it one..then it's your problem..all yours..glare all ya want..

I don't see it that way. The more strollers there are in the park the more congested the park gets. The more congested the parks get the more difficult it is to move freely through the parks. If a kid can walk then the kid does not need a stroller. It is simple common courtesy to other park guests.

Now if you actually care about what strangers think then that's your problem. If you don't then more power to you Yes I will laugh

 

[WaltD4Me]

Still baffles me why anyone cares.. my kids.. my choice..doesn't affect you..

I don't ram people with my stroller ( but my kids have been stepped into more times than I can count..look DOWN people)..my stroller isn't a factor in your vacation unless u make it one..then it's your problem..all yours..glare all ya want.. heck I may have my pink haired 16 year old jump in just for a photo op!

ITA. It boggles my mind that the first thing some people do when they get home from Disney is run to report about a large child they saw in a stroller...or that they even remember it. I can honestly say I NEVER noticed this before reading about it endlessly on the DIS. I still don't see it all that often. Yes, sometimes I see a kid who looks too big for a stroller, but why in the world would I care? I see people doing alot of things I probably wouldn't do myself, to each his own and more importantly...MYOB.

 

[smw]

You're right. I don't care what you do with your kids. But if you put a child that is too big in a tiny stroller, I'm going to laugh. Out loud. And I will laugh again when I see the pics posted online because you did it in a very public place where almost everyone has a camera.

love it.

 

[SouthernExplorer]

ITA. It boggles my mind that the first thing some people do when they get home from Disney is run to report about a large child they saw in a stroller...or that they even remember it. I can honestly say I NEVER noticed this before reading about it endlessly on the DIS. I still don't see it all that often. Yes, sometimes I see a kid who looks too big for a stroller, but why in the world would I care? I see people doing alot of things I probably wouldn't do myself, to each his own and more importantly...MYOB.

It becomes my business when it affects park congestion and it gets difficult to move around because a parent is too lazy or selfish to make their kid walk. Park congestion directly affects my vacation, therefore, it is my business.

 

[WaltD4Me]

I If a kid can walk then the kid does not need a stroller.

This is just not true. There are kids and adults for that matter, that can walk, but cannot walk the distances or for the amount of time most people do at Disney.

 

[bdcp]

Our boys were out of strollers by age 2.5. Youngest DS walked DHS, MK and Epcot all day at 3.5. I have been run into by older kids pushing their siblings and adults pushing big kids (usually over 5 yrs old) in strollers so many times at WDW. Do I get an apology? Nope. There is such a thing as too big for a stroller and that's when their feet a dragging the ground or their knees are in their face.

Kids can usually walk a lot farther than adults.

 

[bartleby1]

Super parents don't need to llie. Sorry but, no kid is melt down free. It's not possible. It's how the parents deal with the melt downs that matter.

FWIW, I am in the kick a kid out of a stroller at age 3 camp. both my kids, now 9 and 4 had their last use of a stroller at age 2.9 When they hit 3 they were sold in a garage sale, or in 1 case just thrown out.

WHEN, my kids hit melt down. We are already gone or on our way out of the park. I know my kids limits and push it when i can, but as 1 poster said, I will not let my kids ruin others day.

I agree and disagree with that statement. I agree with the part that it is how parents deal with the melt downs that matter, but I don't agree that all children have to have them. I have always warded off the melt downs before they started and I can honestly say that I have NEVER had any one of my three kids melt down because I pay very close attention to the signs that they are beginning to get upset. Believe what you want, but I have always been able to prevent melt downs before they happened, both at home and in public. I do not believe that melt downs have to happen. Babies melt down when they are hungry, need to be fed, need loving/hugs, or are tired/overstimulated. If you read their clues, they never develop the need to scream to get what they want. Once they begin to communicate with gestures or language, they are more than capable of using those means to get what they want and they do not need to scream, cry, and melt down. Children melt down when they don't have better ways to communicate their needs. Even a one year old can be taught that they must use their words, not throw fits. Perhaps I've been lucky and have very mild tempered kids, but they do not and never have had meltdowns. They use their words, it's much more effective.

 

[Altoqueenkelly]

Taking the picture in a public place is legal.

"POSTING" the picture is "public exhibition" and for that you must have the parent's consent.

Even my daughter's preschool sends home waivers to sign every time they have an event or a general form to allow them to take and use photo's of the children. No they don't post it online but they do put them up in the school and use them for fliers or etc.

 

[YodaGirl]

Nope sounds like bad parenting to me. Where was I trying to diagnose anything? You try hard making at assumption that aren’t there. Doesn’t sound like erring on the side of caution but maybe being slightly selfish. The pp said her daughter had twisted her ankle well I know that requires some rest and maybe some ice. Sorry but if my 9 year is in so much pain that she has to ride in a stroller you better believe we are going back to the room to deal with issue. It is almost pathetic at how you and this PP put aside your family’s needs in order to get your 75 dollars a day worth. Kind of sad!!

"Twisting your ankle" can mean many things. It can mean that she stepped wrong and her ankle was sore, all the way up to she severly sprained it which would have required ice and elevating her foot.

I agree and disagree with that statement. I agree with the part that it is how parents deal with the melt downs that matter, but I don't agree that all children have to have them. I have always warded off the melt downs before they started and I can honestly say that I have NEVER had any one of my three kids melt down because I pay very close attention to the signs that they are beginning to get upset. Believe what you want, but I have always been able to prevent melt downs before they happened, both at home and in public. I do not believe that melt downs have to happen. Babies melt down when they are hungry, need to be fed, need loving/hugs, or are tired/overstimulated. If you read their clues, they never develop the need to scream to get what they want. Once they begin to communicate with gestures or language, they are more than capable of using those means to get what they want and they do not need to scream, cry, and melt down. Children melt down when they don't have better ways to communicate their needs. Even a one year old can be taught that they must use their words, not throw fits. Perhaps I've been lucky and have very mild tempered kids, but they do not and never have had meltdowns. They use their words, it's much more effective.

I do not know of one child who has never had a meltdown in their entire lives...and I know several who know to use their words, DD included. A one year old does not have the means necessary to effectively communicate his or her needs via pure verbal communication...and I'm not just speaking to the size of his or her vocabulary.

That aside, the fact that a child has to be taught to "use their words, not throw fits" is demonstrative that they have in fact had a prior meltdown. If the child is naturally mild-mannered and has never had one meltdown, they would not need to be taught something different.