What age did your child stop riding in a stroller?

[Minnie824]

I'm hoping to go down to a single stroller for summer instead of our double stroller. By then, DDs will be 4.5 and 2. The problem is, if 2 yo is in stroller, 4.5 yo will want to be as well. I know she needs to walk around more, but what age do kids usually start walking more instead of using the stroller? When its just me and her, or her dad and her, she has no problem walking...just the issue when her sister is around.

 

[my2boys1821]

My oldest stopped around 3. However if we have alot of walking to do such as a park my oldest 5 still wanted to sit in the stroller and had arguements with my 2 year old. So I guess it all depends on how long and how far you'll be walking. I know after a day at the Kingdom I'll probably want to be pushed in the stroller.

 

[Aidensmom]

My son turned 4 in August, he stopped using a stroller a couple of months ago. I still have the stroller though, I am afraid to get rid of it, I did take it when he and I went Christmas shopping just so I didn't have to worry about carrying the bags and holding on to his hand.

 

[Disney Ella]

Mine stopped at eighteen months. They hated being restrained in car seats and strollers, and we finally gave in and stopped fighting with them about the stroller. They were actually good walkers too and rarely wanted to be held. Not any help for your situation, I know.

 

[Papa Deuce]

I would say the last time they were in a stroller was when they were 3.5.

 

[coliebird]

My daughter is 3 1/2. We pretty much don't use it anymore. We used it in October for Disney and last month when we were Christmas shopping b/c the mall was really crowded and I didn't want to get separated from her.

 

[ReneeA]

DS hasn't used a stroller since he was 3. We did go to WDW when he was 3 1/2 and he rode in one most of the time there. His sister is 2 and I didn't want them fighting over one available seat, so I brought one for him. I expected him to hardly use it, but it was HOT (in August) and they were both tired after a couple hours.

It was worth it to not have to deal with the whining and bickering.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

DD stopped riding in it after DS came along-age 4. She says she still wants to, but it lasts 5 minutes and then she wants out.

If we were going to WDW I would let her ride often. I would probably bring 2 strollers also.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Is 9 too old?!?

Sorry just had to do it.

 

[DisneyLovingMama]

DD stopped when DS was born, so 4 1/2. Except for when we were at Disney and she had just turned 5. Then, we rented one for her.

 

[mcnuss]

I am embarrassed to tell you that DD rode in a stroller until she was too big to fit in it - may 5ish? I know she rode in it at WDW at the Milennium new year, and she would have been 5 1/2 then.

 

[JVL1018]

I had a double stroller when DS was born and DD was 2. they probably used that for about a year and then DD walked. DS has walked since probably 3ish.
WDW they both still had a stroller(DS all the time, DD some of the time-they were 3 and 5)

 

[kilee]

About 3. Mostly because my little guy was too independent to want to ride in a stroller. I think I hung unto it for another year though- but only used it once or twice.

 

[becka]

DS stopped right around his 2nd birthday. We went to WDW a few months before and he did OK with the stroller and I think by the time he got back he was just sick of the darn thing so he kept asking to walk. He always has done well and never really asks to be carried very much at all.

Of course DS also stopped wanting to sit up in the carts at stores by the time he was 2.5 as well. I think he just likes to walk...he is very independent.

 

[Marseeya]

Is 9 too old?!?

Sorry just had to do it.

You beat me to it!


My kids quit using a stroller between the ages of 2-3. I just always had the attitude that we would walk at their pace rather than pushing them around in a stroller.

 

[GEM]

just always had the attitude that we would walk at their pace rather than pushing them around in a stroller.

Not me! Paul's going to ride in a stroller until he gets married. I need a place to put all our junk!!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Younger dd was very, very tiny so she used it until she was 5-6, although she was the size of a toddler so she couldn't keep up.

 

[Marseeya]

Not me! Paul's going to ride in a stroller until he gets married. I need a place to put all our junk!!

Ditch the junk! Free yourself!

 

[Karel]

My oldest was around one;way too independent. Though we did get a double stroller and he used that once in awhile when he finally did get tired.

When my youngest was two and half, we went to Disney World. She would try to push the stroller while my middle, 4, rode in it. He has a low muscle tone/body awareness thing and hated to walk. He's athletic and plays sports but ask him to walk anywhere and he moans.

My youngest, she's a walker. Always head of everyone else with her short little legs. She keeps up with her father.

 

[Beth76]

Completely done by 3. Even at the zoo or Six-Flags, he walks. After 2-1/2 he was using it only when very necessary, like at the zoo. I actually bought my first umbrella stroller to take to the airport and he was 2-1/2 and the little stinker actually stood up and walked around with it attached to his little bum.