https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:28:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2069158 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:51:45 +0000 chopstixwife 2069158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>last time #1 rode in a stroller was back in December 2013 when we traveled to Asia and it was only for him to nap or transport through the airports. He was 3.5 then. Hasn't been in a stroller since, even when we went all over Legoland in May 2014. #2, at 2.5 prefers to walk every where too. thankfully, with three, we never needed a double stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2069047 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:35:19 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 2069047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really never think about this. Our neighbor pushed her girls in a double bob to school until the oldest was in first grade, I think. Whatever works! Especially for longer walks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2069037 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:26:40 +0000 tysonja 2069037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for us, I guess when the weight limit has been exceeded by more than just a lb or two :). if we lived in a car-less place I can totally see trying to stretch that from time to time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068769 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:56:26 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2068769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never thought about this! I would think all kids would need a break from time to time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068487 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:41:11 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2068487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would think 5 or 6. We run with LO a ton, so I wouldn't mind running with him up until he's 5. After that, I would want him to start running with us on his own and not in the BoB. And if he doesn't want to run, then stay at home with dad! Haha...</p> <p>Other than that, LO is 2.5 and pretty much hates the stroller unless we're running. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068410 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:06:30 +0000 mrsjyw 2068410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the burbs so we rarely see kids past pre-K age in strollers. There's not a huge need unless you're at the zoo or an all day outing like that-- and even then, probably 4? 5?</p> <p>DS hates his stroller most days already and he's only 2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068408 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:04:20 +0000 .twist. 2068408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. When our older kids were 6, both of them would have died of embarrassment to be in a stroller. A wagon, maybe, but a stroller!? No way! </p> <p>I think 3 or 4 and they can transfer to a wagon. </p> <p>Maybe I'm crazy though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068399 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:57:51 +0000 mrbee 2068399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: Yah that's the tricky part, we've walked 10 miles on a weekend day before! A scooter is a good idea... once the snow melts, we'll break that out!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068394 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:56:14 +0000 psw27 2068394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never thought about it -- maybe 5 or 6? I have definitely in my pre-mom days given the side eye to some larger/older kids in strollers. I should have thought about if they had special needs though... lesson learned! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068378 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:50:22 +0000 aegie 2068378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>depends .. like at amusement parks, I think there is a higher age threshold because even bigger kids get tired. </p> <p>Out &amp; about in the city .. I think 5 is probably the magic number? But I have a tall 2.5 year old and she looks like she's outgrowing the uppababy vista bc her legs are longer than the footrest of the stroller. So people sometimes gives her looks like .. uh .. you're too old to be in that stroller. But she's only 2.5! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068287 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:08:20 +0000 lemondrop 2068287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once he can push me in it he gets the boot and I ride instead :silly: </p> <p>I honestly never thought about it, but we also don't use strollers all that often either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068179 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:17:08 +0000 MamaBehr 2068179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a Double BOB and sometimes DD, who is about to be 5, hops on. I encourage her to walk, but sometimes there's an empty seat and she just crawls in. I think if she was our youngest or our only child, I wouldn't even bring the stroller as on option for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068076 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:28:32 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2068076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it also depends on the trip. Just around the local mall, yea a bit of a side eye if they are 5-6. If its at Disney or around a big city, 5-6 is totally fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2068072 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:26:07 +0000 Anagram 2068072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have a specific age in mind--as long we need it, we will use it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067992 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:17:05 +0000 looch 2067992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolute oldest age? As long as they need it. I don't even think about those kinds of things for other people and I hope other people don't judge me for letting my kid use his stroller when he needs to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067955 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:03:20 +0000 lamariniere 2067955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DS turned 4, we said he couldn't ride in the stroller anymore. He's close to the weight limit anyway, and I don't want him damaging it, and frankly, he is just too tall/big for it! He still gets to ride on the buggy board though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067779 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:20:31 +0000 HLK208 2067779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I regularly ran with B until he was 4.5 and that was around the end of it for us. Occasionally, he'll hop on the front of double stroller during a long day of walking (at the zoo or something) and he's 2 months shy of 6. I think we'll just try to take more breaks now because I remember being his age and asking my mom to hold me since my legs were tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067775 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:10:26 +0000 birdofafeather 2067775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 sounds about right to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067765 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:07:02 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2067765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once they turn 6, they get the boot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067743 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:47:56 +0000 sarac 2067743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My opinion would change in a big city where most people were car free. I mean, my three year old will walk pretty far, but more than a few miles? No way. I'd walk way more than that if we were car free in a big city, so she'd need something. A scoot bike or a scooter or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067721 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:38:27 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 2067721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worry about this too. Drake still likes riding in the double and he is almost 5. He is small so I think he gets away with it more but he is going to lose his spot soon and be force to walk when this next one comes so I guess his riding days will be ending around 5 no matter what </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067681 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:22:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 2067681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to not side eye any older kids in strollers because you never know if they have special needs.</p> <p>I agree that you have more leeway with a double too - and a smaller kid. I would say a big developmentally typical 6 year old is probably ready to kick the stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067660 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:08:46 +0000 brownie 2067660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, my sisters kid has autism and they still use their stroller for dland because it is too much. It is considered her wheelchair (for lack of a better term but they can take it through the lines like a wheelchair). She's 8 now.</p> <p>But somewhere around 5 or 6. My little guy will probably be older because he is so tiny and will fit in it forever. But we don't use it a lot. </p> <p>I think it also depends on where I don't blink an eye at an amusement park or other large arena because that's hard for kid. Walking down the streets in my neighborhood yeah they should walk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067588 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:36:56 +0000 Corduroy 2067588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As long as it works for you. I wouldn't question an older kid in a double as much as an older kid in a single. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067483 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:56:45 +0000 farawayyama 2067483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to work with a single mum who was also a marathon runner. The only time she could run was 4am, so she'd bundle her 8 year old into a large stroller and he'd go back to sleep while she ran! </p> <p>I dunno, outside of extentuating circumstances, maybe 5 or 6? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2067477 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:50:53 +0000 Bao 2067477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm I would say 6? I guess as long as they fit in the stroller and are content then whatever works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-absolute-oldest-age-that-a-kid-gets-a-free-pass-for-riding-in-a-stroller#post-2061485 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:45:00 +0000 mrbee 2061485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is five and sometimes shares a double stroller with his sister when we go on a long trip to the city. I think he's approaching the age where he can walk everywhere though, even on long journeys! He's halfway through Kindergarten now.</p> <p>What is the absolute oldest age that a kid gets a free pass for riding in a stroller? </p>