buggy boards

Does anyone use these. What brand buggy board do you use and what pram does it fit.

Im going to buy a board then buy a pram to make sure it fits.

Also does your toddler like it? how old is your toddler.

Miss will be 2.5yrs when this baby comes and she no longer sits in a pram but its unrealistic to expected her to walk far being so little. I still want to walk to park etc.

I was wondering this too, we were going to get one but then I decided i'd wait until she was here. Now I look at the buggy (I have a MB urban jungle) when the seat is layed down if he is standing on one he would hit the back on the seat part..if that makes sense lol at the mo I am just asking him if he wants to go in the buggy, if he does I wear DD if he doesn't he walks and I carry him for a bit if he starts getting tired (which is hardley ever as he has energy to burn lol ) i'll be watching this thread to see what others say, thanks for starting it

we got a buggy board for Ella when Tom was born. She was around 2Y 9M. We don't use it a lot as I prefer to put Tom in the Manduca and then at the start Ella in the buggy. Now she mostly walks anyway but I do find it handly to keep in the car for those times when Tom is in the buggy and Ella doesn't want to walk. When she does on it, she LOVES it and now I am used to it I don't find it too difficult to handle (it took a bit of practice). 

They do have to be relatively tall to be on it, so it might pay to try one out in a shop first and see if it will work for her.

I got mine 2nd hand from trade me and its like this. Use it with the MB

MB don't make toddler boards anymore, they make a scooter that you can detach. Had a look at it the other day. Quite cool but the scooter has fixed front wheel so only steers like a skateboard when it's detached. I can see it would allow the parent pushing the buggy more room to walk than a board.

I get the feeling that DS would hate it though so will trial new baby in Moby wrap and DS in MB while we whip around the shops.

thats what I have and do Jessdub...it works well

MummyFreckle i notice your boy is a bit older. I have a tiny 2 year old. So not sure if she would fit on it well. I doubt her head would come up to the bar. Do you think it would still be easy to use? or she would like it?

I guess the other opition is to just get a P&T double and hope she decides to like the pram because the baby is in it too

hi,

in response to KH25 and her little one sitting on the footrest of the pram,,,, yep, i do the same... i have 3 kids and sometimes we must look pretty funny... I have a double kit P&T and my 4 1/2 years old....still rides on the foot rests... i think he just gets lazy to walk longer distance especially when he sees the other 2 sitting back having a ride. my daughter (who sits in the front (2 years) just puts he legs around him and this works. It s bit of a load and i m sure it s probably bad for my pram but doable... if the road is too up hill or lots of uneven surface i ask my son to walk, but works fine most of the time.

so, yep, that how we got around buggy board which i would be able to use at the same time as the double kit anyway...

so, that s us, sometimes i think i m bit soft on my son letting him do this at his age...but it s easier than hiw whining along the way, sitting down not walking etc...
or i get him to ride his bike when the area isnt too busy.

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We have a Freerider (the scooter) for our MB and we love it. We have a 16 month age gap, and have been using the Freerider since not long after DS was 2. The rear wheel on the scooter can be fixed or "floating" so that it can turn easily for manouvering etc. We dont have any issues with walking with the scooter attached, it doesnt stick out too bad at all, we have it attached to the side when DH is pushing so that he can walk next to DS rather than behind him, since he has long legs Can highly recommend it!