my DS is 22 months & i still lift him fairly often. he's just getting to the stage that he can climb in & out of the car seat but if i want him to hurry then i'll lift him. he also loves cuddles & will ask to be picked up (which you don't have to do, of course). i think some of it might be personality - i.e. my DS is fairly affectionate & wary of new situations so he seems the sort who will want to be picked up maybe a bit more often than some others? i notice at playgroup it's kind of half & half - some of the kids never seem to want to be picked up really.
I still lift 2 and a half yr old DD into the car, into the trolley when shopping and in/out of the bath. she can climb into the car but I don't have that sort of patience
My DS1 I still used to lift and carry a lot. DS2 is 22 months and I hardly lify him - I think as Sloane said itis more personality driven.. (and maybe you can condition to want to be lifted less)
28 months, 16kg and severe rheumatoid arthritis and I'm STILL lifting him several times per day. He's only just started to climb into the car on his own (subaru forester, so it's a bit higher up than most, but not as much as a 4WD). I also still use a change table for him, because it's easier than getting myself to the floor and up again... and because it's what we've always done, he knows to stay still when he's up there. Baths, DH does... Or I just bring him into the shower with me - that way I don't have to lift him in or out. Still need to lift him in/out of shopping trolleys and the pram when we go out... if he's on foot, he'll do the flop and drop passive resistance thing, so it's just easier to avoid it. I suspect there will still be quite some lifting for quite some time, even though he's usually pretty good. He seems to know when I'm having a bad day and will often be super helpful and pick things up for me and all that, too.
I still carry my 2yo much of the time, but that's my choice most of the time. When DD was this old I was pregnant and was conditioning her not to be lifted so much. I had to sit on the lounge and her climb up if she wanted a cuddle, stuff like that. She had to transition to showers or if she wanted a bath I had to wait for DH to be home.
I will have to do that same should I be graced with another due to a rupture last time.
I still carry DD2 a lot! She loves to be carried and be on me a lot. I lift her into the car seat, the trolley, swings, monkey bars etc. She is going through a clingy phase at the moment too so she likes Mummy lifting her.
My DS is 2 I still carry him heaps, in the car, out of the bath, when he wants a cuddle, if hes walking but has had enough, in to the trolley etc pretty much the same as Nai
I still carry my 3 year old very often! lol
So yep, I carried her a lot at 2, even throughout the pregnancy...(No SPD thankfully) Even now, I would carry her more I think if I didn't have bubs to carry.
Having said that, it isn't necessarily carry, more lift, more often. Like, onto chairs, car, trolley, in and out of bed sometimes, bath etc. She is very independent though, and has always been, so I think that I could have not carried her as much if I had the need not to, like you do when pregnant, itms.
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