What age did you stop using a stroller?

[alioops]

DD2 will be 22 months when DD3 is born. We still have a twin pram but it is huge and very heavy so we are going to see how we go with the harness and letting her walk to begin with, but if it gets too much I will put DD3 in the sling and DD2 in the single pram. HTH.

[JellyBean]

I am in a similar boat to you LoriRae so interested in this thread.
I have decided for the first few months I will see how I go with the newbie in my baby carrier and DS1 in his stroller, but I know there will come a point that my back just wont be able to handle pushing a heavy 20+ month year old and carrying a rapidly growing baby on my chest.
I have had so many mothers warn me against letting DS1 walk around the shopping centre - with regards to how much longer everything takes, so I have got the Phil & Ted's and the Firstwheels City Twin Pram picked out already just in case.
Or maybe I'll just drop them off at Mum's for an hour while I go and do the shopping in peace.....

[bon]

My youngest DD stopped riding in the stroller not long after she turned 2, because she figured out how to undo the buckle and climb out of it! Now we just put her in a trolley, or let her walk - but that makes shopping especially very difficult as she is a runner. We have tried using a harness on occasion too, which works ok, but she does get annoyed with it very easily when she can't go where she wants to! ATM I try to avoid going to the shops with her altogether, until she is a bit older.

[mbear]

I just worry about getting stuck with a side by side- do you have that problem, not being able to get through doorways, checkout's etc?

......major shopping ctrs are fine - they have access these days for disabled people and mothers with prams, so no, thats not a problem.....going into a boutique store, or something, yep, sure, i wont fit, but i would rather be on my own if im shopping for that sorta thing anyway - KWIM ? Also think about fetes, picnics, going to watch someone play sport....i would rather have them both strapped in than keeping a watchful eye out for a toddler.

have a squiz.....i guarantee it will do your head in... but worth shopping around.

ETA - i bought a double stroller (one behind the other) off ebay and it was soooo heavy to steer. When the one at the back got older, they often would get frustrated they couldnt see what the front one was seeing.....so for me, the double stroller didnt work for us....

[berrme]

DS1 was 26 months when DS2 was born. I got a P & T pram about 6 months ago. DH was sceptical about me spending so much on a new pram when we already had a pram... but he now sees why I insisted.
DS1 can walk perfectly well, but not always for long enough and definitely not fast enough in the right direction. The pram also makes it easier to get moving even when DS1 doesn't want to, and stops him grabbing things that he shouldn't. I do strap DS2 on sometimes, but it isn't practical for exercise walks or extended shopping trips etc.
Personally I can't see myself letting DS1 walk everywhere for quite a while yet. It is just too much hard work.

[Matryoshka]

My DS is almost 3 and i've had both of them since he was 2. I use a side by side stroller, i'm still using it because unfortunately when he's not in there he runs off, or mucks around, so althought he can walk just fine, its more for my convenience.