It has been three weeks since both children started reception and pre-school. We have been trialling walking plus using our pram from a pub’s car park and from nearby shops.
When Ms C saw other children either riding a scooter, bicycle or pushing a doll’s pram to school, she decided it was time to ditch her pram. She now wants to use her Igglepiggle scooter and act like a big girl! At first, I was more than happy for her to get active and do some exercise which is obviously good for her. After using her scooter for just one day, she had a massive meltdown this morning. Is she ready to ditch her pram? Well, the answer is no!
Firstly, she refused to go up a small slope and insisted she was very tired. Secondly, she insisted I go back to the car to get her pram. I refused to listen to her and kept encouraging her to keep up with us. In the end, I had to carry her with her scooter up the hill as she had embarrassed me by saying over and over again “mummy, I am so tired”.
Once we reached the school gate, I asked her to walk to her classroom. She had another meltdown and sat down on her scooter while I pushed her along. Before she got inside her class, we had a talk and she said, “mummy I want to sit in the pram! No more scooter!” My eyes rolled! What am I going to do to get her active?
Does anyone have any thoughts to encourage my daughter to ditch her pram and get active?