Buggy boards - from what age?

[poppy]

My 18-month-old protests passionately about being in his buggy yet walking any distance when you need to get somewhere is not really practical yet - half the time going in the wrong direction and even if we're heading the right way, stopping at every interesting gate, fence, stick, drain, weed... Anyway, I was wondering whether to try him with a buggy board but have a suspicion he may be waayyy too young still - am I right? Any tips? Thanks!

[Ruth_Baldock]

We tried Seb with one at 16months and he just jumped off it. We tried him again a week or so ago and he tried to climb into the buggy it was attached to (a bugaboo chameleon) hilarious but unhelpful. I suspect this would be the case whether he was 18mo or 2 years old, it's just his personality I think (hence the need for tank-like p&t instead of lovely light maclaren and buggy board. Sigh.

He hates his buggy and screams to get out of it, but walking along is a bit of a trial as he's so into everything and will walk into front gardens and go up to front doors, lift up the letter box flap thing and shout "allo?! Is ab!!!"

[snowboarder]

My 26m old thinks the buggy board is a propelled scooter. Yells 'scoot. scoot', pushes with one leg and then jumps off. But I think for some children buggy boards may never be a successful means of transport...

[poppy]

Hehe, yes, climbing, scooting, and jumping off, that's exactly the sort of toddler high-jinks I was anticipating! Hmm, perhaps we will hold off for a while. Thank-you for your replies and for making me giggle!