Baby/toddler trikes

[Fiona80]

Can anyone please enlighten me as to the value of getting a 1 year old a trike? Are these useful purchases? I'm not really convinced but have seen loads recently so they are obviously popular. But are they worth the money and on what kind of occasion would you use them?......

[yeknomyeknom]

I got one for my boy. He doesn't really use it yet and he is 15mths.

[Mrtibbs]

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[snowboarder]

We got our eldest one of these for his first birthday -

http://www.kiddisave.co.uk/wishbone-3-in-1-balance-bike-plain-wood.html?gclid=CNnnstjD87wCFZShtAodemAADA

He loved it in the park and in the garden and actually still plays on it now aged nearly 5!

Also we got our youngest one of these - http://www.tesco.com/direct/chillafish-bunzi-2-in-1-balance-bike-green/747-0476.prd - again fun n garden park and in the house!

I don't really like those smart trikes - it seems to take quite a while before they can actually use pedals....

[dibden]

we have a smart trike and it doesn't get loads of use, the cant really peddal for ages. We have ones of these toddle bikes and love it. Light so toddler can carry it, stable with 4 wheels to get on and off and narrow enought to make getting toddlers leg over easy. Scooting around the house and we recently started taking it to the park.

http://www.toddlebike.co.uk/

[jollymummy]

We bought a smart trike for our son's 1st birthday. It has been used about twice and then left out in the garden.

It was hard to steer as the long steering pole was not very secure/steady, hard for little feet to peddle and then as soon as my son turned 2 he got a micro scooter which he was never off.

I often say it has been the biggest waste of money ever.

[hellosailor]

I agree smart trikes are a total waste of money, they can't pedal them at that age and by the time they can they really want a micro scooter as jollymummy says. They are hard to steer for the parent, even the '5 in 1' Mothercare ones with better steering. We bought one, used it just a couple of times, sold it. There was a thread on this a while ago with lots of people saying they had found the same.

[crystal7]

Agree with hello sailor! We were given one and it's been used about twice. My 2 were confident on the micro scooter from about 2/2.5

[Fiona80]

Thank you all for your feedback / advice. Going to forget this and wait til LO is a bit older :)