Helen's daughter Ava was in love with buckles and figured them out at a really precocious age, IMO, at 2. It was really hard going for walks with them because Ava would undo her buckles and slide down in the stroller so that her feet would drag on the ground or she'd actually try to get out of the stroller if Helen wasn't quick enough to notice what was going on. Then they'd argue about it (Ava went through the terrible 2s at 2 years old) and finally Ava would get buckled up again only to go through the whole thing again half a block later. Helen never did anything but talk with Ava, and eventually (about a month of this IIRC) Ava quit escaping. She'd buckle and unbuckle and sit fairly well in the stroller the whole time, up and down curbs and in traffic and all. (Cloverdale is definitely not Manhattan, though.)
Sasha refuses to let me buckle her in her stroller when she uses it. (When we go to the library it's a half hour each way with me pushing the stroller and an hour and a half each way if Sasha's walking and being carried, whining, the last two blocks home.) She stays in. I don't know if she would've at 2 and a half, but I think so.
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Helen's daughter Ava was in love with buckles and figured them out at a really precocious age, IMO, at 2. It was really hard going for walks with them because Ava would undo her buckles and slide down in the stroller so that her feet would drag on the ground or she'd actually try to get out of the stroller if Helen wasn't quick enough to notice what was going on. Then they'd argue about it (Ava went through the terrible 2s at 2 years old) and finally Ava would get buckled up again only to go through the whole thing again half a block later. Helen never did anything but talk with Ava, and eventually (about a month of this IIRC) Ava quit escaping. She'd buckle and unbuckle and sit fairly well in the stroller the whole time, up and down curbs and in traffic and all. (Cloverdale is definitely not Manhattan, though.)
Sasha refuses to let me buckle her in her stroller when she uses it. (When we go to the library it's a half hour each way with me pushing the stroller and an hour and a half each way if Sasha's walking and being carried, whining, the last two blocks home.) She stays in. I don't know if she would've at 2 and a half, but I think so.