If you live in Monsey

amother

OP ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 10:51 am

And walk long distances on shabbos or yom tov, until what age do you use a stroller for your kids? By what age are the kids able to walk long & hilly ways? My 5 year old still doesn't manage to do long walks without a stroller, I'm wondering till what age it's the norm.
(By my older kids, I had a buggy board & they took turns standing on it. But my 5 year old is the youngest now so no buggy board.)

amother

Almond

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 10:57 am

You don't write how far. 45 min - hour?
It's far for me. I can imagine it's hard for a 5 yr old.
You can try letting them use a scooter.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:08 am

amother Almond wrote:

You don't write how far. 45 min - hour?
It's far for me. I can imagine it's hard for a 5 yr old.
You can try letting them use a scooter.

By far I mean from 30 minutes or longer.
He doesn't want to use a scooter as we walk alot of hills up & it's hard to scooter uphill.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:09 am

amother Trillium wrote:

(why is this a monsey specific question?)

Because that's where we live, and it's hilly here, vs in Brooklyn where it's straight & way of an easier walk.

amother

Pansy

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:11 am

amother OP wrote:

5 year old still totally normal. My kids are big and tall so I won’t be able to use a stroller for my 5 year old soon and it’ll be really hard. I don’t expect her to walk more than max 25/30 min total. (So 25 min in a row or half hour divided).

We like to walk 40 min or up to 1.5 hr but won’t be able to do that again till she’s closer to 10 I assume from seeing my nieces and nephews.

amother

↑ Trillium

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:35 am

amother OP wrote:

Because that's where we live, and it's hilly here, vs in Brooklyn where it's straight & way of an easier walk.

right but imamother has women from all over the world (beyond brooklyn and monsey), and the world is full of hilly areas that families and kids have to navigate on shabbos.

Jerusalem comes to mind

amother

Pear

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 11:40 am

amother Trillium wrote:

right but imamother has women from all over the world (beyond brooklyn and monsey), and the world is full of hilly areas that families and kids have to navigate on shabbos.

Jerusalem comes to mind

Why are you nitpicking she put in the location so people know what the geography looks like if you have something helpful to say say it otherwise move on

ShishKabob

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 12:41 pm

It really depends on the child. Some children handle it better than others. I would say 5 is still ok to be in a carriage especially if he's the youngest lol! I live in Monsey.
It also depends on how much your nerves can handle the complaints and kvetches.
I'd rather take a carriage than deal with stops every few minutes because "my feet hurt". Do what works for you.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 12:58 pm

amother Trillium wrote:

right but imamother has women from all over the world (beyond brooklyn and monsey), and the world is full of hilly areas that families and kids have to navigate on shabbos.

Jerusalem comes to mind

I understand. But as we live in Monsey, (and don't necessarily know what other cities/countries look like), I'm interested in hearing from others that live here as well.
No reason to get offended.
If you live in a hilly area as well, then by all means share your opinion as well.

amother

Stonewash

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 5:54 pm

A better q is who’s pushing the 5 year old… isn’t it going to get heavy?! My 5 yr old walks Baruch Hashem. Slowly, with breaks.

amother

↑ OP

Tue, Sep 24 2024, 6:59 pm

amother Stonewash wrote:

A better q is who’s pushing the 5 year old… isn’t it going to get heavy?! My 5 yr old walks Baruch Hashem. Slowly, with breaks.

My child is very petite....

mathbrain

Mon, Sep 30 2024, 8:23 am

Live in Monsey. We sometimes walk 1.5 hours on Shabbos with the kids.
We take a double stroller for the littles, scooters for 6-12 year old.
The scooter kids scoot ahead and sit every now and then to get a break. Every 20 min or so, the six year old will sit in the stroller for 2-3 minutes for a break, and the 3 year old walks. If it’s a steep hill, everyone except the baby needs to get out of the stroller 🙈. After one big hill, we all take a 5 min stop at a bench along the way.