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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. It's not for our benefit. It's because she throws tantrums over not wanting to be in the stroller or walk. We're not making her walk all day; these are short walks from our house to the playground (probably 500 feet at most). We're not depriving her of love; we're trying to avoid her having the expectation that we will carry her everywhere. My mom has made a joke that "If we lived here, she'd never walk anywhere because we'd just carry her!"   [/quote]

And she’s two. So let them carry her.  And tell her that’s something special rule for her grandparents, because seeing them is a special occasion. But the rest of the time she rides in the stroller (which I also think is ridiculously rigid. But whatever. You are the parent).  She will likely fuss more the first outing after she gets home, then things will go back to the way they were. This will not ruin your kid for life.  What is the worst thing that will happen if grandpa carries her around for a few days?  That she will come home and need to readjust and be whiny.  But whiny is a given with two year olds, and she might well whine ever if she is never picked up.

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