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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Americans like to create rules... no stroller after age 3, 4, etc, no bottles after age 1, sleep by 7:30am, etc etc.  Who cares? Do what works for you. My 4.5 is not in stroller but sometimes she likes to sit in the double stroller next to her little brother. [/quote]

I feel like it's a growing trend of continuing to infantilize children long past when we should. I mean, we have 6T sizing.  T means toddler!

I treat my children like children.  I am not trying to make them grow up too fast.  But I also trust that they can handle giving up baby things, and that feeling "big" and gaining skills makes them feel confident.

And I think parents will use something like a stroller or a bottle or whatever just to pacify the child, to make sure they don't whine, to avoid having a child who's even slightly uncomfortable, because it makes you the parent uncomfortable.

BTW, this isn't a referendum on your 4.5 year old.  Just a comment on why parents get judgy about this stuff.[/quote]

Sometimes people just want to take a longer or faster walk than short legs can handle. [/quote]

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