Anne
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What age will you let your child have a say in turning FF if they still fit RF?
I've always said I'd let DD have a say at age 4. She's 3.5 and really, really wants to go FF. It's our fault. We let her go FF the other night to see lights. She had a meltdown when I turned it back RF. Not like a tantrum, fit type meltdown, like a totally devastated, no words, just tears and falling apart kind of meltdown. She says she likes to be able to see all the lights. Not christmas lights, street lights and lights of businesses and such after dark. My car is really low so she truly can't see much rf and she hasn't ridden FF in the daylight, so that's all she knows. She also said she likes that she "can see mommy and daddy the whole time". We've been having a lot of issues with back pain rf lately, but we found a temporary fix for that and she hasn't been complaining as much. But one of the first things she said when I buckled her in FF was "my back doesn't hurt!"
So....we're seriously considering letting her go FF. But I'm having a really hard time going for it. Since she still fits rf I wasn't preparing myself for this change just yet. I knew with her stats we'd make it to 4, so that's what I'd been preparing myself for.
She's right at 3y6m, last measurements were 38.5" and 30.6lbs. Riding in a TFP, TF, and MR. Those stats are about a month old, I can check her today.
Would you let her go FF?
I've always said I'd let DD have a say at age 4. She's 3.5 and really, really wants to go FF. It's our fault. We let her go FF the other night to see lights. She had a meltdown when I turned it back RF. Not like a tantrum, fit type meltdown, like a totally devastated, no words, just tears and falling apart kind of meltdown. She says she likes to be able to see all the lights. Not christmas lights, street lights and lights of businesses and such after dark. My car is really low so she truly can't see much rf and she hasn't ridden FF in the daylight, so that's all she knows. She also said she likes that she "can see mommy and daddy the whole time". We've been having a lot of issues with back pain rf lately, but we found a temporary fix for that and she hasn't been complaining as much. But one of the first things she said when I buckled her in FF was "my back doesn't hurt!"
So....we're seriously considering letting her go FF. But I'm having a really hard time going for it. Since she still fits rf I wasn't preparing myself for this change just yet. I knew with her stats we'd make it to 4, so that's what I'd been preparing myself for.
She's right at 3y6m, last measurements were 38.5" and 30.6lbs. Riding in a TFP, TF, and MR. Those stats are about a month old, I can check her today.
Would you let her go FF?