When Stephen’s with just mommy, Stephen does a lot of walking. The stroller is fine, a little inconvenient if you are just going somewhere short distance, but walking really is good for him. He now prefers to either help push the shopping cart or if there’s a shopping cart with a car attached, he will drive the car. His longest is probably about 1/2 mile. He will walk home from the park and 2 weekends ago, he walked a good part of the way around the Arboretum. It is partly out of necessity for me since he’s too heavy for me to carry long distances and because I know he’s capable and it tires him out for naps/bedtime. We encourage it by saying, “you can walk or ride” with the stroller and he will usually prefer walking unless really tired. Daddy still carries him a lot, but he knows with me, he’s going to walk more.
The other week, we went out to throw the ball for the dog. He walked on the other side of me from Emmy, who I had at heel, and he wanted to throw the ball for himself to fetch, so he brought his golf ball and threw for himself, while mommy threw for Emmy. It was quite funny.
