Have you hear of a balance bike before? From what I've heard they are all the rage for toddlers. They are little tiny bikes that do not have training wheels or pedals. The kids learn how to balance with them by walking and eventually are able to pick up their feet ans coast. Apparently most kids go straight from a balance bike to a regular bike without training wheels.
Drake's Nana and Papa were kind enough to get him a balance bike for his birthday.
It took Drake a good 2 weeks before he would even get on it, but we had some visitors (17-month old twins-more to come on that in my next post) and he was desperate for any attention so he hopped right on and off he went!
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I have feeling he will be zipping up and down the sidewalk before we know it!
In other news-When Drake got tired of riding his bike he literally did the worm all the way from our neighbors driveway back home. Sometimes I wonder what goes through that little head of his
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We just got our 3 year old a bike with training wheels on it for his third birthday. I wish we would have gotten him a balance bike instead. Oh well...now I know for the youngest! And that last picture of Drake doing the worm?! PRICELESS. Love it.
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