Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Ted's New Bike

Ted has pretty much mastered his balance bike so we (or Santa) thought it was time to upgrade him to an actual bike. The theory behind the balance bike is that your child should be able to go from a balance bike straight to a 2-wheeler. Completely bypassing the need for training wheels. 

What we did not take into consideration was the fact that his new bike is a lot bigger than his balance bike and he can just barely touch the ground while sitting. The training wheels were put on but hopefully his time in the balance bike will give him more confidence... who knows.. 

Today was a big day. Ted, Tidus, and I road bikes to story time! One of my Christmas presents was a baby seat for Tidus. The library is about a 30 minutes walk away and has quite a few major intersections and roads to be encountered. Ted did amazing! I was kind of a nervous wreck but Ted does really well with listening to what I tell him to do. Plus he knows his right from his left. 

The only down side is that by the time we got to story time Ted was so tired he just wanted to lie down while listening to the stories instead of dancing along. But he still made the long ride all the way home! 

The only thing Ted needs to work on is his ability to get started with his pedaling. On the way home Tidus had fallen asleep in his seep and Ted got stuck going up a curb. I scooted by bike up next to Ted to give him a shove up the hill and in doing so I lost control of my bike and it crashed onto its side. Tidus let out a loud cry and I quickly lifted the bike back into a vertical position. By the time I got myself back on my own bike Tidus had fallen back to sleep. Sheesh! I wish I could sleep that well. 

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