Surely you have noticed, when you are walking down the street, that in the last two years there have been many dads and moms who take their children riding tricycles. Tricycles have always been an item associated with games and fun, which were sold in toy stores and bicycle shops. In recent years, however, the demand for more technical, more specialized tricycles, with a greater variety of functions has meant that their main sales channel is currently specialized stores for items for babies and children, and childcare stores.
The world of items for the little ones in the house is always in constant renewal, updating according to the demands of increasingly demanding parents, who want the best for their children, who look for versatile items, which they can give a lot of use to, which stimulate their abilities and skills, and which at the same time are fun for the little ones, and practical and functional for them. Although it is true, as we indicated before, that it is an item that has become fashionable in recent times, we are sure that it is one of those items that has come to stay, It is not at all a passing fad because the advantages it offers to today's moms and dads are many and varied.
The tricycles preferred by moms and dads of all types are undoubtedly the so-called evolutionary tricycles, which grow as the child does, adapting not only to their size and weight, but also to the abilities they develop. The tricycle will be a simple and effective method to enhance physical training, balance and fun at different stages of the child's life. Next, we will explain the most notable characteristics of tricycles, which will ultimately be reasons for you to decide on one type or another of tricycle, but first we want to remind you of some aspects of your child's development and growth: your child will begin to take his first steps around his first year and will gain stability as his psychomotor development becomes more complex. He started crawling, then he started to stand up, he continued moving, although holding on, and once he started taking his first steps alone and without support, you realized that your son was getting older. He is gaining more and more strength, more dexterity and more autonomy, and soon he will begin to take his first jumps, support his body with one leg and run with greater confidence. You are probably not sure, depending on your child's age, if he or she is capable and has the maturity and coordination to use hands and feet at the same time, and at the same time remain seated while maintaining balance. Rest assured, that's what it's all about: by using the tricycle, your child will develop the skills appropriate to his age and you will perceive details as significant as the fact that he will understand the relationship between the use of the pedals and the movement itself. And there, as always, you will be there, to help and stimulate him.
We are going to explain in detail the characteristics that tricycles can have, so that you can evaluate what you are really looking for for your little one and so that you have all the possible information before purchasing this one.
- Tricycles are usually used from the child's age of 10-12 months to 4-5 years, although this obviously depends on each child, their physical characteristics and their physical and motor capabilities.
- As we indicated before, tricycles can be evolutionary to grow as the child does, and this type of tricycle in general are tricycles that are called multifunctional tricycles, since they can be used in different ways and with different functions, or tricycles 3 in 1, 4 in 1, 5 in 1... That is, a single product and more than one use: from the first use in which you are the one who directs the movement of the child, since it does not yet relate, as we told you before, the movement of the pedals with the movement, until the last use in which the tricycle has practically become a bicycle.
- It is very common, and it is also desirable, for tricycles to have a backrest. Whether it is removable or not, the truth is that your baby will always be more comfortable and safe with his back supported, in a more appropriate position for movement. In each entry on our blog, we insist on the importance of security. This time it was not going to be any less: it is important that the tricycle you choose for your little one has a safety harness: remember that he is in a learning process, and that learning process can be full of falls.
- As we told you in the previous point, in the first stage, in his first contacts with his tricycle, you will be the one to guide the little one. For this reason, it is important that the handle with which you will direct the first movements is adjustable in height, easy to handle and removable.
- The handlebars of the tricycle may or may not be multi-position, although the latter is desirable: it will allow you not only to adapt it to the size of your little one, but also for it to adopt a more or less natural shape depending on its size.
- The pedals of tricycles can also have different positions and different uses. In the first stage the pedals do not move, they are fixed because you are the one who pushes and moves your child, but they will serve as support and allow them to keep their legs slightly bent for their greater comfort; Later the pedals will do their true function: move the tricycle itself as your child activates them. This moment is wonderful, in which the child discovers a cause-effect relationship like this!! How old he gets!! And it is also interesting that you can remove the pedals for when your child rides his fun tricycle, propelling himself with the strength of his legs.
- Other characteristics that you can look at when finding the appropriate tricycle for your child and for your needs and circumstances are whether or not the seat is rotatable, whether or not the tricycle incorporates a type of small awning to protect it from the sun, whether the wheels are made of one material or another, with high-density EVA wheels being preferable to inflatable or pneumatic ones.
In short, the tricycle is an item that we can call trendy, but very very practical for both you and your child, with many functions and high durability (remember that those of us who make this blog, and we know that you too, are committed to caring for the environment and believe that long-lasting products are always better than those for ephemeral use). We hope, once again, to have been of help to you in this wonderful process of purchasing the products for the one you love most in the house. Until next time!!!
