Without a Peddle

Trey Davey and Benji have not yet discovered peddling. All of their riding toys up to this point have been propelled with their feet in contact with the ground, and that’s the method they want to use for driving these larger outside toys too. I see this process as being very similar to teaching them to walk. The challenge is mental, not physical. Just as they had the strength to walk but choose to crawl because it was familiar, the boys have more than enough strength to peddle but don’t yet see the advantage. We ask the neighbor kids to peddle some toys around hoping it would inspire the twins. In a way, this period is kind of nice for us because the boys’ mobility is limited. Once they learn to peddle these toys, we’ll have to run fast to catch them.