Matt received a training bike from his gu gu last Christmas, and is finally showing some signs of being tall enough to ride it.
It goes by many names - walking bike, balance bike - and is popular in the European countries. Essentially, it is a bike without pedals, and aims to teach toddlers to maneuver the bike using their own feet. The over-arching objective is for them to learn balance, steering and coordination without relying on training wheels. Eventually, they graduate onto bigger 2-wheel bikes more naturally and with greater ease.
At the moment, Matt carefully "walks" the bike around the house. He seems to be getting more confident with each try. Once he is more sure-footed on it, I will let him bring it outdoors to the parks.
I have seen it in some bicycle shops in Singapore, with a rather hefty price tag, though. We were fortunate enough that gu gu kindly bought it for her little nephew from Aussie!
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