...and he's off!I haven't been out with William working on his training wheel weaning as much as I'd like to have. We probably could have gotten to this point a bit earlier, but we are all overjoyed for making this important milestone with William.
We've been going out and taking the training wheels and pedals off his bike and letting him push himself around. Once he could balance along for a while and could use the steering to keep himself upright, we attempted it with the pedals back on and the training wheels still removed. The first time I did it a week ago, he pedaled about 10 feet on his own, but after a few bad stumbles trying again, we gave up for the day. We tried again yesterday and he got a bit farther, but with the wind and the fact we were doing this on gravel made it pretty hard.
Today, we went out early while it was nice and calm and headed to the "Dog" park just a block away that has a fairly good sized concrete area. We practiced a bit with the pedals off and then tried it with the pedals. His first run of the day was nearly 30 feet and it was only the looming planter box that made him stop. A few more practice runs and some tips, and he is now launching by himself and beginning to figure out planned turns.
We've officially considered him graduated from training wheels and they've been tossed in the corner. We are all very proud!
2 comments:
YEAH William!!! Stefan is now itching to grow so he can get off the pink and purple flowered bike... Mom is too cheap to not accept a tiny hand-me-down! Keep up the spinning and we look forward to the Tour-de-Kitsap!
So prideful to William on the jitensha! Where do you want to go? Your Christmas tree is beautiful.
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