How Does Your Toddler ... ?

[ChetMC]

How old is your toddler and how do they handle escalators?

[physmom]

She's beyond obsessed with them. We let her take a step on by herself but for stepping off we swing her over the threshold to make sure she doesn't trip (she'd probably be fine but we don't want any accidents). But she's a kid really into motion (loves swings, being tossed around, etc.).

[blizzard_babe]

DS1, 2.5 y/o, can handle them well with assistance (holding hands and reminding him to step off the end).

He has, however, as of our last airport visit, decided that they are "too scary," and he insists upon being held.

He's in a "too scary" phase, though. Downloads of Sesame Street are too scary. Cows are scary (or were for a while... I think he's over this one). Oh, my sensitive little guy .

[brennan]

She loves them! I help her on and off but other than that she won't hold my hand. And she really could probably do them by herself but I'm not there yet. She'll be 2 in a couple of weeks

[CherryBombMama]

omg ds1 LOVES them! we ride up and down them at the mall for no reason. he is 18months

he wants to sit on them, but i make him hold my hand and stand. if he wants to walk up a bit, i dont mind, but he must always hold my hand. my dh insists on reminding him to step off at the end, but he does just fine w/o being reminded

[MamaPhD]

DD is almost 2 and we go to the mall just to go up and down the ecalators (ok, well, maybe also for lunch). She can step on and off it holding my hand but I have to kinda yank on her arm. She often sits down in the middle of the ride and gets such a kick out of it.

[ellemenope]

Loves them and always has. At 2.25 she does them completely by herself. It must say something about me spending way too much time at the mall.

One of my first memories is of being carried down the escalator by a teenager to my waiting mom below, hysterical. I had a huge fear of them up until maybe 4 or 5.