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Originally Posted by sportswidow05
ClostGoth- you make it sound so easy. I guess I could try. It is not as simple as walking to the park, the park is not within walking distance. and I don't feel comfortable leaving my son partially looked after as I concentrate on helping my daughter. That is me, it is the way I am. There is no reason why my husband cannot join us on the nights that he is home. In fact, I plan on asking him tonight after dinner, while it is still sunny. I heard rain the near forecast.
ngdawg: I think my daughter would like to do it the way your daughter did. Now to find a grassy hill.
I have another question about the bike itself. When my daughter sits on it and puts her feet to the ground, are her feet supposed to be flat with her legs straight? I have 2 bikes and I think 1 is too small and the other too big.
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Now, this is going back a LONG way, but....for my 9th birthday, my dad took me to a bike shop and told me 'pick one'. The owner of the shop, to help us out showed me that for the right sized bike, the feet should touch the ground to the balls of the feet-heels slightly up. Flat-footed to the ground, it might be too small; tippy-toes, there's no good balance standing still. (I picked out a very shiny pink and white, chromed-fendered 26 inch Schwinn, btw)