So, after reading my last post a friend with two little ones asked me how I get my 2.5 year old to sit in the stroller for the entire run. Magic? Freeze Ray? Bribery? I actually struggled with this for a while. We had a few runs where Jack wanted to get out and run with us, only to have his 'legs get tired' after a short but fast sprint (it was kind of like zig zag speed interval training for awhile). After a few tears (on both sides) a few botched attempts, and an epic parental fail in which I told him the area we were running through had bears and he should stay in the stroller so the bears didn't eat him, we have reached success (without terrifying him)! PS - he still asks if there are bears on the one particular path.
Our trick is to let Jack play DJ. I give him my iPhone and put it on the Jack-friendly playlist and let him pick out the songs we run to. I have a huge variety of music on there. Darius Rucker's Wagon Wheel is the current favorite. Last week it was the Peter and the Wolf by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. It keeps everyone entertained and me able to run for at least 35 minutes. It also does not occupy him so much that he is glued staring to my phone, he only looks down when the song ends and he gets to pick a new one the rest of the time he is appreciating nature (or so I hope!).
Jack's mom says, let your kids pick the soundtrack to your life!
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