Oh and Geordie junior who’s just turned 2 has had a Strider balance bike that he’s been using for about 6 months now. Yes it has plastic wheels, yes it may not be as light as an Islabike or similar, but you can slam the seat which means they can start getting to grips with it at an earlier age. He’s a real whiz on it now, even though it says 3+ on the box. Like mini-DBW, Geordie junior is wee for his age, but it definitely doesn’t stop him scaring the bejesus out of his dad on a regular basis.
(And I should say, I am in no way a competitive dad, I just thought they looked too much fun to wait until he was older).