It feels like we have been trying to get Grace to ride her bike without stabilisers forever! To be fair, we hadn’t really thought about a good approach and hadn’t put any sustained effort into it, so we decided that the Easter holidays provided the perfect opportunity to try properly.

So, after a little research, Dale took the pedals of Grace’s bike (effectively turning it into a balance bike) and spent a little time each day taking her out around the park so she could get used to balancing and pushing herself along. After 4 days, she finally cracked it and she is incredibly pleased with herself – as you can see from this little video…