Step 2 Play Up Gym Set

cooperme2871

Does anyone have this gym set: https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3455113

Lily has this one: https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2308841 But she has about outgrown it and we would like to get something bigger. Does anyone have the Step 2? If so, how old were your kids when they outgrew it?

kel716

In watching DS this spring on playground equipment, at about a year older, he is completely comfortable on 'big kid' (not super big kid) playground equipment.  While we don't have either of the products you posted, if I was going to invest a decent chunk of change, I'd just get a swingset that will last through all of childhood.  Seriously, DS is climbing the "rock wall" on the swingset, going down a slide that is my height and playing in the 'fort' part of the swingset.  At the park the other day, he was going down all of the larger slides- twisty, fast, and higher one. 

I bet you can take the swing off the castle one you have, or buy an infant swing ($25) for this summer that can hang from the big swingset, and still slide if only half way at first. 

JMO, but knowing where DS is now, I'd invest that money in a swingset that will last. 

cooperme2871

kel716:

In watching DS this spring on playground equipment, at about a year older, he is completely comfortable on 'big kid' (not super big kid) playground equipment.  While we don't have either of the products you posted, if I was going to invest a decent chunk of change, I'd just get a swingset that will last through all of childhood.  Seriously, DS is climbing the "rock wall" on the swingset, going down a slide that is my height and playing in the 'fort' part of the swingset.  At the park the other day, he was going down all of the larger slides- twisty, fast, and higher one. 

I bet you can take the swing off the castle one you have, or buy an infant swing ($25) for this summer that can hang from the big swingset, and still slide if only half way at first. 

JMO, but knowing where DS is now, I'd invest that money in a swingset that will last. 

Thanks! I was trying to decide if she was "ready" for a wood swing set or not. $400 seems a little steep to me if she wouldnt get at least 2 years out of it.