As soon as my daughter was old enough to walk, I was interested in buying her everything that she might possibly be interested in to strengthen her legs. I was probably jumping the gun a little when I bought her a bicycle because I pretty much set her up to fail. There was no way she could manipulate the pedals to get her to move and soon we were both frustrated with the bike. Then I started looking for battery ride on toys and I found one in the shape of a bike. This ones does all the work and all she has to do is steer.