How Good is the BIG Bobby Car for a One Year Old Baby?

Want to know how one year olds take to their BIG Bobby Car ?

It's really amazing how much a baby grows in her first year. At first, just a new infant in your arms, and about 12 months later, ready to move around on her own. Baby's first ride-on can be introduced at this time, and we actually have seen first hand how impressive of the world's best known ride-on really is. 

Before the BIG Bobby Car, we have never seen that a baby can climb on-board any ride-ons with her own effort. More often, the ride-ons topple on their side, as the baby tries to pull herself up the seat. But, with the BIG Bobby Car, the same baby managed to climb on-board while the Bobby Car was resting on all its wheels. The baby had gripped onto the steering wheel and hoped on, all with a triumphant huff.

Getting baby to use the ride-on hasn't been easy though. In our eyes, the Bobby Car is a car; a toy one. But,  baby has no idea at all. So, always give baby a bit of time to become familiar with her Bobby Car. If she has an elder sibling, role-modelling can help, as we know how much faster babies learn from imitating their brothers or sisters. And because the BIG Bobby Car is so strong, you might even model it yourself! Climb on-board and let baby take a good look at what you are doing. It's not comfortable, but it gets the job done.You may just find that baby wants to do the same in no time.


Ride-on kids cars are fun indeed. The BIG Bobby Car is extra special because it is actually reported to offer benefits to children. If you want to know how the BIG Bobby Car aids the development of baby's hips, click on [http://uk.big.de/en/about_big/product_philosophy/healthy_development.shtml].

The BIG Bobby Car is certainly a worthwhile investment when baby turns one. If at first, baby doesn't take to it, or "drives badly", take heart that this is really why baby needs to learn and to grow! We choose toys for infants and toddlers largely because the toys help them develop. And, the BIG range of mobility development toys are well designed to do that job.

Enjoy your baby's growing moments! Find BIG Bobby Cars here at www.bobbycar.com.sg

The Bobby Car steering vs ordinary ride-ons

What makes the "Bobby Car" steering so extra-ordinary?

Just pick up one of these German made kids ride and you can discover that children can get a ride that steers  almost as well as a real car! (To convince yourself further, look for tons of online videos showing even adults zooming about on these cars with so much ease.) So, why does the Bobby Car steer so well? How is this important?

It is common for ordinary kids ride-ons to employ a "turn-table" style steering. Basically, the steering wheel just rotates the front wheels directly for turning left and right. But in this type of design, the wheels inside and outside during a turn need to trace circles of different radius. The wheels in this case can slip, and that could dampen the child's mobility and freedom to steer confidently.

Meanwhile, Bobby Cars employ the Ackermann steering system; giving them realistic and smooth steering control. The Ackermann geometry was intended to help cars steer better, and kids ride-ons deserve this ease of steering because it gives the children the confidence to go where they want in the manner they instinctively expect. Thus, promoting the development of hand-eye-feet coordination with no disruptions.

The Bobby Car's steering is certainly easy and smooth.

The Ackermann steering geometry is why the Bobby Car steers so smoothly.

The Ackermann steering mechanism is distinctively seen from the side of the Bobby Car.

[Reference: Ackermann steering geometry. (2012, June 11). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:30, July 11, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ackermann_steering_geometry&oldid=497125081]

Ordinary "turn-table" style steering example. [Picture used for explanation of steering only.]

NOTES:

"BOBBY CAR" is a protected trademark of the maker BIG. This post is written as a reference, and the author does not own the rights to the trademark.

Opinions expressed are personal.

Ackermann steering is a patented design by its patent owner.