Do you use a backpack "leash" for your child?

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Mrs. Dwigh

If you do, do you get a lot of rude comments from strangers about it?

Answer
Yes we use it occasionally. And I'm going to use it more, as I cannot keep up with my 2 year old as her little baby brother is growing inside of me. :) I'm 27 weeks. I wish I used it at the wic office the other day actually. Definitely taking her monkey backpack harness-aka child leash- with me when we visit Seattle in the next couple weeks. It's actually pretty cute and they can hold like their snacks or a cup in there. :) My daughter will run like crazy anywhere, so it is very handy to keep, I just keep it in the car. I have the tail part wrapped around my wrist and let her hold my hand. Then when she get's her eye on something, she can't run off too far. :)
I haven't really got any rude comments about it but I'll tell you a funny one a little boy made a comment on it. We were in Costco and we had her monkey"leash" on her so she can walk around. Well a little boy in the grocery cart goes. "Mommy! mommy! That girl has a leash on!!" I just smile oh so sweetly, then he looks at my bf and repeats. "she has a leash"... My boyfriend retorts back, "yeah, but you are in a cage!! LMAO!!! kid's face just dropped and his mother and I were laughing hysterically. :)
But I don't care what people think. My daughter's safety and more important than people's opinions. Better safe than sorry.

BTW... A LEASH IS WHAT MOST DOGS WEAR AROUND THEIR "NECK"... just to the people referring these things to walking a dog... :)

toddler backpack type harness or a bigger carrier?

Mommy to 2

I have a very lets say ACTIVE almost 2 year old...she will be 2 the end of Nov...she has been walking since before she turned a year old and is starting to really not like her stroller at all...When she was smaller I carried her in a carrier and she loved it and as she become bigger she become to heavy for me to carry anymore so I had switch over to her stoller...I would like to know if anyone knows of a good comfortable carrier for an older baby who is still almost to little to just walk but hates to be put in the stroller....we have also been thinking about one of those backpack type harness things...just so that she is close and can't get away.....I already know that you have to teach them dicipline..I get that I have an 8 year old that is very well behaved and never had this much energy when she was little...I just want my little girl to be safe and happy all at the same time....any suggestions??? Would you use a backpack harness???
if I was to use a backpack it would only be when we go to like the zoo or the store or someplace crowed...I would never use like outside playing or anything like that...

I would use it just to get her used to walking until she learned to stay by me...she is not even 2 years old yet

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My highly spirited 18-month-old uses a harness/leash combo almost all the time when we go out.
She loves it! She knows that she can wander within the 2 foot radius that the leash gives her and she loves the semi-freedom. She knows that if she doesn't wear the harness that she has to hold my hand or ride in the buggy (shopping cart) and she doesn't like either of those options so she always chooses the leash.

I don't even use the backpack style ones, the leashes are way too short to give your toddler the freedom they are looking for. Munchkin makes a great harness/leash combo that can also be used as a dual wrist leash when they get too big for the chest harness.

I get looks and the occasional comment, but for my little one she would rather have the harness then have to ride in the buggy or hold my hand, she likes the freedom to wander.

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