Comment on Daily Discussion Thread:🙈Thur 11 Apr 2024

• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mine were, lol… both were pretty keen on doing a runner as soon as they were released from the confines of a stroller/car/parent, and I had foot issues after the 2nd pregnancy (plantar fasciitis for example) so i didn’t fancy my chances of hobbling after them. My chase-hobbling looked like a John Cleese silly walk on speed so the cuddly toy baby leash backpack was employed. When my mum passed away and I was clearing out the cupboards I found a 70s baby leash with parental wrist strap… looks like the apple didn’t run far from the tree 😆

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My kid was too. Not because she was a runner but because little kids arms get tired from having their arm raised so if she did let go I still had control over her movements.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Excuse my brain: John Cleese & Bill Nighy silly walk stalking toddlers to an Attenborough overdub

    He peers at it with bulging eyes and an over extended neck The toddler scones it’self on a coffee table in the fourth suicidal attempt since teatime. One male prances in a hopefully distracting manner, while the other juggles 28 cleaning products. There has been an incident, he must evolve or nobody is getting a pretty blue thing.

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    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol that’s good, only need to add a gladiator style ring of audience members judging 😆

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  heh…

  Actually saw that recently at the shops and wasn’t quite sure how to feel about it.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I understand that it’s now OK to do this - apparently having the kid on a leash/harness means they “can explore their world with both hands” rather than going through life with one hand raised up above their head in their mother’s grasp. Apparently the leash/harness is good for brain development and posture. I’m from the first generation where such harnesses were not OK (the Dr Spock baby in person), and I sorta kinda get where they’re coming from. Also a less stressed mum.

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