Babywearing 1 - toddler 0....
Baby bear isn't such a baby anymore. And the older he gets, the more stubborn he gets.
He wasn't impressed we had left nanny's house early to run errands so decided at the end of nanny's road he didn't want to walk. Squishy bear was snoozing in the pram ( a rare sight, he usually refuses point blank to sleep in the pram so I rarely take the double).
Mb: bb why are you stopping? Come on let's go home!
Bb: no.
Mb: come on bb...
Bb: no.
Mb: do you want to go in the pram?
Bb: NO!! Cue foot stamping, screaming etc etc
Mb: okay, let's walk then.
Bb: mummy carry?
Mb: (looks at the 30lb toddler staring back at her) erm...
Bb: carry me mummy?
Now I was wearing the wrap around my neck as a scarf as that way it does take up room in my bag, so I took it off, removed his reins, wrapping it around him and super manned him onto my back without him even dropping his biscuit. Now I was quite impressed. I can do a double hammock in my sleep but with a four month old baby, not a 21 month old toddler... He's only ever been on my back once for all of five minutes so he was quite confused and wriggled as I did the quickest ruck of my life. Once he was in place I started walking, and he was happy enough talking to passers by and shouting at birds in trees. Now it wasn't the best of carries, the seat wasn't as deep as I'd have liked it and we both had coats on so it all felt a bit loose but it held all the way home! Can honestly say carrying a child that large was much harder but the ellaroo is only cotton do with a more supportive wrap I think we would do better. I look forward to carrying him more, I think I'm going to attempt a tandem next!
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