Summer is finally here in the midwest (ok, at least for a little) and we are finally getting outside!!!!
Wondering what you are carrying your LO around in this summer? Or, are you letting them run free!? My DS is 13 months and we are so close to walking, but there will be festivals and parades, camping, cookouts, and other outdoor activities that we will need to stay close. We have a jogging stroller for walks around the neighborhood. I still have my front carrier for chores around the house, though that only works for a little on my back since he's 20lbs!!
What are you using this summer??
Stroller, backpack carriers, wagons, bikes???? Other awesome things that I'm not thinking about?
Re: Carrying Baby
Well duh. I don't carry him around all day. We have plenty of play time on the floor, but when I'm hanging laundry on the line outside, I'm not going to let him get clawed up by acorns and sticks. Sorry that I didn't clarify that I was more interested in learning about how you manage your LO's in public spaces.
Ditto this. In fact, I encourage DS to sit on the ground and touch leaves, grass, flowers...Not only is it exposing him to nature, but I think we put kids in bubbles too often.
I love when DS touches grass, dead leaves, sticks, etc. But my backyard is COVERED in sticks and acorns. Serious. And he's still crawling, not walking on his own. There really isn't much grass out there. We are renting (and hopefully not here for too much longer) or I would fix the yard myself. I love the feel of grass in your toes, but seriously, my baby would get cut up back there lol Usually we just play in the front yard where there IS grass
For us it depends on where we are. Hiking or crowded venues get the carrier. You may need a different one if 20lbs is too much for your back. My kid is over 25lbs and DH and I can carry him for hours on our back. I think our carriers are good up to 45lbs.
We'll do strollers for walks, or open areas where he might want to take a nap.
Otherwise he walks/runs with us.