What made you smile today?

[MrChew]

Ooooh yes we are! It's more of very fast tippy tap and if we round the corner and catch him he jumps sideways through the doorway and runs the other way. The look on his face is priceless and I have to get it on video

Chewie sort of bounces and wiggles with his tail aloft. It is very cute. Makes it hard to be annoyed at him.

 

[Lab_adore]

Chewie sort of bounces and wiggles with his tail aloft. It is very cute. Makes it hard to be annoyed at him.

And the little gleam in the eyes and the grinning mouth that is holding the contraband.....yep, very hard to be annoyed

 

[Emily]

@Jen how do you get him in the carrier for a back carry? We would like to start back carrying soon as he is getting heavy and would love to look around more (and probably pull our hair more).

@Emily we are all too familiar with the suspiciously jaunty trot.

We have a carrier similar to Jen's (it's a Katmandu one) and it has a stand so you can stand it up on the ground. OH does this but it's a pretty decent squat to stand up out of, especially when they get heavier.

If I used it and OH was at home, we'd get Nath in and then OH would lift the whole thing up onto my back. If I used it on my own, I set it up on the couch, got Nath in before I sat in the edge of the couch and just stood from there.

 

[Emily]

@MrChew that's what I mean re the stand. So you can easily put the kid in without wearing it

 

[Jen]

@MrChew we have this one

Ranger Child Carrier | Baby Carrier Rucksack | LittleLife

Weighing in at only 1.7kg the Ranger Child Carrier is the lightest British standard one on the market.

www.littlelife.com

It has a video showing how to put you it on.

 

[Loraseal]

We had the same for my son. We walked all around Chamonix, France with Daniel in the chair. There was also a built in umbrella/hood that came in quite handy!
I used it once but my OH used it all the time!

 

[Boogie]

Such a lovely half hour watching Captain Tom’s birthday celebrations and the spitfire flypast.

Tears of emotion. My Mum would have been 100 this year too.

 

[MrChew]

Oh cool. We have the Ergo 360 which can do a front or back carry but it is obviously less sturdy that those awesome hiking carriers. Once all this is over, if we do a trip to NZ or Tassie we will definitely need to look into one of those.

 

[Emily]

Oh cool. We have the Ergo 360 which can do a front or back carry but it is obviously less sturdy that those awesome hiking carriers. Once all this is over, if we do a trip to NZ or Tassie we will definitely need to look into one of those.

We have the ergo as well . The ergo is great for the smaller kids. We used it for ages with Nath. We just found that he got too heavy to wear on the front and he didn't like being on the back as he couldn't see anything. That's when we bought the hiking one

 

[Joy]

Yesterday I saw someone walking along the pavement with their toddler in a back-pack type carrier AND the most gorgeous Husky trotting beautifully on a loose lead by his side, without a hint of pulling. I wanted to applaud him!

 

[MrChew]

Yesterday I saw someone walking along the pavement with their toddler in a back-pack type carrier AND the most gorgeous Husky trotting beautifully on a loose lead by his side, without a hint of pulling. I wanted to applaud him!

Rowan isn't quite a toddler but I walk the dog with him in the carrier pretty regularly. Chewie is more of a dawdler than a puller. Got to check allllll the pee mail and sniff every single autumn leaf.

 

[Jen]

The only part of my training that’s been bang on is loose lead walking.

Stanley walks beautifully on lead which makes it much easier to take him and Rory our together.

 

[Cath]

Our calendar for the 1st May with the lovely Baxter, Kipper and Maisy

 

[Lab_adore]

Our calendar for the 1st May with the lovely Baxter, Kipper and Maisy

Yes!

 

[SwampDonkey]

Happy May Day everyone XX

 

[Selina27]

Happy May Day everyone

Is it Bank Holiday on Monday?

Just answered that myself, I see it is on Friday. My son kept telling me but I didn't believe him, told him he was looking at the wrong country!!

 

[Joy]

This year they've changed it to Friday 8th to coincide with VE day commemorations. @Selina27

 

[Jacqui-S]

My smile came from Snowy getting to go on a walk. Grinned ear to ear.

 

[Cath]

ust answered that myself, I see it is on Friday. My son kept telling me but I didn't believe him, told him he was looking at the wrong country!!

 

[MrChew]

Going to the podiatrist and getting my manky ingrown toenail sorted out.

I had a haematoma after a skiing incident and the toenail fell off and has grown back all deformed because the nail bed has been injured. Gross.