harnesses

So now Kayleigh is happy to start walking off wherever she tkes a notion, I thought it would be a good idea to get her monkey backpack/harness out and stop her. Problem is she gets to the end of the lead (monkey's tail) and then as she can't take the extra step she falls over. I have a feeling that she will learn, but it was awful seeing her on the ground (in the muck again) because I had this on her. On the plus side she couldn't run in front of cars.

I know exactly what you mean. I have a backpack with a lead thing but found that proper reins were better when she was younger as they give more control and help to stop them overbalancing iyswim, they are also easier to direct them.

These days the backpack is good as we only have to use it to stop her wandering off and she is pretty sturdy on her feet.

Have you thought about the wrist strap things. The one I got is adjustable from fairly close to quite long and it has elastic on to stop that inital stop feeling when they run out of 'lead'

But as you said she will learn how far she is allowed to walk off before falling over because she has gone to far!

I've just got a backpack one and much prefer it to the normal reins or wrist strap.

They do learn not to run too far though

i used to hold the handle on the top of the back pack at the beginning...taneli also used to run that bit to far and fall...my brothers suggestion was to replace it with elastic

i used to hold the handle on the top of the back pack at the beginning...taneli also used to run that bit to far and fall...my brothers suggestion was to replace it with elastic

Surely that would mean they just fall backwards instead?

I don't like seeing reins used to stop falls tbh, dealing with them is part of learning to walk IMO. But then I'm a 'walk nicely or in sling' kind of mum...

i used to hold the handle on the top of the back pack at the beginning...taneli also used to run that bit to far and fall...my brothers suggestion was to replace it with elastic

Surely that would mean they just fall backwards instead?

yes! i can only assume you have never met my brother...or i havent spoken about him much!!! He is just that sort of bloke! we thought he'd be nicer to our kids when he had his own, but alas not!!!

I've been wanting to get one of those backpacks for Phebie. We tried a wrist strap with hannah and it didnt work for us at all! Dp had it and Hannah ran around a corner and she basically flung back like a slingshot when she ran out of length it was very elasticated though which I thought was stupid really