Comments on: Avast, Me Hearties! http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/ Blogging my adventures since 2002 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:41:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jeanette1ca http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/comment-page-1/#comment-5422 jeanette1ca Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/#comment-5422 Baby leashes ARE awful. Toddlers running away, darting into traffic, getting lost, getting picked up by strangers....way more awful. And as smart as Erik is, it won't be long before he understands that he doesn't have to wear the leash if he stays with you, and before he has the emotional maturity to do so. (I love it when they get to the point where they understand, but still can't make themselves "be good." You get such good stories out of that period to embarrass them with when they are older.) Anyway, you do whatever you need to to keep him safe and yourself sane! Baby leashes ARE awful. Toddlers running away, darting into traffic, getting lost, getting picked up by strangers….way more awful. And as smart as Erik is, it won’t be long before he understands that he doesn’t have to wear the leash if he stays with you, and before he has the emotional maturity to do so. (I love it when they get to the point where they understand, but still can’t make themselves “be good.” You get such good stories out of that period to embarrass them with when they are older.) Anyway, you do whatever you need to to keep him safe and yourself sane!

]]> By: Delia http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 Delia Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:06:06 +0000 http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/#comment-5421 Baby leashes are a great invention. Also, the person who thought to make them CUTE with the little monkeys and bears and such is a GENIUS! And the people who think they're "wrong" have obviously never tried to take a two/three/four year old into an airport. Or a department store. Or down a busy sidewalk. The pirate ship is too cute. Or maybe it's the crew that's too cute. Baby leashes are a great invention. Also, the person who thought to make them CUTE with the little monkeys and bears and such is a GENIUS! And the people who think they’re “wrong” have obviously never tried to take a two/three/four year old into an airport. Or a department store. Or down a busy sidewalk.

The pirate ship is too cute. Or maybe it’s the crew that’s too cute.

]]> By: Mommyprof http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/comment-page-1/#comment-5420 Mommyprof Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:14:46 +0000 http://www.queenoframbles.com/blog/2007/09/19/avast-me-hearties/#comment-5420 If your stuff rolls, you could try a baby backpack instead... I used a leash when I flew with Offspring by myself and I would do it again. People who stare and make smart comments don't have kids. If your stuff rolls, you could try a baby backpack instead… I used a leash when I flew with Offspring by myself and I would do it again. People who stare and make smart comments don’t have kids.

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