AIBU to think that having a 10 month old in a sling is a bit dangerous?

[lolaflores]

My friend wears her baby she also has a ds aged 5 who is handful. Today we all walked back from school, baby head butting friend as was tired or hungry. Elder child drove at mum on scooter twice. Would I be a big old whinge pants to suggest that time for baby to go in the buggy? It scared the shit out of me. He is a big baby too and can wriggle out of the sling thing with ease. He doesn't look very comfortable either.
What would you do

Baba slings stink. I'd get any other ring sling but one of those - try an ellaroo ring sling, or a psling

lola, how about recommending a boba, which is for toddlers and which has a high back so wriggling out (looks worse but that's because you can't feel what she's feeling and can't sense how she's righting herself) is less likely.

sounds like he's having probs adjusting and no pram would solve that really.

So rather than get the 5yo to behave or not use a scooter if he can't handle it responsibly, the problem is the ten month old being in its sling? Would the 5yo riding his scooter full tilt at a baby at buggy height be preferable?

If the mother would find a buggy useful I'm sure she is aware they exist and can go and buy one.

Most babies in the world don't go in buggies you know and plenty of people get by just fine without one. The 10 month old's sling is much more necessary than the 5 year old's scooter.

worra although DH has rucked me

I doubt it was the sling. If it happens again then tell the errant 5 year old to stand still, take her bags and let her retie properly. If she's using a woven wrap in a fairly secure carry it should be fine.

But it probably is the scooter rather than the sling. They're a menace and tbh I'd rather have DS is a sling if kids are scooting willynilly than a buggy having seen more scooters drive into buggies than adults. An adult has a decent chance of hopping out the way.

Sorr, x post - just seen in your last post that you did help in the end!

Don't be silly, you can sling kids way bigger than that. I carried one of mine until he was past two, on my back.

Not really any of your business, is it?

takingiteasy have a look here to see if you have a local sling library. www.ukslinglibraries.co.uk/ If you do you can go and get advice, borrow slings and experiment without spending cash on something that might not suit you.

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AikoOoki - So how many Oschas do you own then (going on your username?!)

This is turning into the NMs mass outing!

So who posted the link on there then! I Lurve NMs - but not the NetHuns NM of course

You are all amazing! Sling library just up the road from me on Tuesday so I shall go along and try some on.

I wondered why the babaslings were so cheap on eBay!

I shall leave it at that then. All my concerns now happily put to bed. And I now know that not all babies are in buggies. Silly old me.
Nighty night then.

To be fair we didn't see how well she had wrapped her LO and maybe she had done a rubbish wrap job and he was escaping. But just because she maybe was having a bad day doesn't mean she should give up slinging.
Today I made a few crap decisions - including food preparation and driving. I'm still not going to give up feeding my family or driving...

i'm going to be honest and say i have fallen whilst sling-wearing, but that's because i use it in muddy countryside places....baby was ok though

falling in the street would be different

I wore DD in a sling until she was 2

2???? wouldnt it be easier, and better for your back, to give her a scooter too?

Wore first two until they were nearly two and this one is in her sling every day at 9 months so YABU. She sounds like she could do with a tad more control over the older one though. Scooters, out of control children and cars...ergh.

My niece was hospitalised with a brain haemorrhage after falling out of a pram being carried up steps. She was about 6 weeks. My babies have never fallen out of their slings.

Squeakytoy my ds is 2 in sept and I'm just about to buy a sling again (not used one since he was 6m). Sometimes you can't / don't want to take a pushchair and they need carrying. And no, he's not getting a scooter. Fecking hate the bastard things,

squeakytoy - where we live, walking to the village shop involves a footpath that most walkers only attempt with those pointy stick things. A scooter would have no chance, neither would a buggy. Sling is the only safe way of transporting my 22mo down the hill!

i really like how a sling carried toddler gets sleepy and cuddles the back of your neck... yummy toddler cuddles :)

really, i'm too impatient to walk at the pace of a 2 year old (and so is dog) carrying them much easier.

the pointy-stick brigade always look slightly embarrassed to see baby-carrying child-herding women in non-outdoorsy clothes walking their dogs up the same hill...

Edgar don't they just...

Squeaky i still wear ds and he's a very lively nearly two year old, it's so much easier nipping to the shops and round asda with him in the sling. I don't have to worry about him running off either. Plus he chats to everyone in his eyeliner as well.