to hate reins for kids?

[lulamae]

I almost choked on my lentil goulash when dh suggested buying kiddy reins for dd as she's now walking and beginning to enjoy her freedom. I do hope he was trying to wind me up.. Imho they are for lazy parents who could'nt be arsed chasing after naturally exuberant kids.....

I am aware that many parents are afraid of losing their kids.....but surely this is taking things to extremes. Apparently my MIL used them on dh, but she's an overweight control freak. I rest my case.

although i am v impressed by the idea of toddler chariot-racing.

I always giggle when I see reins because they do remind me of walking a dog, but I still use them. DD is 20 months old, we use reins when we're walking simply to stop her running into the middle of the road. I have picked her up once without using the reins when we were getting the bus home, it took forever, she was running into the road, I nearly dislocated her arm yanking her back at one point. Now if we're walking near the busy roads then she is on the reins. She doesn't mind them - she prefers that to being cooped in her pram.

What do you need a lippy for? You're a mum...

am never knowingly witout lippy.

i would looove to use reins both mine ds (5) and dd(20months) have a fit as soon as they are put on they drop like dead weights and so it's like having to drag them accross the floor

obv ds doesn't need them any more

i had an awful time with ds he hated sitting in the buggy in shops etc and would let him self out no matter how attentive i was being sometimes he would just run off eventually i had to use thre ins as a threat when he was four i actually bought some whilst we were out to make him behave!! and it worked now he's great to take out

dd on the other hand is quite well behaved she has to walk next to me on the inside of the path if we walk back from school. but if we were some where busy i wouldn't dream of just relying on being able to catch her

sorry but if my now 22 month old charge hadnt worn reins EVERY time we had gone out at 19 months old he would have been killed dead in the car park out side our music class

this would ahve been while i was locking the car and in the split second that ui was putting key in car

grapped reins and 1 year old is alive

I use reins on all my toddlers, always have and always will.

Because i use them from the moment they learn to walk none of mine have EVER had a problme weraing them as they have enevr known any different.

reins save lives of children

Is this a wind up? If the OP has been here since March how come she didn't see the major thread on this about a month ago?

Perhaps she was doing something else???

I remeber speaking to a friend of mone who told me she was teaching her 2 year old road sense.

Oh how I scoffed.

DS1 used reins, because he likes to throw himself in the path of an oncoming vehicle (usually somethi heavy like an artctic, he doesn't do things by hal;ves)

Okay PFB moment, but we are teaching dd about roads. When we go for a walk, she now stops at the curb and says "road". Its not to teach her road safety, but to stop that huge yanking back on the reins when we're close to a road!

This is a windup or does the OP think that it's reasonable to see a child injured or much worse?

I used reins on all my 3, although not succesfully I will admit with my first, she found out that if she twissled round the reins would wind around her neck, so she stayed in buggy until I was happy that I could trust her.
I now use reins on my mindees. IMO the original poster is one very silly person.

Sorry Kitty but I reserve my right to be suspicious about the intentions of someone who

a) isn't a newbie
b) posts on a subject which is bound to inflame and which was done to death barely a month ago
c) deliberately tries to wind people up by using words such as 'lazy parents who can't be bothered chasing after naturally exuberant kids' and 'overweight control freak'

The OP didn't sound to me like she wanted a balanced arguement, more like she wanted to vent her prejudices.

Volupta...when I was pg wiht ds#2 I visited my mum in Germany and got myself some german Babystuff brochures and there was a fabulous 3 wheeler with a skateboard attached, for mum/dad to stand on, really, really cool it looked...but that was the only time I have seen it.
However, am pretty sure tehre is actually a skateboard attachement for Buggys....which do look like skateboards, and they are meant for adults....but can't tell you where I saw them...

stupid stupid stupid op!

maybe it all depends how much traffic there is where you live - we're pretty busy here and you only have to get run over once while mummy tries to chase after you...My 2 year old has walked everywhere (in his reins) for over a year and calls pushchairs "babyseats". He gets taken out for a walk if he is tired/grumpy as he likes being out so much.
so reins haven't upset him much and they make me feel he is less likely to end up splatted.
he can loose them when he develops something resembling commonsense (if ever)

Just tried to find that skateboard Buggy thing...and can't find it...starting to think I dreamed it, lol....but then I remember seeing it thinking...wow...what a brilliant idea, lol!

Reins for toddlers are great, but muzzles for some parents are even better, and you can shove lentils through the little gaps in it.

Come back when you have some real parenting under your belt, Lulamae. I lived in cloud cuckoo land too, when I only had a plump and compliant baby to worry about.

But my self righteous smuggery soon dissipated, and I'm sure yours will too.

The OP probably manufactures reins, and knows that this is the best way to get all their benefits known to Mums whilst not paying advertising fees

My two are both fairly OK and not particularly bolters but I used reins with both of them. Haven't used them for several months with DD who is 3.1. TBH I think a child walking with reins is preferable to a child stuck in a puschair where feasible. I certainly never used them with DS even when I had to push DD in the pram because he was 3.3 and reliable. In fact the biggest challenge with him, was getting him to let go of the pram so we could get through a gap - I lost count of the racks of clothes he knocked down as he clung on to the pram.

my goddaughter used to love being on reins, it gave her a sense of security because she knew she wasn't going to lose her mum!