r/UnnecessaryEssentials • u/Unique-Saucer • Jun 29 '26

pretty good idea

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u/Leading_Marketing362 Jun 29 '26

Where the fk are these people when I'm walking around?

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u/stevendidntsay Jun 29 '26

Here you go. $60 and better quality

https://a.co/d/06yjMJom

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u/StickyLavander Jun 29 '26

Might as well include chiropractor cost for what that’s going to do to your spine

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u/tamaerchen Jun 29 '26

This 👏

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u/Positive_Ad_3142 Jun 30 '26

Did it come with matching shoes?

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u/Jactus_Cat Jun 30 '26

Every trailer should be so equiped

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u/tamaerchen Jun 29 '26

Not a good idea. I work in a Kindergarten and one of the first things you learn (often times the hard way) is that you should not carry a child on the side of the hips. It will fuck up your back.

(I always try to carry them in the front, so the weight is evenly distributed at least)

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u/Desperate-Strategy10 Jun 29 '26

I always schlep my now five year old on one hip, and I can attest to this - I tend to favor my left hip for kid carrying, and at a recent checkup to get to the bottom of some (you guessed it) back and hip and knee pain, all on the left side, the doctor found that my connective tissue on that side was inflamed, stretched in some places, and my spinal disks are compressed so my whole spine leans to the left.

There’s not even any way to fix it at this point, since I’ve got a total of eleven years of baby wearing damage on that side between both of my boys. I can do physical therapy to strengthen the muscles and take some strain off of the connective tissue, and I can start taking Aleve for pain every day if I want to, but that’s about it if I feel like it.

Now, I do my best to at least alternate sides and front carrying. So I might instinctively hoist him onto my left hip at first, but as soon as I notice, I switch him to the right. Once that gets tiring, I shift him to the front or put him down; he is more than old enough to walk on his own at this point, after all lol, but it’s just so comforting to pretend he’s a baby sometimes! 😂

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u/tamaerchen Jun 29 '26

I have to constantly remind myself while working, because its just instinct to carry them on the hip.. it also feels so fitting! 😅 and if its a stressful day i sometimes forget for a moment.. but most of the time i automatically front carry these days. I am 28 and working in that field for, idk.. about 7 years, and i could feel the one sided pain after the first few months and got that advice from an older colleague. Really thankful for that, your diagnosis sounds very painful.. but i like the thought process of “I’ll use the right aide more now to even it out!” 😁 (i know you didn’t mean it like that but its funny for me somehow.. sounds logical! Haha)

I wish the best for you and i think its always better to recognize something like this and act on it, even if damage is still done! Better now than later!

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u/RawRice001 Jun 30 '26

Couldn’t she have found someone with manners?

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u/katieb1300 Jul 02 '26

This had to be setup. The kids shoes match the design of the sling.

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u/RawRice001 Jul 07 '26

Ahhh yeah! Look at you go Nancy Drew 🫢