I do the school run 2-3 times a week for GC1,now 5 and in year 1. This new school term, as I walk past the reception class to pick up, I’ve noticed two mothers in the crowd picking up their children. Both, seemingly not connected to each other, use “baby” slings to ferry their reception children to and from school. Both women heft their offspring onto their backs and set off on the walk home. It looks a bit strange to see a 4-5 year old bobbing along, in full school uniform, held onto their mother’s back by a gaily coloured cloth sling. I suppose the mothers should be commended for not clogging up the local roads with cars but is this a thing now? Using slings to carry quite large children? For me, I’d think very hard about doing a school run that involved carrying GC1 for half a mile or so.
