Best Baby Walking Harnesses

Early walker

Babies are cute, cuddly, rambunctious and occasionally impossible to control when they first learn to walk, especially in public areas. No one wants to treat her child like a common pet, but sometimes it's safer and less headache inducing to put the little one on a leash. This is particularly true when on vacation or walking along a crowded city street. When shopping for a walking harness, the primary things to look for are safety, durability and comfort.

Children's Harnesses by Elaine, Inc.

This small company specializes in harnesses for babies, toddlers and older or special needs children and adults. Their harnesses are strong and well designed, focusing on safety over style. Safety Harnesses come in two varieties. There is a single chest-strap child harness for babies as young as 7 months and toddlers. The other is a two chest-strap child-to adult harness for those with special needs. Children's Harnesses by Elaine, Inc have a standard lead length of 5 feet 8 inches, as opposed to the 2 ½ to 3-foot lead typical of most store-bought harnesses.

When dealing with something like keeping your child out of traffic, you want the best you can get. The major advantage of shopping here is that harnesses are custom made to fit your child. The company sells harnesses only through its website, Childharness.ca, and you receive personal attention to meet all of your specific needs.

Mommy's Helper Kid Keeper

This harness features padded shoulder straps and a double swivel snap design to secure the child to high chairs or other seats, in addition to being walking harness. The child's torso fully supports Mommy's Helper Kid Keeper so it doesn't dig into the lower stomach area. It is adjustable to fit chest sizes 14 to 25.5 inches and is machine washable.

Sure Steps Safety Harness

Walking next to traffic with a baby who has just taken her first steps can be a stressful situation for a young parent. Luckily, Sure Steps Safety Harness is extremely easy to use: just slip it over your child's body and fasten it in the back. The strap is 4 feet long and very secure; you can also use a wrist strap if you wish. Instead of weighing down a child and disturbing her walk, Sure Steps Safety Harness is so lightweight that your child won't even notice that it's there.

References

• Mommy's Helper
• Elaine Inc.
• Sure Steps