Baby Buddy Toddler Tether, Child Safety Leash, Pink, 1 Count

I have a 2.5 yr old that is a runner. With great concerns for his safety and a few panic situations, I finally resorted to the tether. His only punishment is "time out" as he hasn't quite grasped the concept of losing toys. So because time out isn't always an option when we are out and about, we use this as the time out. He must stay on the tether with me for 2 mins of he bolts or doesn't stay close when I call him. Picking him up and carrying wasn't working for either of us as he is very large for his age and was hurting me when flailing about once in my arms. I was also afraid I would drop him or fall myself. So the good news is that he hates the tether. I am able to give him a warning and he generally listens. It took about 2 weeks for him to understand that I meant business with the tether. I can usually encourage him to cooperate just by showing him that I have it and will use if necessary. It's easy to carry on my bag and get on him quickly when necessary. I would probably get the backpack style of it were for use in a crowd situation but this works for the occasional standing in line at the post office or going to the park for a picnic.So the cons, he can loosen it and pull his hand out of the strap. I also worry that he will cut his skin/ hurt his wrist when pulling away or having his moment of revolt. I wish it was padded or a softer material, and maybe some sort of snap to prevent it from tightening/loosening so easily.Overall, I was glad to find this style and hope that we won't have to use it much longer.

I bought this wrist band/tether for my 7 year old for use at Disney World. Even though that may seem too old to use something like this, he does like to run off ahead on his own when he sees something that interests him and I didn't want to end up getting separated from him by the crowds. I liked this product because it was something that was not a stuffed animal backpack that was much too young for him at this age. What I liked most whas that the length allowed him to mostly just walk next to me and I didn't have to have a sweaty death grip on his hand the entire time. The only issue I had with this product is that it tightens up horribly if the child pulls away from you - in a way this is a good deterrent from pulling away from you but on the other hand I was constantly loosening it because I didn't want it to hurt his wrist from being too tight. I wished that it had an actual velcro bracelet at the child's end. Many times I looped it through his belt loop which was covered by his shirt instead of his wrist which worked very well for us. When I didn't need it (restaurants, stores, times when we weren't walking in large crowds, etc.) I just took my end off my wrist and tucked the strap in his pocket. Worked like a charm. Overall I was very happy with it, it was inexpensive, looked just the way I wanted it to (not like something a baby would have), and it definitely kept him with me and did its job! Very glad I purchased this and it was a life saver at times to have both use of my hands without having to hold his hand the entire 5 days we were at Disney!

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UPDATE: While I still recommend this product, I now suggest purchasing two. About six months after we bought this item, the loop to hold onto the tether came unthreaded. This made it more difficult to use. I want to also add that I think this product helped ingrain the hand-holding routine. By December 2013, my little non-violent protester conceded to my wishes and started submitting to the extremely embarrassing act of holding hands with mom.My 20 month old son has a wild streak. He has a language delay and is very curious. I tried the back pack harness after he tried to run into the road repeatedly a couple months ago. When I put the backpack on him he immediately reverted to his training from a past life as a civil rights protester. He collapsed to the ground and stayed limp. He recognized my ruse of the cute bag actually being a control mechanism and part of a deeper plan to thwart his efforts to run into the road. With the wrist strap, he thinks its a game. He stayed fairly controlled during our recent attempts with this product. He did not go limp in protest at all. For $3, I highly recommend trying this!

We bought two of these to use for our trip to disney. They worked great in different ways. First, my 5 yr old used it around her wrist like a bracelet and would always be quick to hand me the other end if I let go. She loved being able to walk 3 ft from me but still be attached. And when she occasionally threw a fit or wanted to go somewhere without us, the leash stopped her.Second, we used it around the chest of our almost 2 yr old. He didn't like sitting in the stroller the whole time so when he was able to get down and walk, he had a harness. We could walk behind him with the leash fastened around his chest.Some reviewers said their child was able to undo it and slip it off, and I was worried about that before I got it. Although you can put it on a few different ways to avoid this. You can fasten it around their chest under their armpits with the fastener in the back. Or you can put it around their wrist and then pin a safety pin on one side of the fastner so it cannot be loosened.This product worked for us, it is a simple leash with about a 3 ft lead on it.

This is AMAZING! I never thought I’d be this kind of a parent, but it turns out I am. Two year olds are just too unpredictable and I’m always paranoid when I take him out for short walks without the stroller...little kids can slip from your grip in two seconds and since we live in a very busy city, I shiver at the thought of what might happened if he ran into the street. So this product is the perfect solution. He got used to it by the third time we put it on and it’s much less ‘dog like’ than the harness type tethers. You can hold hands like normal and just have this as a safety. LOVE IT. Our nanny is not allowed to take our son out on walks anymore without this.

Had bought a backpack with harness for our daughter (who loves to bolt), but it kept making her fall backwards when she would unexpectedly bolt on me :(This is much better! I feel she has a better understanding that she can't run away too quickly, because Mommy is attached to her (and she can see that). I am afraid of her figuring out how to get free, but so far we're good!

This is great, I like it because it was like holding their hand instead of the leash effect that I find embarrassing. I looped it into my belt loop so I had both hands free to carry my child or set her down depending on what worked for us. Used it at Disneyland and it worked perfect. I recommend this product for keeping little ones nearby!

I bought this for my 4 year old son. When our daughter was born I no longer let him sit in the stroller (because she was there now). He sometimes darts off away from me and we live downtown in our city so I would get nervous especially on a crowded street and it's hard to push a stroller and hold the other child's hand at the same time. I did not want a harness, especially for his age. This product is just what I needed. It is strong so I don't worry that it will break when he tries to pull away. It allows space for him to walk a bit ahead and we both like that. I also got it for a really good price. At his age he did resent it a bit so I had to really talk him into wearing it. I just reminded him that it was for his safety and it was something that would help mommy not lose him in a crowd. He wears it but he isn't thrilled about it. This product is great, especially for the price. It's simple and is easy to put on. I would reccommend this to any parent who has one of those little ones that likes to dart off on you. It will give you peace of mind.

My just turned two year old was able to figure out how to remove it within 15 minutes, which made the product useless. He is a runner and we were at Disneyland. I'm sure it works very well for some children (who will stay close, even without it on) but for a child who did not want it on, it was too easy to remove.