u/sparkle_elk

I'm having an absolute blast rucking my toddler around the neighborhood. She's a long thin kid, so I'm only rucking 25-30 lbs between her, the backpack, and her water/snacks. It's great exercise, of course.

But the best parts? She loves it and it's SO much easier to get out the door than the stroller. She gets to see the world from up high, all while being very physically close to mama, and reach out to touch trees high up. She loves it enough that she'll bring the backpack over to me. And all I have to do is plonk her in the pack and put the pack on -- no wrestling the stroller in and out of the house (we have stairs), and no worries about whether our routes in the neighborhood have sidewalks with cutouts or anything like that.