\nOften when I go out with Adrian – to the supermarket, on other small errands, to our Estonian playgroup, home from nursery in the afternoon – I take him on my back in a baby carrier, instead of a stroller.\n<\/p>\n
\nQuite frequently someone comments on “how strong of you” or “I could never do that” (in Swedish it’s often “att du orkar”). They seem to think it requires a sacrifice from me, that I do this out of some feeling of duty.\n<\/p>\n
\nBut to me this is the easy way out. Pushing a 10 kg stroller up hilly streets filled with sand\/snow mush? Getting up and down staircases, queueing for elevators? Squeezing into crowded buses and trains, navigating narrow aisles in shops? Not if I can avoid it.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe fact that it’s cosy having him on my back, resting his head against my back, pointing at the things we pass, is just an extra plus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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