How safe or unsafe is it to carry toddlers on your shoulders?

[Anonymous]

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

Search for "transplant surgeon" and "organ donor." And maybe "shoulders."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

Search for "transplant surgeon" and "organ donor." And maybe "shoulders."

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/64923.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

Search for "transplant surgeon" and "organ donor." And maybe "shoulders."

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/64923.page

I've read it now and I'll certainly still be carrying my kids that way. There is no evidence in that post, just a second hand scare that someone heard a surgeon call kids on their parent's shoulders donors. That's not evidence of anything, nor does it contain any information other than that you need to be sure you are holding them securely enough that if they fling themselves back you won't drop them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

Search for "transplant surgeon" and "organ donor." And maybe "shoulders."

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/64923.page

I've read it now and I'll certainly still be carrying my kids that way. There is no evidence in that post, just a second hand scare that someone heard a surgeon call kids on their parent's shoulders donors. That's not evidence of anything, nor does it contain any information other than that you need to be sure you are holding them securely enough that if they fling themselves back you won't drop them.

Well, this isn't a court of law, so there's no "evidence" that it is either safe or not safe. But it is certainly worth thinking about the fact that transplant surgeons view this is a common source of organ donations. But hey - I don't care what you do. No need to defend yourself to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

Search for "transplant surgeon" and "organ donor." And maybe "shoulders."

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/64923.page

I've read it now and I'll certainly still be carrying my kids that way. There is no evidence in that post, just a second hand scare that someone heard a surgeon call kids on their parent's shoulders donors. That's not evidence of anything, nor does it contain any information other than that you need to be sure you are holding them securely enough that if they fling themselves back you won't drop them.

Well, this isn't a court of law, so there's no "evidence" that it is either safe or not safe. But it is certainly worth thinking about the fact that transplant surgeons view this is a common source of organ donations. But hey - I don't care what you do. No need to defend yourself to me.

It's not a fact that transplant surgeon's view it as a common source of organ donations. It's a fact that one poster on a previous thread reported that they once heard a transplant surgeon say that. Hardly the same thing.

Can anyone link to any news article or other actual story of a kid dying this way? I just tried googling it, and I didn't find anything, but I might be using the wrong search terms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Read the thread on this from a few years ago and you will never do it again.

Link?

Search for "transplant surgeon" and "organ donor." And maybe "shoulders."

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/64923.page

I've read it now and I'll certainly still be carrying my kids that way. There is no evidence in that post, just a second hand scare that someone heard a surgeon call kids on their parent's shoulders donors. That's not evidence of anything, nor does it contain any information other than that you need to be sure you are holding them securely enough that if they fling themselves back you won't drop them.

Well, this isn't a court of law, so there's no "evidence" that it is either safe or not safe. But it is certainly worth thinking about the fact that transplant surgeons view this is a common source of organ donations. But hey - I don't care what you do. No need to defend yourself to me.

It's not a fact that transplant surgeon's view it as a common source of organ donations. It's a fact that one poster on a previous thread reported that they once heard a transplant surgeon say that. Hardly the same thing.

Can anyone link to any news article or other actual story of a kid dying this way? I just tried googling it, and I didn't find anything, but I might be using the wrong search terms.

To be fair, she said in a later post that she was in the medical field, and that she had heard this more than once. But I really don't care about this whole thing enough to try to justify her position to you. You seem like you want to keep carrying your kid on your shoulders. Have at it. No need to prove that others should do so too. (If you are really looking to see whether there are risks here or not, you might want to work on your defensiveness.)

[Anonymous]

Bwahahaha! Why don't you people just put your kids in bubbles and be done with it???

[Anonymous]

Have you ever stumbled on a crack in a sidewalk, or a tree trunk, or for no visible reason? You almost always catch yourself after an awkward jerk forward. Now consider if you had a kid on your shoulders, and the same thing happened. The kid catapults forward, and face plants. True, the chances of that happening are slim. But it just takes one time. Consider benefits v. risk, and you might find a different way to entertain yourself and your toddler.

[Anonymous]

Yep, carry them on the shoulders. Gives them a great view and an easy way to make progress walking. Take them down when my shoulders get tired or they want down.

[Anonymous]

You need to know your limits and the child's.

And you need to hold onto them. We do shoulder rides, but don't allow shoulder rides up/down stairs or at places that have elevated open walkways.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, shit like tripping happens. But I also twisted my ankle while carrying a newborn down stairs once. Was I supposed to never take her from one floor of my house to another? Or I could trip while carrying her a different way because she squirms far more and I can't see the ground.

[Anonymous]

I fell down an escalort carrying my kid...you can fall wherever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had no problem hoisting DC1 onto my shoulders for a ride: kid was light and held on tight. DC2 is a different story. Weighs over 30 lbs at 1.5 yrs and has low tone. Plus, my cousin's 3 year old fell off his 6ft3 dad's shoulders last year so I'm too creeped out by that anyway!

Was just about to post that I could have written this...then realized the thread is a year old and I DID write this response!

[Anonymous]

I always think of this photo wondering how he is staying up there with her one free hand.