Child Harness for your Baby and Toddler
This page shows you how to use my Child Harness with your little toddler.
A detailed description of the features of my Child Harness on my Child Harness page explains why you've just found a strong, well made, well designed Safety Harness for your baby or toddler. No single row stitching, no stuffed animals to sew back together after a tantrum, no plastic d-rings and no plastic snap hooks for short detachable tails here.
I designed my Child Harness to suit my needs. First and foremost, it had to be strong to withstand my son's tantrums. It also had to have a long lead so he wasn't yanked off his feet every time I opened a door (or blew my nose)!
But it also had to be easy to use. I used a harness every day so putting it on and taking it off had to be a simple affair for both me and him otherwise I'd lose my patience with all the fussing.
I needed something that I could throw over his head and buckle up at his back without demanding to much "stand still" time from him.
I always organized the harness in my hands first by holding the front of the chest strap in my left hand and the O-ring in my right, like I'm illustrating below.
Then it was just a matter of putting it over his head and grabbing the chest straps. Even if he started walking away at that point, I could follow behind and get the chest strap buckled through the support loops.
Compared to getting him into the store-bought leather harness that I had struggled with in the past, this was 100 times simpler for both of us.
To use the Child Harness
My Child Harness is simple to use; over the head and buckle up at that back.
- put one hand on the O-ring (with the two support loops pointing down) and the other hand on the front section of the chest strap
- place the harness over your child’s head and put one piece of the chest strap under their arm and through the support loop at the back of the harness
- repeat with the other section of chest strap, putting it under their other arm and through the other support loop
- secure the buckle and the harness is on properly
- at the front of the harness, straighten the shoulder straps and space the straps to the desired width. Shorten or lengthen the shoulder straps as necessary.
- snug-up the chest strap if it’s too loose.
- the lead can be shortened by knotting or securing it to a shoulder strap when not required but it is safer or simpler to leave the harness on your child rather than remove it entirely
To remove the Child Harness
- undo the buckle at the child's back
- pull the buckle pieces out of the support loops
- hold the O-ring at the back of the child and the chest strap in the front and lift the harness over your child’s head
Thinking of ordering my Child Harness?
No one has money to burn, especially these days. My Child Harness costs $35 (Cdn or US) plus shipping, so it's not cheap.
Please do all your research before deciding which style of Safety Harness to buy and from whom. Me and many of my customers wasted money on a poor product before ending up here so try to be smarter than us. If a $10 harness from Wal-Mart or a $5 harness on eBay will suit your needs, don't spend $35 + shipping on one of mine.
But if you have finished shopping and are ready to order, Great! (and Thank You!). You can use my order form to order your Child Harness.
My Child Harness is available in black, denim blue, army green, red, yellow and pink. I am discontinuing the royal blue and hunter green but I still have a few left. Each Child Harness comes with its own mesh stuff sack for easy storage and to keep the harness contained when in the washing machine.
A quick comment about my Child-to-Adult Safety Harness
If you are shopping for a larger or stronger toddler, you may want to consider my Child-to-Adult Harness for them instead.
The Child-to-Adult Harness is more secure and more suitable for larger "little people" with excess energy.
You can read more about the difference between my Child Harness and my Child-to-Adult Harness before deciding which product is best suited to your needs.
Lastly, there are a number of Accessories that can be ordered with your Child Harness or Child-to-Adult Harness if you wish.
The chair/stroller strap ($6 Cdn or US) keeps your child secure in their stroller or chair.
The harness lead can be used as a tie-down ($3 Cdn or US) to also keep your child seated in their chair.
The buckle at the back of the harness can be covered ($2 Cdn or US) to prevent the harness from loosening completely if your child manages to reach around and pinch the buckle open.
