I bought my little animal backpacks at Walmart for about $20 but I found one at Value Village for $1.50! I don't know if anybody has a Value Village but it's the equivalent of Goodwill only run by the Diabetes Society.

I will NOT take any chances with a walking child who is not attached to me. One little second of confusion with a child darting into traffic and I would have to live with that for the rest of my life, let alone the family! Noooooo!