I went back to work when my daughter was 9 months old and she literally hung on to my leg like that everyday when I came home from work. I finally started packing an afternoon snack for the child care people to give her at around 4:30. That did the trick she was no longer starving when I came home and actually quit hanging on my leg.

@Lorajay That's so clever! Mine was very high needs but she was fine as long as she was strapped to me, and fortunately I worked from home most of the time so I could integrate that into my schedule, although I eventually had a nanny in a couple of times a week. The cat, however, took another five years to settle down.

@Lauren I often wished that the papoose like accessories had been available when my children were small. They came into use when my grandchildren arrived though and I got to enjoy them then. I had one grandson that wrote on my back until he was almost two.

Beats walking.