Kid who wants to be carried

DS is going through a clingy stage and wants me to carry him if we are out and he isn't in his buggy. It's very rare that he will walk holding my hand, though he has done that before.

I put my lower back out on the weekend - hideously agonising - and it's because my pelvis and right hip are misaligned from carrying 11.5kg of DS on right hip.

How can I get him walking? I have no choice now... I CAN'T carry him, but is there a way (treats/inducements/anything) to get him on the ground and not clingy?

P.S. And let that be a warning to mums - treat your body well, we're not invincible! I'm really lucky I didn't slip a disc.

G is 13kg and I have hurt my wrist carrying her so I have this issue at the mo too. I have been trying to make it a game ie lets run to the next lampost, who will get to the corner the fastest (and let her win), do silly walks like kicking our legs up or pretending to be an animal (lets hope the neighbours arent watching ), look whats that leaf/tree/flower/animal over there etc. A bit more work but no where near as much effort as picking up and carrying my heffalump with my destroyed wrist.

ETA to say that she also enjoys pushing her stroller. Funny child hates sitting in it but will happily push it up the street.

Edited by Shelt