Baby carriers / slings - anyone used one they can recommend?

gratefulforhelp_2

Baby Bjorn brilliant, wilkinet, straps slipped so she ended up round my knees.

From prev. discussions, it seems to depend on your height as to what will work for you.

Ms_Piggy_2

money_honey wrote: »

Bear in mind that you probably won't want to use a sling or carrier after about a year (depending on weight) as the baby will be really heavy and it can pull your muscles carrying them.

Could I respectfully disagree? If you get a proper sling (rather than a baby carrier) you will be able to carry for far longer than a year! I agree that back carries are often more comfortable at this point, but you don't have to use a framed carrier - an Ergo or Connect allow front and back carries.

clearingout

LilacPixie wrote: »

I had a sling from freedom slings. Tink it was about £15. I bought mine as a nappichino but i think they have a site so google. The owner has about 16 kids or something

I agree with Lilac - I used a Freedom sling with no. 3 so I would have two hands free for crossing roads with the other two and it worked great. Wouldn't be without it. The great thing about these is if you are a a little on the large size (ahem!) she will make them to fit!

lauren_1

Are you looking at getting a proper sling or a baby carrier?

wrap slings are the best tbh if you have the patience to get the hang of it, any baby carrier gives me backache so im firmly in the proper sling camp.

kindofagilr

Sorry i don't have any advice on a newborn baby carrier but for when they get to 6 months we got this one http://www.johnlewis.com/230530588/Product.aspx?source=14798 it's a chic backpack carrier

Itsreally good and comfy, we just went to the lakes on holiday and used it then and Elliot even fell asleep in it lol

money_saving_diva

Go on https://www.naturalmamas.co.uk great site for baby wearers. Don't get a carrier that faces out - it is not good for the baby & will be uncomftable for you.

I have used a moby strechy wrap with dd since she was about 2 weeks old. I also now have a rose & rebellion soft stuctured carrier, which is great - http://www.roseandrebellion.com/ A stay at home mum makes them.

My dd loves being carried

skintchick

I loved my Kari-Me stretchy wrap, and also love my woven wrap, but I also have an Ergo which is fab. Hated baby bjorns, they are uncomfortable and don't last long in terms of use as baby grows out of them so quick.

sleepystar1975

Sorry, I know I have posted my opinion already, but sat thinking about this thread earlier, and remembered something funny.

When we'd gone to the rugby one time, DD was about 2 years old, so she was in her rucksack style carrier, on Dh's back.

I heard some of the away fans talking to DD, but didn't think much of it, as she was always gibbering away to anyone, so I assumed she was just having her "conversation" returned.

The next thing, I heard Dh shout "eugh"...with the encouragement of said away fans, she's stuffed some crunched up mini cheddars down his ear!! No amount of shaking would dislodge the last o the debris!
Then, to add insult to injury, the mischievious away fans then told her to rinse them down with a good glug of the juice she was drinking!

The looks Dh got from his practice nurse at the doctors the next day when he was trying to convince them that he, a nearly 50-year-old man, had REALLY grown out of sticking food down his ear was priceless. She kept looking at DD in her buggy, saying "I can't believe a little sweetie like her would do something like that"....the poor nurse couldn't keep a straight face, and Dh became the talk of the Doctors practice for ages:rotfl:

So, the moral of the story....when they get to backpack age.....let their Daddy carry them:T

ema_o

Wow, thanks for all the advice! I have a wealth of information to go through but I feel a lot more informed about what is out there now

Guess everyone is different so we just need to try a few and find out what suits me, oh and baby!

Xx

Kelinik

Hope I won't be confusing things lol but I have a hug-a-bub (wrap sling) that I bought having read rave reviews and I absolutely love it! It wasn't cheap but it's been used so much I don't mind - it's the only reason I've managed to do anything at all today as my boy is being mr miserable due to his teeth and a snotty nose!! I only wish I'd had one when my other two were bubs.:)