This worked out to be quite expensive – I ordered it not on-line but from a store here in Australia (no stores in Brisbane stocked it so had to phone Sydney). $90 approx but definitely money well spent.
Advantages-
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- Baby loves it
- I can get my housework done
- Sounds cliche and all but is excellent for bonding
- Shopping is never a drama – he’s safe and snug in the sling and I get to walk around hands-free
- Much more comfortable than the conventional baby carriers -for mum and for baby. My back used to get very sore with the front facing ones. I worried about baby and his reflux but while it looks like his stomach is squashed he never cries when he’s in the sling. He hates the car capsule though
- No straps to adjust/click etc – just wear the sling & put baby in
- You can breastfeed with discretion
- Can be used until he’s a toddler
- Easy care – machine wash and dry on the line. Can be tumble dried
- Many different positions (check the website out for pics)
Disadvantages-
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- The sling is sized to the wearer not baby so if your build is quite different to your partner, you may need to buy 2 or settle with just one parent using it to carry baby
- Expensive
- Putting baby into the sling isn’t as easy as the website makes out. There’s quite a lot of hit and miss in the beginning
- Getting stopped everywhere so people can have a peak at baby. Ok..not such a bad thing but it gets a little annoying especially when I’m in a rush!
These are wonderful inventions Tasmiya. I “wore” the boys for at least a year. My sling was especially loved when we went to the store. As little babies my boys hated being in the pram, at the noisy store, with all those people peering in at them. The sling gave them all the reassurance and closeness from me that they needed. Every mother (and father) should have one of these!
Salam Tasmiya,
looks nice. i got a regular style front carrier for my 1st and i could never get into using it and she didn’t like it either. It’s so confusing all the stuff out there. thanks for the info.