[I<3HelloKitty]

Do you wear your baby? What kind of carrier do you use if you do? What do you like or not like about it?

I wore Ellie a lot in her moby when she was smaller, since it was often the only way I could get stuff done around the house. I'd wear her at the store because she'd fuss otherwise. Now that she's bigger, I have a BabyHawk meitai that I wear her in when we go out a lot, but sometimes it makes my back sore. We've been putting her in the stroller more often lately.

[inyourhonor]

Love baby wearing, I use my mei tai the most. Bishop loves the back carry.

[stephie1012]

julia goes in a ringsling, beco butterfly, dream carrier half buckle and when summer hits she will be in a solarveil bamberoo meitai.
i wore DS in all of those up until he was around 35lbs. Never bothered my back. It took ALOT of carriers to figure out what i liked and worked for us lol

[rainbow_brite19]

I have a Moby but I never felt like Jackson was secure in it maybe because I couldn't tie it tight enough?

Anyway we have a Boba (soft sided carrier) now and I love it. Jackson is huge (about 30 lbs) so it's the only type that really works for us. I have an infantino mei tai and it never worked for us. I wear Jackson on walks occasionally, he likes it.

[KMH]

I wear Claire all the time...shopping, watering flowers in the yard, going for walks, etc. She loves it, and I can do what I need to do more easily without constantly looking to see what she's getting into

We have one of the organic Ergo carriers that I love...it is the only one I use right now. This thread has got me thinking about getting something else, though, just for variety.

Those of you that back-carry...what is an easy carrier to use when you don't have help getting the baby into the carrier? The Ergo is kind of hard to use for back carry when I don't have DH around to put her in it...are the other kinds easier for that?

[krsnow]

I would really like to get a carrier that feels secure, but don't know which to choose. I have a zolowear sling that I have never successfully used, I never felt it was secure enough. Then I borrowed a baby bjorn and my LO's inner thighs were red and irritated for days - he has very sensitive skin. Now I am reading that these front facing carriers are not good for baby's legs & spine, I had no idea!

So I am now curious about the mei tai after reading your posts, and I just looked at the Boba website. I have never heard of all these brands and it's hard to know which is best.

[noworries]

When Isaac was little my homemade moby type wrap was my carrier of choice, now my carrier of choice is the ergo.

[Kaema]

My Ergo is my go-to carrier. When Boogie was a little squish I took him everywhere in my sleepy wrap. Sometimes I still wear him in my slingified BBslen around the house. I never fell him love with my WAHM-made mei tai though. I adore the Ergo and like wearing Boogie on my back.

[stephie1012]

Originally Posted by KMH

Those of you that back-carry...what is an easy carrier to use when you don't have help getting the baby into the carrier? The Ergo is kind of hard to use for back carry when I don't have DH around to put her in it...are the other kinds easier for that?

the beco butterfly has an internal harness in it. So basically i buckle her in a front carrier and i can unbuckle the carrier with her still in it and put her on my back.

[Lonomia]

I carry Kye whenever I go out anywhere. Thuya goes in his lightweight stroller. I use my Snugli quite a bit and its really easy on my back and shoulders. I have a babyhawk that I need to start using.

[KMH]

Thanks - I will check that out!

Originally Posted by stephie1012

the beco butterfly has an internal harness in it. So basically i buckle her in a front carrier and i can unbuckle the carrier with her still in it and put her on my back.

[Juliebird18]

I have a Moby but it is a pain in the butt to wrap up when I am out and about. I hate how it drags on the ground. I want try one of those other wraps but they are so expensive.