Ergo Baby carrier

The Ergo is fantastic. It keeps your child close to you on the front and back which eliminates back trouble. I carry my 1 year old everywhere in it and my 3 year old can also hitch a lift when she's tired.

I used this today for the first time with my 8.5 month old. It was a lovely experience. He enjoyed both the back and the front position - being close to his mama! He fell asleep, and slept for much longer than usual whilst I shopped!

In terms of comfort - I found it really great. All the weight sits on the hips, not the shoulders. The straps stay on securely with the horizontal strap.

Yes, it is difficult getting them into the back position. You either have to shuffle them around from front to back, or - as a mother in line at a cafe told me- perfect swinging them up and over your shoulder fireman style. My son giggled when I tried this.

all in all happy so far.

Couldn't live without this! For me its the only carrier that doesn't leave me with a crippled back after carrying my 2 year old. So much easier than a pushchair!

Very comfortable to wear, though getting a younger child into it requires a bit of a knack...does get easier with practice though.

Very light so you are only carrying the weight of the child.

Although the design of this carrier is very versatile my daughter really didn't take to it. She hated not being able to see where she was going (which she had been able to do in her other carrier) while we were walking and kept twisting round, which made the carrier slip off my shoulders.

I found it very difficult to put on on my own and nearly dropped my daughter a couple of times, as she was trying to twist round.

The pouch at the front is very useful for bits and bobs (mobile phoine, keys, dog poop scoop bags etc).

It was comfortable to wear when my daughter was sitting upright but I found it didn't sit so well as she was twisting round.

Might just be my wriggly, nosey one year old that it does not work for (!)