To think this woman took baby wearing to another level

[GirlWiththeLionHeart]

In a shop with my ds looking at baby stuff and a mum comes in with her two dcs, one in a buggy, another in a sling.

The child in the sling looked about 5!

He was that tall that when she knelt down to pick something out of the buggy his feet touched the floor and he jumped up which made him bang his head on her chin I had to turn away or I might've laughed
I may sound like a cow but I smiled at her when she first came in and she just sneered at me before launching into loud parenting.

I don't like prams either - dithering over whether to bother buying one or not to be honest.

I can't see me wearing a toddler on my front but I like seeing older kids on the back! As others have said, it is just like a piggyback isn't it, but one that lets you use your arms!

hazeyjane there is Swindon sling library and Chippenham Villages sling library and consultancy, both have facebook pages so look them up and I'm sure they will get you the help you need

Sunlight I spent 600 quid on a Phil and teds for the dds and dd2 is 5 months and I've used it once!

I use am ergo and a rucksack and manage ok with 2 dc. When I have dd1 on my own I can manage with 2 nappies and wipes in a small handbag. I keep spares in the car

With dd1 I had a massive pram and a changing bag like a suitcase

Thankyou Kentucky, I will check them out - you are very kind

Thanks, Pie. I might see how I get on without and then buy one if I am struggling - sensible? can you tell its a first baby?

No problem

Sounds like a plan
If you drive a lot then you don't need a pram if you sling a nb. If you don't drive and carry loads of shopping home prams are quite handy

I know plenty of people who've carried their children right up to school age. This child could easily have been a tall pre-schooler.

Really?! Considering the amount of frowns that a child past 4 gets for still using a buggy, "plenty", really?

Amazed that any sling actually cope with 14-15kg+. DS is about 15kg & I wouldn't even let him ride on my shoulders, now.

I am usually snarling defensive on here about happily still letting my 6yo ride in the buggy on occasion, and past 4yo no problem regularly in the buggy.

But babywearing a 15 kg size child is Nuts. NUTS I tell you.

We used a sling for first 3 months as DD was a Velcro baby with lungs of leather... However she's also rather large so at 3 months she went into a pushchair. Still carry her occasionally but she's 24lbs & we don't have a car. As Piemother said, they are very useful for the shopping if you are on foot.

I've got a 16 kg 2 year old, with long legs. I want to walk further with him in the woods. I'm pretty strong but he wriggles too much in a piggy back. Would it be possible to make a sling and which kind should I make? Actually it would be be my mum (pro sewer) that would be doing the making so don't be scared for my DS :) thanks! And sorry for the hijack.

I am also a bit raised eyebrows at sling carrying pre schoolers.
I know two mums who do it. I have seen both dc protest about being carried and not because they bolt or dawdle or whatever. Those dynamics are odd.

Like I said up-thread, I do still carry my 5 year old (he weighs I think about 2 1/2 stone) as he has asd and sometimes it is the difference between him either lying in the street or running into traffic and me being able to get on with stuff.

I only really do it when dd2 is asleep in the pram though as I'd obviously rather carry a 13lb 6 month old than a lump of a child If she is awake then I'll sling her and let him sit in the pram. ANYTHING for an easier life with an asd child I tell you.

I get stared at alot anyway for using a sling and for ds being difficult and my wonderful and totally necessary loud parenting as there are very few about where I live so getting looked at for having a child on my back in a wrap bothers me not.

At the end of the day I have 3 children who need my attention and if putting ds on my back means I can give more to my girls (especially dd1 as obvis with ds having additional needs and dd2 being a baby she loses out a bit) then I am A-OK with that.

Art it probably is possible to make a sling but you'd probably have to borrow one to copy (could then resell though, they don't lose their value) but tbh I'd rather use one made by a professional that's tried and tested. Also I have used a homemade (not by me) mei tai and it wasn't great, very little padding so painful once DD got to a reasonable size.

I'm pretty sure DS is over 16 kg and we carry him all the time. It isn't that weird, it's often the most sensible option

I used to feel awful when I ended up carrying 4yo dd. Friends and relatives were always passing comment. At 7 she was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos syndrome, by 8 she was in a wheelchair. But it didn't show, she looked perfectly normal, it was just that she couldn't walk very far without pain. So everybody, myself included, assumed I was a crap parent.

Of course, if I'd had a car and driven her everywhere, there would have been no comments.

I gave DS a piggyback yesterday, he's about 19kg now. It was surprisingly comfortable and I'm not very strong. When he wad younger it never was - I think he balances his weight better on me now.

Hahaha, well it really shocks me sometimes how people act.

Maybe that kid is 7 years old now - given that the thread is 2 years old!

Zombie thread alert before this one gets going again!