Sling advice for newborn help! Should we use a newborn specific sling or use the Ergobaby omni 360 from the start for baby wearing around the house?

[Satlie2019]

I am lucky that a lovely friend has given be a caboo close to use when our newborn arrives, but having examined it I am a bit scared of the straps and think I would prefer to put the baby in a fully structured sling with buckles.

I am not sure if we will go in for extended baby wearing (I suppose it will depend if out baby likes to be worn and also how strong I become) but I like the idea of having them close for the first few months around the house if they like it and my husband likes the idea of taking them for walks outside with it (I may use their carrycot for walks on my own as I am scared I will trip and hurt them in a sling).

The two slings that appeal to me are the ergobaby embrace (only suitable until around one but apparently you can breastfeed with it on) and the ergobaby omni (maybe in mesh as I am bit worried about babies overheating). The omni is about £50-60 more expensive than the embrace, but can be used for far longer and if our baby likes a sling we are likely to use it at least for country walks for a few years (my husband can carry them). However the embrace is reported to be lovely and soft + good for breast feeding.

Would it be a crazy waste of money to start with an ergobaby embrace and then move onto an eegobaby omni mesh at a later date if we found the baby liked a sling? To me it seems like the embrace will be lovely for baby wearing around the house when they are tiny/need to breastfeed all the time, but an omni mesh 360 would be a great investment for when they are older if they like slings. Alternatively we could buy the more expensive omni 360 to use from newborn and hope they like slings (but I have heard it is tricky to breastfeed in) or I can overcome my fear of the caboo close (that so many people love) and start of using this as I have already been kindly gifted it. Any advice about these slings or others? Would love to hear experiences, thank you!

I started off with close caboo, I hated it! I didn't feel supported enough in it and i was constantly holding the baby because I felt like she was going to fall out. I ended up spending double on a baby bjorn and it was the best thing I ever did! Love it so much and use it every day. DD loves it and falls asleep in it every time xx

Thanks for all the advice, much appreciated. @NelliePig for little baby looks so snug and beautiful in her sling :-)

@Satlie2019 thanks, she would doze of the minute she went in there. She loved it, I guess she just thought she was getting snuggly mummy cuddles :)

Thanks for all the advice. @NelliePig just to say took your advice and joined the Pampers club. They had a discount code for £30 off all ergobaby products. The Embrace sling was already reduced in the black friday sales to £63, so managed to get it for £33. Very happy with this, as it will give me the option of two slings to use and see which they take to (and I feel comfortable with). So thank you :-)

Anyone else who fancies a new ergobaby sling they have loads of reduced slings this weekend and seem to be accepting the pampers discount code on sale items.