Slings/Carriers for newborn?

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Whats the best to use?

Oh meant to say you do need to newborn insert for when they are really tiny...

stretchy.

Do not put your cat in a wrap. PP has clearly got weird cats. Mine would kill somoene

If you want an ergo you can get a newborn insert. But when buying an ergo be very careful to buy it from an official distributor as there are lots of fakes about. I think John Lewis sell them. I know people who have got them from Amazon and they have turned out to be fake. If the price seems too good to be true, it is!

Also on fb there are lots of second hand selling pages and groups.

Mei tais are good ad well. Lenny lamb is another good make, you can order them direct.

Funny Horace I really struggled with a ring sling with tiny baby bit once they are five months and up to toddler years they are great for a simple hip carry and also for bfeeding in. But if I was wanting to wear a sling for any length of time it would be the wrap or mai tei. The ring sling was handy for in the house or school run etc I always had it under the pushchair and still use it occasionally with dd who is almost four if her legs get tired and she needs s rest.

So basically everyone is different, finding a sling library to try a few is a really good idea.

For early months a stretchy wrap is perfect. Je porte mon bebe is a fab one. Never sags and it can be used until about 3. But I found a mei tei better after about 8 months.

Yes I agree with 5madthings hire first if possible. Ergo is very popular but I find it awful, just can't get it to work for me.

Manduca is similar to an ergo but with integrated newborn insert. But none of mine have liked a structured sling until older.

And I agree with others about trying one out.

Close caboo - stretchy wrap hybrid, goes on really quick & is very easily adjustable (I couldn't get the hang of my moby wrap & found it a hassle to take it all off if it wasn't the right tension, wheras close caboo is really easy to tighten / loosen & I have BFed in it too)

Ah, now see I got fed up with the long flappy tails on a Caboo! Another reason to try before you buy if possible.

Just bought a baby bjorn carrier we. Apparently this one is really good for baby hips as it encourages the frog position. It doesn't allow for baby to be outwards facing but will go from newborn to toddler. I haven't used it with a child yet but love what I have seen of it.

John Lewis had loads we could try on. Also had a 'baby' to practice the weight.

Is now wondering how my staffie would take to being a pretend baby.... its either her or try it with the horse......who really is a big baby....

I have heard lots of bad stuff about the Bjorns and read more material than I probably should have done about hip positionings and also about craddling with slings being bad for their ankles?

I think I will end up with a sling over a carrier, I like the closeness and I think it will just be easier when im around the yard or out with the dog. Plus im quite round and not sure what the straps are like on carriers!

Is there a local sling meet where you are, Ark?

They are great to try things out.

I did back carry with my Moby btw - it's a faff but quite achievable with an older baby
A soft structured carrier like an Ergo is great when they are a little bigger and we certainly got rather good a 'flinging' various DSs Santa-sack-style on our backs. To the alarm of innocent bystanders at times...

I also had a close carrier and couldn't get to grips with bfeeding in it.

Another option is a wilkinet, some find the straps fiddly but dp and I both used it loads.

It really depends on the individual wwhich is why sling meets and libraries are so good, be careful you don't get addicted though it can become a very costly habit!

Pacific I also back carried with a Moby and a woven wrap but they don't recommend back carries with stretchy wraps now for some reason.

I also never got on with an ergo but some of my friends have loved them.

UK sling library

Lots of FB groups for local areas.

Also NCT sling meet

Babywearing UK - urgh, I really dislike that phrase, but there you go.

Im near guildford in surrey, Theres a library in Farnham and one in Woking apparently so not too far from me.

Do go to a meet.

I have to be honest, I did not totally love carrying my babies - but I did. Because either they trained me fairly quickly that that was what they needed to stop screaming or because I had more than one and needed to be hands-free and they are fab for that.

School run with double-buggy and newborn in sling. In the snow…

Pacific that is some serious effort!

It would make life a lot easier sorting the animals if I have hands free I think!

DH loved using a close caboo when DD was tiny, I preferred a kari me and my DM liked carrying her in a Manduca. It's a good job DD enjoyed being carried- everybody had a go!

5Madthings and TeaandHobNobs I have an unusually docile breed of cats that enjoy being picked up (Persians) - I think the average cat wouldn't tolerate being a pretend baby for carrier practice!

I bought the newer Moby mid-weight which is slightly thinner and cooler material so should hopefully be okay for all but the hottest days. I found the wrapping simple. I don't intend to back carry with it though, I'm thinking of getting an Ergo when the baby is bigger.

I got a close caboo when dd was about 3 months and she'd have been fine in it as a newborn (she was a big strong newborn though). At about 6 months she was getting too heavy so we got a Rose and Rebellion via Achica. It's brilliant. Friends also rate Tula - them and R&R do a semi structures carrier that you kind of throw on like a rucksack (front or back) and the baby is supported high up in that frog legged position. It's brilliant. I lent mine to a friend recently and was lost without it, and DD is one now.