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baby sling/wraparound

16 replies

samhb · 05/01/2006 22:49

hi -

can anyone recommend a good bably sling/wraparound- once again i'm frozen by the choice availble out there and can't seem to make a rational decision!
My due date was yesterday, so i'm looking for somthing suitable from newborn to toddler.

Thanks for your help.

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mummytosteven · 05/01/2006 22:51

my friend finds her huggababy ring sling good. That has scope for going up to toddlerhood.

busybusybee · 05/01/2006 22:52

Huggababy huggababy huggababy huggababy

Second time today i have reccomended them on MN

busybusybee · 05/01/2006 22:52

Huggababy huggababy huggababy huggababy

Second time today i have reccomended them on MN

Skribble · 05/01/2006 22:53

I hade a wilkinet one that was great.

fireflyfairy2 · 05/01/2006 22:54

how about a ring sling? www.goddessmums.co.uk

they are sold in mumzmall

busybusybee · 05/01/2006 22:56

I guess that makes three times then - Mummytosteven agrees with me so Im thinking i must be right!

rummum · 05/01/2006 22:59

I couldn't imagine carrying a toddler in one of these slings??
doesn't it hurt your back??

mummytosteven · 05/01/2006 23:00

you would use the sling to form a hip seat, in a similar fashion to hippychick but more adaptable.

rummum · 05/01/2006 23:02

i've just googled a hippychick as well...

Don't they hurt your back??

busybusybee · 05/01/2006 23:04

I carry dd aged 18 months - no back ache as long as she is in it correctly and i dont carry her for too long

Up to an hour is fine

Skribble · 05/01/2006 23:04

Dh managed to carry DS on his back with the wilkinet one but we got a proper back pack one when he got to heavy. Wilkinet . DS loved facing forwards.

rummum · 05/01/2006 23:07

I had a baby bjorn carrier... I loved to use that but daughter got to big [chubby and heavy] to quick.. either that or I'm too weak..

couldn't imagine carrying her over a year old for too long...

Skribble · 05/01/2006 23:10

DS was 11lb7oz so I never carried him much, he prefered to spread out in the pram.

rummum · 05/01/2006 23:12

Gawd.... at birth??

Skribble · 05/01/2006 23:15

Yes indeed I could barely lift him to feed him never mind humph him about in a sling, I had a section so i couldn't even to bath him at first. I loved the Silver crosses I had.

I used the carrier while getting on the bus with a buggy when he was a bit bigger as I couldn't hold him, a buggy and pay without starting to struggle with the weight.

Original poster
samhb · 11/01/2006 10:42

Thanks to everyone who replied! Labour intervened hence the delayed response, and I now have a beautiful baby daughter to look forward to showing off.

I'm so happy! xxx

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