Close baby carrier Vs Moby wrap

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Well - in an earlier thread I was helped to decide to get a hotsling, but now I want to have a second carrier - and one that dh can use too (5ft2 me and 6ft dh are never going a be able to share a hotsling lol).

I think I've whittled my options down to the Close baby carrier and the Moby wrap.

I can't decide which is better / more suitable for our needs etc etc so am begging for help!

I was initially scared of the idea of having to tie something, but having looked at the instructions on the Moby site I don't feel so worried (though once i've had dc2 and have to actually do it I may be petrified lol). What I can't work out is how similar the 2 are, benefits / disadvatanges of one over the other etc.

With the Close, I'm a bit confused by the existance of the wrap bit. It looks like some positions use it and others don't...

Any words of wisdom?

moby, 100% ALBS. close is good, but moby just so more versatile and better for sharing

Moby! Anybody...Any size. Go to YouTube and check out the different sizes that use it. I'll get mine in day or so and give you the real story...I'm 5'6" and DH is 6'2". The YouTube videos even made a believer out of DH.

moby all the way. its just so brilliant and simple.
close does have some good points IIRC (you dont get those long tails trailig in muddy car parks) but moby is actually a doddle to use and perfect for a newborn.

ARGH. Had almost convinced myself about the Close until i read all these. argh argh argh!

Oh the thing that gripes me about carriers is the latches that for some strange reason I can't manage when I'm by myself. Honestly I got stuck in my last carrier with DD1. DH just laughed. The MOBY is just one piece of fabric and one knot (IN FRONT, no less).

ALBS,
Here's the dude presenting the MOBY.

And here's a lady doing it.

Does the knot need to be tightened as the day does on? I'd read that sometimes it gets a bit loose?!

*goes on

I dodn't have a moby but a different stretchy wrap and I did find that once DD's were a few months old it got looser after an hour or so, just from walking around,
Once they hit a decent weight then it is better to swap to a woven wrap or Mei Tai as it is more supportive for an odler child but you are better with a stretchy one for the first few months as it is so much easier/comfier for you and them.

(dont forget you can join the yahoo babywearing group and trade or sell your moby if you find it is getting too stretchy after a few months so no real loss of value!)

Agree, moby is great for newborns, but due to jersey material it stretches with heavier babies. i used mine up to about 6months, but could still wrap ds1 (2.5) if i really needed to.

i'm 5'2" dh 6'4" he's fine with it, just has to tie at back as not enough material to wrap around again for front knot.

my dd is a year and i started out with a stretchy wrap and have since had to move on first to a mei tei which i lived in for six months and adored and now to an ergo which is easier for back carrying. with hindsight i would probably go straight to an ergo or beco which will see you through from babyhood to toddlerhood otherwise you'll only have to buy another one. also i personally think wraps are a bit sticky for this hot weather whereas something like an ergo let's the air in and also has a hood to protect their heads while asleep.

sorry to complicate your choice but i speak as someone who has bought six slings in the first year - knowing what i know now i think i could have kept to two - three max.

ps something like ergo is very dp/dh friendly and very easily adaptable to different sizes. i slightly wish i'd bought a beco tho as it carries the baby higher on your body.

how old is your baby?

if you like wrapping idea but not stretchy material. one that will definately last you, and very cool for this weather but still ok in winter is a cotton gauze, perhaps calin bleu or gypsy mama