Stretchy fabric slings?

[SleepyFergus]

Am preg with my 2nd and my DD will be 2.9 when baby arrives. I didn't use a sling with my DD but fancy one for the new baby.

I've seen people using one that looks like a long stretchy piece of fabric that is put on, tied round the waist and then the baby nestled in. Is this a particular brand, and how do people rate it?

I had a Moby wrap with ds2 and it was just brilliant. Because it's stretchy I could leave it tied and just pop him in and out. Made the school run a lot easier for sure. Tbh I'm not sure I'd have managed without it.

There are several brands - Moby, Kari-Me, Wrapsody Stretch, Sleepy Wrap and more. They vary slightly in stretchiness and thickness.....the Moby is quite thick (lovely for winter, too hot for summer). The Wrapsody is thin but more supportive than many of the others as it has hemmed edges and only stretches one way.

They are very good for little ones - as the previous poster said you can tie it on and then just pop the baby in and out.

They come up 2nd hand on Ebay, Natural Mamas For sale or trade forums, occasionally at NCT sales etc. There are lots of YouTube videos showing how to use them, or try to get to a sling meet if you have one locally. You need to wrap the baby quite high and tight to be comfy - an upright position is easiest.

I would opt for a woven wrap from birth. They are basically the same as a stretchy but will last longer. For example I regularly carry my son (23months and 28lbs) and I know preschoolers who carry them in woven wraps.

Stretchies are good in that they are poppable because they can be pretied but they get uncomfortable from around 15-20lb as baby gets bigger the stretch doesn't give as much support.

You can get a good quality hoppediz wrap in a maxi (5.2m) for approx £55 which is on par with stretchies and they hold their value well.

I agree with Loopymumsy that a stretchy is a good way to start, for exactly the same reason: wrap on first, then baby in. Buy a 2nd hand stretchy, and then sell it to part-fund a woven or other carrier when they get too heavy.

I haven't tried a Sleepywrap. I understand it to be similar to the KariMe. I know a few who have used it and found it fine. I definitely rate the Moby above the Kari Me for winter....but it's just too hot for summer IMO. My favourite stretchy is definitely the Wrapsody and it is so much more supportive than the others, but it is a bit pricier.

Yes, IMO woven wrap from birth is for pros!

The Sleepy wrap was my absolute favourite of all that I tried...it had the perfect amount of stretch and give. I found Mobys too rigid, kari-mes too stretchy and wide and hugabubs too bouncy! Minor details though as all stretchies are great really. I think they've rebranded recently and are now called Boba wraps. Agree that woven wraps from birth are for pros only, I found stretchies much easier when I started out. Then at the point I could have got on with a woven I moved on to an SSC. I think DS was about 9 months when I swapped but I could have continued for longer with a stretchy. He is a tiddler though.