Carrying your heavier baby
2010-02-28 at 07:01 am Jane RosenbergI read this article about a baby whose Mom has nicknamed “fatness”. I can’t really relate, because my babies were never fat, but I had a couple of friends whose babies were extremely roly-poly (they have thinned out – they are 8 now). I do know that with my first, when she hit about 15 lbs., I could no longer carry her in the Baby Bjorn. Her weight was pulling on my neck and shoulders and I was even having a tingling sensation in my neck. That’s when I switched to the back carrier – a great big framed hiking backpack – talk about cumbersome! It did work better for my neck and shoulders, but it was such a pain to put on and take off and it was a bulky thing to deal with when I wasn’t actually using it – I remember a long day at Sea World when I had to jam it between my 36″ long legs and the seat in front of me during shows.
Then I discovered the Ergo baby carrier. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It was so easy to use. My baby loved it. My husband even wore it (he never wore the other two carriers – back problems). And it was so darn comfortable – all the weight (just the baby – the Ergo weighs next to nothing) was on my hips – not my neck or shoulders. Eventually, at about age two, my child weighed as much as those bigger babies had weighed at 6 months. How their Moms carried them around in slings and the Baby Bjorn at that weight, I will never understand.
Eventually I had a second child. That is when I discovered the advantages of being able to carry an infant, then a baby, and then a toddler in the same carrier. I also learned to nurse her, wear her in all the positions (front, hip, and back), use the sleeping hood (my favorite feature of the Ergo baby carrier), and use the accessories (infant insert, front pouch, backpack).
And now, I even sell the Ergo baby carrier. I feel so strongly about how great they are, that I even offer a 90-day money back guarantee. I am convinced that if you try it – you will like it.
