Remember pregnancy? Dropping food between your bosoms every time you ate a meal because you couldn't reach the table? Doing your best to enter the pregnant-lady wet-T-shirt competition whenever you did the dishes? You couldn't wait till you gave birth so that you could have your body free again.
And then you have this creature who needs to be on your shoulder being burped, on your breast being fed, in your arms being played with, so that now not only do you not have your front free, you don't have hands either! All of a sudden it seems like they were a lot less maintenance when they were inside.
Then you hear about "hands-free" baby carriers and they sound like a godsend. Slings, wraps, polkadots, florals - there are so many to choose from!
Baby carriers have their place, but they aren't what they are made out to be. After giving birth, you don't necessarily have the abdominal muscles to carry your baby around for very long - let alone the energy! A lightweight and easily folded pram, like the Mountain Buggy Breeze, is much better for going for a walk. If you suffer from pubic synthesis, carrying the baby can be downright painful.
They are unpractical too. You still can't reach around your baby to the sink - your baby is even bigger now. And try bending down or reaching up such as when you hang out washing - it's uncomfortable for you and the baby.
They are great if you are looking for something to put the baby in when there's nothing else for it, he just wants to sleep on your shoulder. My baby is asleep in a Moby Wrap while I type this, for example. Just be warned that there's nothing else for it, you are just going to have to spend your days rolling in the bed or develop arms of steel.
What do you think about your baby carrier?
And then you have this creature who needs to be on your shoulder being burped, on your breast being fed, in your arms being played with, so that now not only do you not have your front free, you don't have hands either! All of a sudden it seems like they were a lot less maintenance when they were inside.
Then you hear about "hands-free" baby carriers and they sound like a godsend. Slings, wraps, polkadots, florals - there are so many to choose from!
Baby carriers have their place, but they aren't what they are made out to be. After giving birth, you don't necessarily have the abdominal muscles to carry your baby around for very long - let alone the energy! A lightweight and easily folded pram, like the Mountain Buggy Breeze, is much better for going for a walk. If you suffer from pubic synthesis, carrying the baby can be downright painful.
They are unpractical too. You still can't reach around your baby to the sink - your baby is even bigger now. And try bending down or reaching up such as when you hang out washing - it's uncomfortable for you and the baby.
They are great if you are looking for something to put the baby in when there's nothing else for it, he just wants to sleep on your shoulder. My baby is asleep in a Moby Wrap while I type this, for example. Just be warned that there's nothing else for it, you are just going to have to spend your days rolling in the bed or develop arms of steel.
What do you think about your baby carrier?
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