https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 22:01:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-29022 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:17:05 +0000 sulli301 29022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to baby wear &amp; used the Moby a little bit when DD was first born but hated trying to mess with putting it on! To be fair, after doing it a few times, it is actually pretty easy, but with a newborn I just couldn't get into it! At around 4 months I started using our Ergo a LOT &amp; I just love it! I use it in the late afternoons/early evenings just before I put her down for the night...it's usually before DH is home &amp; I am trying to clean up &amp; make dinner. It did take awhile for my daughter to warm up to being in it, but now she loves it &amp; it soothes her </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28901 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:58:54 +0000 runsyellowlites 28901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rosie Girl: Totally agree! I plan on using my k'tan only while we're out and only b/c I REFUSE to carry around an infant car seat again... sheesh that was a pain. And seriously when we started ttc was the ONLY thing I dreaded having to do again. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28899 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:53:44 +0000 Rosie Girl 28899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only used my front pack with DS a couple times. It was a pain because of all the clips and stuff. I hated my wrap. He looked uncomfortable and I felt like he was going to fall out. I also didn't want to carry him around the house all the time because when I worked at a daycare, one mom did this, and we could never set her son down without him screaming. I didn't want that to be my child! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28874 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:20:58 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 28874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use the Ergo constantly. When our daughter was little, we wore her around the house all the time. She became accustomed to being worn for her naps. We still wear her for every nap, hiking, and navigating tight places (like the farmer's market)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28869 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:00:37 +0000 Mrsbells 28869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to get the infant insert so I can use my ergo sport from the begninng </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28863 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:42:52 +0000 runsyellowlites 28863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@crash806: The only RL mom know who has an ergo didn't start using it till her lo was a toddler. =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28442 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:10:47 +0000 lavender 28442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was given an ergo this weekend from my friend. Momma's with an ergo, did you get the infant carrier or did you use it more when your LO got older? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28383 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:48:17 +0000 looch 28383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used my moby for carrying DS around in the house when he was a newborn. I use the Ergo for when we are out and about because it's easier to take off and put back on as needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28358 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:17:29 +0000 cupcakemama 28358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a Bjorn that we have mostly used when travelling. LO really likes it now that they are facing outwards and can see everything. I keep meaning to do more babywearing but I never quite manage it. I also have a sling ( can't remember the brand ) that I hope to use more now that LO is a little older and I can kind of carry him on my hip in the sling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28341 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:18:18 +0000 cyndistar3 28341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: ooh I love how that one looks, it looks like a lot less material than the moby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28338 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:12:01 +0000 runsyellowlites 28338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm planning on getting the baby k'tan. It's not a lot of fabric lot the moby and I've heard that it's a great carrier. Good for if you want to breastfeed as well.</p> <p>I tried it on the other day and liked the way it felt... now just to find a baby to try it with. lol</p> <p>The owner of a boutique here had the k'tan until baby was older and then moved to the ergo... she didn't like the ergo for baby when baby was little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-28336 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:04:19 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 28336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wore LO in the Moby around the house when he was small. I never would have worn him in that outside, though -- too much to wrap/unwrap! </p> <p>Now we use a Bjorn Comfort carrier to wear him when we're out and about. He loves to face out and watch what's going on. Sometimes I stick him in it around the house when he's fussy and do some light housework, but you are limited in what you can do ... especially with a 19-pounder strapped to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-26055 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:40:29 +0000 mrstilly 26055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I had the moby when DS was newborn, I would have worn him all the time. As it was, he slept alright and I didn't mind chilling in the recliner watching netflix or sleeping while he slept on me. That made up a good chunk of my maternity leave and it was wonderful. </p> <p>Now I have a Boba, and use it mainly when we are out and about, or when DS is fussy due to being sick or teething and won't sleep. He's 8 months and 22-23 pounds, so holding him for a long time gets my arms burning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-26046 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:22:52 +0000 Lozza 26046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tejbee We have dropped so much food on LO's head while wearing him, it's not even funny. We like to joke that his head is better-seasoned than our cast-iron pan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-26035 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:10:07 +0000 tejbee 26035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a LO yet, but I just wanted to jump in here to say that DH constantly talks about how much he's going to carry our baby around in a baby carrier. He wants them facing out so they can see everything, and just the other day he mentioned that he's going to have to start eating a bunch of jelly so when it plops onto baby's head and can lick it off. lol *shaking my head* silly DH... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25391 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:19:10 +0000 amy 25391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mekarul: i think i waited till he was 8 months or so. I think the key is for him to be really able to support himself sitting up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25380 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:07:29 +0000 T.H.O.U. 25380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I too have the Ergo but mostly use it out of the house. It stays in my car! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25366 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:01:02 +0000 heffalump 25366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a bjorn and it hurts my shoulders. But I still wear her a little bit every day doing stuff around the house. I just make sure it's not laundry or something that takes a lot of bending. Yesterday we put up our holiday decorations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25354 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:54:43 +0000 MsMamaBear 25354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have those, I have an Infantino. I wear her everytime we go out of the house. Just easier than that damn carrier. Quicker too. </p> <p>I don't wear her in the house though. For dishes and stuff, if Papa Bear doesn't have her, she's in a swing or bouncy seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25352 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:53:58 +0000 mekarual 25352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@amy: How old was your LO when you starting wearing him on your back with the Ergo? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25347 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:52:16 +0000 Lozza 25347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I would do a lot more babywearing than I actually did. I think that's mainly because I didn't really like the Moby (I probably just didn't put in enough time fiddling/practicing with it to get comfortable with it), and I hated our "hotsling," and while I liked the Baby Bjorn, we didn't inherit it from a friend till DS was a couple months old. So I didn't have any carrier that I liked for that early period.<br /> Now we use the Ergo a lot (DS is 8 months). DH will wear DS while he does chores (vacuuming, raking leaves, etc.), we use it a lot at restaurants (it seems to often calm DS down and/or put him to sleep), and I use it all the time when I go shopping (I can't wrangle a stroller and a shopping cart, so I love being hands-free with the Ergo). And when we're out and about (on a hike, at the farmer's market, at a museum, running errands...) we probably favor the Ergo more than a stroller too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25340 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:49:46 +0000 amy 25340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use the ergo mostly out of the house, it was a god send on trips. I also find it useful if I'm prepping dinner and my son wants to snuggle, I just put him on my back and he's happy as can be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25314 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:35:16 +0000 Mrsbells 25314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to get an ergo baby as well as wrap and will wear it around the house. My husband is west african and they wear their babies a lot and are able to do every chore imaginable whilst doing so. So I plan to so the same </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25306 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:31:25 +0000 Maysprout 25306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I wear her around the house. I think I will be using them more as she gets heavier too, sometimes she just needs a bit of momma or papa closeness. In the Moby (well my version of the moby) I face her outwards and she loves looking at everything and kicking while still having her momma close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25289 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:21:46 +0000 mrsjyw 25289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will definitely be investing in both carriers. I'll get the moby first... and not buy the ergo if I don't find that I use it a lot. A gf of mine used both all the time. She and her husband LOVED "wearing" their lil girl and she did so often around the house and outside the home as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25280 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:18:22 +0000 venice4504 25280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't use them around the house either. You can't exactly bend over with the kiddo in an Ergo. I usually put him in his bouncy chair when I do chores so he can see what I'm up to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babywearing-advice-anyone#post-25277 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:16:46 +0000 mekarual 25277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone here use their baby carriers on a regular basis?</p> <p>I have an Ergo and a Moby wrap, and I really like both. I only wear my daughter when we're out for a walk. I feel like I bought these really expensive carriers and I don't really use them very much.</p> <p>So do you wear your baby around the house while doing chores? Or just when you're out and about? </p>