We were Team Stroller for both kids - mostly because we never really realized that babywearing was a viable alternative. Plus my back isn't so great, but I had no trouble pushing a stroller for miles!
If I could do it again, I'd probably babywear a lot more... I have a friend who swears by it, and her baby sleeps for hours in her carrier! Babywearing is great for mobility when your kid is sleeping... something we didn't really have for years at a time.
Are you Team Stroller or Team Babywearing?
persimmon / 1431 posts
I really want to babywear but my baby won't have it! I've tried various different babywearing gear and she just cries. She doesn't want to do anything I want to do. 
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I have no reason to use a stroller unless we are at the zoo or I'm jogging or something so for me it's like apples & oranges! I definitely wore her far more than I ever even thought to use a stroller though.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Team stroller although I was thankful I had my Ergo at times.
honeydew / 7589 posts
Baby wearing! I am not cut out to lug a stroller up and down stairs and in and out of the car.
grapefruit / 4712 posts
Team both here. I love Babywearing but fact is I have two kids. I usually wear one and stroller the other.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Team both! When she was teeny it was babywearing all the way. Now we definitely do stroller more but I like them both for different reasons.
papaya / 10343 posts
Definitely baby wearing! I hate the stroller. The only time we've used it is when it was super hot out and I was worried about LO overheating if I wore her. When she gets a bit older/heavier I can see using it maybe for really long days where she'll want to be up/down a lot (like a trip to the zoo or something) but for the most part I think I'll stick with wearing.
grapefruit / 4663 posts
Babywearing! We don't even take our stroller on vacation, give me a tula or ergo anyday.
eggplant / 11716 posts
Both when LO was younger, but all stroller these days. We walk such long distances here on a regular basis and I have no desire to walk 3-4 miles with 24 lbs on my front.
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
I feel like a total dunce because I didn't realize you could just baby wear and not use a stroller.
Would you guys recommend baby wearing at first and then introducing a stroller?
eggplant / 11824 posts
Baby wearing FTW. I love our stroller, but we've only used it a handful of times, mostly for running. It's just so much less hassle to wear LO and at 2.5 she still loves to be worn and asks for "my wrap, need my wrap" often.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I'm team stroller sometimes and team Babywearing sometimes
They can coexist 
pomegranate / 3577 posts
@simplyfelicity: We bought an Ergo and just fell into wearing E more than using the stroller. He's 17 months old and we've put him in the stroller my mother bought less than 5 times.
Baby wearing is so much more convenient at the store, especially when they are too small to sit in front of the shopping cart.
But everyone has strong opinions about what type of carriers, wraps etc. The Ergo worked for us, so I stuck with it. DH even liked using it!
papaya / 10560 posts
I wear de pretty much everywhere. If it's a place where I need a stroller, I put ds in the stroller but if not he walks...so team half and half!
cantaloupe / 6634 posts
@Espion: That's a good point! Maybe I could start with baby wearing and see how it goes.
pineapple / 12566 posts
Mostly team stroller. I walk everywhere (we don't have a car) and while I like babywearing, my back starts to hurt after awhile. Also, I can shove all of my groceries in the stroller and not have to carry them + baby.
grapefruit / 4291 posts
Love our Mountain Buggy stroller and used it almost every day for the first twelve or so months but I do think a carrier would be mighty handy now LO is older!
pomegranate / 3845 posts
When LO was little, we had the snap n go frame for the car seat as our stroller and that was infinitely easier than the Chicco carrier I had registered for, not knowing anything about baby wearing. I loved that set up, since LO was facing me and it was so easy to unfold, click the car seat in place, and go!
Once LO transitioned to a convertible, I bought an umbrella stroller but he didn't really like it. At 19m, after a few rough zoo trips and grocery shopping battles, I bought a toddler Tula and I like it so far!
pomegranate / 3601 posts
Another member of team both here. Often a carrier can get you places a stroller cannot.
watermelon / 14206 posts
I wear M most of the time while shopping and stuff, but I'll use the stroller for walks, museums and malls.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
I love our stroller. I have a bad back and truthfully don't even own a carrier. I might buy one for #2
honeydew / 7230 posts
Team both... Depends if I'm on my own or with DH. With DH we each wear a baby. On my own, I push a stroller. Thinking about getting a single stroller though so I can wear one, push one. Double strollers are such a pita!
nectarine / 2466 posts
B is 15 months and I probably haven't used our stroller even 10 times. Baby wearing is much more convinent for us! Now at 27 weeks pregnant I still wear her, but I'll opt to put her in the grocery cart over carrying her if I have the option, but still wear for everything else.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Stroller! Only because DS wasn't really into being worn!
pineapple / 12793 posts
Team both for me too.
I baby wear all the time but love my stroller for all day outings and shopping.
grapefruit / 4770 posts
Stroller for me! I have a chronic back injury, and can barely lift my 8lb dog. I won't be able to wear a baby hours at a time!
nectarine / 2765 posts
Stroller. Not a big carrier fan & only used it a few times. They get squirmy & cumbersome...that, and I have two so putting them both in a stroller makes more sense for me.
pomegranate / 3231 posts
My husband likes to babywear, but it's too hard on my back so I can't do it for very long.
coconut / 8234 posts
Team Both! LO loved the carrier up until she was able to walk/run on her own. She doesn't want to use the carrier anymore
pomegranate / 3411 posts
I think I use both pretty equally but at heart i am team babywearing because I love the cuddles so much.
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