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i am not sure when I will. my LO is 16 months and I still use it quite a bit. I have even been thinking about getting a toddler carrier (like the Tula) for when he is older. For now the Beco and my mei tai are still used a few times a week at least.......although if i think about it, it may be that we still use them a lot because he started walking not long ago and it is winter here, so we wear him outside a lot. that might change in the summer.

I have no idea when we will - LO is 21 months and I wear her a lot still!

@chopsuey: Great question! I don't remember when I stopped using the Ergo with #1, I know DH wore him on his back for awhile around 18ish months before we got a backpack carrier.
#2 is 20 months (and around 23 pounds) and I haven't used the Ergo much since last fall, I'm wondering if I should sell it now or wait and see if I use it as a back carrier when it gets warmer.

@Foodnerd81: he is 20 pounds. Pretty small for his size. I've always used the wider seat adjustment with the Gemini because we got it when he was 5.5 months. I am starting to prefer the mei tai over the beco too since the mei tai has a much wider seat and I find his are dangling a lot in the beco now.... But I still use the beco often because it is faster to put on.

My goal is to master back carries now that he is getting bigger actually. I've only done it in an ergo sport with someone helping me get him on.

I haven't wore her in a long time

I still occasionally wear my 30lb 18 month old in back carry of the ergo! mostly when I'm cooking dinner, because invariably, the second I'm busy in the kitchen, all he wants is to be held -____- I would probably wear him more often than that if I didn't have an infant to deal with too

@californiadreams: hmm I tried the wider seat about a month ago and it wasn't good, but I also had her in a snow suit that was too tight- oops. Maybe that's part of te problem and I should switch it again.

Wear my 30lb 18 months pretty much daily, probably 15-30 minutes at a time. DH will wear her for much longer when we're out for walks.

We did switch from the boba to a toddler tula around 12 months 26lbs) and it was a huuuge improvement!

I haven't in a while but I would still carry my 26lb 27 month old if I were going on the train or public transportation.

I mostly stopped around the time he could sit in a shopping cart...prob around 10 or 11
Months. It's still out and I think there might come a time one day...but he prefers to be on his own unless he's really sleepy or upset.

I haven't worn my son since he was maybe 26 months (now 3 years). He's a bruiser at about 37lbs these days.

C will be 2 in 3 weeks and I just wore her in our Ergo last weekend. Did it for 3.5 hours and had no problem. She's 36" tall and 29lbs.

With DD 1 we stopped a few months after she turned 1 yo. Can't remember exactly anymore!

DD2, we did stop around 15-18 months, but then started up again all the way til she was around 2 years, 3 months! I only stopped because I was 16 weeks pg at the time, so my belly was starting to pop and she didn't like back carries.

i'm still wearing LO in the ergo--he's almost 14 months old and about 22 pounds. i use it almost daily because it's the easiest way i can walk our 2 dogs with LO by myself. i also use it on the weekends close to dinnertime when his energy starts to run out but i need him to stay awake a bit longer.

@birdofafeather: @rattles: @californiadreams: i've also thought about getting the tula toddler carrier! have you guys tried one? i think we're still okay in the ergo for now, but if we continue to baby wear for a while and the seat becomes too narrow for him, tula here i come! (i'm not advanced enough for a wrap)

Just before he turned 3 is when he wanted to walk most of the time himself so I stopped wearing C around that time. I use a Boba 3G. At his 3 year appointment he was 32 lbs.

@edelweiss: Haha yes, back carry! People always look at me funny when they see it honestly though it makes pregnancy more comfortable because it evens out the weight distribution! (well for a little while anyways, it is a lot of weight combined).

@edelweiss: i haven't, but i'm gonna try to find a place locally that sells them! i've seen a couple toddlers recently in them.

She didn't want to be worn anymore once she turned one. So sad today I tried to put her in the ergo (she's 26 months) and she got really mad and just wanted to be carried instead

I don't see us stopping anytime soon. I imagine we'll still be wearing her through toddlerhood.