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Baby Carriers
Any recommendations? I have a moby wrap which we both seem to enjoy. I am looking for something that can be used front or back in the future. Thanks,
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Re: Baby Carriers
Lachute, Ering, Jaclyn and I all have the Cat Bird Baby Pikkolo. I highly recommend. I love it. I do not like the Baby Bjorn carriers and they actually aren't good for the baby's hips.
The Pikkolo can be worn front, back and side. It's very versatile which is why I love it.
Why is this? I have a Bjorn that SIL lent me that I've been using.
#1 12.11.11
#2 10.23.13 EDD
C&P...
Positioning
A good baby carrier should mimic the way we hold our babies in arms and the way our babies position themselves when held. When you hold a newborn, he will automatically draw up his legs into the ?froggy? position with his knees apart. The holder instinctively places her hand under baby?s bum and holds baby at a height where the top of his head is easily kissed. An older child will automatically bring his legs up around the holder?s waist so that his knees end up slightly higher than his bum. Pick up your child and try it for yourself
In order to mimic this natural holding position, a carrier must support baby out to the knees (as in the carrier comes all the way out to baby?s knees) and should place the knees slightly higher than the bum. A newborn is most often worn ?legs in? so that he can froggy his legs up as he would when you hold him (different carrier types will allow for ?legs out? at different ages).
Carriers like the Bjorn have earned the un-savory nickname ?crotch-danglers? because they don?t position baby in the natural holding position. Instead, baby is seated in a fairly narrow seat leaving the legs to dangle straight down.
I?d also argue that the ?crotch-dangle? position is simple not comfortable for baby (and somewhat different in a carrier where baby can?t rest his feet vs. an exersaucer or jumperoo where his feet touch the floor). Try this simple test: Stand on one leg with your other leg out in front of you, bent at the knee. Place your hands under your knee to support your leg and let the full weight of your leg rest into your hands. Now move your hands back towards your bum. You will instantly begin to feel a strain in your back that wasn?t there when your leg was supported under the knee. That?s the same strain a baby will feel when his legs aren?t supported to the knee. Even if we assume that this position doesn?t cause harm, it certainly isn?t as comfortable as the alternative.
... the Bjorns just have a small support area on the crotch. I like the Pikkolo because it supports all the way out to the knees like the paragraph above says.
i love the pikkolo as well. ds is 18lbs so we haven't had to use the support belt but i can wear him for a few hours at a time or take the dog for a reasonably long walk and still feel great. the bjorn started hurting my back/shoulders so i needed to upgrade. if i had actually done research into the carrier (i didn't really think i would be much for baby wearing)i probably would have gone with it originally.
h-dubs and i both bought it from quirky baby in princeton and the owner is AWESOME.
i have both the ergo and pikkolo.
i like the ergo but i think the pikkolo has more to offer for a similar design.
I have the moby and once my son got a little bigger, I didn't like how it carried him, so I got the pikkolo as mentioned above. I love that thing, and I really like how the baby is positioned in it. I've only used the front carrier so far, but I have a bad back, and my 14 lb son doesn't even feel like he is on me when I wear him. I googled like crazy to find it online because most places only sold the pink flower print, I got it in gingco
http://www.nappyshoppe.com/store/slings-and-carriers-pikkolo-carrier-by-catbirdbaby-c-251_257.html
It's mostly a cloth diaper online store, but I was really pleased with the customer service there, and am even more pleased with the carrier.
DS 3.12.08
DD 7.11.09
DD 8.01.13
the ergo and pikkolo go to 40 pounds (but have been tested to 75)
they also make specifically larger carriers for toddlers but think 35+ so i don't think you need that.
on craigslist i see framed backpack carriers come up a lot.