Adventures in Babywearing ~ Ergo Edition

Yea! My Ergo came in the mail yesterday so we got to take it for a spin this morning. We cleaned up the kitchen, vacuumed, and went for a short walk all with her just hangin out back there playing with my hair and tickling the back of my neck.

Babywearing has been so great for us. Lucy loves to be held and I can get a lot done with her in a carrier while being close to her. But this has caused a bit of an obsession with buying contraptions to put her in. I am now up to six different carriers. One ring sling, one regular sling, a moby wrap, a mei tai, Bjorn, and now the Ergo. They all serve different purposes and are used at different times. The sling is great for quick trips to the store. It's small and easy to keep in the car, pop her in and off we go. The Mei Tai is great for the front carry. Lucy isn't too happy with being in a back carry with that. The moby has been great while Lucy was smaller. It's a bit stretchy so now that she is close to 20 lbs. it starts to stretch out while I'm wearing her. It is by far the most comfortable, though. The Bjorn was used a lot by Jimmy for several months. It's not the best. I don't have a lot of good stuff to say about it.

The Ergo can be worn either on the front, side, or back. I got it mainly for a back carry now that Lucy is a bit bigger. It puts the weight of the baby on your hips and is so comfortable. I'm hoping to use it a lot for hiking this summer with her and for getting stuff done around the house. The only problem I see right now with it is that I am leaning forward a lot while I'm using it. I'll have to work on that. Oh, and where the waist strap hits me it causes a bit of a muffin top. I'm working on that too.

Adventures in Babywearing: Costco Edition

I love Costco. We hadn’t been there in ages (ok, at least since the baby was born so we’ve been paying for a membership that we hardly use. That’s besides the point). So we were headed home early from a superbowl party on Sunday and decided to stop to stock up on a few things. I popped Lucy in her carrier facing out (she won’t have It any other way, she loves to see the world around her) and we headed in. Somewhere around the grocery section I noticed someone looking at us. Not just looking but staring. With this troubled look on her face staring. I didn’t think much of it but I noticed her go out of her way to come around another aisle to look at us some more. Strange. I smiled at her and she gave me a very puzzled look and walked away. Hmmm. Very strange. I was thinking that maybe she’s never seen a baby in a carrier before. So we continued on our way filling up our ginormous cart with hugemongous items. We made our way to the registers and were working our way through checkout when someone pointed out something about Lucy. The grocery cart filler laughed and said that it looked like my baby had giant arms. At some point while we were walking through the store I had thought it was a little cold so I put my coat on backwards with my hands through the sleeves to cover Lucy up except for her head. Looking back I now realize why that lady was staring at me. It looked hilarious. It really looked like Lucy had giant full grown woman arms. She must have thought I had some kind of strange looking baby. Still, is there any need to stare? Rude.