I went to Tiny Tots today just to browse around and totally got upsold on a baby carrier while chatting with another mom.  No, not by the salesperson, by the other mom!  It’s ok though because I love my new Ergo Baby carrier.  I used the Bjorn and also liked it, but probably not as much as I’m going to like this.  Hayden grew out of the Bjorn around 6 months, so we only used that thing for 3 months.

The Ergo Baby carrier is totally comfortable and I can’t wait to use it this weekend.  I know it’s weird.  I never thought I’d buy a second carrier, but this should work until Hayd is 3 or 40 pounds.  I figured it was ok since I see a lot of parents still carrying their 2-3 year olds and at least when I do it, I’ll be comfortable.  I carry him now and get tired after 10 minutes and he’s only 20 pounds.  Imagine later how it’ll be.  The cool thing is he can go in the front, back or hip.  When I put him in it and walked around the store, he totally loved it and almost fell asleep.  He should probably be a bit bigger before I really start putting him on my back, but he loved playing with my hair and the different view it gave him.  A few more weeks and it’ll be perfect for him back there.  I didn’t try the hip yet, but I’m sure it’ll be fine.

You can also use the Ergo Baby when your baby is first born as there is some sort of insert, which I thought was nice.  I’ll have to try it with baby number 2.  It’s funny how much wiser you’ll be for that second baby…