Slings

This rewiew I will start with post about baby carriers. You shouldn’t use it because it is rather harmful to your baby. In baby carrier baby sits and it can damage his back (there may appear some problems in future like using baby walker). All of the baby weight is concentrated to his back which is unstable.

 I rather like sling than ergonomic bag but this is matter of taste. There are many kinds of slings. Scarf sling, ring sling, Kozy Mei Tai sling, strech wrap sling. From birth you can use scarf, stretch and ring sling, Mei Tai I suggest from baby’s 4th month.

The history of slings is very long. Moms are using it in the whole world for a thousands of years.

I have the scarf sling. As I’m not very tall, I bought 14.92 inches long sling. Lenght of the sling depends of your height. Many moms buy longer sling because their husbands also want to carry baby in sling. In this case you have to count sling’s size, it should be longer enough. You can tie the knot on front of you, if sling is too long for you (usually the knot should be on your back).

You can tie scarf sling in many ways – in front of you, on your back, on cradle tie. If you tie your baby in front of you, you can put him with face to you or from you (this way only when baby is 4 months old). Also you can tie your baby on your hip. It is very comfy if baby is bigger with stable back and you have to make some sandwitches etc. 

From birth you can also use stretch wrap sling. I haven’t bought this type because this sling fits until baby’s weight is approximately 17 pounds. Easier way to tie is the only reason of buying this. Scarf sling is more complicated. 

Ring sling in my opinion is useless because if baby is crummy and his weight isn’t the smallest, the fabric of the sling is slipping out of the rings. It isn’t very nice if you have to correct the knot every half an hour. 

Kozy Mei Tai is comparatively new kind of slings. It rather is ergonomic bag than sling (in my opinion). It is easy to tie this sling, but I suggest it to use from 4 months, because it doesn’t fit tightly like scarf or stretch wrap. Baby's back isn’t very stable in this kind of slings. 

I recommend you to buy  a sling, it really helps to facilitate your everyday with a baby.