When our babies were small we tried absolutely every baby invention out there. We had the top of the line strollers, carseats, highchair, and baby carriers.

We are baby gear junkies.

There, I said it.

As much as I wanted to love baby slings and we had two different ones - I just didn’t feel like the baby was safe. I constantly felt myself holding it and with a bad back it didn’t offer support when the baby got bigger.

Margot loved the sling and used it when she was cooking.

We had the Baby Bjorn Active which was the perfect sling when Graem and Emmy were tiny babies. We used to put them in the Bjorn and walk around for HOURS without even realizing that we had a baby strapped to us. PLUS, the baby loved feeling us move and would stay asleep.

When Emmy got a bit bigger we tried the Ergo Carrier. So many people love the Ergo and I liked it when Emmy was between 6 months and 12 months. She soon learned how to walk and with that….she gained independence.

That got me into a lot of trouble since I had to have the $250 new Maclaren stroller and we hardly ever use it. Eek.

Maybe we’ll be able to use it for daughter #3.

Just joking.