Baby Slings

Who has used a sling for bubs? Do you recommend them?

I am looking at this one here... anyone tried Peanut Shell?

Linkee

Edited by kiwilaurie

Someone's also recommended Dolce & Zoet to me... any comments!

Jess, why a nightmare?

I have a Dulce and Zoet sling, but I'm about to stick it on TM as it's too large for me now.

It was great though

We had a sling and found it great with Jack when he was little. Bought it for about $30 on Trade Me. However once he got bigger and heavier I found that I got a really sore back and shoulder. If/when we have #2 I think I will use a wrap, found this website and think they look great - slings and wraps
We did have MIL make a larger sling for DH to use (aka his man bag) and he found it great but then he is a lot taller and stronger than me

PS - Thanks Stacey for the search tip. I often forget to search! There was lots of useful information in there.

Edited by kiwilaurie

I have a Dulce & Zoet sling and love it. Lilia is starting to get a little big for the new born carry, but is too young for any other carry yet. I'd recommend them

eta: Lilia always falls asleep in it, so she must find it comfy

Edited by mummydee

I'm in the process of making a ring sling a the moment. one with a ring. it is all done apart for finding the rings. I don;t really want to have to import them from the states - even though they are the 'specialized' ones for ring slings.

any one got any ideas where I can get them from otherwise. I live in Tauranga.

i haev a sling which is a starflower sling. It's a ring sling and i bought it at the parent and child show befor ei even got preggy. lol. i love it! i used right from word go and i love the fact you can have little baby in kangaroo hold (on your tummy/chest, i think some people call it the frog position) and i still use it for him now at 21mth. He now sits on the hip, and it means i'm not carrying his weight in my arm, and it is balanced over both shoulders. i personally don't like them lying so far down on my body as in the D&L one showed above, but that's my personal perference as i find it easier to have their weight closer to my body weight therefore easier to carry. The ring sling i use is usable right til 3yrs or something, which is great for us.

Lilfatty, thanks so much for posting that photo of you with Issy in the sling. I'd been struggling to get it to sit right with DD2 in it and after seeing that I suddenly clicked and got it sorted - much easier to do things this evening and she fell asleep in it for the first time! So stoked, now I don't have to wait until she's sitting to do the hip carry to use it.

woops! Well, thanks anyway - I needed to be prompted to start using the sling more before she got too old and not used to it!
Love the pics of your DH using the sling - mine won't go near it so we bought an ergo carrier for him to use instead. I prefer the first hold he's got Issy in as well.

and I did think that photo was quite different from the ones I'd seen of you before, but obviouslythe mummy brain didn't click over that it wasn't you - sorry!