I can't believe people like this thing!

Oh, Baby Wrap, how I hate you, let me count the ways. First of all, this thing claims that you can carry a baby in the cradle position for nursing. Let me tell you, they must have tested this with very small babies, because my son weighed 10 lbs at birth and when I tried to wrestle my squirmy little butter ball into the sling while latched on he actually looked at me and said, “No freakin’ way, mom”. Okay, he didn’t actually say that, but if I could talk I’m positive that’s what he would have said. He fought against the fabric wrapped around the back of his head, and kept thrashing back like being held so tightly against me was suffocating him. Which, in hindsight, I realize it probably was. And lets talk about how hard this thing is to get on. I had this grand illusion when I first purchased it that I would be able to wear my baby around the house while I cleaned and did other chores, but the down side of that is that my husband is at work while I’m trying to get housework done. Why, you ask, is that a downside? Because it is near impossible the wrangle your child into this thing single handedly. I gave up on my front carrier because it wreaked havoc on my back, but given the choice between the two I will happily be returning to the old school baby carrier I used with my first child.