Comments on: Baby Carriers are expensive!

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 01:03:03 +0000

My little one is almost 18 months old & I wish I would have came across this post when I was pregnant. I bought all the baby gear the dept stores offered. What a waste of time & money! My monkey just wanted to be held. A friend told me about carriers & wraps, that’s how I found PAXbaby. My Boba was a lifesaver & now we have a little collection going of SSCs& woven wraps.

By: jillian

jillian — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:01:18 +0000

One of the pricier carriers out there, a wrap conversion Soft StructuredCarrier by Bamberoo using a KoKaDi woven wrap 🙂

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:10:14 +0000

May I ask what carrier that is in the picture?

By: Lindy

Lindy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:17:30 +0000

Oh and I forgot to mention- not only can you bathe with baby like you said, but there are water wraps and slings you can use! We love ours!

By: Lindy

Lindy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:03:14 +0000

My thoughts exactly! Most decent strollers cost well over $100, whereas for the same amt you can get one top of the line babycarrier or even two if you hit up a good sale. We have a ton of baby carriers and love them! Our poor stroller which I got just in case while pregnant, has been used less than a dozen times and our baby is 17mo! I wrote a little about this on my doula webpage- http://lindywilson.webs.com/apps/faq/#anchor-3-9 Babywearing is where it’s at! So many of those baby “necessities” are total waste of money too! My crib still gets used only by our cats and don’t get me started on those UNSAFE and overpriced “crib sets” of bedding. Despite the stroller purchase, we knew we were going to babywear and so have used a convertible carseat from the start. No baby buckets for us! That’s saved us so much over those silly travel systems with those carseats that many babies outgrow by 6 months! Add in breastfeeding and cloth diapering, and we’ve hardly had to buy anything for baby, giving us lots spare change to support my carrier addiction:)

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:01:39 +0000

I am a babywearer. However, I am also a stroller pusher. As a single mom of 3, a stroller allows me to wear my youngest, or my 2.5yr old when she’s in one of those kind of moods, and still get around iwth my other two children. A stroller is a very necessary part to my trips outside of our immediate neighbourhood. With no vehicle, a stroller allows me to use the bus system to go grocery shopping and not have to spend a fortune on a cab ride home. It allows my 2.5yr old to nap while we are out and about. It keeps my baby safe while I am wearing my 2.5yr old.
I invested in a good double stroller to help me get out and about with the most ease on my own with 3 children. I also invested in a beco gemini and a ring sling. While the stroller allows me to get around the city with my children, my ring sling and gemini are what allow me to get what I need done at home- done.
All three of these pieces of baby gear, I love for different reasons.