I'm enjoying a rare moment w/out the little guy on me, he's actually snoozing on the futon all alone, it is pretty cute, little baby couch potato. Since he wants (and needs) to be with me all the time, I've been trying to figure out how to carry him around without carrying him around. But having a big baby makes a lot of the infant baby gear impractical... he won't fit in the sling because my torso and shoulders are to small to support him in it lying down and he can't old his head up yet to sit up in it. The hand-me-down front pack KILLS my back, and he's too little for a backpack. So I'm searching. Good thing Berkeley is a bastion for baby gearheads. Unfortuately, random lengths of fabric you wrap around you and the baby can retail for $60-$120. Can I not break my back AND the bank, please?
The baby gear thing is funny. Most of it has nothing to do with the baby, mostly with the parents. Babies don't care if the stoller has fancy brushed silver wheels or what the carseat cover looks like. I realized yesterday that my kid has all this gifted gear marking him as coming from a much more monied family. The stroller and carseat we registered for are those I got used to babysitting and nannying for folks with real money. I justify the brands because it is sweet to have a stoller that only requires a tap of the foot and one hand to fold it, and our carseat is rated safer than our car. I wonder how even the folks with money are justifying this...I see them everywhere! My first car was cheaper than that...
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have you checked out the Ergo? apparently people who use it are VERY happy with how it feels on the back. but it can take a bit used to ..getting babies in and out of it.
/heather
good grief!! A mosquito net??? Do they come in adult sizes? I guess the challenge for that would be finding someone who would push me around in one...
I think the bugaboo is like the baby Hummer - practical if you live in the Amazon, but pretty over the top for an normal lifestyle! We ended up getting a "Moby wrap" and it is great, should hold him for another 20 pounds, and only another $35. Of course, it looks like a curtain wrapped around and around, but what can you do.
I am not one to notice baby gear, but ever since I clicked on that stroller link I have seen them all over the city. But tell me, why is it just the guys I see pushing these things around? Maybe the gizmo factor?
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