Ellaroo Mei Hip Baby Carrier - Hershey Organic Cotton Canvas
by EllaRoo
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: EllaRooBrand: EllaRoo
Product features:
- Priority shipping just $0.99 on all orders!
- Excellent carrier for babies older than 3 months that have grown out of front-carriers
- Unique shoulder cupping design eliminates pressure points
- Easy-adjust buckles at the shoulder and waist
- Reversible (for solid color and "leftie" position)
- Ellaroo Mei Hip Baby Carrier - Black
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Description of Ellaroo Mei Hip Baby Carrier - Hershey Organic Cotton Canvas
Our #1 selling hip carrier. This carrier combines the benefits of carrying your baby on your hip with stylish and easy-to-use design. This is the only hip carrier on the market with a shoulder strap that cups the shoulder, rather than riding up toward the wearer's neck. Add the supportive waist strap, and you have a very practical, comfortable baby carrier. A fantastic solution for any baby over 3 months. We even know many moms who still use this into the toddler years! 90% sustainably-harvested organic cotton or hemp.Baby Products Reviews of Ellaroo Mei Hip Baby Carrier - Hershey Organic Cotton Canvas
Customer Review: OK if you don't like to use your arms at all.
Summary: 2 Stars
This carrier fastens on with a strap that goes around your hips and another one that goes from one top corner of the fabric (that the baby sits in) around your other shoulder, and over to the other top corner. You've got to keep that piece of fabric from twisting while you juggle your baby and fling it around behind your back, up over your shoulder (where it's supposed to cup comfortably) to fasten him on. The first few times are the worst, as you figure out the fit -- the fabric doesn't slide very easily through the plastic buckles (it's the buckles themselves that fasten together, at least), so it's hard to adjust the fit once it's on.
But, even once we had it adjusted just right (tight around my hips, enough slack in the shoulder strap for me and the baby), it never quite felt secure. As I wear my 10-month-old, he slips slowly downward. But the very worst part is the shoulder. In order for the shoulder fabric to stay put, you have to have it wrapped around the top of your arm as well as your shoulder. This essentially renders that arm useless, strapped to your side. Notice in the picture that it's the arm on the side with the baby that is up; that's because that other arm, were you to try and raise it, would displace the shoulder strap and send it sliding towards your neck.
I thought it might be good for shopping, but you'd be amazed at how much you use your arms while you're shopping. Since I like to be able to use my hands and arms while I wear my baby (isn't that the point of strapping him onto me instead of carrying him w/out a carrier?), I only use this one when I can't find the Bjorn.
I finally found a hip carrier I like: the Slingling. It's just one piece of slightly stretchy fabric, so it's very easy to put on and get the baby into. And, since you buy it in your own size (there are many many sizes for custom fits), there's never any adjusting. The shoulder on the Slingling is *stretchy* so there's actually some give when you move your arms around, and the fabric stays put MUCH better than with the Ellaroo. If you want a hip carrier (that also can be used as an infant cradle carry sling, no less!), the Slingling is MUCH better than the Ellaroo, IMO.
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