Moby Wrap Original 100% Cotton Solid Baby Carrier
by Moby Wrap
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Moby WrapBrand: Moby Wrap
Model: Moby Wrap Original Cotton Baby Carrier
Color: Lilac
Product features:
- Uses the entire back and shoulders to the distribute weight
- Wide piece of fabric to wrap over both shoulders
- Keeps baby warm while freeing both hands
- Develops a strong and secure attachment to parents
- Can be used for a preemie to 35 pounds child
Description of Moby Wrap Original 100% Cotton Solid Baby Carrier
The Original Moby Wrap baby carrier is designed to use your entire back, as well as your shoulders, to carry the weight of your baby. There are no buckles, snaps or other fasteners, so it's amazingly comfortable and easy to wear! A wide piece of 100% natural cotton fabric wraps over both shoulders and ties at your waist. The Moby Wrap is long enough to fit all sizes of baby wearers and babies-preemie to 35 lbs. Instruction booklet included. Machine washable.Baby Products Reviews of Moby Wrap Original 100% Cotton Solid Baby Carrier
Customer Review: Excellent sling for younger babies
Summary: 4 Stars
I am getting ready to use my Moby with baby #2 and am soo looking forward to it. This was one of my favorite baby carriers when my son was a newborn. I bought it when he was around 3 weeks old and REFUSING to be put down for even a second. I had entered into motherhood with the expectation that I could use one baby carrier for all applications. I now think that you can't have too many! I also own an Ergo, several pouch slings, and a ring sling. This was my favorite for those days when I was home for most of the day doing chores (laundry, anyone?). For anyone considering purchasing or trying out a Moby or similar wrap, I highly reccomend YouTube as a resource. I am also fortunate enough to live in an area where there is a shop that sells wraps and can give hands on instruction; I know in some areas there are baby-wearing groups as well. Actual physical help is invaluable.
My favorite things about the Moby:
-Very comfortable to wear- no straps digging in my back or shoulders. Great for extended baby wearing.
-Baby felt very secure in the wrap, head did not flop around even when leaning over unlike pretty much every other carrier. That said, I would always watch to make sure that his head did not flop around and would occasionally use a hand to support his head. ALWAYS monitor your baby in any carrier, it is not safe to ignore your baby and assume everythng is okay!
-Holds the baby in an upright position, great if your baby has problems with reflux.
-I never had a problem feeling overheated with the Moby, even though I had a summer baby.
Words of caution:
-The Moby and other wrap carriers take some practice and patience. I found the best way to wrap my baby was to hold him to me and wrap the carrier around him rather than starting with the carrier wrapped and trying to get him in it. This way I was able to get the fit more snug where it was most needed. I would then leave the wrap tied around me for the day basically and pull my son in & out as needed. This is pretty key to using the wrap and avoids the dreaded "tails in the dust" problem that this carrier can have. However, putting the baby in an already tied carrier was just never quite as good as the first tie, which is why I also loved my pouch & ring sling- these are much easier to get baby in & out so are great for out & about.
-As with any carrier, the first use should occur when baby is relatively happy. Don't try this out on a crying or fussy baby if you have another way to calm him/her. Having a helper for the first use is also nice.
-This wrap IS a lot of fabric. That said, I never had any trouble getting it folded up and back into the pouch. I also wash it with everything else- if it shrank I never noticed. I can't remember if I tied the tail in front or in back but either way it didn't seem like a big deal.
-There is no way my husband would ever have used it. He had a pouch sling, which he loved. But I was the one at home with the new baby all day still trying to feed myself and use the toilet occasionally (and remember the laundry?).
-Once my son was about 5 or so months old, I think the Moby stopped being so great and the Ergo started to seem better. I applaud those moms who love their Moby for older kids, especially for back carry etc... it just seemed like too much work for me.
-I don't know that I would have paid full price for a Moby, honestly. I was hesitant to try it out even though it was highly reccomeded by my midwife because it just seemed too complicated. After a little looking, I found mine on Craigslist for around $20, which seemed worth the risk. Of course, I would happily pay full price now, knowing how useful it was. Of course, if you do buy it and don't like it, there is always resale.
Think of all the baby stuff you have just invested in, all the clothes that will be outgrown after only one (or no) wearings, the swing the baby just didn't like, etc. As parents we invest a lot of money and time into things that simply don't work out. Some babies are apparently fine laying in their carseats all day, if this is your baby then maybe the Moby is not for you. But if your baby is colicky, or wants to be held constantly and you can't figure out how you are going to go to the toilet, let alone make dinner while you balance a baby, isn't the Moby worth a try? No, it will (probably) not single-handedly save your sanity, but neither will that expensive whatever it is that you had to have while you were pregnant. It is another tool in the toolbelt, and for me 4-5 months of two-handed productivity was worth the learning curve and initial intimidation. Try it! You just might like it.
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