Giveaway! Happy Baby Wrap

When Forrest was born, a friend of mine let me borrow her baby sling to use with him, and I never got the hang of using it. It always felt awkward and uncomfortable, and his head would just sink down into his chest and I would worry he wouldn’t be able to breathe in that position, and I ended up giving the sling back to my friend without ever using it for more than about 2 minutes at a time. Then another friend gave us a backpack-style chest carrier, and I liked it better than the sling, but it is absolute TORTURE on the back and shoulders, so we still didn’t use it unless we really, really had to. I actually used it this past Halloween to carry Darcy while we went trick-or-treating, and ended up with a plugged milk duct from where the straps dug into the girls, so that was super fun. To sum up, my past experiences with ‘baby-wearing’ have not exactly been what I’d call successful.

But I was sent a {free} Happy Baby Wrap recently to try out, and it has changed my mind totally about the discomfort and awkwardness of wearing a baby like an accessory. The cutest accessory ever. Worlds apart from my earlier experience with the awkward sling and the torturous duct-squashing backpack carrier.

Let’s pause here and take a moment to admire Darcy’s scalp-ilicious bald spot, made even more noticeable by her glorious mullet beneath and peach fuzz above. Such a feminine look! The blame for her baby baldness falls squarely on Jeff, whose reflective baby scalp was graced by nary a hair until his first birthday.

This wrap is totally comfortable to carry her around in—the fabric (organic bamboo) is so soft and stretchy, and her weight feels like it’s actually evenly distributed instead of just bearing down on one spot (a la backpack carrier with the awful straps digging into my shoulders and boobs).

I had wondered if she’d feel secure enough to carry around in a wrap—like, would she just slip out the bottom? Or jiggle around as I walk? But she definitely feels tight and secure, and she seems to be comfy in there. It’s easy to put on, slip her in, and walk around or do chores without worrying about the wrap coming loose or the baby moving positions. I only wish she’d actually relax her neck and just lay her head against my chest, but she is intent on leaning back and staring up at me while she rides along. Adorable.

Pay no attention to the costumed child racing through the pictures.

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