Front facing baby carrier

Please please please comment good and comfortable front facing carriers

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Bjorn

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Not many front facing carriers are going to be comfortable - it’s hard on the parent and the baby ergonomically and, even if you can find one that’s comfortable, you’re not supposed to wear them forward facing for more than 15 minutes. It can be overstimulating for baby mentally and hard on their hips since they’re essentially dangling from their pelvis.

If you really want to forward face, I would ask for suggestions in Babywearing 101 on Facebook. They’ve been super helpful to me on my babywearing journey. Also, little zen one has a try before you buy program so you can try different styles of carriers for free ☺️

hi Chase!! Where did you find the research about the time limit? I haven’t heard of that and would LOVE to educate myself more! Thanks 😀

Erogbaby Omni is amazing.

Wow. Thanks all!

I don’t know that there are official studies on it but it’s one of the things a lot of carrier manufacturers talk about. Oscha slings, Artipoppe, Ergobaby, etc. all have articles about it on their websites and I believe most will mention it in their manual.

A better option would be to hip carry in a ring sling or wear baby on your back if you want them to look out at the world because they still have the option to snuggle into you if they want to get away from excess sensory input.

ah okay I see! I always heard 20-30 minutes so I was curious. I’ll go back and do more research. Thank you!

Artipopes are the best! I’ve taken my baby to soooo many places in it! ❤️ I’ve got a referral discount btw
https://referral.shop.artipoppe.com/l/1MARIACAMIL50/

I took my baby at two months on a road trip down from Switzerland to Italy! We had so much fun!! I used my artipoppe every day!

Hi we have a honeyroo carrier (there are other similar options as well) and have front carried for multiple hours on hikes with no problems. It has a hard seat that baby sits on and supports their pelvis and thighs. I also was getting low back pain with all other carriers after just 20 minutes but have no issues with this one. I used it until 20 months with my first baby and have been front facing my current baby since 6mo. Both my babies loved forward facing but then we switch them to rear facing when they start looking sleepy. It's super easy to switch them around in the honeyroo carrier as well

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Wdy think of this for a toddler to learn word construction?

I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

Do men really enjoy fellatio?

Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

Vaccination advice

I’m really looking for advice and opinions on vaccines for my baby. I’m not against getting them but also just don’t feel like I know enough about them to make a decision just yet as I’ve had people say to me they don’t agree with them and they can cause issues etc… so I just want as much info as possible. What are everyone’s thoughts and experiences of vaccinating your child? I’m just interested to see everybody’s views (no judgement as I just want to know I’m doing the right thing) thank you x

Naps

How is everyone doing for naps?

Little one is 9 months old and will have 2 half hour naps and one solid 1 hour - 2 hour nap a day

Then settles for night around 9pm. Wakes for a feed around 3:30 then sleeps until 6-7

Stroller

Hey,

Baby is getting slightly too heavy for his travel system now.

I was just wondering want strollers people recommended. Thank you