Thursday, September 14, 2006

Nurture sling

I've had the Nurture Sling for about a week now, and it's fab. It's easy and fast to put on, easy to wear, Gemma likes it, she'll go to sleep in it, it fits in my handbag when I'm not using it. In short it's everything it's maker said it would be. It has nice deep sides so bub is well held in and would take quite an effort for them to fall out, unless you were bending right over and they pitched themselves out, but that would be true for pretty much all slings I would think. It fits like a sash across your chest and the weight of the baby is on your shoulder and opposite hip. It takes about 10 minutes of wearing to get used to it but after that I found it quite comfortable, even when wearing it for a couple of hours. Best of all it should fit her up to about age 2 or too heavy to carry whichever comes first.

The only drawback that I can see is that for couples of different sizes, eg: she's petite and he's tall and broad shouldered, you would have to buy two slings because they aren't adjustable. However, for $40 per sling including postage it's still a pretty good deal. Once I have someone else to hold the camera I will post a photo of Gemma in the sling.

7 comments:

worldpeace and a speedboat said...

ta for the info Mindy. I've been wondering a bit about different sorts of carrying modes.

the Baby Bjorn I've borrowed is great, although eventually (soonish) the time will come when I basically don't think I can balance properly with a baby on the front. I also don't think he's going to fit into it for much longer.

what happens then? can anyone recommend anything? I meant to have a look at DV's hip-slinging-thingo. it's either that or a backpack-type affair, which I don't really like because you can't see them/interact.

DV said...

I recomend my hip sling thingo. It's called a Quinny Curb http://www.quinny.com/html/ukonly/curbb.html

Once you get used to it, it's quite comfy an nice to be able to see them.

Wenchilada said...

Hey DV, would you mind bringing it with you next time we all meet up?

worldpeace and a speedboat said...

what????

quinny? that's ye olde englishe for a ladies rude bits!


is it from the US or the UK???

DV said...

Fin, I'll bring it on Thursday.

Wenchilada said...

Cheers!

Wenchilada said...

Hur hur hur...she said quinny...