baby slings

[jamesandsimo]

Hi, i am thinking of buying a baby sling, my boy is nearly 8 months, can anyone tell me if they use one and how long you can use it for. don't want to buy one if i am only going to use it for a month!
thanks

 

[Sleuth]

We love our Maya Wrap. Have been using it since birth and our baby is now 1 year old, weighing in at 22 pounds/10 kilos and about 31 inches/79 cm. I think the maya is good up to 100 or 110 pounds/45-50 kilos.
The DVD that comes with it shows the lady with an older child.

 

[jamesandsimo]

thanks! I didn't want to spend 400 if i was only going to use it for a month!

 

[barbwong_130]

I bought a maywarap when my baby was 8 months old and the last time we used it was when she was 3.5 years. To be fair we stopped using it regularly when she was about 2.5 years old as she liked to walk by that time. I only used it again later because we were in Japan and she was ill and wanted to be carried everywhere.

I really loved this sling when she was a toddler because I found it so easy to let her in and out of. She want to walk but not for long. I also found the fact that she sat on my hip an easy way to carry her. I carried her on my hip if I didn?t use a sling so it seemed natural when the she was in the sling.

 

[Neha]

Where do we buy one from?

 

[rani]

Neha,

The La Leche League sell them. You can contact Sarah, she lives not far from you. ;-)

http://www.geobaby.com/directory/shopping/other-shopping/baby-slings/details/

 

[Neha]

thanks will check it out

 

[BJMing]

Has anyone used the Mayasling to breastfeed in public? Is it discreet?

 

[Sleuth]

Has anyone used the Mayasling to breastfeed in public? Is it discreet?

Yes and yes. It has a tail you can fling over your shoulder which hides everything.

 

[jools]

That was my first introduction to a Mayawrap. A lady on the bus, put her baby in the sling, latched it on for a feed and picked up her two shopping bags and got off the bus. I thought to myself, I've gotta have one of those. I have now been using a sling for three years with our second and third and on my top five list of things that you must have with a baby it's number one.