( 83 reviews )
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 9 2009
In the Baby Bjorn carrier your baby hangs by his/her crotch; this cannot be good for the childs spine! It is also uncomfortable for the parent as the child's weight is not well distributed and tugs down on the shoulders. We much prefer the ergo baby carrier; its lightweight and the child sits rather than hangs in the carrier. It can also be worn on the hip and the back, can be used until the child is 40 lbs, and comes in a wide variety of colors and styles. With my baby in this carrier her weight is distributed across my hips rather than from my shoulders and I can wear her for longer periods of time because we are both more comfortable. I wouldn't recommend the baby bjorn, the only thing it was good for was helping me get an initial feel for how much I would like to wear our baby.
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Posted: Jul 28 2009
My wife and I like to travel and we have discovered that having the Baby Bjorn has made traveling light very easy - a point driven home last month when we did a nine day trip to Venice and Paris. We saw countless other parents struggling to tote strollers up and down over the various canal bridges in Venice, while we simply walked up and over the bridges with my kid sitting on my chest. We didn't use the stroller one time the entire nine days we were abroad, even though we spent 8-12 hour stretches out and about almost every single day. We would generally keep our daughter facing out (so she could "sightsee" with us), and then when she got tired and wanted to sleep, we turned her in facing me so that she could sleep against my shoulder (or in some cases, we'd just find a nice shady place in a park to sprawl and nap). Otherwise, the only other items I ever had to carry were two to three diapers, a sandwich bag with a few wipes, a sippy cup (all of which fit into my pockets) and my daughter's jacket, which I could roll up and tuck behind the front straps of the carrier. My wife never had to carry anything, and when she's happy, we're all happy! The Baby Bjorn was also extremely useful during the plane flight home; our kid wouldn't sleep in the bulkhead bassinet that the airline provided, but she did great when in the Baby Bjorn. I ended up "wearing" her for six of the nine hours flying home with little trouble. The Baby Bjorn also works well when you want to take your family to sporting events. Our kid's already been to more than a dozen NBA and major league baseball games - in every instance, she always has a front row seat on my chest. These kinds of family nights out wouldn't be possible with a stroller, but since I'm carrying both the kid and everything she might need on me, my wife is finding that she really likes live sports a lot more than she thought she did. While a lot of folks talk about how the Baby Bjorn keeps your hands free, I think it's real value lies in the extra mobility it affords and in the extra bonding time it gives the parent carrying the baby with the baby itself. . . and it makes a great eye shade when you want to lie down and nap. I'll be really sorry when our kid gets to be over 25 lbs (probably by the fall) and we can't use this thing any longer.
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Posted: Jul 15 2009
This carrier is great for giving you your hands back. It was a life saver for me when my daughter was 1-2 months old. I could actually cook, eat, do chores, etc. She really liked being in it, facing both front and back directions. She hated the sling, so I was very happy to have this. Once she started to gain weight though, this caused a lot of pressure on my back. It didn't take any of the stress off. It offers no lumbar support. I purchased the Baby Bjorn Synergy since it claimed to offer lumbar support, but hated that carrier. The baby sit too high and the so-called lumbar support did nothing for me. I liked this original better and it's cheaper. Just don't plan on wearing it too long if your baby is over 10lbs.
