So here's the situation:
We don't have a car and walk about 98% of the time. We sometimes have to use the train or bus. DD is mostly in her stroller, a BOB, which I love. When she is in a carrier, we use the Kozy. Lately though, it's been killing my back, even on the shortest of trips. It's more comfortable to wear her on my back, but I seldom have the chance to do that. We live in Boston, so we're both bundled a good chunk of the year and I cannot get her comfortably on my back when we're both wearing all of those layers. The things is, it's a royal PITA to take the BOB on the train, and it's impossible to take it on the bus. I was looking into getting an umbrella stroller for those outings, but after looking into that, I'm having second thoughts. It seems that the cheap ones get bad reviews and I don't want to pay for an expensive one.
My questions: Are there some carriers that really are better for toddlers? I've been looking at the Beco and Patapum (sp?), and I'm even wondering if I should consider using a wrap. I just don't want to spend the money only to find that babywearing hurts my back no matter what. If you use the Kozy, did you find you had to switch to something else at a certain point? Oh, and FTR, DD is only about 26 pounds, but she's 3 feet tall. I have a weird body- short waist and torso, narrow shoulders, but I'm definitely not slim.
Anyway, any advice is appreciated, even if the advice is to give up on wearing her, but hopefully that won't have to be the case. TIA!
We don't have a car and walk about 98% of the time. We sometimes have to use the train or bus. DD is mostly in her stroller, a BOB, which I love. When she is in a carrier, we use the Kozy. Lately though, it's been killing my back, even on the shortest of trips. It's more comfortable to wear her on my back, but I seldom have the chance to do that. We live in Boston, so we're both bundled a good chunk of the year and I cannot get her comfortably on my back when we're both wearing all of those layers. The things is, it's a royal PITA to take the BOB on the train, and it's impossible to take it on the bus. I was looking into getting an umbrella stroller for those outings, but after looking into that, I'm having second thoughts. It seems that the cheap ones get bad reviews and I don't want to pay for an expensive one.
My questions: Are there some carriers that really are better for toddlers? I've been looking at the Beco and Patapum (sp?), and I'm even wondering if I should consider using a wrap. I just don't want to spend the money only to find that babywearing hurts my back no matter what. If you use the Kozy, did you find you had to switch to something else at a certain point? Oh, and FTR, DD is only about 26 pounds, but she's 3 feet tall. I have a weird body- short waist and torso, narrow shoulders, but I'm definitely not slim.
Anyway, any advice is appreciated, even if the advice is to give up on wearing her, but hopefully that won't have to be the case. TIA!
