Do you see other babywearers IRL??

[campingmumma]

I swear I must be a freak of nature :LOL with my slings/pouches & wraps. I see bjorns everywhere!!!! The only other slingers I see are from my local AP mama group.

I did get stopped by a mom at the supermarket this morning. She commented on my MnM pouch and mentioned that she had a Maya - WOW, I would have passed out if I saw her wearing it. I swear - I never see anyone here in the 'burbs "slinging it".

So how often do you see "babywearers"?

[Glittergal]

NEVER!!! I think it is so odd because I get so many compliments and people telling me how content dd looks. Sometimes I feel a bit like a star due to all the stares and comments (always positive)
So if they are so impressed, why don't they start using them?

[luvmy3boys]

Rarely....around Christmas time I saw a mom leaving the mall as we were arriving and she was slinging her babe and once while grocery shopping I saw a mom slinging her newborn. Both times made me .

[Boobiemama]

NEVER! I guess other people here dont either since people stare at me like i'm a freak!

Oh wait, I did see a lady with an OTSBH in Costco once....:

[feebeeglee]

The only time I see mamas with slings are from far away... hey, look honey, says DH, she has her babe in a sling! we get closer.... and the woman waves, because she already knows me from my homeschool group or LLL :LOL :

I think I have seen one woman in 4 years of babywearing (whom I did not already know previously) slinging a baby.

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[Ravin]

Every now and then. When I was at the science center (children's museum) in Phoenix last week, I had one mom ask me where I got my Kozy, she'd used a Maya with her littles before... and I spotted someone else w/ a non-adjustable Maya pouch...

And concluded that I'm a total nerd. When I was a kid, it was Star Trek, now it's baby carriers. Oy.

[mommajubilee]

yep, quite a lot in our area. we're in a pretty crunchy place, though!

[Katie Bugs Mama]

I see people--men and women--using slings pretty regularly in my neighborhood but I live in a liberal enclave where APish parenting (co-sleeping, extended bfing, gentle discipline) is the norm to such a degree that the parents that do otherwise definitely stand out.

[EllasMummy]

Apart from at LLL meetings and an AP mamas group I have never seen anyone wearing their DC in a sling. I do see lots of bjorns though.

[bc1995]

I have only seen someone else using a sling twice, but I have seen bjorns around alot more.

[AllyRae]

I usually see people with snugli's or bjorns...never slings. Although a BRU worker stopped me and said that she had a maya wrap too but I was the first person she's seen use one besides herself...

[pixie-n-hertwoboys]

Are you kidding me? I don't even see snuglis or bjorns! When I had ds in the bjorn when he was a newborn I had all kinds of ppl ask what it was or where I got it Then when I have him in a mei tai or other type sling - omg I am a freak of nature.... and get all kinds of comments and most not positive. Oh well. Someone has to be the odd ball right? :LOL

[MomOfHeathens]

I have yet to see another person with their child in a sling around here. I honestly get at least one person everytime I go out wearing DS asking me "Did you make that?" or "What a great idea!". I've even told them where to get one but who knows if they ever did.

[hannahmom]

Not much around here either.
I was in Costco checking out and the clerk yelled to another clerk, "Hey! Its a baby in a bag! Have you ever seen a baby in a bag before?"
:

[StephanieK]

Baby Bjorns are everywhere in Marin County. I haven't seen a slinging mama since I had Eli, but I saw them before, now and then. That's how I knew I wanted one.

Some women have told me they used one when thier kids were little, and people have also asked where to buy.

[anotherKatrina]

Only in 2 places here, but consistently. Trader Joe's in central Phx (only this location) and at church around the corner from TJ's.

I guess this is a somewhat crunchy couple of square miles!

[cottonwood]

I do. Maybe one in 10 times I go out. Mostly slings.

[Zanymom]

Besides seeing slings in my AP groups, I have seen Snugglis, and bjorns at the mall and in parks.

[*solsticemama*]

I see them far less than I would like to be seeing them. And everytime I do I go up to the mom and tell them how great it is that they're slinging in this age of strollers, particularly if it's a very young babe where the carseat/stroller combo reigns. I've also seen a couple of dads slinging on occasion.

[Mizelenius]

Usually, I know the person wearing the sling . . .but I did see a KKFP while out on a stranger . . .I was really excited!