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post #1 of 34
9/13/06 at 10:00am
Thread Starter 
I'm sure there's a thread out there somewhere, but I'm off to work. I'm hoping that by the time i get home I'll have some suggestions on a good sling for dads. DD is almost two, and 28lbs.
C'mon dads, advise...
post #2 of 34
9/14/06 at 3:31pm
I just got online looking for advise for this as well. DH really wants to sling our daughter, but he doesnt like my two pouch slings (not to mention they're too small for him) I just bought a moby for myself and got it in brown hoping that he wouldnt mind using it. any dads use a moby ever?!?!
post #3 of 34
9/15/06 at 2:32pm
I have used a mai tai carrier for a while from kozycarrier.com

It worked really well until around 14 months and I use it now for the twins. It would still work for the toddler, but when she could walk she no longer wanted anything to do with being carried.
post #4 of 34
9/15/06 at 2:43pm
Men are shaped different and alot of slings are not that great for men once the kids get bigger (we have no hips for the baby to sit on). Carriers like Bjorn and Snuggli, and baby backpacks are much better for me once the kids get too big.
post #5 of 34
9/15/06 at 3:07pm
My dh has used our Moby. He loves it as much as I do.
post #6 of 34
9/15/06 at 3:09pm
Theres a really good article on Babywearing for dads here. Hope that helps!
post #7 of 34
9/15/06 at 3:50pm
My dh uses a hotsling and an ergo.
post #8 of 34
9/15/06 at 7:02pm
Dh likes the ergo the best for himself, but he thinks the didymos is the coolest and he loves that I wear it--I think it a little 'colorful' for him to wear..

just read that it is for a 2yo--I would totally recommend the ERGO. It is great for dh and our 2.5dd. I think the ergo is best in this situation, actually, with a dad and with an older child!
post #9 of 34
9/18/06 at 10:09pm
post #10 of 34
10/6/06 at 10:42pm
my dh loves to wear the bjorn, but its a little tough to readjust after ive worn it. i usually use my sling or podegi now and he keeps the bjorn at his size. we also have a koala sling that has an adjustable strap on it that i try think he will use soon. the bjorn is only for little babies so when hes a little older i think hell try to koala.
post #11 of 34
10/7/06 at 12:01am
My dh uses a wrap and the ergo...her prefers the Ergo as he has a hard time using the wrap....He loves the ergo.
post #12 of 34
10/7/06 at 12:05am
Ergo or Meitai
post #13 of 34
10/10/06 at 2:58pm
Ergo all the way. My wife just got one and I think it swayed her from others because I said i would use it. Its very comfortable and easy for us both to adjust so we can pass it back and forth. Elliot loves it too.
post #14 of 34
10/11/06 at 6:07pm
My dp uses the moby sometimes.
post #15 of 34
10/11/06 at 11:34pm
Dh likes our babyhawk. There are lots of very hip fabric choices, much better than other mei tais as far as looks are concern.

I like wraps (didymos, storch, girasol, hopp) but dh thinks they are a little more work, so he doesn't use them much.
post #16 of 34
10/27/06 at 12:24am
my dh uses a hotsling right now. we have mei tai that he may wear later when shes older. she doesn't seem to like it right now. she like the homemade wrap i have but dh thinks it is too complicated
post #17 of 34
10/28/06 at 8:47pm
Thread Starter 
Thank you to everyone who responded. We've been using an Ergo since dd was 10 mos.(she's 22 now). I love it and Neil does too, except that he needs my help getting it on (he's about as flexable as a tin can) and I'm not always around. That's why we were hoping to find a hip sling for him. We tried a hotsling, but dd just seems too big for it. We just got an Ella Roo 'Mai Hip' so we'll see how that goes. Thanks again for the support.

Nicole and Neil and Cass
post #18 of 34
10/28/06 at 11:32pm
DH HATES the look of a sling/pouch He really does...it's too "Feminine" in his opinion. He likes the look of a MT or the Ergo.

As long as the colours/patterns aren't too feminine...

HIm and I have the same taste in colours/patterns anyway.

Babyhawk FTW for patterns!
post #19 of 34
10/29/06 at 1:31am
My DH prefers wraps, although we have BH with "his side" on it. In fact he liked the texture of my strawberry stripes BB-slen so much that we ended up ordering another in a less girly color so he can wear it.

I think many Hoppediz are pretty masculine. The Hop Panama is a great DH wrap especially--half green and half sort of gray-green. Wish I could get my hands on one of those!
post #20 of 34
10/29/06 at 1:57am
My husband LOVES our Over the Shoulder, he actully sold three of them this week to guys in his squadron for me
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