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Originally Posted by gool0005  I think that for most people, especially new moms, it is just expected that you keep them in the infant seat at all times. I don't know if you have noticed or not but they aren't eve referred to as "car seats" anymore, they are "infant seats" ( http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/infantshop.aspx) or even "infant carriers" ( http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice...s_infant.html). With the heavy marketing of travel systems, it is no wonder that so many people have bought into this marketing ploy that is designed to keep kids in the car seats for as long as possible. It doesn't matter that a baby who falls asleep in an infant car seat will continue sleeping if taken out of a car seat and put in a sling, or even a stroller, or even held, it is the fact that 95% of what is seen in public is babies confined to infant car seats while not in a car.
It's the same as people who live in a formula bottle-feeding culture, if they aren't exposed to alternatives and only one method is very heavily marketed to them, you can harldy blame someone for following societal's norms and buying into what is being sold them. |
Mine would wake up when you took her out.
Anyhow, I had a c-section, so I wasn't allowed to carry Rachel in her car seat for 6 weeks. If I had family around to carry her in it, I did. It was great for putting in shopping carts. I couldn't carry her in my ar,ms for long periods,either. To hard trying to hold her up off my insicion. But, if I was by myself, I either carried her in my arms, or used her stroller. (In which case I ened up carrying herpart of the time anyhow.
I also didn't know about baby wearing. I'd hear of slings, but there was a recall on one, and I thought there was only that kind, so I thought they were unsafe. I'd never heard of mei tais or wraps or anything.
I got a snuggli around 2 months, and used it some, btu she got too big by 3 months. I started seieng slings & wraps, and considered that, but thought since a snuggli wasn't comfy, nothing else would be. I did try a sling around 6 months, but it turns out I don't like them.
I got a mei tai around 19 months, and I LOVE it. I can't use it for more than 40 minutes, but it sure comes in handy at times. I also want to make a wrap.
Next baby, if I have one, I"ll use that alot more. I"ll still use the car seat when she's sleeping, though. They were also great for feeding her, altho she outgrew it not too long after starting solids. And I didn't LEAVE her in ti to feed her, I'd put her back in it for feeding. i was never one to leave an awake baby sitting in it for any length of time.
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, it was an absolute life saver since Kailey's reflux soon after became out of control..but i truelly wished I knew from the time she was born. 
She always did and still does fight sleep so we did everything we could to protect the sleeping baby! Now I didn't like her to be in it if she was awake. Now that I have a MT we use it most of the time in the store. Even for quick runs! The bucket is just so darn heavy! I did take it in to people's houses and church etc. becuase it was nice to have a place to put her if she fell asleep, and to buckle her up inside before we went outside and faced weather. It was also a laziness factor! It gets tiring leaning over to buckle the baby into the car! Like PP have said they have a time and place, but are WAY overused in our society!
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