Heaven!

I finally broke down and spent our life savings on a baby carrier. Well, not our life savings, but a lot! And.... it was totally worth it! I had tried two different slings and one of the super-duper fancy Bjorns and all of them strained my neck and shoulder after a while. Also, Max never seemed into them. He has been so clingy lately that I decided that maybe he just really needs more Mommy than I can give him by carrying him and picking him up sporadically. I mean, I can't fix dinner with a 28 lbs monkey holding on to my legs for dear life now, can I? I suppose I could just make him learn to hang out on his own, but my intuition is telling me he just needs his mommy at this point. So, enter the Ergo! I had read about it, but was hoping I wouldn't need to have a carrier by this age. It seems that I need one even more now than before. It's really easy to put on and Max looked like he was going to fall asleep when I was carrying him around on my back (it took two of us to get him in that position!). The best part is that we are going on vacation with Matt's family in 2 weeks and have two long travel days to look forward to. This thing will make it so much easier to get through the airport and I hope he will even fall asleep in it on our return trip - the 16-hours-with-no-crib-in-sight-day. Thanks to West Coast Max Arthur's mom for sharing this with me months ago!!!

P.S. Though these aren't cheap, the site I linked to above has a few used, but in good condition ones, they sell. That's what I bought and mine looks brand new. You might even be able to get them cheaper somewhere else, but this site offered a 90 day money back guarantee. What's there to lose?