Wills was a spring baby, and in those first idyllic months of being totally head over heels in love with him (ok, so I still am, but sometimes a time out is in order) taking him for long walks around the neighborhood represented our special time together.
He'd coo and make those fabulous baby noises looking around excitedly while perched in the safety and comfort of his baby carrier and eventually, after enjoying the gentle breeze and warm sunshine (typically around the 2 mile marker) would zonk out to the point that a neighbor pointed out we were "sleep walking."
It all sounds so pastoral now, like a Sinatra song should have been playing in the background, so it's hard to believe that he's grown into a strapping toddler who would sooner eat an entire piece of chicken (a major dislike) than spend time cooped up in a sling with me.
However, I have another one coming that I can work with, so maybe we can recreate that same old-timey romantic, loving mood on our own strolls. I'm sure they'll be punctuated by Wills' jabbering, but hey, I'll take it.
I'd like to go for more comfort this time around, too.
I still have our old carrier, which I really loved at the time, but since I have non-existent shoulders, it made for some uncomfortable digging and red marks once the whole thing was said and done. Well, that and the fact I was strapping an 11 pound newbornish baby to my chest.
The Moby Wrap (Select model shown at top left in Batik Floral, $69.95, choose from the Original Moby Wrap or Moby D, too) doesn't do that since its design eliminates those narrow, uncomfortable straps, and instead, uses your entire back as well as your shoulders to evenly distribute baby's weight.
At its most bare-bones description, the Moby Wrap is basically a wide piece of fabric - similar to a cozy pashmina or contemporary Carrie Bradshaw-esque shawl - that you simply wrap over both shoulders and then adjust in terms of how tightly you wrap yourself and baby.
There's no buckles, straps or other fasteners, and with 20 different ways to wear it (dads, too), you can bet that you and baby will be having your own snuggly, googly-eyed rendevous a deux, too.
