I think our Moby days are over! BOOOO!

mrs.mkd

DD is now too heavy for the moby - and that really stinks! I love my beco, but there's times I just really prefer to wrap her. Guess it's time for a woven! So, I gues YAY!!! I get to do some shopping!

ncbelle

Definitely time for a woven ;-)

What do you have in mind?

mrs.mkd

Not sure yet -- any suggestions?

ncbelle

Do you want thicker or thinner?  Are you thinking about a long wrap or a shorter one?  Any colors you love?

 

mrs.mkd

Thin, long, and bright. ;-)

ncbelle

Guess I also should have asked if you want to buy new or used - and if you have a price range in mind ;-)

I have a list of most of the major brands in my siggy.  The thinnest wraps are Vatanais.  BB Slens, Ellevill Zaras, and some Didymos wraps are thin as well.  I think the best approach is to poke around wrap stores or the FSOT on thebabywearer.com and look for colors you love.

Do you like bright solids, prints, stripes?

I wish I could get a job as a wrap personal shopper ;-)

MrsErinnElizabeth

ncbelle:

I wish I could get a job as a wrap personal shopper ;-)

You totally should, ncbelle.  I would hire you in a second! 

I stalk your woven wrap posts nowadays because I'm thinking of getting one for the summer down here.  Yesterday it was 108 degrees and there was just no way in hell I could wrap her in the moby...we would have both died of heat stroke.  And she's just a little bit too small to comfortably fit in the babyhawk. 

What would you recommend as the coolest wrap?  As in temperature-cool, although awesomeness-cool will also be taken into account

ncbelle

MrsErinnElizabeth:

ncbelle:

I wish I could get a job as a wrap personal shopper ;-)

You totally should, ncbelle.  I would hire you in a second! 

I stalk your woven wrap posts nowadays because I'm thinking of getting one for the summer down here.  Yesterday it was 108 degrees and there was just no way in hell I could wrap her in the moby...we would have both died of heat stroke.  And she's just a little bit too small to comfortably fit in the babyhawk. 

What would you recommend as the coolest wrap?  As in temperature-cool, although awesomeness-cool will also be taken into account

Ha!  Thanks ;-)

In that kind of heat, I'd definitely want a Vatanai.  They are great for newborns too because they are soft and floppy right away.  Some people don't find them as supportive as some other brands for bigger babies but I still like mine with kiddo (who's about 20 pounds) in multi-layer carries.  When your LO is bigger, you might want to learn some single layer carries like the ruck - for that, I don't think thickness matters as much.  But for any carry with layers, I think Vats are definitely the coolest.

There are striped Vats (there's a pink, blue, and orange-ish) and jaquard Vats (one with little bird looking things and one with whales - several colors of each).  I think the whales are the most supportive, the stripes are the coolest (but only by a bit), and the bird ones are the softest - really you can't go wrong with any of them though.

MrsErinnElizabeth

ncbelle:

Ha!  Thanks ;-)

In that kind of heat, I'd definitely want a Vatanai.  They are great for newborns too because they are soft and floppy right away.  Some people don't find them as supportive as some other brands for bigger babies but I still like mine with kiddo (who's about 20 pounds) in multi-layer carries.  When your LO is bigger, you might want to learn some single layer carries like the ruck - for that, I don't think thickness matters as much.  But for any carry with layers, I think Vats are definitely the coolest.

There are striped Vats (there's a pink, blue, and orange-ish) and jaquard Vats (one with little bird looking things and one with whales - several colors of each).  I think the whales are the most supportive, the stripes are the coolest (but only by a bit), and the bird ones are the softest - really you can't go wrong with any of them though.

Thank you so much for all of that!

Where is the best place online to get a Vatanai?  

LucyPevensie

ncbelle you really SHOULD have your own shop - you could open such a cool baby boutique in your town and on-line - you are so knowledgeable about all of this stuff. 

ncbelle

MrsErinnElizabeth:

ncbelle:

Ha!  Thanks ;-)

In that kind of heat, I'd definitely want a Vatanai.  They are great for newborns too because they are soft and floppy right away.  Some people don't find them as supportive as some other brands for bigger babies but I still like mine with kiddo (who's about 20 pounds) in multi-layer carries.  When your LO is bigger, you might want to learn some single layer carries like the ruck - for that, I don't think thickness matters as much.  But for any carry with layers, I think Vats are definitely the coolest.

There are striped Vats (there's a pink, blue, and orange-ish) and jaquard Vats (one with little bird looking things and one with whales - several colors of each).  I think the whales are the most supportive, the stripes are the coolest (but only by a bit), and the bird ones are the softest - really you can't go wrong with any of them though.

Thank you so much for all of that!

Where is the best place online to get a Vatanai?  

I don't know if you'd rather buy from a US vendor or not since you are in Australia but...

pieceofcloth.com is the only US vendor currently stocking them.  

It might be just as cheap for you to order directly from Vatanai - https://www.vatanai.cz/webengland/default.htm.

Or you could try to find a used on on FSOT at thebabywearer.com.

HTH!

ncbelle

LucyPevensie:

ncbelle you really SHOULD have your own shop - you could open such a cool baby boutique in your town and on-line - you are so knowledgeable about all of this stuff. 

I don't know how knowledgeable I am - I just spend way too much time "researching" it ;-)

I've totally thought about it - but there are some great onine shops already.  Maybe one day...