Community› The Bump Message Boards› Eco-Friendly Family
Eco-Friendly Family
New Discussion

Babywearing Q - graduating from froggy legs?

GreekyPieGreekyPie
in Eco-Friendly Family
At what age can they be work with the legs wrapped around you, instead of froggy-legged? I feel like we might be ready for this but I don't want to hurt him by doing it too soon. He is just so crazy LONG that in the Ergo or Babyhawk, with the froggy legs, his top half is basically out of the carrier and I have to use a free hand to kind of keep him from flopping. (He has awesome head/neck control, but I'm still uncomfortable at how much of him is out of the carrier).
Report Reply to Post

Re: Babywearing Q - graduating from froggy legs?

  • mh2tmh2t
    We started DD in the Ergo with her legs out at about 4 months.  She is really tiny, so it didn't work that well.  But if your DS is long, I bet it would work fine now.
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • Mystery2BMystery2B member

    I think it partially depends on the size of the baby. If you feel like he's comfortable with his legs out and wrapped around you then I'd try it. I think it was around 4 months that C indicated she wanted her legs out, and we never really went back. And C is on the small side (She just broke 15 lbs at 7 months).

    She was wiggling a lot on a walk in the moby...then one leg popped out and the wiggling stopped for a few minutes, then started up again as she tried to get the other leg out. Once I helped her get her other leg un-froggied she was happy as a clam again.

    image
    Lilypie Breastfeeding tickers
    Report Reply
  • FutureMrsLemonFutureMrsLemon member
    I think you can do it safely around 3 months. I know at my babywearing group the moms have told me he is fine to wear legs out. But he HATES that position. So for now we froggy. I was actually worried that we were hurting him by keeping him froggied instead of legs out. Good to know we arent the only ones.
    BabyFruit Ticker
    Report Reply
  • laineybixlaineybix
    Can you froggy them in the Ergo without the infant insert? (Greeky - I was getting ready to ask the same question so thank you.) Baby Bix is 25 inches, but doesn't quite have the head & neck control to  be so high out of the infant insert. But his legs don't seem to 'open' enough to wrap around me. Can I froggy him without the insert so he sits lower and has head support?
    Report Reply
  • FutureMrsLemonFutureMrsLemon member

    imagelaineybix:
    Can you froggy them in the Ergo without the infant insert? (Greeky - I was getting ready to ask the same question so thank you.) Baby Bix is 25 inches, but doesn't quite have the head & neck control to  be so high out of the infant insert. But his legs don't seem to 'open' enough to wrap around me. Can I froggy him without the insert so he sits lower and has head support?

    We do Lainey. 

    BabyFruit Ticker
    Report Reply
  • MrsBeckOMrsBeckO member
    We started leaving her legs out around 4 months. Before that, she wouldn't let us if we tried. I think your LO will let you know if they are uncomfortable that way.. DD always did! We first tried around 3 months and just couldn't do it without forcing, and of course we weren't going to force her into that position. We tried again a couple weeks later and we could easily put her in that way, but she fussed. 4 months seemed to be the magic age where we could do it AND she liked it.
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    image
    The O'Baby Blog
    Report Reply
  • blissfully_caffeinatedblissfully_caffeinated
    He's old enough that you can try it and see how he likes it. We're in a middle ground right now. We leave one out and one froggyed. It works great for us since LO is still too small for both legs to be out.
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"