Wrap or a sling for a newborn?

GAPeach68 · February 2012

I work from home and really need to be hands free alot. I have heard that slings hurt after short periods of time. Which is better for a newborn - a sling or wrap? I want to try an Ergo when he gets a little bigger. We live in GA and LO is due in April, so we are talking about a hot summer. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

kerryholmes · February 2012

I prefer my sling at this stage (newborn to 1month so far) as she is tiny and my shoulder only hurts when I would wear my older child.

honeybee #1 · February 2012

I can't say that I've tried a wrap, but I can say that my ring sling is still very comfy with my 3mo old.

pixieprincss · February 2012

Asymmetrical carries hurt my back, so a sling has never been realistic for me. I've wrapped DS since he was 1 day old.

KatieMcClure86 · February 2012

I could never get the hang of a sling so I have always used my wrap.

Brooke81 · February 2012

I think it depends how truly hands free you need to be. I find a sling to be really easy to pop them in and out of and really liked it for this with DD. However I feel that a wrap is more completly hands free because you can wrap it to give LO even more neck support than the sling. In your case I would look for a gauze wrap. I love my Calin Bleu. I would not use a moby. I think you will be too hot. Normally strechy wraps are the way to go for newborns but I would go with gauze in your case.

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