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Ergobaby Infant Insert?

Toni79Toni79 member
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I've found a used Ergobaby carrier on Craiglist.  Regular $115, they are selling for $50!  I'm going to pick it up tomorrow!  I'm so excited!  However they don't have the infant insert. 

Ergo's website says:  The Ergobaby Infant Insert is required for babies ranging from 7 to 12 lbs or newborns to 4-5 months.

However DD is almost 8 weeks and is 11.5 lbs (she was weighed on Thursday).  I'm just curious if I need the infant insert.  Plus Ergo's website is kind of confusing???  7-12 lbs is ALOT differant then 4-5 months.  So which is it???

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Re: Ergobaby Infant Insert?

  • sportsmommasportsmomma member
    I boUght, and hated, the infant insert. I never wound up using it and just waited until DS was safe in the Ergo without it. 
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  • katieh1017katieh1017 member
    You're very close to not needing the insert, don't buy it. L hated the insert. It's so cumbersome. Good deal on the ergo!!

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  • g8trkimg8trkim member
    I got an Ergo this time around and asked this question on The Bump. I didn't really want to buy the insert because it seemed like you wouldn't use it for long. Most people said it was totally not needed and that rolling up a blanket under baby's bottom works just as well. Plus they said it was pretty thick and hot.




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  • juliane2004juliane2004 member
    I'm listening to the "4-5" month thing when they can start holding up their own head. I asked the AP store owners at the place I bought the Ergo, they said 4-5 months.
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  • tcu_2003tcu_2003 member
    Depends on your baby - mine has been holding his head up for a really long time now.  We've used the Ergo w/o an infant insert since he was about 5 weeks old.  Early on, we sould stick a blanket under his bum to help him sit up higher, and he never had any issues with head control, so it worked for us.  One of the gals in my mommy group has the infant insert, and having seen it now, it's not something I would use.  It's hot on the baby!  Wouldn't work for me as it's been so hot here all summer long, and we like to put baby in the Ergo and go for walks.
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  • tcu_2003tcu_2003 member
    Also, I took a babywearing class at my local Cloth Diapering store, and she said the same thing - they can't recommend to use receiving blankets, but it's what she (the instructor) and the other moms who work there have done/would do instead of the infant insert.
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