BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier Original Spirit – Green Energy
07/07/10
Product Description
Baby Bjorn Baby Carrier Original SpiritSame as the Baby Bjorn Baby Carrier Original- now is new bold colorsThe Baby Bjorn Baby Carrier is a favorite of parents throughout the world. It allows parents to keep the baby c… More >>
$56.25
BABYBJÖRN Baby Carrier Original Spirit – Green Energy
Over the course of three children we have had FIVE carriers: Two slings, a Baby Bjorn, a Snugli and the Ergo Baby.
The Bjorn is definitely the best looking and easiest to use. The clips and connectors are very intuitive and it’s easy to get smaller infants into it.
My big complaint is that when the kids get larger (or if you wear it for more than 20 minutes at a time) it really starts to kill your back. This is because the design keeps all the weight on your shoulders. It’s like wearing a backpack BACKWARDS!
The “Active” version has wider straps which provide additional support for a small improvement over the “Original,” but it still puts all the weight on your shoulders, pulling them forward.
If you only plan to use this when grocery shopping and think you’ll give it up when they’re 6 months old, this might be for you. If you think you might want to go to the park and hang out, or use it even when the kid starts to crawl, then the Ergo Baby is probably more your speed.
p.s. this is coming from a guy who is 6′, 180# and fit. My wife is smaller and far more critical of the ergonomics of this carrier.
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Rating: 2 / 5
Pros- An extremely nice product. comfortable for the parents (both my wife and I use it) and for our daughter. easy to adjust (although we are of similar body sizes) to put on and take off.
Cons- wearing in the summer, it can get uncomfortably warm. in a somewhat hotter climate (we live in northern CA) I would consider the Air version.
Rating: 5 / 5
It is the best carrier. Love the new colors just wish you could use it as a back carrier, hence why I have two different carriers. Other then that it is great!
Rating: 5 / 5
I had the baby born and I loved it until my baby reached a certain weight. The thing is this… It says it can carry up to 25lbs, and it’s true, it can hold up to 25lbs. However the key question is can YOU carry a 25lbs baby? My baby was born big and grew big, but I’m only 5’3″. When the baby started to reach 12lbs, it really started to kill my back. The weight hangs mostly from your shoulders and the place that hurts most is the middle of your back. My baby was almost 12lbs at 3months, so from then on I began using it less and less. One day I came by lille baby carrier, and I wished I had known about it sooner. It comfortable for both baby and mother and is very versatile and worth the price, but it’s not as pretty and one thing that was nice about the bjorn was that if you had a sleeping newborn, you could unhook and lay the baby down without waking the baby. At 0-2 months that is a very helpful quality since, it’s hard to soothe such young babies.
So please think about the reality that if you buy this, you will most likely use it for few months. If carrying a baby is very important to your lifestyle such as myself(urban lifestyle) and need to carry a baby until they can stand on their own while you get a stroller packed and unpacked then you should really consider a ergo or lille and safe yourself some money and back pain.
I ignored reviews that complained about this aspect of baby bjorns — the fact that you can only wear it up to few months. I really shouldn’t have. Now it makes sense. The maximum weight you can carry would be proportionate to the ratio of wearer and child. So a 12lb baby is too much for me to wear but not so for my husband. So yeah, they can write on the product that you can carry upto 25lbs, but it’s misleading.
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought this for our second baby, and I love it! its one of the best front carriers I have ever owned. I owned a few different ones for our first child and all them dissappointed.
Rating: 5 / 5