As my baby has grown massively in size in the last five months, so have our baby carrier needs, and while I've loved our snuggly wrap and will miss it, I had to move on to something else. The 'obvious' next move for us was the ERGObaby.

The ERGObaby carrier, or simply Ergo as it's commonly known,  was developed by a mum who wanted to develop the 'ultimate baby carrier'. Her vision was to "construct a baby carrying device that would support her child‘s spinal development while distributing the baby‘s weight to parent‘s hips and shoulders, alleviating stress to the back and neck."

Her vision was specific, and her goal was definitely achieved. I know many parents start out liking the idea of a baby carrier. They don't know much about it, so they head into the first baby shop they can find and take whatever comes 'recommended' by staff that haven't actually tried many, if any of the options. Within about 3 - 6 months the baby is heavier and the strain on especially mum's back is too much, and they give up the beautiful journey of 'babywearing'.