Sling Thing

I recently said I didn't think I was a "Sling Momma". Ya know the type. The Moms that cruise around the shops wearing their babies with their hands free. Kind of like my neighbor of 3 boys across the street. She is an amazing Sling Momma. She is a pro and has used it with all of her sons. She was even the one that told me about the particular sling I ended up with. (not to slight her husband...he is a great Sling Daddy too)

I tried to use the sling a few time unsuccessfully with Christian. I just never got the hang of it. So it sat there in his closet collecting dust until Archer came along. This time I thought I would give the Baby Bjorn a try. My plan was to sell my sling at the resale shop and then use the money to buy a used Baby Bjorn. Well today I took my sling in to sell. They turned it down!! I was very surprised since I have barely touched the thing. Their reason was because it had some marks on it...mainly from sitting around in the closet collecting dust and then sitting in the back of the car waiting for me to get it to the resale shop.

I was a little peeved to be honest...not taking my sling..the nerve. Well it is really my own fault for not looking at it closer before I took it in.

After my rejection at the resale shop I thought, what the heck??!! I will give this sling another shot. This time it wasn't a practice run around the house. It was a full on trip to HEB.

IT WAS GREAT!!! I remembered just enough of how to place the baby in the sling and Archer didn't complain. On a recent shopping trip to HEB I noticed many parents (Moms and Dads) wearing their kids. They came in all types...some slings, some baby bjorns, some other ones I don't know the name of.....I thought WOW, that seems so much easier than hauling around the heavy baby carrier.

Today I was one of those Moms and happily so. I even had a 5 minute conversation with a former Sling Momma in the frozen foods aisle. She told me all about how she loved her sling with her two daughters. She even suggested another type of carrier when they get bigger. With this one she mentioned, you can carry your child on your hip or piggy back. She also preached the benefit of the sling and said it keeps people from touching your baby when you may not what them too. She said she once had a checker at Wal-mart come around from the other side of the register and "grope" her baby (her words, not mine).

Archer did start to wiggle some at the end of our shopping trip, but all and all it went really well. So I will give this sling another try.

Signed,
Second Chance Sling Momma