Boba, part 2

ALL OF THE THINGS. I MUST SEE THEM.

KITTY! I am in the THING!

Leoling isn't quite sure how he feels about the Boba yet. Unlike our old carrier, this model only does an "inward facing" position, whether in front or back carry. He was generally used to hanging out in "forward facing" position. He likes looking at All The Things, and always preferred it that way. As you can see, even in our photo attempts, little dude was trying to see everything.



So! First impressions of our Boba-ventures around the house and the library:

The Good:
* The carrier was light.
* This put a lot less strain on my shoulders than the Infantino Swift.
* The roomy bottom area seemed to distribute Leo's weight more, so less pressure was on his crotch/hip area
* Unlike the Swift, I can actually ratchet this thing down to nurse in. If I leave the rain hood attached, I can even flip it over so I can nurse him without showing everything or digging out the nursing cover.
* Leoling seems to like being able to snuggle in against my stomach
* It has POCKETS. There's one in the belt area (about under the baby's bottom area) and one along the top, where the detachable hood can be tucked in.

The Bad:
* It's a little tricky to get the waist belt and the strap that connects the two shoulder straps behind my back hooked up
* I'm used to wandering around with baby in front and a backpack on the back. It's trickier to sling the backpack forward to fish my stuff out of it while handling the thicker shoulder straps of the Boba.
*This attaches at waist level. The old one was a bit above waist level, so I could somewhat bend in it. Sort of. This one feels a little less stable when I stoop.
* It's a little tricky to get the shoulder connector unhooked.
*Leoling is used to front carry, and feels that being tucked in against my chest keeps him from seeing everything.

So far, we've only tried the front carry position. I want to get used to that before testing out the back carry. Leo is also a little small for the standard front carry, but I'm pretty sure he has surely graduated to 15 lbs since his last weigh-in a month ago. He feels just a little loose in the current set up, but he is at the lower weight limit FOR that setup. It seemed like he might be a little big to test "newborn holds" in yet, though.

Overall, I think I like this carrier a lot more than the Swift. I could see spending the extra money, for sure. It's still tricky to do much while wearing him for me, but I am a singularly graceless creature. I could see it possibly making it easier to nurse and get reading or homework done, though! He actually tolerates an inward-facing carry with this one.