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From: stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (Don Stanwyck)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Followup on Snugli(and related) carriers
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Date: Wed, 8-Feb-84 17:23:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  8 17:23:00 1984
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Okay.  I have read the request, and at least one other person's answer.  I
feel a need to express myself on the subject.

We own three carriers - one a Snugli, one a Gerri (?), and finally one made
specifically for us by a friend working from a La Leche League (?) pattern.
The Gerri was given to us, and we paid for the other two.  We never have been
able to use the Gerri - it is too uncomfortable for both of us and the baby -
but have continued to own it (what do you do with gifts from very close family
who were very well intentioned?).

Snugli:  For us uncomfortable, hard to use (as compared to LLL), better for
small babies than large as it is one-size fits all of the same age.  It is
adjustable (though the snaps are bothersome), but from our experience and
that of our friends seems to fit smaller babies better (We had a whopper.)

LLL : Most comfortable, but still not trivial to put on.  My wife was never
able to put any of the carriers on by herself. 

General notes:  Big babies get heavy fast.  Smaller babies get heavy, too.
We tried to use it most when our son was 2-10 months.  At 15 months and over
30 pounds (as he is now) he is much too large for any of them.

Try before you buy.  Get a friend to loan you one for a week before you buy
any model.  Some people swear by Snuglis, others swear at them (i.e. our
LaMaze instructor - a mother of 3 ).  

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