Kari-Me

I am a parent of twins and needed a sling to enable me to have the option of using a single pushchair and sling instead of the tandem. The Kari-Me is a single piece of fabric which is wrapped around the body and tied in one basic way. Once on, this is then adapted to carry a baby in four different ways. It can also be used to carry older children on your back- it is suitable for children up to 15kg. Although it is initially tricky to put on correctly, after a couple of goes, it really is very easy. Both of my sons are immediately calmed by being carried in the sling and I sometimes use it to soothe them to sleep whilst I carry on with other ...  Read the complete review

I live in an upstairs flat and therefore find it quite difficult to lug our heavy pushchair up and down the stairs constantly, so we made the decision quite quickly to buy a sling to make getting about with our baby easier. There are a number of slings available on the market, but none of the ones that we saw really appealed as we didn't like how they looked overly manufactured. By chance, we saw a lady wearing a sling in the supermarket, which was exactly what we were looking for. It was basically a very simple fabric sling which housed a very comfortable looking baby! I approached the lady to ask what sling she was using and she replied that it was the ...  Read the complete review

Having first discovered the concept of "kangeroo care" while working in neonatal intensive care, I was keen to adopt this approach when we had our daughter in May 08. The kari-me sling has allowed us to do that with ease! I found this sling in particular through talking to other mums, the first one who introduced me to it said she'd gone through 7 others before finding this one and wished she'd found it sooner! The sling is a long piece of soft stretchy fabric which you wrap around you. It does look quite confusing at first but once you have put it on a few times you can do it really easily! Due to you being able to carry the baby a number of ...  Read the complete review