Product: Pink Tattoo Moby Wrap
Deal Site: www.babysteals.com
Purchase Price: $24.75 plus $11.50 shipping (USD)
Regular Price: $44.95 (on Moby's website)
Well my first review will be of my beloved Pink Tattoo Moby Wrap! This was the first item that I ever bought on a 'mama deal' site and it started my addiction. I purchased this item back on January 20, 2010 before I was even pregnant! Honestly, how could I pass up such a great deal on such a cool baby carrier?! I couldn't. Obviously!
Ok, on to the details of the carrier itself. This is a wrap carrier that works amazingly well with even tiny preemie babies. When I eventually had a baby of my own I found this carrier to be especially useful in the early days when she was a very very tiny newborn and loved being carried upright rather than lying on her side as she would in other sling type carriers. This wrap is great for us Canadian people because we have a lot of months of the year that are cold or only moderately warm, but I could see this carrier getting to be a bit too hot for both mama and baby in the sweltering summer months. That being said it is cotton so theoretically it is quite breathable. I haven't worn my baby girl in the summer months in it yet so I will add my thoughts to this review after that happens. One other drawback to the wrap type of carrier is that tying it entails the 'straps' hitting the ground so if you are trying to tie it up in some nasty public bathroom or outside on a muddy day you and/or the baby are probably going to get dirty. Despite these drawbacks I wouldn't be able to live without my Moby, it is so useful in calming a cranky baby and wonderful for skin to skin contact with your baby. I frequently wear it around the house only wearing a bra with baby in there only in her diaper. The Moby sort of looks like a shirt when you are wearing it so I've even accepted deliveries (probably of something I bought online! ha) wearing just my Moby and baby. Oh yeah and pants. You get the point.
Also, the wrap is quite long and I have quite a bit of slack to wrap around myself, but i think thats a good thing because it enables this carrier to fit many different sizes and body types. Think big hunka sexy daddy with a tiny newborn wrapped up in the Moby! Anything is possible with this wrap. I do find that I have to tie it onto myself quite tightly to get baby in there securely, and I didn't have to tie it so tightly when I used the Moby D (with fleece panel). As an aside, the Moby D with fleece panel is also amazing! But that's not what I'm reviewing here now is it? Focus self!
Verdict: If you see this deal come up again, I highly recommend snagging one!
Did YOU buy one? What do you think are the best/worst things about the Moby? Would you recommend others snag this deal? Would it be worth it to pay full price? Any questions for me?
Amazon link: Pink Tattoo Moby Wrap
Amazon link: Pink Tattoo Moby Wrap
OMG what an awesome deal. I have a blah black moby and without it I would have lost my sanity. My baby was diagnosed with "colic" but I knew there was something more to it as her brothers all had "colic" as well and it was nothing like what I was going through this time around. I could only hold her certain ways or she'd cry, had to hold her all day etc. I was at wits end when I bought the moby wrap and literally the second I put her in it she was asleep.
ReplyDelete"Oh yeah and pants" LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteI am not a big fan of my Moby. It is just so much hassle to wrap all of that fabric. Maybe it's because I have big babies, so I didn't have to wait that long to use my Ergo without the infant insert? It got a fair amount of use in the first 6 weeks, but I haven't touched the Moby since. Yours is much cuter than mine, though. I have the plain black one.
Lisa I totally know what you mean, the second I put my little boo in the Moby as a fresh newborn she was OUT. She's getting more curious now, so we've tried the forward facing carry, but I still worry about her little bobble head.
ReplyDeleteSara I do agree that all that fabric can be a hassle, that's the main reason why I usually stick to using the Moby at home. I couldn't imagine having to retie the thing on a bus or in a muddy park or something. And I never used the infant insert on my Ergo! I'm bad! :-P