Comments on: Babywearing while Injured: Shoulders http://baby-carriers-downunder.com/2009/07/27/babywearing-while-injured-shoulders/ Helping Aussie and Kiwi parents find the best baby carriers for their needs ...and blogging about it! Sun, 20 May 2012 13:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Babywearing OUCH! Part 1: Neck and Shoulders | Baby Carriers Downunder http://baby-carriers-downunder.com/2009/07/27/babywearing-while-injured-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-67600 Babywearing OUCH! Part 1: Neck and Shoulders | Baby Carriers Downunder Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:17:40 +0000 http://www.baby-carriers-downunder.com/?p=1058#comment-67600 [...] Tomorrow we’ll look at the causes and easy fixes of lower back pain while babywearing. In the meantime, you may like to have a look at one of our older posts on babywearing with an injured shoulder. [...] [...] Tomorrow we’ll look at the causes and easy fixes of lower back pain while babywearing. In the meantime, you may like to have a look at one of our older posts on babywearing with an injured shoulder. [...]

]]> By: Carrie http://baby-carriers-downunder.com/2009/07/27/babywearing-while-injured-shoulders/comment-page-1/#comment-24894 Carrie Wed, 12 May 2010 03:01:54 +0000 http://www.baby-carriers-downunder.com/?p=1058#comment-24894 I have FSHD ( http://www.fshsociety.org/pages/about.html ) so I have weak shoulders and shoulder pain. Overusing my arms and shoulders happens very easily if I'm not careful. I wore my baby in a pouch sling or a Hug-A-Bubg for the first few months of his life and then graduated to a Kozy Mei Tai when he was about 4 or 5 months old and he became too heavy for wearing on one shoulder. I find the mei tai is good because it distributes the weight of my baby evenly across both shoulders and some of the weight is taken by my hips/waist too. I struggle to get my baby on my back on my own (as I have reduced mobility and strength of my arms) but if I have help from someone getting him on my back, then wearing him on my back in a Maya Mei Tai is really comfortable. I can spread the shoulder material right out over my shoulders and the weight distribution is nice and even. I have found other carriers like the Ergo too difficult to do with my reduced arm mobility as it's too difficult to reach around to do up the strap at the top of my back. Even tightening the straps can be difficult for me with the Ergo. As much as I'd love to, I don't think I'd be able to use wraps at all as it would be too difficult for me to reach around etc. I wear my baby every day to take my older two children to school and back again, and sometimes during the evenings when I'm cooking. I also wear him when I go shopping and if we go walking where a pram can't go - bush walking etc. When I experience pain from long, extended periods of wearing my baby I just try to have a rest and take a break from it for a couple of days and then I'm right again. I would definitely recommend a Hug-A-Bub for newborns and then a mei tai for bigger babies for anyone with shoulder pain. It's far easier for me to wear my baby in a mei tai than it is for me to carry him in my arms and the joy of having my baby close to me is just wonderful. I have FSHD ( http://www.fshsociety.org/pages/about.html ) so I have weak shoulders and shoulder pain. Overusing my arms and shoulders happens very easily if I’m not careful.
I wore my baby in a pouch sling or a Hug-A-Bubg for the first few months of his life and then graduated to a Kozy Mei Tai when he was about 4 or 5 months old and he became too heavy for wearing on one shoulder.

I find the mei tai is good because it distributes the weight of my baby evenly across both shoulders and some of the weight is taken by my hips/waist too. I struggle to get my baby on my back on my own (as I have reduced mobility and strength of my arms) but if I have help from someone getting him on my back, then wearing him on my back in a Maya Mei Tai is really comfortable. I can spread the shoulder material right out over my shoulders and the weight distribution is nice and even.

I have found other carriers like the Ergo too difficult to do with my reduced arm mobility as it’s too difficult to reach around to do up the strap at the top of my back. Even tightening the straps can be difficult for me with the Ergo.

As much as I’d love to, I don’t think I’d be able to use wraps at all as it would be too difficult for me to reach around etc.

I wear my baby every day to take my older two children to school and back again, and sometimes during the evenings when I’m cooking. I also wear him when I go shopping and if we go walking where a pram can’t go – bush walking etc. When I experience pain from long, extended periods of wearing my baby I just try to have a rest and take a break from it for a couple of days and then I’m right again.

I would definitely recommend a Hug-A-Bub for newborns and then a mei tai for bigger babies for anyone with shoulder pain. It’s far easier for me to wear my baby in a mei tai than it is for me to carry him in my arms and the joy of having my baby close to me is just wonderful.

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