Comments on: The Baby Lift Strap: Because Infant Car Seats are Meant for Cars http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html A dad's eye view of baby and toddler stuff Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:34:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dallas http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3137 Dallas Fri, 23 May 2008 03:02:23 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3137 <p>I broke my wrist a week before my baby was born. It was a pretty bad break, and I had a cast covering my thumb, which stuck out and up from my hand, so I couldn't even use my fingers to close against it for grasping things.</p> <p>The wrist necessitated trips to the Doctors office every 2 weeks for almost 5 months, and I had to take the Little One.</p> <p>If I had known about this product I think it would have been a lifesaver during that time.</p> <p>BTW- I tried a bunch of different slings, wraps, and snugli/baby borjn/ergo carriers and she hated every one of them, screamed and screamed, so the infant carrier was a must.</p> <p>She's one now and the wrist is better, but I wish I'd known about the baby lift strap back then.</p> I broke my wrist a week before my baby was born. It was a pretty bad break, and I had a cast covering my thumb, which stuck out and up from my hand, so I couldn’t even use my fingers to close against it for grasping things.

The wrist necessitated trips to the Doctors office every 2 weeks for almost 5 months, and I had to take the Little One.

If I had known about this product I think it would have been a lifesaver during that time.

BTW- I tried a bunch of different slings, wraps, and snugli/baby borjn/ergo carriers and she hated every one of them, screamed and screamed, so the infant carrier was a must.

She’s one now and the wrist is better, but I wish I’d known about the baby lift strap back then.

]]> By: Mike Aiudi - Baby Lift strap inventor http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3136 Mike Aiudi - Baby Lift strap inventor Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:22:15 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3136 <p>Hello,</p> <p>I am the proud inventor of the Baby Lift® Strap. When my son was an infant; I hooked a rope around the infant-seat handle and my shoulder. I found it helpful to carry the infant-seat. A few years later, I watched mothers awkwardly carrying the seats into daycare. I mentioned my rope solution, but received puzzled looks. Being an engineer, I decided to design an adjustable strap that would quickly latch around the infant -seat handle. </p> <p>My primary purpose was to design a useful product, and thankfully I have received many wonderful responses. It truly has been an awesome experience to design a product and bring it to market. I actually went to the ABC kid’s expo. in Los Vegas last year and plan on going again this year.</p> <p>Mike Aiudi <br /> www.creativebabystuff.com<br /> </p> Hello,

I am the proud inventor of the Baby Lift® Strap. When my son was an infant; I hooked a rope around the infant-seat handle and my shoulder. I found it helpful to carry the infant-seat. A few years later, I watched mothers awkwardly carrying the seats into daycare. I mentioned my rope solution, but received puzzled looks. Being an engineer, I decided to design an adjustable strap that would quickly latch around the infant -seat handle.

My primary purpose was to design a useful product, and thankfully I have received many wonderful responses. It truly has been an awesome experience to design a product and bring it to market. I actually went to the ABC kid’s expo. in Los Vegas last year and plan on going again this year.

Mike Aiudi
http://www.creativebabystuff.com

]]> By: anon http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3135 anon Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:10:16 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3135 <p>I don't understand the "need" for removable carseats. Four kids later and we've only had convertible carseats, meaning none of them were carried around in a damn bucket. Seems lazy to me. </p> I don’t understand the “need” for removable carseats. Four kids later and we’ve only had convertible carseats, meaning none of them were carried around in a damn bucket. Seems lazy to me.

]]> By: Christi http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3134 Christi Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:45:15 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3134 <p>I'm not planning on having any more children, but if I did, I would try a sling. But I would also invest in this thing for times that the baby seat was needed, too!</p> I’m not planning on having any more children, but if I did, I would try a sling. But I would also invest in this thing for times that the baby seat was needed, too!

]]> By: Mama Peach http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3133 Mama Peach Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:08:11 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3133 <p>I am an AVID babywearer. I still wear my 2 1/2 year old in pouches, ringslings, Mai Tais, and German Woven Wraps. While I do agree that this product may have its uses (in particular when a physical disability makes it difficult to carry a carseat) I feel that this product may promote the idea that the baby stays in the carseat for extended periods of time. </p> <p>Aside from the lack of physical contact, extended amounts of time in an infant carseat can cause severe plagio (infant flathead). </p> <p>I live in an extremely cold city in Canada and I have a babywearing jacket. I would hop into the back seat, remove my daughter from her infant seat, put her in our wrap, and zip up.</p> <p>Personally, I would never use nor encourage the use of a product like this.</p> I am an AVID babywearer. I still wear my 2 1/2 year old in pouches, ringslings, Mai Tais, and German Woven Wraps. While I do agree that this product may have its uses (in particular when a physical disability makes it difficult to carry a carseat) I feel that this product may promote the idea that the baby stays in the carseat for extended periods of time.

Aside from the lack of physical contact, extended amounts of time in an infant carseat can cause severe plagio (infant flathead).

I live in an extremely cold city in Canada and I have a babywearing jacket. I would hop into the back seat, remove my daughter from her infant seat, put her in our wrap, and zip up.

Personally, I would never use nor encourage the use of a product like this.

]]> By: MetaMommy http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3132 MetaMommy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:33:29 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3132 <p>After weighing the pros and cons, we went for the convertible car seat and completely bypassed the infant car seat. I listed out a few reasons on my blog post (click "MetaMommy" below). I transported him in a sling or in his stroller, and I have no regrets. It probably saved my back, too!</p> After weighing the pros and cons, we went for the convertible car seat and completely bypassed the infant car seat. I listed out a few reasons on my blog post (click “MetaMommy” below). I transported him in a sling or in his stroller, and I have no regrets. It probably saved my back, too!

]]> By: RobMonroe http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3131 RobMonroe Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:30 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3131 <p>KGS - I agree that the car seat is certainly easier in a restaurant! Flip the high chair over and you've got a place to put it even!</p> <p>As for bobble-headed infants - it depends on the sling you use. We used a ring sling and she was easier to wear in that than haul around a stroller. (For us.) She slept quietly through many things that I would have been awake for curled up on my chest. </p> <p>I still prefer to sling her (we're using a Bjorn right now, but the ring sling will be coming back as soon as we figure out how to put a sitting-babe in it) when we go out shopping or such. The strollers that we have are just too big for our car, and too big to maneuver in a mall.</p> KGS – I agree that the car seat is certainly easier in a restaurant! Flip the high chair over and you’ve got a place to put it even!

As for bobble-headed infants – it depends on the sling you use. We used a ring sling and she was easier to wear in that than haul around a stroller. (For us.) She slept quietly through many things that I would have been awake for curled up on my chest.

I still prefer to sling her (we’re using a Bjorn right now, but the ring sling will be coming back as soon as we figure out how to put a sitting-babe in it) when we go out shopping or such. The strollers that we have are just too big for our car, and too big to maneuver in a mall.

]]> By: KGS http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3130 KGS Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:42:39 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3130 <p>I found a carseat carrier very useful in two situations: restaurants and the grocery store, both before my daughter could sit up. I disliked bending over to pick up items from the lower shelves in the store with a baby sling, and eating hot food right over her head seemed dangerous. If we had some distance to walk to either of those two places we used a stroller though, not a carrier strap. What does the anti-carseat-carrier contingent prefer in these two situations, especially with bobble-headed infants who need to be "front-mounted"?</p> I found a carseat carrier very useful in two situations: restaurants and the grocery store, both before my daughter could sit up. I disliked bending over to pick up items from the lower shelves in the store with a baby sling, and eating hot food right over her head seemed dangerous. If we had some distance to walk to either of those two places we used a stroller though, not a carrier strap. What does the anti-carseat-carrier contingent prefer in these two situations, especially with bobble-headed infants who need to be “front-mounted”?

]]> By: pickel http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3129 pickel Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:36:25 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3129 <p>We used a sling (the hip hammock, as he was bigger and we were traveling to bring him home) when we adopted our 2 year old and it was a life saver. Now that we will be adopting a 6-12 month old from Guatemala who will be used to a Mayan sling it just seems natural that we use it. </p> <p>I have heard of so many adoptive parents who "force" their children to stop using it because it is just not convenient for them and I feel they are missing out on such a wonderful attachment tool. </p> <p>And, I can't imagine carrying him (or any baby) in a car seat. I tried it once with a friend's child and they are just too dang heavy!</p> We used a sling (the hip hammock, as he was bigger and we were traveling to bring him home) when we adopted our 2 year old and it was a life saver. Now that we will be adopting a 6-12 month old from Guatemala who will be used to a Mayan sling it just seems natural that we use it.

I have heard of so many adoptive parents who “force” their children to stop using it because it is just not convenient for them and I feel they are missing out on such a wonderful attachment tool.

And, I can’t imagine carrying him (or any baby) in a car seat. I tried it once with a friend’s child and they are just too dang heavy!

]]> By: Julia http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/01/dwsuite.html/comment-page-1#comment-3128 Julia Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:22:59 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/01/the-baby-lift-strap-because-infant-car-seats-are-meant-for-cars.html#comment-3128 <p>I love my sling, but have difficulty figuring out how to get my baby into it quickly and easily while by my car in the winter (with wind, snow and frigid temps) with a toddler and preschooler waiting to get inside as well. As soon as warmer weather hits you can be that my big 3mo will be out of that car seat and in my sling. Any ideas on what to do in winter?</p> I love my sling, but have difficulty figuring out how to get my baby into it quickly and easily while by my car in the winter (with wind, snow and frigid temps) with a toddler and preschooler waiting to get inside as well. As soon as warmer weather hits you can be that my big 3mo will be out of that car seat and in my sling. Any ideas on what to do in winter?

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