Ellaroo Mei Tai Baby Carrier - Hershey

 (2 customer reviews)

I was shocked when I read the other review where the person absolutely hated this carrier. I have one and it is wonderful! Totally worth the price as well. WE had previously purchased a Woahmama mei tai which was horrible. The Ellaroo is great. There is a lot more to this carrier than 4 straps and a piece of fabric. I sew quite well and do not believe I would be able to duplicate it. One of the best features is the padding along the straps which allows me to wear my almost 2 year old son for hours without pain. This also works quite well for the 9 month old little girl that I watch occassionally.
With a little practice you can easily put it on yourself. I use this a couple of times a week on both the front and back. Check out some of the videos on youtube to see how to put this on yourself. It is great how compact it is and how it comes with it's own little bag to keep it in. We keep it by the back door and use it all the time! Highly recommended!

This is basically an overpriced piece of fabric. All you get is a square sewn to four fabric "straps" and you do all the work. It is tedious, hard, annoying, dangerous because you CANNOT do it alone, someone has to hold the baby and/or tie the damn thing around you, and you basically have to do this operation on a bed cause you might drop the baby, it happened a couple of times to us. Then, after this time-consuming frustrating sweaty experience, once the baby is "on" it's really uncomfortable, it breaks your back and if you just want to get the baby out for a few moments and back inside it's plain impossible. Just buy a backpack carrier, we did that and regreted so much buying this "hip-looking" overpriced piece of junk! They should be sued, seriously!!! Oh, and hope that your baby doesn't start crying and kicking through the process, if he does, then it's easier to tie a bobcat around you, i swear!