Dear Boba Wrap.
They say you never forget your first love, and I am hear to tell you that it so true. Before you were re-named Boba Wrap you were called a Sleepy Wrap, and at a super affordable $38 you were the very first carrier I ever purchased. You were the beginning and one of the reasons I feel in love with babywearing. I remember when my first son was less than 2 weeks old I wrapped him up in your soft stretchy fabric and carried him through the mall in a search for nursing bras. My son cooed and “sang” the whole time I wore his sweet little body against mine.
This time I pulled my old wrap out almost as soon as my son was born, and wore his heart near my heart in the place that he belonged. I carried my babies for nine months underneath my heart, it only seems natural to put him as close to me as I can. When my son was about 6 weeks old a gorgeous new wrap arrived at our doorstep. I don’t think I have ever opened a package and used a product as quickly as I did this new Stardust Boba Wrap.
My dear Boba Wrap you are a key baby item in my household. I use you several times a week, and think it only proper to tell you all the ways I love you. So…
Let me count the ways…
I love your beautiful fabric. With a pattern like the Stardust I can easily throw it on over a shirt before I leave the house and people think I have a gorgeous top on.
I love your stretchy fabric that I can easily put my sweet little man in and take him out with ease. The fabric is easily manipulated to find the sweet spot for us both.
I love that there is little to no sag as compared to other wrap carriers. Not all stretchy wraps are created equal, one wear and you make that perfectly clear.
I love that I can feed my child discreetly while we are out and about. As simple stretch of the shoulder straps, and a bounce to lower my baby down and into position and I am good to go. Learning to nurse in a carrier provides me freedom to be out in public and not worry about when my baby will need to eat next.
I love that hands free I can clean my home, play with my older child, make dinner, go grocery shopping with two children, meet deadlines, write for sanity, and even workout.
I love that I don’t have to miss out on sweet baby snuggles. With your first baby you can sit and hold them and forget a lot of the other daily chores you have. When you have a second child, the moments of sitting and doing nothing but holding your little baby are few and far between. When I wrap my baby up I get the best of both worlds. I can care for the everyday chores while snuggling and providing the comfort my child needs.
And above all else…
I love that my son is instantly calmed as soon as he is placed in the wrap. This allows me to provide the love and attention my newborn needs without taking a moment away from my three year old. Being three is tough. Being a newborn is, well, new. Your wrap allows me to divide my love and attention equally.
Last week my son had a preschool party. Right before we were to go watch them drop off their Valentines my baby started to fuss. I ran back to my car, grabbed my Boba Wrap and in a minute my baby had calmed down. He slept snuggly in my Boba while I got to give my older son all the attention that his first Valentine’s Day party deserved.
You allow me the ability to not have to choose between my son’s needs. That alone is worth more to me as a mother that you know.
For all of the above and more I would like to say thank you Boba Family.
As my son continues to grow I know you and I will eventually have to part, but not too soon as we have many more months together until my baby reaches 35lbs thanks to your no sag technology. Babywearing has allowed me to form a special bond with my children that until I had my Boba Wrap I didn’t know was possible. You opened doors to me falling in love with more carriers and forms of babywearing all because you were my first.
When my friends ask, and they have asked, what carrier they should purchase I have always answered a Boba Wrap. It’s an affordable go-to carrier that I couldn’t imagine not having in my stash.
I have used you with my first two babies and you can believe if we are blessed with more children you will see much more use.
Sincerely,
One very happy and smitten babywearing mama!
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Aww that was sweet. I love our Boba’s too! My little guy started out loving the wrap and now he is starting to like the carrier more.
I miss wearing my baby 🙁 Now he’s a wiggly worm toddler who doesn’t even want me to hold him. Love the pattern on yours!
Sleepy Wrap was my first carrier too!! It was orange. Yuck! Wish I had this print.
I have a Sleepy Wrap, and it was my life saver with baby girl. I never wore a wrap of any kind with my oldest, but this time around I wore her daily. I am only sad she is too big for it now! Cute post too!
Awww… I love this wrap! I wish I would have known about these great ones when mine were little enough. My youngest is three and I wish he’d let me hold him that close for a long period of time. This post makes me want to have another but I think three is it for me 🙂
I love my boba!
🙂 I want one of these when I have a baby too.
I love it. The print is awesome.
having a good wrap can be a fabulous investment. I had one with my 3 son and I tell you it was one of the best things I ever had. In fact, I still have it and it can be worn as a sling so he can sit on my hip and I don’t necessarily hold his weight. its fabulous
I LOVE Boba!! I hope to one day be able to try out their wrap.
sounds like a an amazing product. great review.
That is SUCH a cute wrap!
I have a K’tan and like it now that Gus is older for the forward-facing “explorer” position, but it looks like the boba would feel more secure for wearing newborns.
This was such a cute post! I love the new Boba wrap prints. I’ve never tried the Boba wrap, but I love that it has a little spandex in it to prevent the sag that happens with cotton carriers.
So cute! I love the fabric print. I love babywearing, but my daughter HATES the baby carrier. 🙁
I don’t know why I could never get into this kind of thing. I guess I felt so hindered. My poor babies lost out on all that good swaddling because of me. lol
I never baby wore when my daughter was an infant. I think I was always afraid I would drop her or something. Good thing she wasn’t fussy and didn’t mind being in bouncy seats, the swing, her play pen or anywhere else when I needed to get stuff done!
Looks pretty cool, I didn’t have anything like this with my kids.
I didn’t know about baby wearing when I had my daughter in the 90’s…I wish that I did, because I carried that baby on my hip for almost two years straight. LOL This looks really easy to use, unlike some of the other reviews I’ve seen online!
I love the print on there.
I loooooved baby-wearing. I miss it.
LOVED my Boba wrap!!!
That is a really pretty wrap and sweet baby looks so comfy in there!
What a beautiful print!
I am glad to hear that you love it. It’s going on my registry.
Great review! I would like to try a Boba.
I have a 5 year old and 3month old. I agree that my wrap helps me split time between the and keep everyone happy. But my chunky boy is starting to make my wrap sag so bad, I need to check out the boba wrap and its no sag technology
Aww! I love Boba!!
Love this review. We still have the baby wrap I used with my son (just a simple ‘ultimate baby wrap’, and we loved it with him, but this one looks so much better…and is certainly much cuter too….dfinitely on my wishlist for baby #2!!!
love this post, and it is oh so true! i LOVE the boba wrap as well & now can’t imagine life without it!
I can’t wait to start baby wearing once my little one is here 🙂
That was a great review. I wish they had had something like this when my kids were babies. My daughter has two sons ages 3 and two weeks. The Boba Wrap has so many positive features and would free her to do what needs to be done while snuggling the baby.
Carol L
This is an awesome review, very detailed. It sounds like a fantastic wrap and I just LOVE the Stardust print! Thanks for sharing!!!
thats such a pretty print. i have an ergo but am in search of something for a smaller kiddo. with 4 older kiddos i’ll need my hands free.
Great review! I love it when I can snuggle my baby in a wrap. That print is SO pretty, too!
I love the Boba company and love that they make a wrap now. I love that this wrap is so easy to adjust for the size of your baby and even daddy can wear using the wrap
I didn’t realize that Sleepy Wraps were now being made by Boba! Now I really want one! 🙂
That is so sweet! I discovered wraps after dd had hit the 35lbs mark. 🙁 I am looking forward to using one with our next that we are TTC!
Love this! I can’t figure out why some people DON’T babywear!
My neighbor let me borrow her sleepy wrap and I totally didn’t know that it was the older version of the Boba. How crazy! I loved it and I couldn’t imagine life without it now especially with 2 kids myself. I adore the new pattern! I am looking into a Boba 3G now 🙂
I wish I had this wrap when my daughter was born….can’t wait to babywear more with our next!!
I miss those days…
I love that print!
I love how snug it looks, i’m a small female and everythign always feels too big on me!
I love that print and can’t wait to carry baby #2 this summer!
What’s not to love about babywearing? I love that the fabric is stretchy and light (no overheating for mama or baby)!
the quality of the fabric looks great, as well as the pattern! Love it!
This is cute we would love to try it, already have Moby and this looks similar.
I tried a woven wrap and I had a really hard time nursing in it. I’d really like to try the knit for that. I love the print on this wrap.
Too sweet! I’m so looking forward to babywearing with my little guy!
It looks gorgeous, and oh-so-comfortable! I’d love to try one.
Thanks for the review. We are having our first in June and I am trying to figure out which carrier/wrap would be best for us!
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Love love love the boba baby carrier– cute patterns, awesome footstraps!