Butterfly Comfort Carrier.
Wiesje is getting rather large and tiresome now for Sarah to always be carrying her around in the sling. Although we have a pram, too, there are certain situations and kinds of terrain where a pram just doesn’t work: whilst on hiking trails, for example.
With an eye to our upcoming trip to Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary, we decided to invest in a baby carrier; not one of those Baby Björn things that make your back ache after fifteen minutes if the baby’s more than three months old (we have one of those, too, but got very little use out of it), but a more heavy-duty construction that will remain comfortable for both baby and beast of burden for a couple of hours at a time.
After much farting around in Bever, Demmenie and Carl Denig, we finally settled on the Vaude Butterfly Comfort, because of its comfortable harness and cradling head-rest. Eloïse just seemed to be the most comfortable in this model. For me, too, the carrier is highly adjustable, so that I can obtain the right fit and centre of gravity, enabling me to carry her for longer without developing aches and pains.
With this device in the back of the car, I’ll be able to share the baby-carrying duties with Sarah and Wiesje will get a new, slightly raised perspective on the world.
Now all we need is a bit of cooperation from the weather, which, it has to be said, has been total shite for about two weeks now: endless grey skies and downpours that last most of the day, stop for about half an hour — just long enough to coax you outside and away from the safety of shelter — and then mercilessly punish you by recommencing with a vengeance, which then goes on for the remainder of the day. That’s not really the ideal weather for going on holiday and, since we have no jobs to dictate our schedule, we’re quite flexible about when we leave.