A friend of Teri’s friends (Janet) came over to join us for dinner tonight.  She brought her three month old baby daughter with her, and they left a short while ago.  It’s absolutely amazing how much “stuff” you need to haul around with you when you bring a baby anywhere!  Teri’s been talking about picking up a few baby things to keep here for when her friends with babies come visiting, and I think that actually might be a pretty good idea.  She does seem to have a lot of friends with babies and young children! 

One of the coolest things Janet brought with her was one of those baby slings that I see from time to time when Teri and I go out.  A baby sling is a great way to keep a young baby close to his or her mother (or father) when the parent needs to be able to move around and keep their hands free.

Janet told us that she shopped for her sling on the Internet and found a site that sells nine different brands of slings: hotslings, Beco, Didimos, K’Tan, Elleroo, Ergo, Maya, Moby and Zolowear.  I didn’t realize there was that much competition in the baby sling market!  She showed us the website and some of the slings that they sell.  I think that the Baby K’Tan 8 position wrap looks like the most versatile one, but I also like the hotslings one made out of hemp.