Is there a babywearing group near you that might have them for loan?
For starters, let's address the Ergo. It's great, I love it, but my DD is a "leaner" so I had started to look into taller-bodied carriers once her leaning away from me started to hurt my back. I am VERY fortunate to have a babywearing group local to me who has been an absolute g-dsend in getting wrap carries "right", using infant inserts and learning back-carry "tosses."
I have seen the Tula in person, but opted not to try it, having known a girl with that name in the past who was BAD NEWS. I didn't want to get a carrier with her name on it! HOWEVER, people who have it absolutely adore it. One woman in my BW-ing group got one for Christmas and posted her excited unboxing photos to our FB group!
The Boba 3G is actually pretty comfy IME, and as there's no separate infant insert, you wouldn't be losing anything by going with it over an orignal. And, frankly, the prints are all pretty cute.
And, of course, there's the KinderPack Toddler, which I treated myself to in November.
My DD (who will be 3 in March - she weighs 33-ish lbs & is about 36" tall) fits in it with room to grow. We just used it on our recent trip out to AZ ... and she spent her ENTIRE nap in it while DH & I walked around Old Town Scottsdale, weaving our way through several groups of rowdy Oregon Ducks and K-State Wildcats fans. I cannot rave enough about this carrier!!! (And it's made in the USA, too. The woman who owns the company sews them with a few friends near her home in IL.)
HTH!
Last edited by lizzywednesday; 01-08-2013 at 02:31 PM.
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
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