I am with Suse....I would probably recommend the OH Snap! for you instead of the pikkolo. It is more suited to larger persons than the pikkolo. Do your chilkdren tend to be towards the tall end of the scale? If so definitely go the Oh Snap.....if you have shortarse kidlets the pikkolo would be okay but the lifepsan of it will not be as long as the bigger bodied Oh Snap. Especially seeing as your youngest is no longer a newborn I would tend to go for the carrier that is going to last trhe longest. I also got an Oh Snap in the order and I am very impressed with them so far....obviously Connor is too small for yet but the trials of it I have done have impressed me. The pikkolo is great for me at the moment as I am only 5' 2" and Connor is a newborn still but I can see it is going to be limited body length wise as he grows.
The babyhawk meitai is also good as the straps allow you to get the weight distribution right where you want it across the back...another meitai I would recommend for you is the Kozy MeiTai...have a look at them...they are great for people who are taller and/or a bit larger or broad shoulders and have a very generous body size to the carriers which suits older babies.
If it were me and I was your size with babies of your ages and I was going to get two carriers I would be going for a Kozy Mei Tai and an Oh Snap! SSC....just my two cents worth...
partyof five...I sell babyhawks.....you can also get them from upplease....we tend to have different designs so thsoe two sites should give a few to choose from....
Mel - thanks for your input. So the pikkolo is really a no go then? All my kids have super long bodies (lucky DD1 with a long body and long legs!) and I've only got a short 5 foot 5 body.. haha
Maybe I should just get the oh snap then.... I'm not that fond of mei tais, just cos I have to tie it, and it always gets loose and it seems like I'm forever tightening it...
As much as I would love to take your money...LOL....I am not going to give you a bum steer...In all honesty I think the Oh Snap! is a better option for you hun, especially if you have long bodied children.....you will find the pikkolo very limited in your particular case.....
Sorry to hijack - I really like the look of the Ohsnap and am sorely tempted to get one (they are sooo pretty too!), but was just wondering what size/age kid you could wear in them? Was thinking if DD could still fit in it (she's not quite 2 but am thinking about next summer when we go camping, so she'd be 2.5-3). Coz the ability to have DD in this and DS in the piccolo might be a selling point. ( Or am tempted to do the naughty and have it turn up one day!)
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