My DS is about 11kg and 17m old, I still wear him. We have a Kari-Me sling (like a Hug-a-Bub) and DS can sit on my side, my chest, my back, face in, face out... it works well. Often I carry him to the park then take him out and let him run. DH absolutely loves it and he gets grumpy if I don't let him carry DS.
It depends on you and your son which sling you use, I like wrap slings but others don't.
I'll stop baby wearing when DS can walk everywhere alone and wants to. I guess I'll stop soon after we stop the pushchair.
Both my bubs hit the 10kg mark around 10 mth and I found baby wearing in a one shoulder sling after that point hard. We got a rigid backpack with DS which was good but cumbersome. We have an Ergo with DD and I love it as it is easy to transport (scrunches up into a bag) and we can do a front carry when she's sleeping, hip carry or back carry.
She is currently 13kg and I don't even notice her weight and can easily carry her for 3-4hrs
I have a homemade meitai. You can front, hip and back carry, but i tend to only back carry now as she's so heavy. I still wear DD (27months, 14.5kg) pretty much daily (only use a buggy if i'm going for a run and then i use the babyjogger). On Saturday i carried my 4.5 year old step-niece (about 20-21kg i think) for over an hour and the only problems came from the fact that she constantly wanted me to run/jump lol.
If you PM me your email addy i can email you the meitai instructions.
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