My babywearing days are numbered

At the moment pregnancy is making me too tired to carry Cassia in the Ergo. I have taken her out in it a couple of times in recent weeks, but the stroller is getting more and more air time these days, especially when it comes to grocery shopping.

By the time my second trimester kicks in and I have some energy back, it'll be too hot here for much serious babywearing. I did it last year when we first arrived because I had to, but it was pretty awful. Usually I loosened the Ergo as much as possible, but that meant more of her weight was being taken by my neck and shoulders.

And by the time the really stinky hot weather is over (late September), I'll be too pregnant to do much carrying.

I'm really sad about this! They often say you can mourn the loss of your breastfeeding relationship (either because of weaning or difficulties which caused you to give up early), but I am so much more sad at the prospect of not being able to carry Cassia any more. I love the snuggling up so much; it's my favourite "feature" of attachment parenting, and I have always been grateful that she's such a lightweight I can do it easily.

Some friends have suggested she might come back to it once the baby's born, but... well by then I'll be carrying a new baby, so I'm not really sure how this would work. The things you learn to do when you have more than one kid, I suppose (which is a bit like the things you learn to do when you have a kid in the first place, isn't it?).