Product was recalled

My nephew's baby fell out of a Playtex Hip Hammock at the grocery store when the seams broke in August of '05. When they called Playtex to report that the seams broke and dropped the baby,Playtex informed them this product was recalled 2/22/2005 because of failure of the seams. I looked up on amazon and saw they are currently for sale. (...)My nephew loved this item till it dropped his daughter!!! Be sure what you buy is not a recalled item.

Came in very handy

When my son was 4 months old we had to take him out of his infant carrier and put him in a convertible car seat. He is a very big boy. This therefore caused problems when I had to go shopping. I could no longer just stick the infant carrier in the shopping cart and he was unable to sit on his own in a grocery cart. I bought this and it was a life saver. I could just wear the hip hammock with him close to me and we could go about our shopping. He seemed to really enjoy it and like to be close to me.

Works well

I originally have the classic Baby Bjorn carrier but did not like it too much since it caused major shoulder & back strain- my daughter was only 9 lbs. at the time. I wanted to get something that I could easily put her in & still go about my day here in NYC (Brooklyn, actually. My daughter is now 3 1/2 months at around 15 lbs. ( yes, she's growing fast!)She's been able to hold her head upright since she was 10 weeks old. I took her to the park this afternoon & basically walked a good mile or so with her in it- plus we went to the supermarket, as well. What a difference! Usually it gets pretty tough manuevering her stroller through tons of people & narrow aisles- this did the trick without all that shoulder & back strain. I onlt gave it 4 stars because like the previous poster mentioned it does have a tendency to dig into your neck after a while, so that needs to be addressed. But all in all, it works well- now I can take her on public transportation without hauling her big infant travel system- that's a big plus here in NYC.