The Action Baby Carrier-Review

O’s Mommy picked up an Action Baby Carrier a few weeks ago to try to mix into our carrier rotation (of one). We have been pretty much exclusively using our toddler size Tula. So why not try something new and economical as the ABC?

First off, I want to say kudos to ABC, they are an American company, made in America. Now that’s something I can really get behind. I love American made products.

When I first put on the carrier, I noticed that I really like the way it buckled and how light it was. The thing is very light. I like that. I like how the built-in hood is a continuation of the back panel and that it doesn’t snap onto the shoulder pieces, it loops on. That makes it quieter and less painful from not  smashing a tiny plastic snap into your shoulder.

I have to say it looks good too. We got the ‘Elle’ print and its pretty cool. Its turquoise with some elephants.

There is one thing that would stop me from making this carrier my preferred carrier, and that is the strap that connects the back panel to the shoulder strap, lets call it the underarm strap. That thing digs into me right where my pectoral and arm pit meet, and it hurts after about 10 min.

I like to wear O pretty tightly, maybe that is a cause. Possibly because I’m a pretty big guy too. I’m not sure, but I feel like if that one design element could be fixed it would be one of the most comfortable carriers I have tried before.

Possibly the Best New Parent Movie Ever

Neighbors

This was undoubtedly one of the funniest, and baddest, movies I have seen in a while. If you look past all the profanity, and inappropriateness of the movie, you find a hidden gem.

Seth Rogen has a young family. His wife, young baby daughter, and they just purchased a house and are living the American Dream. However, they do feel insecure in all of this, because they are still younger people, just growing up. They are realizing that having a baby isn’t an easy thing, and that it forces you to grow up, and leave behind your past.

Anyway, in moves a fraternity, and a feud starts, and things get way out of had throughout the rest of the movie. Set Rogen and his movie wife talk about how they want to be cool with the frat, but then they realize that that doesn’t work, blah blah blah, lots of crazy stuff happens.

 

In the end, the family gets the frat kicked out of their neighborhood and they are able to sleep and night and not have a distracting and potentially dangerous situation next door while raising a little girl. Seth Rogen and his movie wife realize that they are no longer party people, they can’t just go and do ‘shrooms while their daughter sleeps. They realize that they appreciate the little things in life, and that as grown ups, and parents, they now have a huge responsibility, but that it can be fun too, like eating pizza in bed.

While the frat president, Zac Efron, realizes that he should have been a better college student and less devoted to the fraternity, and actually worked to having a life after graduation. He sees the error of his ways, and makes his own steps to growing up by getting a job and going back to school at nights.

In life, you make choices, and the choice of becoming a parent is a huge one. Having a baby won’t fix your problems, but it will change you. Life after a baby is hard. No one wants to change, but we have to. You just can’t go to raves as a parent and leave your children sleeping, even if you do take the baby monitor with you. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with your babies!