I LOVE them. I owned about 8 different other baby carriers before the Maya Wrap, and hated every one of them.

I still use it with my 14 month old son (26 pounds), and if I really wanted to and my older daughter would tolerate it, I could wear my son on one shoulder and daughter (at 33 months old and 36 pounds) on the other. They’d be heavy, but I could do it! I don’t routinely wear my daughter, though. I don’t wear my son very often anymore, either, because he always wants to be down and moving around.

I didn’t get the Maya Wrap until my second child was born. My daughter thought it was kind of fun (when she was around 2) but didn’t use it enough to have a strong opinion of it. My son loved it when he was younger. I used to wear him to the pool when he was 5-7 months old and he didn’t really want to go in the water. I could stand in the kiddie pool with my 2 year old and have both hands free for her (thank God, because she is a fish with NO fear of the water!). It really was a great solution for us.

I don’t know much about wearing a newborn in one, though, because I didn’t get mine until my second child was about 4 months old. He loves sitting on my right hip and that’s pretty much the only way I’ve used it, although I know lots of people who can nurse in one.

If you want some more hands-on help with them, you should go to a local NINO (Nine In, Nine Out) meeting. They hold them once every month or so in most areas and are free, and they show you a whole array of carriers and how to use them. You can bring your own carrier and someone can help show you how to use it with your baby. You might want to look into it ahead of time and then plan to go soon after your baby is born so that you’ll be able to practice with help. I put a link at the bottom for their website.

Good luck!