Ergo Baby – Infant Insert Heart to Heart – Natural
February 10, 2010 | Posted by elvin 
- Use from newborn to 4-5 months with the Ergo Baby Carrier.
- 100% cotton
- Machine wash cold. Tumble dry on low.
- All Ergo Baby Heart 2 Heart Inserts instock.
Product Description
The ERGObaby carrier in combination with our Infant Insert enables you to buy one carrier to assist you through all the stages of your baby’s growth. The insert is a specially padded and shaped cushion that can be quickly and easily placed in the carrier and readjusted or folded to pad just the right places for your infant. Your infant is then cradled in a cozy, protected environment close to your heart.For use with newborns up to 4 – 5 months (with ERGObaby carrier) 100% Cotton fabric 100% Cotton filling Finished product is pre-washed Machine wash cold water, mild detergent, no bleach. Dry in low heat
Ergo Baby – Infant Insert Heart to Heart – Natural
Categories: Ergo | 
Tags: Baby, Ergo, Heart, Infant, Insert, Natural | 
4 Comments »
I received an Ergo with my second child along with the newborn insert. The insert is quilted and because it trapped the heat in my daughter could not sit in it for more than 20 minutes during the summer without getting a horrible outbreak of prickly heat. If she had been a winter baby this would have been great, but I found the carrier useless until she was older.
Rating: 3 / 5
I love this new insert. My little girl is almost 12 lbs at 3 months and we’ve been using a different carrier by Lillebaby. Now she wants to be upright so we tried the ergo baby out for the first time. The other insert kept her wrapped up but I felt like she was constantly sliding down. This insert is great! She sits much higher in the carrier and can even look around now. She usually falls asleep after a while in the carrier because she’s so comfortable. It doesn’t overheat her like the other infant insert. The only downside about this is that she drools on me because she puts her head on my chest to sleep. I’m sure that will change once she gets older and for now I just put a burp cloth down which works just fine. I think she’ll easily make it with this insert to 5 months. Well worth the money. I actually bought mine at [...] though so I could get the galaxy print which is adorable.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the second Ergo infant insert I’ve bought. I bought this one hoping it would work better than the old infant insert. It doesn’t. Basically, if your newborn doesn’t like the Ergo carrier, it’s likely neither insert is going to help. You should test the Ergo with your newborn before spending the money.
My husband and I loved the idea of the Ergo carrier, as the hip belt helps alleviate back problems and is much like our packs for backpacking, so we registered for one. But however much we like the carrier, my eight-week-old, 10.5 pound daughter hates it. I’ve been trying to get her into the Ergo using first the old infant insert, and now the Heart 2 Heart, repeatedly ever since she was born, but with no success. The moment I put her (in the insert) into the Ergo carrier, she starts screaming and doesn’t stop until I take her out. I’ve watched the video for the old insert (note: there’s no video for the Heart 2 Heart) and am following their technique exactly, but still she just hates the carrier.
Neither insert provides enough head support for my daughter, which is why I think she screams. The Heart 2 Heart in particular doesn’t work; when she’s settled into it as per the instructions, the insert doesn’t come up high enough to support her head, and she’s not a particularly long child. So her head flops forward when she tries to look around, which frustrates her.
Both inserts feel like a bit of an afterthought — I’m not convinced the Ergo carrier was designed with newborns in mind. Having the baby’s feet out one side in the old insert seemed like a stopgap solution, and the Heart 2 Heart doesn’t quite solve the issue, either. Interestingly, I picked up a used Baby Bjorn as a last resort after having spent all this money on the Ergo and the inserts, and she likes the Bjorn, because it’s stiffer and provides more support. I think she won’t like the Ergo until her head’s a bit steadier; we’ll go back to the Ergo then.
So it’s worth knowing before buying this insert that it may or may not be money well spent — it all just depends on whether your child likes it or not, and there’s a possibility she won’t (as I’ve now seen multiple reports on various sites saying that their newborns also don’t like the Ergo; wish I’d done this research before getting the Ergo and spending the money on the inserts). It’s worth waiting until after your baby is born and trying out the infant inserts before buying them. Otherwise, you may want to hold off on the Ergo until 4-5 months.
Rating: 2 / 5
We have been so thankful for the heart-2-heart insert as our son has loved his time spent in it. He’s only 4 days old and the insert is just perfect for his little body. It’s supportive and comfortable for him. He sleeps like a champ whenever he’s in it
We are grateful that Ergo came out with this new insert as we were hearing that their previous insert was not really working with newborns.
Rating: 5 / 5