Babywearing and parents go together like apples and cheese. Wait, is that only me? It’s a thing, I promise.

Anyway, wearing babies is not only an amazing, comfortable way to be mobile with your bundle of boy or girl, it’s also fashion forward. Or forward facing, if you will. But you have to do a little reading before you saddle up. You should know your options and choose them according to safety, carrier preference and lastly, but not most importantly, how much SWAGGER you have.

That’s right. You have to know your swagger limits, party parents. You can’t just stroll down the block without knowing the right way to carry DAT BABY.

Forward facing is awesome when your babies get a bit older and bigger. Plus, it’s ergonomic so your baby can type your blog posts for you without getting carpal tunnel. In fact, Arden is writing this post now as we speak.

The cool thing though, on this carrier, is that it’s a four position carrier that’s designed with a wider, frog-legged base. So then you can do this…

A few dadhacks I’ve figured out in rocking the FFO (for those in the biz of babywearing when we refer to “front facing out” wears) include:

-I like to FFO when I have a fun reason like going to the museum or talking to animals.
-I usually FFO when it’s pretty chilled out. I’m not about to babywear my son to an action movie.
-If my son seems tired, I switch him back inward just in case. I don’t want him to get overstimulated.
-Seriously, if your baby needs some snuggles, flip them back around towards you. It’s best for both of you.

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Disclosure: Ergobaby paid for this diagram post because they know we aren’t experts. We’re just dads who like babies. And wearing things. And wearing babies. These opinions are ours because someone else would look really stupid if they were theirs. We thank them for underwriting this post, which we would’ve written no matter what. Because we’re idiots.