I've started to experiment with carrying my youngest son, aged 10 months, AND sleeping equipment for both of us in/on the child-carrier (A Vango). The ultimate goal is to be able to do an overnighter in this fashion. For now I will just be happy if we manage to get a comfortable nap in the outdoors. The problem I'm having is that the child-carrier really isn't good at all for this purpose. First of all it is amazingly heavy. Secondly, it has almost no room for any gear. I've tried a Vaude carrier, but it was just as bad. Are there any good child-carriers available? I'm starting to think that the existing design for child-carriers is really bad from the start. All this metal structure is not always needed. I'm starting to think that it would be more comfortable to carry the child tied in cloth against the back, the way you see many women in developing countries do. That would certainly save a lot of weight. If you could combine that technique with some sort of backback that would be an interesting idea. I'm also considering skipping the child-carrier and to use a Baby-björn in front instead, but it is starting to feel a bit on the back (My son weighs around 9 kilos now.). Has anybody tried something like this?
