snowger,
yup like what echo said, the weight of bb is spread out to the thighs, similar to her carrier. Most of the designs are very girly, but the design part can be covered (but not completely) if I leave the sleeping hood down. My hb doesn't mind, he thinks that its fine for bb carrier to be brightly coloured so that ppl can see we hv a baby coming and move out of our way! In theory I agree with him, but usually people are quite blind, or don't really care.
echo,
I tried a pouch on a few occasions but my girl didn't take to it. Also got the sleepy wrap which I still maintain is the most comfortable baby carrier I've tried, but its too hot and too much trouble to put on