Pros:Fits easily.Doesn't kill your shoulder (depends on your child I'm sure).We take this on vacation, when we go to the beach or something, and walk around the boardwalk and stuff like that. Everyone comments either on it or how cute our baby is, or a combination of those.Cons:I guess the safety issues are the only thing I can think of to list for a con. You cannot buy these type of slings at a box store like Babies "R" Us; I'm guessing because of people saying that children can suffocate. But we started using this with our child around the age of 8 weeks, and at that point, our baby was big enough that she fit such that it didn't look like a safety hazard for her at all. So I would caution someone to wait at least two months before using an item like this, but otherwise, we've never thought twice about it, and our child has been fine.