We took DD3 when she was 12mo old. She did everything she could. I never realized how loud Ellen's Energy was until I rode it with a sleeping baby. But she did fine of everything. We will be going back in Oct. with the baby who will be 21 mo. and we plan to do the same. I did have a side sling which allowed me to just sit down with her still in the sling(sometimes DH would disconnect the neck strap for me while we were sitting for awhile). Alot of people disagreed with us going while she was so little, but she had a great time. Of course she dosen't remember it, but that wasn't our point in taking her. If you want specifics of rides we went on or what we did I can give it to you. Just let me know