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Sizing Down For Summer

Diana — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:12:22 +0000

One way to keep cool while you keep wrapping all Summer long, is to use less fabric. By learning one or two great carries that don’t use much fabric, you can get away with a short wrap that layers across yourself and your baby fewer times. Fewer layers, means less hot!

Dana and Jocelyn in a Reinforced Rear Rebozo Rucksack (RRRR) in Neobulle Vert Anis

Short Wrap Front Carries:

Short Wrap Back Carries:

If you’re thinking about adding a short wrap to your stash, experiment with these carries with your long wrap. See which ones you like best, then measure how much extra wrap you have to see how small you can go! I like a wrap around 3.5 meters for most of these carries. Of course, a rebozo is perfect for the rebozo carry, which can be worn front, hip, or back! Rebozo (under 3 meters) is also long enough for the Reinforced Rear Rebozo Rucksack–a real sturdy short carry!

Pregnant Babywearing

Diana — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:48:42 +0000

Babywearing becomes more valuable when carrying your children becomes more of a challenge. Pregnancy is such a time. You may become tired more easily, but that fact does not keep your toddler or preschooler from needing and wanting to be carried. If you are going to be carrying your child, let the wrap help you out!

When my good friend Rachel was pregnant with her second baby, baby number one was two years old. They let me take some photos of them to demonstrate wearing a toddler in a back wrap cross carry while pregnant:

Two year old in a BWCC tied under pregnant bump.

Babywearing and hanging laundry while pregnant!

BWCC supports two-year old comfortably on her mamma's back.

That was two years before my pregnancy, and the only babywearing while pregnant pictures I can find of myself are me wearing Rachel’s second daughter. Aurora is in the tummy in the photos above, and on my back in the photos below. You can just see my belly starting to bulge with Annabelle-to-be, and this is the very same wrap two years later:

Wearing a two year old while pregnant.

Rebozo one-shouldered back carry.

There are two important things to know about wrapping while pregnant:

Don’t do anything that strains your body.
Experiment with carries to find one that is comfortable for your pregnant body.

The Back Wrap Cross Carry is often a good one, as the crosses can be spread wide over the chest for comfort, the multiple passes over your child provides sturdy support for a bigger kid, and the wrap can be tied above or below the bulge.

Tying a rucksack tibetan style allows you to forgo any tie at the waist.

Back carries allow your child to be carried and cuddled against you, without giving you too much of a workout, and without jeopardy of squishing the baby growing around front. Additionally, the weight on your back can actually balance out a hugely pregnant tummy and feel very comfortable for some pregnant ladies!

Cleaning House While Wearing Baby

Diana — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:16:36 +0000

Saturday my mom took Ada to spend the night with her, and David and Annabelle and I cleaned the living room. It was so nice to just dedicate myself to cleaning for an hour or so, without distractions or interruptions and it was VERY nice to have a clean living room. I’ve been taking pains all week to keep it nice because I think we’re all happier when our space looks lovely.

Wrapping Belle meant that I wasn’t interrupted by a baby needing to be picked up. Wrapping her on my back meant that I was even able to lean over the washing machine, and there was no bundle in front of me to interfere with sweeping! It also meant that Belle was a happy baby, cuddled up to her momma. Having just nursed, she happily went to sleep and my body movements kept her asleep for the duration. Lucky kid woke up to find all of the work finished!

Sweeping while Belle snoozes in a Reinforced Rear Rebozo Rucksack.

Doing laundry with Belle on my back.