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The Rucksack and Tibetan Carry
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instructions, or watch one of these two rucksack videos:
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Step 1. Place the center of the wrap at the center of baby’s
back.
Bring the wrap around both sides of baby and hold together in front of
baby’s chest in your right hand. |
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Step 2. Guide baby with your left hand on baby’s torso, lift
baby with your right hand, and place baby on your right shoulder. |
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Step 3. Baby is now perched on your back over your right shoulder. |
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Step 4. Bend over so that your back makes a table that baby is lying
on. Take the left end of the wrap in your left hand so that each hand
has one end, and carefully bring the left end over your head to your
left shoulder. Remember that you are supporting baby by your hold on
the wrap, so don’t let go! |
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Step 5. Make sure your hand is on baby, to keep baby from sliding off
your back. Stretch the wrap across baby’s back from armpit to
knees, or
in the case of a younger baby, from shoulders to knees. |
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Step 6. Hold the left end of the wrap between your knees, and bring the
right end down under your armpit and behind baby. |
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Step 7. Bring the cloth over baby’s right leg behind the
knee, then cross under baby’s left leg. |
Step 8. Now that this end of the wrap is pinched under baby’s
leg, it
should stay tight. If it is not secure, tuck it between your knees as
before.
Bring the long (left) end under your left armpit, over baby’s
left leg,
and under baby’s right leg. Now there is a cross under
baby’s bottom. |
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Step 9. To tighten the whole wrap, take one end in each hand, jump
slightly to bounce baby’s weight off the wrap, and
simultaneously pull
both ends tight. |
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Step 10. Tie in front. |
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The Tibetan Variation
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For the tibetan variation, follow all of the rucksack instructions
until you tie the knot, instead of tying at waist, bring the right end
up and thread it through the left arm strap. |
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Now thread the left end through the right arm strap. |
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Good–now give it all one last tightening
tug, and tie together in the middle.
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