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Step 1. Hang the wrap down your back, with the two ends coming over
your shoulders and hanging in front of you. The wrap should be
off-center with one end longer than the other (in the pic I have the
end over my left shoulder longer than the right). |
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Step 2. Pick up baby and hold in front of you. |
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Step 3. Bring one end of the wrap around baby from your shoulder to
baby's opposite knee (in this picture it stretches from my right
shoulder and baby's left shoulder to baby's right knee). |
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Step 4. Bring the same wrap end under baby's bottom and tuck under
baby's knee. Wrap should stretch across baby's body from left knee to
right knee. |
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Step 5. Bring the other end of the wrap (hanging over my left shoulder
in the picture) down over baby and tuck under opposite knee. You will
still be supporting baby's weight with your arm. |
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Step 6. Now bring the long end of the wrap that is tucked under baby's
knee around your back and through the loop hanging down your back. |
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Step 7. Take the end of the wrap that you have threaded through the
loop, and tie it to the other end of the wrap tucked under baby's other
knee. The location of the knot may depend on how uneven the wrap was
when you started. It will probably be on your hip. |
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Step 8. Because I am using a long wrap, I have wrapped it around my
waist again to tie under baby's bottom. |
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Step 9. Locate the inner cross and spread the fabric out so that it
stretches from baby's shoulder to shoulder, and knee to knee. It should
form a seat under her bottom. |
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step 10. Spread the outer cross in the same way, covering baby's entire
back and forming a seat under baby's bottom with baby's knees higher
than baby's bottom. |
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Voila! As with other cross carries, baby can have arms in or out of the
fabric, the cross can be pulled over baby's head for head support, and
a very small baby can be placed in the inner cross in a cradle position
(check the newborn link on the left). |
