Learn More Wrap Carries and New Woven Wrap Skills
If you already love wrapping your baby but want to learn more wrap carries and new ways to use your wrap, I’ve got you covered!
Read More- it’s easier to remember different carries
- you can customize carries to solve difficulties
- you can invent new carries to suit your needs
- your carries will be more comfortable
- Back carries feel cooler than front carries. Chest to chest is just HOT!
- Rucksack is a single layer carry over baby, and with no passes crossing over your chest.
- When you do this shorter Rucksack variation that ties at the shoulder, that means you avoid having the wrap around your waist at all.
Are You a Woven Wrap Newbie? This is for you.
There’s plenty of information about wrapping. So much, in fact, that it may be hard for the woven wrap newbie to know where to start. Especially with the specialized wrap lingo. OMG, have you seen the wrap lingo???
Okay, I’m going lingo free.
Read MorePoppins Carry and Poppins Finish
The distinctive look of Poppins Carry makes it a favorite for pretty wrap photo shoots, while the double layer of support over baby and the ability to pop baby in and out of it without untying make it a convenient choice for an easy carry on the front or hip.
This is a great way to have a fast poppable carry but with more support so you stay comfortable in this single shoulder carry than you would with a ring sling.
Because it’s so pretty, the “Poppins Finish” is often incorporated into other carries as well:
FCC is NOT FWCC
What’s the difference between Front Cross Carry (FCC) & Front Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC)?
Front Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC) is the first carry most people learn. Read More
Comfortable Babywearing Without Shoulder Pain
5 Rules of Comfortable Babywearing
Babywearing shouldn’t hurt!
This isn’t the act of a martyr mom – doing what’s best for her baby at her own expense.
A good baby carrier should make your life easier and better and more comfortable.
So what if it does hurt? Read More
Woven Wrap Passes – Anatomy of a Back Carry
There are so many wrap carries but they are made up of combinations of a few standard woven wrap passes.
Understanding woven wrap passes offers you these benefits:
So here’s a primer on the different wrap passes that make up nearly every back carry: Read More
Breastfeeding Front Cross Carry How-to
Why a breastfeeding Front Cross Carry? This carry is easy to adjust into a nursing position and then back again when baby is done.
Nursing in your wrap is about the handiest thing you’ll ever learn – or rather, the most hands-free thing you can learn!
It’s the most convenient way to breastfeed your baby when you’re out and about or when you have other things to do or kids to take care of!
In this video tutorial, Kristy shows how she wraps her baby in Front Cross Carry (FCC) and then lowers baby to breastfeed in Front Cross Carry in an upright position: Read More
Rucksack TAS is Cool for Summer Babywearing
If you’re wrapping but want to keep from overheating this Summer, then Rucksack TAS (tied at shoulder) is your best bet for staying cool while wrapping up!
You can do Rucksack TAS with a short wrap up to 3 sizes shorter than your base size. Here’s how to do it: Read More
Too Hot to Wear? A Thin Wrap for Summer Babywearing
The best baby carrier for Summer is one that will keep you comfortable in the heat.
You’ve been babywearing for months and you’re not willing to give it up:
Your baby calms immediately once wrapped.
You love the freedom it gives you to get things done.
But suddenly . . . Baby, it’s HOT outside!
Keep Wrapping Comfortably Throughout the Summer Months
Your wrap makes all the difference! Read More
5 Tips for Babywearing Breastfeeding
Babywearing Breastfeeding Tip #1
Learn to Nurse & Learn to Wrap
For successful babywearing breastfeeding, first establish a successful breastfeeding relationship. Learning to nurse in your carrier is a complication that need not be added until you and your baby have found a comfortable and workable breastfeeding routine. After all, this is a matter of your baby’s health and well being. So give yourself some time to get that going well before you add babywearing into the equation. Read More
Double Hammock Tied at Shoulder With No Waist Tie
Did you know you can do a Double Hammock Tied at Shoulder (TAS), a Double Hammock Carry variation that ties at the shoulder so you have no wrap around your waist at all? Read More
All About Woven Wrap Kangaroo Carry
Kangaroo Carry is a wonderful carry for a newborn, older baby, or toddler and it can be done with a short or long wrap. Kangaroo can usually be done with a wrap two sizes shorter than the wrap length you need for full length carries like Front Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC). We call this Base – 2.
What Size Woven Wrap Do I Need?
So, What Size Woven Wrap DO You Need?
I’m going to say something controversial here.
Ready?
You don’t have to worry too much about wrap size.
Why not?
Let me explain. Read More
Poppable Carries with a Woven Wrap
Poppable Carry in a Woven Wrap
– as Fast and Easy as a Ring Sling
When you learn a poppable carry with your woven wrap, you get the same functionality as a Ring Sling!
Many parents love Ring Slings for quick errands. This is because you can quickly slip on and adjust a Ring Sling. This ease-of-use makes them popular for a day that will have a lot of ins and outs such as errand day or any day when baby rides in the car between several stops.
Babywearing When the Weather Changes
When it starts to get chilly in the evening and early mornings, wrapping parents are presented with the challenge of dressing themselves and their babies for a day with fluctuating temperatures. Of course, layers are always good – you can remove them when it gets hotter, and put them back on when it gets cooler. Read More
Is My Toddler Too Big For a Wrap?
No, your baby – even your toddler – is NOT too big for a wrap! How do I know? Keep reading and you’ll see!
For a toddler wrap, you will want to get a good woven wrap. You will not get the support you want from a stretchy wrap. With a sturdy toddler wrap you will find out how comfortable wrapping a one year old, two year old, three year old, or four year old can be! Read More
Woven Wrap Newbie – What is a FWCC?
Wrap: Ellevill Tri-Spice
What is FWCC?
FWCC stands for Front Wrap Cross Carry and it is the most popular way for parents to wrap a baby in a woven wrap front carry.
You can use a woven wrap so many different ways. We call each different way of tying ‘a carry’ and give each carry a name. Read More
Front Wrap Cross Carry Newborn Twist
The Front Wrap Cross Carry Newborn Twist is a trick that may make your newborn Front Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC) work better for you.
Using this twist is not wrong or right. It’s a tool for you to use if it fits your needs!
As long as your baby is positioned safely and you are both comfortable and happy, then you are wrapping ‘right’ whether you twist or not.
How to tell your baby is positioned safely: Read More
Summer Babywearing and Woven Wraps
Summer babywearing in Florida means knowing how to keep everyone comfortable in a baby carrier in hot weather. Here are my suggestions for lighter Summer baby wraps, recommendations for cooler carries to use with your wraps, and tips for surviving hot weather wrapping so you don’t have to stay in-doors all Summer!
Dear New Wrapper . . . You Got This!
Sometimes I hear that wrapping is too hard. It has a steep learning curve. There is even a popular meme circulating that begins with “Dear New Wrapper” and promises that as terrible and frustrating as it is to learn to wrap, it will all be so worth it.
I disagree. Wrapping doesn’t have to be hard.
I get emails all the time from parents who just received their wrap, tried it on and LOVED IT. And that’s what I want to happen every time I ship a wrap.
But it is not uncommon for a parent to try a wrap for the first time and end up with a big mess. Baby crying, wrap not supporting them, back hurting . . . what went wrong?
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