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are there any babywearers in the midlands?

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nappyaddict · 04/03/2007 21:31

i have just bought a wrap and i am in a total fluster what to do with it. i can't even get the knots right! i would be really grateful if someone could arrange to meet with me and show me what to do as all these pictures and dvds are just not helping.

TIA x

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kiskidee · 01/09/2007 01:31

iswym now about colourways. what age are you carrying? my mate carries her 3yo in storchs - ulli and inka. fantastic for support.

kiskidee · 01/09/2007 01:32

nitey nite. think matchsticks/eyes. i will suffer tomorrow.

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nappyaddict · 01/09/2007 11:21

he's 14 months but quite chunky and a bit of a dead weight tbh.

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kiskidee · 01/09/2007 11:53

i would keep the 4.6m (size 6 by Didymos standard) sling as you can do all the wrap styles with it esp since he is big and past the baby stage.

I find the 4.2m (sz 5) nice because as i am skinny, i don't have extra cloth left over when i do the simple front carry with my dd. she is a petite 2yo. and i can do one rucksack carry with it.

have you thought of getting a length of muslin to see if a shorter length would work?

Ikea currently has muslin, which worked out to £7 for 5 metres. It felt very synthetic in the shop but after i washed it at 90 degs, it shrank to the size i said and came out lovely and soft.You can get 2 slings out of that. After it washed, 5m shrank to 4.6 so if you got 4.5 m it should be about 4.2. I am thinking that you can then make a shorter one out of the other half of material, say a 3.2 which is another popular length. It will be a cheap way of experimenting without breaking the bank.

It is safe to use. i don't know if you have sewing skills though and a shop wanted to charge £12 etc to hem it for me.

kiskidee · 02/09/2007 11:44

getting your baby into a front wrap - using a Moby

kiskidee · 02/09/2007 11:53

simple cross carry I figured out today what i was doing wrong that made me copy the same video time and time again. you must have thought I was drunk.

fizzylemonade · 02/09/2007 19:53

Kiskidee - slight hijack, I now have an ergo, my son is 15 month but about to go into 18-24 month clothing, he is well built.

I find putting him into the sling on my front easy although his view is very restricted, and I struggle to pull the straps tight enough for my peace of mind when he is on my back.

I have big boobs which I thinks makes it a better fit on the front.

As a babywearer yourself, do I have to carry him on my back? I originally hired a mei tai when he was 10 months old so am wondering whether to do it again but this time to try him on my back. I liked the mei tai as I could pull him nice and tight to me.

How old is your DD and do you back carry?

kiskidee · 02/09/2007 20:27

you don't have to carry him on your back if you don't want to. How old is he? how much does he weigh?

The Ergo is not as deep as most, if not all, MTs on the market so maybe that is why you feel insecure with him on your back. It probably is deep enough as long as he is not the kind of wiggly baby who likes to bend backwards, etc. I hear that some mamas don't like the ergo for this same reason.

I don't have big boobs so i can't say . I was always happy to have dd on my front in the ergo but she is quite petite and the waistband of it is too large for me so i thought i would get something that is a better fit. I got into MTs and wrap slings instead.

fizzylemonade · 02/09/2007 20:44

He is 15 months old and is about 25lbs

I have a short body so the ergo seems to give him too much material to move around in, I actually have it on my hips rather than my waist. This is why I think that my boobs help to fit him into it, I'm a DD cup

The MT was a really good fit when he was smaller, so was thinking of hiring again but bigmamaslings where I hired them from before seems to have stopped doing it. So I'm looking at slingjax as they do the babyhawk.

I like the simplicity of the MT.

theUrbanDryad · 02/09/2007 20:49

hi - i'm in Northampton and would be happy to meet up and help you if the good people on this thread haven't helped already! i use an Ellaroo wrap, but have a friend in Bedford who uses a Didymos and i have borrowed it and think it is fabbo (would swap for the Ellaroo but she's not keen!)

let me know if you need any help - whereabouts are you?

fizzylemonade · 02/09/2007 20:59

Urban - Nappyaddict has gone on holiday today although she may still need help on her return. Everyone here is just so helpful

theUrbanDryad · 02/09/2007 21:03

ah - ok, hopefully she'll see this on her return!

kiskidee · 03/09/2007 04:04

I would definitely recommend a MT to put him on your back. As a big toddler it is time to get him used to that. By now it must be heavy on your front. I know as my dd is getting so. Babyhawks are top quality. I have only heard good things about them. Kozy is also as good as BH and fold down smaller. I had a BH one custom made recently and had photos on it but my dh deleted them off the camera before i downloaded them.

UrbanDyad:
Didymos slings are awesome. I have 3. A girl have different moods. Storchenweige are also didymos quality, a tiny bit cheaper but not the same range of colours and fabrics. Hoppediz are also really nice if you want a slightly lighter wrap but the same high quality of fabric.

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nappyaddict · 09/10/2007 23:20

hi urbandyrad i am in the west midlands unfortunately so a bit far away. i am using my mei-tai lots at the moment and trying to get used to the wrap in the house but not very comfortable wearing it out and about yet cos i have to keep adjusting it.

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BebeCannelle · 12/02/2008 13:06

nappyaddict, those pictures should help you:
www.bebecannelle.com/pages/wrap-your-baby

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