Woven slings?

[Habbibu]

Have used a kari-me from birth with ds and he loves it - still likes the facing in hold at 6.5 mo when he's tired, but it's not holding him terribly securely if I try to tie him onto my hip, say. So I think I may need to change - should I get a woven sling or something like a mei-tai? What are pros and cons?

hmm. nothing yet come through on my gmail account.

Will try again. Hang on.

any luck this time, foxy?

Am reading this thread with interest. I wonder if my hug-a-bub is the same as the aforementioned storchenwiege?

hug a bub looks like the kari-me. Is it quite stretchy?

no, the hug-a-bub is stretchy

storchenwiege is a woven wrap, so you can't pre-tie it, you have to wrap the baby in it

Hang on - so you don't tie it on? How do you do it then?

I have a Didymos woven wrap. It is THE BEST THING EVER.
I can still carry DS2 (2.10) easily on my back and have had DD in it from birth - tummy then back - it's comfy and versatile

thisisyesterday - you can pretie woven wraps in some ties when they are tiny but not at OP's baby's age.

WoT... how do you get it tight enough to be supportive??

When they are little there is a tie in the didymos book where you have to pretie
It worked, but only when they were small. You learn how tight to do it then wiggly then in. Can't be much more descriptive than that I'm afraid.

Argh! Tell me - you wrap the baby up and then tie it on to yourself? I don't understand...

no, you wrap the baby as you tie it, iyswim!

youi know with the kari-me you can put it on, then put the baby in, because it's stretchy?

with a woven wrap you can't really do that, you need to get baby in position and then put the sling on round him.

I need a video. I have visions of lying flat on my back in a car park with ds wriggling on top of me as I try to wrap alsmost 5 metres of beautiful fabric around us both. I may get arrested.

The Elise has the book and DVD, habbibu. plus I can send you on some youtube vids I found helpful.

There is a pre-tie for the a simple front cross carry that can be used with bigger babies too. the dvd shows it and it is quite simple to do.

Why did I look at this thread? I want a new wrap now...

All done, foxy - let me know if email/payment don't arrive.

you can sort of put it on first but without tying it

Oh, I see - kind of like the Kari-me in reverse. She makes heavy weather of it a bit, though - hope I get to do it quicker than that, or dd and ds will explode with impatience.

God yes, much fnning about and adjusting. And she still fecks it up as it isn't spread over her shoulders!

I could get a child on in a 5m wrap in under a minute, and on my back in under 2 (friend once timed me in playgroup)

This is my favourite carry though, poppins hip carry, so fast and easy and very comfy as well.
Perfect for babies with head control who are too big/nosy for a fwcc.

JB I am going to try that later!