How to do Pocket Wrap Cross Carry in your stretchy wrap - first stretchy wrap carry

Описание: Join Mama & Roo's founder and babywearing educator Alexandra and learn how to carry your newborn baby in a Pocket Wrap Cross Carry in your stretchy wrap!

This is a great first carry that helps you to position baby in their natural curve and learn proper tightening. It's also cozy and supportive.

First, find the middle marker. Center it on your chest. Imagine baby sitting on your chest with head close enough to kiss. This will help you determine how high to place it.

Cross each tail behind your back and over the opposite shoulder.

Place the tails under the horizontal pass. Tighten as needed. Bring tails behind you and tie in a temporary half knot to hold tension.

Make space for your baby by placing your hands under the cross passes and moving the "x" of the cross down. This is where baby's bottom will sit.

Pick up your baby, supporting the head and neck. If your baby is a newborn, they will be naturally curved with a C curve and M-shape in the hips. We want to keep these "froggy legs," with knees slightly higher than bottom, as we put baby in.

Place baby in the carrier. Starting with the inside pass (the cross closer to your chest), slide baby in. The pass should start at baby's knee. Then, take the top rail of that crossed pass and pull it over baby. It should be nice and snug, and you should be able to pull it to the other knee and up to the opposite shoulder.

If the cross pass gets in the way of baby's face, cap the shoulder by taking the inner rail and moving it to the outside of the shoulder.

Do the same thing with the outer pass--take the inner rail and spread the pass across baby, knee to knee and up to the shoulder.

Bring the horizontal pass overtop of baby. Set baby's knees on the pass, making a seat. Then bring the top rail up to the base of the neck, no higher than the base of the earlobe. Tuck fabric between you slightly under baby's knees to help maintain their C curve.

Your baby is in! Make sure to double knot to complete the carry. The carrier should feel snug and shouldn't slip. If you press your baby into your chest and they move, the wrap is not tight enough. Retighten by untying and shimmying while pulling the tails, or by threading slack into the knot.

You can use the wrap for extra abdominal support also if you have enough length. You can also support baby's head with the strap on the shoulder if needed.

Stretchy wraps are great for popping baby in and out throughout the day. Simply lower the passes and lift baby out, then when you're ready to wear them again, tuck them back in to the carrier and re-tighten.

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