getting baby on your back for a backcarry

Getting baby on your back for a backcarry

Babywearing is a great tool for a lot of caretakers to get stuff done while still keeping their kids close. But when a baby get's bigger it might get a little bit more difficult to carry this baby on your front while doing housework, so you might consider backwrapping. First step in backwrapping your baby is to get this precious bundle on your back. If you try backwrapping for the first time this might be a big challenge and a big step to take.
I would advice trying this over a soft surface or with a spotter to give you some piece of mind until you feel comfortable doing it all by yourself.
I will give you 3 ways of putting your baby on your back in this post.

First up is santa toss, this is my favorite way for little babies.
With a santa toss you put baby in the wrap before putting him on your back, this way you can get baby high on your back and your wrap is allready snug around your baby.
The first video is with a babywearing doll, the second with my 14 month old. (you can find transcription for both video's in the discription of the video's)
Carry used in these 2 video's is a ruck with candy cane chest belt, I used this carry cause I like this very much with very small babies, it keeps them a little higher up then with a ruck tie in front as they are still so little. It's very important when you backwrap a very small baby to get them very high and to get the wrap very snug around them so they don't slouch down once they fall asleep and so you can monitor their breathing at all times.

Second we have superman toss, I use this all the time with both my kids from the age of 6/7 months or the time they would not lay still anymore to put the wrap around them to use the santa toss.
With this method make sure you don't lift your baby up by the arms, you need to hold their shoulders to avoid pressure on the shoulders, yes I know weird you might think, I'll explain, if you hold your baby by the arms you put to much strain on the shoulder ligaments when lifting them.
I like this way to get my kids on my back because it puts them high on my back and my wrap is already in the correct position to get the rest of my carry done. (you can find a transcription of this video in the video's discription) Carry shown in this video is a ruck tie in front.

And last we have the hipscoot. I rarely use this one as I don't like the hight it gives me. When I use this way I always need to get my baby higher on my back after he/she is allready on my back, it moves my wrap to a different position as I like and takes me longer to finish my carry.
A hipscoot is a good way to start backcarrying as it feels more secure for a lot of people then the 2 other methodes. ( you can find a transcription of this video in the discription of this video) Carry shown in this video is a ruck tie in front.

So these are the 3 most popular ways to get your baby on your back, santa toss is the easiest method for small babies, the other 2 are great for babies who are a little bigger, you might like 1 over the other, well I'm pretty sure you will, but try them all out, they are all 3 great, secure ways to start backcarrying.

You can backwrap a baby from birth but if you are not an experienced babywearer you might want to wait until your baby is a few months old, wrapping a newborn is very advanced and should only be done by an experienced wrapper. Don't hesitate asking for help if you need it. You can visit your local babywearing group or look for help with a babywearing educator.

Wrap used in these video's is bijou wear decadence surf's up in base -2

Charlie's cross carry with different finishes

Charlie's cross carry with different finishes, pictures and video tutorial.

With Charlie's cross carry you have many many possibilities to finish your carry of. Here in this post just a handful of the possible finishes, you can mix it up to your liking with or without slingrings.
The wraps used in these pictures and video are both size 6, my base size wrap.

Here a video of how to tie a ccc with a single ring finish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yipAVydxRx8&t=191s

Crossed tails (over chestpass) with double rings on waistbelt

1 ring in the middle of the waistbelt (tails under chestbelt)

Double rings on the waistbelt (tails under chestbelt)

Bunched chestbelt, double rings on chestbelt

Bunched chestbelt, double rings on chestbelt, tails tucked under waistbelt

Bunched chestbelt, double rings on chestbelt, single rings in xenafinish under chest, tails tied under bum

Bunched chestbelt, double rings on chestbelt, single ring in xenafinish, double rings on waistbelt

Bunched chestbelt, double rings on chestbelt, single ring on waistbelt

Bunched chestbelt, double rings on chestbelt, single ring under chest, double rings on waistbelt

Spread chest pass, single ring over chestpass (not attached to it) and double ring on waistbelt

 

 

 

Wraps used: Maisaa slings synergy blossom and maisaa slings tri under the sea.

Hope you have as much fun with Charlie's cross carry as I did, if you have any questions don't hesitate asking them in the comments.



review Wrapahula Under the microscope snowflake

Review Wrapahula Under the microscope snowflake

100% coton, 260 gr/m, size 6

I got this wrap send to me to try out a few weeks back, we had a fantastic photoshoot with it in the woods near my house. Life happened in between having the wrap and being able to wright a review straight away but here we are finally with the review.

I really like the colors of this wrap so colorful and bright, right up my alley. The design is inspired from taking a look at a snowflake under the microscope, I love winter and the first snow in winter is my favorite day of the year. So this pattern means a lot to me. Where I live at the moment there is rarely any snow to be seen in winter but who knows we might get lucky this winter if the cold keeps up like it is at the moment.

I tried this wrap for front and backcarries, and with single aswell as multilayered carries. I love how easy it is to wrap with and as I'm really into fancy finishes this was the perfect wrap to try some out. It has a little bit of stretch but no noticeable bounce while wearing. It is not a cushy wrap but still very comfortable on the shoulders. The wrap glides easily into place while making passes. There is not a lot of grip in this wrap but my passes stayed nicely in place. This wrap is very soft and moldable a delight to wrap a little one with. I think this wrap is great for a newborn or little children but not sure if it would be very supportive with bigger kids.
The weave of this wrap is very loose which makes it very prone to pulls.

Wrapahula is a UK based brand, here is the link to their website: http://wrapahula.co.uk/
If you want to know when they will release their wraps you can have a look at their facebook page, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/wrapahula/

And here are a few pictures of under the microscope snowflake, hope you enjoy this short review and it's photo's. Pictures taken by Miriam Valogne of http://mixingmiriam.blogspot.fr/







 

 

 

 

 

Bijou wear decadence surf's up

Review Bijou wear decadence surf's up

100% cotton, 330gr/m, size 4

This wrap is not a tester but a wrap from my own collection of wraps. I'm making a review of this wrap just because I like wrapping with this one so much and want to share my excitement. I was following this brand for quit some time already and really wanted to try one of Jaime's wraps and then I saw a picture of decadence surf's up and I just knew that was 'THE' wrap for us. I filled out the preorder form as soon as possible and waited patiently until the wrap arrived.
I loved the colors straight away, I used to have a lot of blue wraps in my personal collection and although my 'wrapping colors' might have changed over the last year, blue is still one of the colors I love to wrap with, especially a bright, light blue like this one. The colors fit the name perfectly, surf's up, to go with this ocean blue and white wrap

The wrap came to me already washed so I can't say anything about it in loom state. When I got it, it was in need of some braking in. It's a rather thick wrap but became floppy and moldable fairly quickly. I have had this one now for about 2 months and it's my go to wrap to try out new carries with a  base -2 and after 2 months it's completely broken in.
It is very supportive even with my 3.5 year old and at the same time nicely soft for my almost 1 year old. We are in mid summer at the moment and have days of 30 degree weather, and even though this is a soft heavier wrap is doesn't feel like wrapping with a blanket like you can often have with a thick 100% coton wrap. Surf's up also has a lot of grip thanks to the weave of this wrap. It's a 100% coton wrap but when you look at it, it looks like there is linen in it also. The blue tread is really soft and has a silky feel to it where the white parts of the wrap are much rougher. (here a close-up picture of what I mean with it looking like a linen blend).

This wrap has a nice amount of bounce, and is fantastically cushy on my picky shoulders.
I think for a beginner wrapper this wrap might be a little much especially when not yet broken in. And maybe for a tiny tiny newborn I would also choose a different wrap. But otherwise for a baby of a few months old to toddlerhood this is the perfect all seasons and all purpose wrap.

Bijou wear is a US based brand owned by Jaime Grassman. Wraps are woven in the US in limited editions. Bijou wear uses a lot of eco friendly fibers in there wrap such as eco2cotton and repreve.
Bijou means jewel in french.
If you want to knew more about this brand, go have a look on their website
https://bijouwear.com/
You can also follow everything about upcoming releases on their facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/BijouWearPage/
And in case you are looking for a fantastic inclusif facebook group you can always join the great chatter group bijou buzz, where you can enjoy lots of bijou wrap spam and talk with likeminded people about wraps and babywearing.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BijouWearChatter/

And as always, here a couple of pictures of our lovely bijou wear decadence surf's up

With my 3.5 year old son:

 

 

With my almost 1 year old:

 

 

 

 

 

Review Liora Rae Wovens Flow Cordelia

Review Liora Rae Wovens Flow Cordelia

96% coton, 4% cashmere. 355g/m², size 4

I received this wrap for testing just when I was participating in a short and fancy wrapping challenge so perfect timing to receive a base -2.

The color of this wrap is difficult to capture, it changes with different lighting. The pattern makes me think of the ocean, the waves and seashells.

The wrap has 4% cashmere in it but I have to say that this is not noticeable when wearing or touching it. I feel like a wrap needs at least 10% of a different yarn to feel a difference, but that's my personal opinion.
I found this wrap very comfortable to wrap with, much thinner in hand then you would expect when hearing it's weight, the weave is pretty dense which also makes it doesn't really feel like a heavy weight wrap when wrapping but it was also not to dense to make it a crunchy hard to handle wrap. Flow Cordelia was moldable and halfway to being broken in but could use a bit more wearing to get really perfectly broken in. There is not a lot of stretch or bounce in this wrap but it's still ok to make a nice chest pass. The wrap has a nice amount of stretch and with a little help slides nicely in place with multi layered carries. For me a good amount of grip, to much and I don't like it as it's to difficult to slide into place and not enough and I have to adust my carry every 5 minutes which I really dislike.

To sum it all up, I really liked having this Liora Rae wrap over for a visit, we had a lot of fun wrapping, back and front carries and even my big boy of 3.5 went up for a little bit. In a multilayered carry this wraps was still ok to carry him even though not for long as it started digging in my shoulders after a while.

Liora Rae wovens is located in the UK. wraps are designed and crafted in the UK.
If you want to know more about Liora Rae, go check out their site https://www.lioraraewovens.com/
Or you can have a look at their facebook page where you can find info about al their wraps and when they will be released. https://www.facebook.com/LioraRaeWovens/

Here are a few pictures we took of Liora Rae wovens Flow Cordelia during her visit. Hope you enjoy the pictures and have enjoyed the review.

Review Mima handwovens

Review Mima handwovens
100% coton, 350 m/gr, size 5 (4.30m)

I had the chance to test a wrap of this lovely handwoven brand Mima handwovens.

When I opened the package I was very pleasantly surprised to see such beautiful bright colors. I love colors in my wraps so this was just perfect for me. The weave of this wrap is pretty loose and the treads are pretty thick which make the wrap a little see-through. The wrap is heavy weight but feels in hand like a medium weight wrap and is so unbelievably floppy, just a dream to wrap with.

Wrapping wise it just wraps itself thanks to it's floppiness. The thicker treats used give this wrap a lot of relief. And thanks to the lose weave there is a lot of stretch to play with. It's very easy to tighten and to get nice passes that stay in place thanks to the thicker treats used in the weaving. I like a bit of stretch in my wraps but this one had just a tad to much to my liking.
I think this wrap would be perfect for almost all seasons except high summer here in south west of France where it is a bit to warm in high summer to wear this wrap. It's a bit blanket-like which makes it to warm to wear comfortably.

To conclude, I really liked this wrap and the colors are just so so beautiful!!

Mima handwovens are woven in Serbia where the company is located.
You can go have a look at her beautiful work on her mima handwovens facebookpage https://www.facebook.com/mimahandwovens/
Or have a look at her internet site http://www.handweavingbymima.com/index.html

Below you can find a few pictures of this handwoven wrap in action