Nursing in a Wrap

[nynaeve_sedai]

So before I had my LO, I bought a ring sling from BabyEtte and I've loved it! However, I've found it a little cumbersome for around the house (the way weight is distributed isn't very ergonomic IMO). It's great for throwing on and doing quick trips into a store. So, I bought a gauze wrap from her and I'm in love! However, I can see why it's more

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[pink_bullets]

Can't help you with nursing but you can put a 2 month old on your back as long as the baby is high up by your neck so you can feel it breathing. It might be a little advanced but worth a shot! I use the hip scoot method, you should google it! No flying babies :)

My understanding is that gauze is not very supportive compared to a woven wrap so you might want to check those out! It might help with you back pain.

You could look up a babywearing group near you, mine meets monthly plus additional get togethers. I can get advice, try other wraps and carriers and of course it's nice to hang out :p

Also the Facebook group Babywearing 102 is incredibly helpful and there's The Babywearing Swap if you are looking to buy something else!

[nynaeve_sedai]

I'll have to look up the hip scoop method - I figured that had to be a no-flying-baby method LOL

I'll have to look up a baby-wearing group :D I fell in love with this gauze wrap - ruby red and nice and light, but a woven wrap might also be in the works if it would be supportive. I thought I'd find THE SLING/WRAP and be forever happy but it seems it's what everyone says, that you end up with a selection :)

[nynaeve_sedai]

Yeah, I didn't know a thing about wraps with my first (now 6.5 years old) - so this is my first wrapping baby. In just the last week of doing the standard front cross carry, I've really come to love wrapping him. I need to get my husband to stand by and spot me as I try to figure out the back wrap :) Thanks for the links!

[xfoundinabottle]

with a young young baby it makes a bit more sense to do a santa toss (where you hold by the wrap) rather than superman (where you hold them by the arms).

I started putting my son on my back at 6 months, and I just practised tossing him on my back while kneeling on the bed.. so if he fell it'd be from about a foot and a half, onto a soft bed.

[nynaeve_sedai]

I keep watching the videos, but I'm still terrified. I think I'll end up waiting until he's six months too LOL :)

[sblmnldrknss]

1- You can nurse in a wrap. I'm not sure what carries you're doing, but if you do a Front Wrap Cross Carry, and when you scoot baby down, also angle baby across your body a bit. Not a complete cradle carry, but just a diagonal. You won't have to put the carry as low on your body, and baby won't need to help support themself.

2- I started back wrapping at 2 months, but you can do it earlier if baby is healthy and you know what you're doing. Where do you live? If there is a babywearing group in your area I would really suggest that.
I preferred the 'superman toss' to get baby onto my back. There's also the 'hip scoot' method, which seems to scare people less, but is actually MORE likely to result in a dropped baby. I taught babywearing for three years, and I always suggested the superman.

3- You probably need to pull him in higher and tighter.

4- Babywearing ponchos and jackets are great, but I made do with regular jackets and got by just fine.

[nynaeve_sedai]

I'll have to practice angling him down for nursing. I'd really like to not unwrap him.

Thanks for the tips :)

[alina13]

I've gone through the winter in an oversized coat/jacket (kinda something in between the two) put over the wrap, but if you'd like something specific, you may want to consider ErgoBaby Papoose Coat (I did find those on Amazon, too, but the prices are about 3 time higher, I don't know why)

[nynaeve_sedai]

My super cold winter jacket is rather large (I could zip it up while preggo) so maybe that will work fine :)

[mummygeorgie]

I had my youngest on my back at 6 weeks, BUT I was already a relatively experienced wrapper by then having done it with my second child. If you want to give it a go, search for videos of it being done with younger babies and see how they do it :) I used to use the Secured High Back Carry but this is 5 years ago so there may be heaps of others out there now :) also get someone to act as a 'spotter' the first few times, and then if you have a suitable mirror, use that to check on baby as you wrap.

[nynaeve_sedai]

I'll get DH to spot me. I really want to get him on my back, I just don't want to drop him O.O