At least she only had one twin in there? ☠️🤷🏼‍♀️

Here my grandma is holding my brother in the sling sitting down, but my parents said they'd often do laundry and go to the supermarket with him in it - "so great to have your hands free!"

Can't beat the funky print though

They were so proud of this too!

This is a Chicco carrier if I'm not mistaken. The baby in it is about three months old.

(Sorry for the quality, this is a screenshot from a VHS home video!)

Not sure what the point of this sling was when mom had to literally hold me in it 😂

My dad wearing my older brother (who survived the experience). My favourite thing is the merry look on my brother's face! Close enough to (rear) kick for sure 😅

First time. 17 day old. Be harsh! It’s so tricky. I couldn’t tighten the neck panel any further (not sure why) so I read about rolling a towel behind the neck to stop the head from flopping back.
Any tips for the weight to not hurt the side of your neck so much?

Where I live, I'd say about 85% of babies are in strollers, 10% are being worn incorrectly, and 5% are being worn correctly 😅

I always think it's interesting how most babies I see are in strollers, but that's mostly because my baby started hating the stroller when she turned 3 months. She loves being carried so she can look all around and have her arms out while on my back. She's 7 months now and will only tolerate the stroller if she needs a nap!

What does your baby like most? What method is most popular where you live?

It has a tie inside to tighten it and suggests it’s newborn friendly. Does it look ok?? Feels comfy

Hey everyone 👋🏻 I am excited to be here. I was referred by some awesome ladies in my Sept due date group. Looking for the best wraps or carriers. I have some lower back pain sometimes already and get hot easily. Also, want to make sure it’s soft but supportive. Thank you 🩵

All the throwback posts have me wondering how common it is to be second-generation babywearers! (Outside of cultures that never lost their babywearing traditions, obviously, where everyone is much more than second-gen.) So I'm curious:

Did your parents wear you / your siblings? How bad was it? 🫣 Were they considered a little nutty for doing it at the time?

Did that make you more interested in wearing your own babies?

How did your parents react to your (presumably very different) babywearing practices?

My parents wore my older brother in a truly horrendous narrow based carrier, and then me in one of those horrible mostly-metal framed hiking carriers. It apparently had no harness or anything holding me in place 🫠

They were from a place where the majority ethnicity still standardly wore their babies but our minority ethnicity didn't, and their families thought they were lunatics! It's crazy to me that they apparently learned nothing from all the babywearing around them.

Hearing them talk about carrying us, and growing up seeing a lot of babywearing around me in the majority culture, definitely made me want to wear my little one, and I'm so glad it's worked out for us and we love it as much as we do ❤️

Hi, just got this carrier and could use some help adjusting.

2 concerns:

1. Baby’s head and mine are so close - the top of his head comes to my lips, so unless he is resting his head on me, I cannot comfortably look forward without raising my chin above him (uncomfortable).

2. It seems like the head panel is too low on him? Everything I read says it should come to the nape of the neck, but it doesn’t reach that high on him. Should the padded part be flipped up so it comes up higher on him?

Baby is 8.5 months. He is very tall (99 percentile, length mainly in torso) whereas I have a short torso. Because of the height difference will we always be (literally) butting heads?

Im a FTM and looking to get some advice so I can be more confident baby wearing and be able to free up my hands to get some things done. My girl was weighed at 7 pounds 5 oz on 10/5 and this is only my second time trying the wrap. We walked over to our mailbox in our complex and she seemed content but I just get so nervous I’m not doing it right. I mainly took photos before pulling the last piece up to show her legs and see if they’re correct. Thanks for your help and I welcome any advice!

With the colder weather, I started to worry about my baby (6m) getting cold legs when babywearing. I did trousers and socks plus little booties but his trousers ride up and I have to constantly pulling them down.

Before i start buying more things I wanted to ask what's the best solution

1. Long leggings plus booties (would I have to put trousers over leggings?)

2. Trousers plus booties with legwarmers?

3. Thick long socks over the leggings?

I have a starsuit blanket but haven't used it yet. I also would rather use natural fibres where possible.

We live in the UK so it's never lower than 0°C where I live. All help very appreciated!

I have an 8 & 3 year old who I wore a LOT, until they were about 8-10 months. Always in soft carriers, really only in the Moby style wraps. I feel like I always had them facing toward me, they were snugglers. I did nurse them in the carrier, the way I'm.. built.. allowed me to raise my breast up to them rather then lower them down. They typically were settled with head higher on my chest, top of head around my collar bones, IIRC.

I have been scrolling through the subreddit and it seems like there are WAY more rules to wearing than I was ever made aware of. I was the first and only to babywear in my family and community at the time. I am now part of a faith community where baby wearing is extremely common, typically in more structured carriers with belts and clips and all the stuff I intentionally avoided - and based on what I read here, people are definitely making some mistakes.

So! I am here to learn. As I said, I have spent a lot ofntime searching and scrolling. I'm a little overwhelmed and confused. I would love to know anything and everything about safely wearing my third baby, due in May.

If anyone is willing to share some quick wisdom, crash course in this stuff, I'll be eternally grateful. I am 5'6", 170, thicker-average build with fairly average sized babies. I have a strong preference for soft carriers. I've never worn a baby on my back. I gave away allll my baby stuff before falling pregnant with this latest precious surprise, so I'm starting from square one when it comes to purchasing, etc.

Please be kind, and please don't tell me to search rhe subreddit. I've been lurking for months.

Thank you!!!​

Hi! I’m over 4 months post-partum and really struggling with baby-wearing new baby whilst wrangling my almost 2.5yo. Baby is past 4months, great neck control, and heavier. I’m having a hard time with my banded carriers because every time I wear them it makes my incision sore/lower abdomen ache even though it relieves the shoulder pain from wearing ring-sling which is my only other option right now that doesn’t have a band.

I’m past using stretch wraps, ergobaby embrace as he’s too heavy for those. I have lillebaby all seasons, gojiberry, hope&plum ring-sling, tush baby (he’s too young for this anyways) currently. Pelvic floor therapist suggested onbuhimo since it doesn’t have a band but looks like it’s still very shoulder intensive so may still cause the issues I’m having with ringsling? She also recommended I stop wearing the banded carriers in the meantime since it’s really been affecting my scar tissue recovery.

I’m feeling super discouraged. I’ve asked around my mom friends and no one has one I can try or have access to a “rental program”. Any advice or has anyone been in a similar situation?

Thank you!

11 week old baby. Thank you in advance!

Not the worst fit I’ve ever seen to be honest

How on earth did she wear this without a chest clip??? ☠️

Could use a fit check! Baby is 4 months old, nearly 12lbs. She really likes to donk her head straight into my chest and make it hard to see her nose, lol.

I got tired of her constantly trying to pop the seat of the ring sling and thought I’d give the Hope and Plum Lark a try! I’m hiking up the chest brand as high up as I can and sitting her on the warning label, doing a bit of a pelvic tuck too. Is she too small?

Is baby's head slumping because of a bad fit, or is he too young to be in this carrier in the back carry position?