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wrap carries:
newborn carries
front wraps
cradle carry
cross cradle
front wrap cross
pocket wrap cross
cross carry
short cross carry
kangaroo carry
back wraps
rucksack
Tibetan
back wrap cross
getting baby on back
hip wraps
hip carry
hip cross carry
hip cross cradle carry
wrap tips
Mei Tai carries
front carry
back carry
hip carry
Mei Tai tips

Front wrap cross carry


Front Wrap Cross Carry



front wrap cross carry-step 1 Step 1. Find the middle of the wrap and place it in front of you.
Step 2. Bring the left side of the wrap around your back. front wrap cross carry-step 2
front wrap cross carry-step 3 Step 3. Bring the fabric over your right shoulder and let hang in front of you. Bring the right side of the wrap across your back to your left shoulder.
Step 4. Now the wrap is crossed in the back, and you have both ends hanging in front. front wrap cross carry-step 4
front wrap cross carry-step 5 Step 5. Slide baby into the center pocket. Baby’s legs should come out of the bottom (newborns may prefer to keep their legs in, folded in front of them in froggy position).
Step 6. Pull on the two ends to tighten this around baby so baby is held tightly against you. The wrap should be all the way under baby’s bottom to the knees, forming a seat. front wrap cross carry-step 6
front wrap cross carry-step 7 Step 7. Hold baby with one hand. With your other hand, grab the end of the wrap on your right side, and pull across baby from baby’s left shoulder to right leg, then tuck under baby’s right leg. Pinched under baby’s leg, it should stay tight.
Step 8. Do the same with the fabric hanging over your left shoulder, spreading it from baby's right shoulder, to baby's left knee, making sure the fabric is also spread across baby's entire back and under baby's bottom. front wrap cross carry-step 8
front wrap cross carry-step 9 Step 9. Now tighten the whole wrap by grabbing both wrap ends in either hand, jumping slightly to bounce baby’s weight off the wrap, and simultaneously pulling on both ends of the wrap to tighten everything up.
Step 10. And, finally, tie in the back at your waist. front wrap cross carry-step 10
front wrap cross carry Ready to go!

front wrap cross carry
We nurse in this carry all the time. I just untie the knot, hold the two ends, and bounce Ada lower, then retie with Ada a little higher than breast level (she reaches down to nurse as older babies will). When done nursing I untie, bounce and tighten until she is high enough for me to kiss her forehead, then retie.