8.
* IMPORTANT! Before releasing your hold on the
baby, ensure that all straps are securely tied.
Take “shoulder straps” down over your shoulders
(like a backpack). Pull straps to make sure they
are tight and take them back behind you going
over baby’s thighs, then cross over baby’s bum
and bring to the front (beneath baby’s legs) to
tie at the waist. Tie in a double knot. Once
carrier is securely tied, your partner can remove
their support of baby.
5.
Hold the carrier upside down by the “waist
straps” with the patterned panel facing towards
your body and the “shoulder straps” hanging
down.
Place carrier flat against your body at your
natural waist (where your belly button is) off to
one side. Tie the “waist straps” tightly opposite
the hip on which you want to carry baby. Tie in
a double knot.
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Carrier use for an Older Baby: Hip Carry Position
* Baby must be able to sit up on their own before being worn in the hip carry position.
9.
Once carrier is properly tied, lift baby up and
place them against your hip. Their legs should
wrap around your waist.
3.
Keeping one hand secure on baby, pull carrier
body over baby’s back. Drape the “shoulder
strap” that is falling in front of you over your
opposite shoulder and across your back.
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4.
* ALWAYS keep a supportive hand on baby when
wrapping the carrier.
Take the shoulder strap that is falling behind
you and bring it beneath your armpit and
straight across your back.
5.
With the “shoulder straps” in the front of your
body, you can
Front Tie across the middle of
your baby’s back in a double knot, or if the
strap length allows, you can tie in the back.
Back Tie
: Take the “shoulder straps” over
child’s thighs, cross on the carrier body at
child’s bum, take back beneath the child’s
legs and tie in a double knot behind you.
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