https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:29:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164697 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:29:45 +0000 Ra 1164697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: Thanks for the tips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164680 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:24:18 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1164680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: try putting him more on your hip than your front so he has an easy 360 degree view. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164678 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:22:56 +0000 Ra 1164678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: He hates facing in! He is so curious, he wants to see everything. </p> <p>Maybe we will work on facing in more often to get him used to it. He will do it in the ergo, but I haven't had much luck with the sling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164671 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:20:26 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1164671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: having him face out will put SIGNIFICANTLY more strain on your back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164666 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:18:35 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1164666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: @rahlyrah: you want to start with the sling just barely loose enough to get Lo in. The more you have to tighten it, the more the rings will move down. Have you watched the ring sling videos on my blog? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164663 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:14:31 +0000 Ra 1164663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, I have scoliosis and wearing him in the sling hurts my back a little and causes me to lean more into my curve. Wearing him on the other side feels unnatural, but is that what I should be doing? Or am I just wearing him incorrectly? </p> [attach=2606/13/mv1q49.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164658 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:08:36 +0000 Ra 1164658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I also have this problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164622 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:53:09 +0000 birdofafeather 1164622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my ring sling and I love it but I have the problem that when I tighten it, the ring comes down closer to LO and doesn't stay up by my shoulder. Once she's in, it's hard to fix! Help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1164357 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:15:26 +0000 lawbee11 1164357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: I have a Beco Soleil and infant insert. I am not sure where my LO's legs should be, though (she's 11 weeks old). Should they be out to the side? She can physically do this but I am worried about messing up her hips (maybe that's silly?). Or should they be down? (When they do this they sorta dangle out the bottom of the carrier.) Thank you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1125928 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:22:26 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1125928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: ring slings are magical, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1125894 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:14:19 +0000 heartonastring 1125894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: awesome! Thanks for the speedy response! I'll work on getting a deeper seat next time. I can't believe how comfy it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1125848 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:03:05 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1125848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: looks really good!! A deeper seat wouldn't hurt but that will come easier with practice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1125832 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:58:57 +0000 heartonastring 1125832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: Just got my WCRS from SBP and I love it!</p> <p>I followed the tutorials on your blog to thread it and to get DD into it. Does this look right to you? It's only our second attempt! </p> [attach=500/13/mu1tqa.448x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1119236 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:39:23 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1119236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: Didymos regularly produces size 8 wraps as well (Didymos.de) but it will ship from over seas. Or you could always make your own using a fabric like osnaburg which is most DIY babywearers go-to. You would just need a length of it that you could hem the edges of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1119225 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:34:23 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1119225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: you'll need a size 7 or even an 8 if you can find one. A lot of wrap companies don't make 8s. C&amp;Cs come in 6meter length which is like the longest wrap I know, and they're "budget friendly" compared to a lot of brands and come pretty soft before being broken in. They only come in solid colors though - but you could always dye it to spice it up a bit! <a href="http://www.risaroo.com/woven-wraps/colimacon-et-cie" rel="nofollow">http://www.risaroo.com/woven-wraps/colimacon-et-cie</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1119196 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:23:15 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 1119196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: wow. I can't wait to try this! Now find me a wrap big enough for all of us...I'm plus size so do you know if it is harder to find wraps big enough? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1118882 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:57:44 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1118882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: one of the women in one of my babywearing groups posted a picture wearing both her twins at once and said she followed this tutorial; it made me think of you!!!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKHwW-eotjc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKHwW-eotjc</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093754 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:01:48 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1093754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I have a longer answer to where you can get a ring sling on the first page of this thread as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093753 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:00:15 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1093753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: If you have the money to buy a wrap conversion, I recommend that above a "plain" ring sling. Sleeping Baby Productions and Babyette are both great converters (if you want to buy a wrap and then have it converted) or you an buy a ready made sling from most wrap companies. I actually have a ring sling piece of a wrap I'm chopping for sale in the classifieds ;-)</p> <p>If you can't afford a wrap conversion Babyette and Sleeping Baby sell "plain" slings as well, or something like a Maya Wrap would also work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093743 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:52:18 +0000 littlek 1093743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: the moby confused me.. Is there a certain brand ring sling you recommend? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093738 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:49:55 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1093738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Not an Ergo. I don't know of any soft structured carriers that can hold a baby that itty bitty. Most of what I've seen (in facebook groups I'm in) for preemies is ring slings or wraps of some sort (either stretchy - like a moby - or woven). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093731 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:42:29 +0000 littlek 1093731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: best gear to baby wear a preemie? Ring sling? Moby? Ergo? I was scared to death to baby wear with my LO even though I really wanted to. FYI- LO was 4.5 lbs when he left hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093692 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:26:09 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1093692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I could wear my newborn in a ring sling comfortably for HOURS, probably all day if I wanted/needed to. Some people recommend switching shoulders occasionally so you don't get "lopsided" but I never did (whoops!)</p> <p>My son is, and always has been, a heavy sleeper. I joke that I could pull him out of his car seat, throw him over my shoulder, then toss him in his crib and he'd still be asleep. I've been able to pull him out of the car seat and even wrap him on my back without him waking up. From what I understand, that's pretty unusual, lol. I do have more than one friend who just skipped the bucket seat and went straight to a convertible seat because they knew they would only babywear, never carry around the car seat. I like bucket seats because I like being able to buckle in my itty bitty newborn while I'm still in the house so I can make sure I get him in there properly; I never let my kid nap in the bucket seat (outside of the car) or carry him around in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1093054 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:23:30 +0000 anonysquire 1093054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't read all the way through yet but do have a couple questions. Hopefully all of these have not already been asked.</p> <p>1. How long can you comfortably wear a NB-6month old in a ring sling?</p> <p>2. Can you go without a baby carrier and just babywear fulltime when you are out and about with no interruption to babies naps?</p> <p>Umm I think that is all for now. Just trying to figure out if I can just get a convertible carseat, a stroller and babywear in between. Thanks for answering all these questions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1092904 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:26:15 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1092904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ElbieKay: A soleil stretch out and sag? I've NEVER heard that; soft structured carriers don't really "stretch" at all and the Soleil is meant to carry bigger babies than the Gemini...are you sure she wasn't talking about a Moby or a Sleepy wrap (those are stretchy wraps). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1092898 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:24:05 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1092898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: I live in Hades...aka the desert of central California, lol. I could never do the Moby cuz of that. I recommend a ring sling or a breathable woven wrap (linen blends tend to be super breathable, or just a light weight woven). Boba makes a super light weight soft structured carrier called the Boba Air; I have some friends who swear by it for super hot days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1089916 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:27:57 +0000 ElbieKay 1089916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just bought a Beco Gemini yesterday! I was planning to get a Soleil but the woman at the shop said they tend to stretch out and sag. I hope she's right because the Gemini is supposed to be hotter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1089761 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:40:16 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1089761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Navy_Mommy: I really want to try baby wearing this time around. (I wasn't able to do with DD because her hips were VERY stiff the first few months, and then she flat our refused to look inward after that). My biggest concern is the heat... I live in TX and I get hot easily, and so do babies (duh). I have a moby, but both of us would be sweating after wearing it for 10 min. Is there a better alternative that will allow me to wear the baby, but still get some air? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1088407 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:44:58 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1088407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I feel like the k'tan isn't necessary if you're getting the wrap and I don't like the britax cuz it's a crotch dangler (a non ergonomic carrier). I think a BBII, wrapsody hybrid, and a ring sling would cover every aspect of your Babywearing needs. I like mei tais more than I like SSCs though (I talked about that earlier inthis thread). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ask-me-your-babywearing-questions/page/3#post-1088402 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:41:23 +0000 Navy_Mommy 1088402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: I would clip the waist strap on, then get your baby on your back (I do it the first way demonstrated in this video), then keep one hand on baby's bum while you pull up one strap, then pull up the other strap! Practice over a bed in case there's a mix up, lol <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgCQUTpA4xg&#038;feature=youtube_gdata_player" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgCQUTpA4xg&#038;feature=youtube_gdata_player</a> </p>