I'm trying to get the hang of the newborn hug hold in my Moby. I feel like I'm getting the legs wrong? Maybe the knee on the right side of the photo should be higher?
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Bumping for you
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Legs are fine, I think... it is a little hard to tell from this angle but as long as knees are higher than the bottom of the bum you're good. I think over all you could tie it a bit tighter though. And possibly a little higher, but it is hard to tell without your head in the photo. In general you know your baby is high enough if you can easily kiss the top of his head without bending over. I think it sort of depends on your body but I always found I was tying too low/loose when I followed the youtube videos that show you to start your wrap with the middle marker at your belly button. For me, I wrapped the top edge of the moby half way between my belly button and the bottom of my boobs. And I always wrapped it a little tighter than it seems like I should, with not a ton of slack. The wrap is so stretchy you really don't need much slack in it before you put the baby in.
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It looks like you are doing fairly well. I think you would benefit from wrapping it tighter before tucking baby in, it will help smooth out some of the wrinkly areas. Also, try to make it lay as flat as possible when you are wrapping it and it may be more comfortable through the waist for uou. Neither though is a safety issue, just a comfort thing. To get knees higher gently push the soles of baby's feet up and in and spread the pass out more under the knees. The fabric should extend all the way to the bend of the knee.
Enjoy the snuggles!
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Looks good to me! Sometimes I found when I had already gotten baby in and the shoulders were a bit loose, I could just flip the shoulder straps under. Does that make sense? It's one of the examples on the instructions, I remember.
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That was how mine looked but then j had a friend come up to me and started yanking and showed me how much tighter the shoulders could be. The head should be really supported.
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Thanks everyone, I think it was indeed too loose. I started out easily able to kiss her but she sank down lower after a while. I'll pull more tight and snug when I wrap her today. Glad to know we have it mostly correct.
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Another attempt, I tied her much tighter this time. She feels a lot more snug and secure.
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@PawPrints: looks good! It might just be because you have your hands up to take the picture, but If you scoot the fabric over your shoulders/away from your neck, you might fice baby a little more airflow and distribute the weight a bit better.
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@jedeve: Thanks, sliding the fabric over my shoulders does feel a lot better.
I guess the Moby is a tentative hit with LO because so far she has conked out asleep for a good long nap every time I put her in it. She does get really cranky when she wakes up though. Hopefully that's just a matter of needing a feeding/diaper change post-nap and not a matter of disliking the wrap.
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@PawPrints: for my newborns, wraps were for sleeping and not much else! But a sleeping baby is a happy one I'm sure she likes it!
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The second pic looks great! She may be sitting a little high up on you- but looks secure. Loved the moby with baby #1, she lived in it till about 10 months old. Baby #2 I used a k'tan and LOVED that too
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