and it only took four babies

I finally learned how to carry a baby on my back with a sling! Thank you T.

The ironic thing is that I purchased a really fancy back carrier, a Beco, before elzy was born. It’s not made to use with newborns (at least not using the back carry) and when she finally had enough head control for me to feel comfortable using it, the straps got hooked up together wrong and we had to send it back to the company to fix the problem. They had it for over a month. I finally got it back the very day that T offered to show me how to wear a baby on my back with just a simple bit of cloth. I met her at park day and she showed me two different back carry methods, both with variations.

The next morning I was anxious to carrying elzy on my back, but since I had paid good money for this other carrier, and I didn’t yet feel comfortable getting elzy onto my back in a sling without someone there to spot me, I figured that I would use the Beco carrier instead to go to the grocery store. Only after a full half an hour trying to figure the darn thing out, again, and get elzy comfortable in it, I finally gave up. The cloth wrap is actually easier and a hell of a lot cheaper. If you’re curious about the methods I learned, you can go here. It’s not nearly as glitzy as the Beco site but there is lots of great information.

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