HAB problems

[SammyRo]

I've been wearing 4week old DS in the HAB most days to help me deal with DD, but I've got a couple of issues with it. Firstly, DS's head seems to loll back itms, which I'm not entirely happy with - is there a way to fix this? Secondly, its comfy enough when i'm walking with the sling on, but wearing it around the house, where I might be sat down for a while, I find it hurts my shoulders. Again, any tips? Thirdly, how do you bf in it? So far, I've just been pulling DS out completly if he needs a feed, but is there's a way to keep him in there?

TIA

[*TripleJ*]

dont know about the BFing but if u put the material from the side around his head it wont go back and also if ur shoulders are sore try spreading the material out a bit more around ur shoulders that sometimes helps

[~Raven~]

I never fed in mine but I think you need to put them in the peapod tie to do it.

If the head is lolling back it may not be tight enough on or he is too low down I'm thinking.

[Janie]

There shouldn't be an issue with the head lolling back. That's one of the things I love about it most, that all of bub is very secure, and I am totally hands free. Have you watched the youtube vids on how to put it on, and put baby in it? They're very helpful

[Shades]

I just second what JwithJ said - try to make sure the material is spread out as wide as possible, especially across your back and shoulders... And tucking the edge of one of the shoulder pieces at the front around his head a little usually helps stabilise it. I just made sure he wasn't always facing to the left or right, I alternated.

[dusty]

Have you watched the youtube vids on how to put it on, and put baby in it? They're very helpful

:yeahthat:
I watched a few You Tubes for securing a newborn today, including hands free breast feeding one. They were really helpful. I think if you search under baby wearing you should get a heap come up.

Best of luck!

[suse]

I'm not sure what the different carries are called with a HAB (for some stupid reason they 'rename' all of the carries they suggest in a completely different way to the rest of the babywearing community, dunno why because it's not like they have any proprietory rights over how a SPOC - simple piece of cloth - wrap is used LOL. And that's all the HAB is - a SPOC with a pocket).

Anyway, most front carries are fine for breastfeeding in - just loosen the tails, lower baby into position, and retighten. The Forward Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC) and the Front Cross Carry (FCC) are both easy to feed in or any of the cradle carries. These are both poppable (ie: baby can be taken out without untying), especially FCC. With a long wrap it's a bit tricky doing a rebozo cradle carry because the tails are too long.

There are heaps of good utube vid tutorials, if you go onto thebabywearer they also have links to many of the better ones.

HTH!

[SammyRo]

Thanks girls.

I think with the head thing, I've been crossing the wrap at the front a bit too low, so its I think it must be loose and he's sitting too loo aswell, since I've started doing that, I've found that the straps are tighter and his head doesn't loll back (it was lolling back even tucked into the strap) so I think thats sorted.

As to the sore shoulders - I've got the straps spread out as much as possible across my back/shoulders, so not sure why its still aching. I can't get the bit that wraps round my waist that wide - maybe thats it. They always seem to bunch up around the hips.

Suse- thanks for that about bfeeding. So far, I've been just taking him out and leaving it tied up, which is working, was just curious if I could feed with him still in there - I know the ergo yuo can, but I'm guessing its a different sort of carrier. I'll check out the links though.

[suse]

For shoulder pain - you're probably getting pressure points. Couple of tips - try 'sandwiching' the shoulders: fold the parts that go over your shoulder in half, all while making sure you are tightening away from the body, not in and down, but more out and down so that that area of the wrap cups your shoulders than sitting on top of them. This will help the wrap from sitting high up on the shoulders and against your neck.

Try to maintain an even pressure on your shoulders to avoid pressure points.

Relax your shoulders when tying. It's easy to get into the habit of tensing (and lifting) shoulders when tying, resulting in an uncomfortable wrap.

Once you've wrapped, reach behind and pull the bottom rail of the crosses down a bit, this will pull the crosses a bit lower on your back & even out the weight distribution a bit.

You don't need to worry about spreading the waist - it won't make much difference.