Baby Wearing General Chatter #3

**Frangipani Lou** · January 15th, 2013, 03:34 PM

Thanks MadB. I'm about a size 18 at the mo. What size would you recommend to start with please?

**onthefly** · January 15th, 2013, 04:57 PM

You could probably manage a 7 - though you'd have long tails in a ruck. A 4 or 5 maybe? it also depends on the wrap itself, thinner or more mouldable wraps will wrap 'longer'. Can you get to a meet and try a few?

**LysnDan** · January 19th, 2013, 11:18 PM

Hiya. Hoping to get some advice by posting in this thread.

My DD is currently 13.5mos old and around 11kgs.

We have been babywearing from birth although not so much recently with my lower back issues.

I own an ergo and it's done very well, however we are going away in march to Singapore for just over 2 weeks and I need an easy ssc that's not going to be hard on my back and relatively cool and breezy due to humid weather etc. the ergo is brilliant but I find it very hot to wear.
Any other suggestions for me? Looking to stick with SSCs as no good with wraps.

Thanks in advance!

**Babyluv** · January 20th, 2013, 08:50 AM

Not sure what's going on. Have tried tightening the straps, I'm wearing it low on my hips but still getting the back pain. Maybe it's just my weak back at the moment. I never had this issue with my dd.

**Frangipani Lou** · January 23rd, 2013, 05:54 AM

Thanks Mad B. I go to the meets regularly so I'm feeling ready to give a woven wrap a go! Got happily quizzed about my aqua waves Didytai in Coles yesterday. The mum to be was off to order one after our conversation! Yay for baby wearing!

***The_Mrs.*** · January 24th, 2013, 01:28 PM

I dont know if this is allowed here but Ive been looking for some Oscha Roses everywhere! Anyone in here selling? Im not picky on the color or size.

**Tuesday's Child** · January 24th, 2013, 02:40 PM

Oscha will be releasing their new roses between 4-4:30 pm british standard time 24th jan.

ETA - There is a preview on their FB page

**Netix** · March 19th, 2013, 03:39 PM

Hi!

The lady who runs out local ABA meetings has lent me a woven wrap to see how I go with it. Last week I snaffled a piece of woven fabric from an opshop for about three dollars which is slightly narrower but longer than the wrap I was given which is a size six. Wondering if I can make that into a wrap.....

We have been working on babywearing at home, but unfortunately I seem to pick times when Mack is starting to get pee'd off (me too actually), so it never lasts long. We've done front and back wearing, just so I can try and get things done around the house. Probably not the best time to be trying to get time in.....

And I know this is silly. I need to get a job, but daycare for Mack just doesn't exist here..... I'm trying to go for a housekeeping job at a motel (which belongs to a friend of a friend), and I just keep thinking, 'why can't I just put him on my back and do the job?!?'. My logic is that women wear their babies to all kinds of work in other countries, as well as housework here, tending to animals, etc, but for themselves. Not an employer.... I suppose all I can do is enquire.

Okay, rambling over.

**onthefly** · March 19th, 2013, 03:46 PM

Yeah, you *should* be able to, but most workplaces would frown on it as it isn't the done thing. In our culture, you're not really allowed to parent in the public sphere, you know

What is the fabric like? When you say it is narrower, how narrow is it? Some fabrics are not suitable for wrapping, but if it's strong enough, wide enough that you can seat them in it securely and has a bit of diagonal stretch (but not any other way) then it would probably be fine.

**sepata** · March 20th, 2013, 08:04 AM

Walking to work and I walked past a Chinese grandma with a 7mo looking baby on her back in a very pretty mei tai style carrier. Made my morning, I love seeing grandparents baby wear! I wanted to take a sneaky picture but I think she was already weirded out by my possibly ott smiling.

**Netix** · March 21st, 2013, 10:49 AM

I meant to bring the fabric into town with me today to take to the fabric shop and ask them what it is, but I totally forgot this morning. And, my bad, it is actually wider than the wrap. Maybe one and a half times as wide? It has a slight stretch dianonally, but that is all. And I could probably wrap him up twice in it, it seems so long.

With regard to potentially bringing him to work with me (*if* I were to get the job), I have a interview on Monday. Should I wear him to the interview? Lol, he sounds like an accessory.

**Jennifer13** · March 21st, 2013, 03:14 PM

I have been hunting for a Kokadi Ela or Erna for a few mths and I seem to have found Ela on a German site. Had a size six left, so I bought it (with a bit of help from Google translator and paypal). I guess now I wait and see if it worked and how long it takes to arrive! It wasn't terribly expensive for such a hard to find wrap. I so hope I get it - DD2 is not getting any smaller and I think this one will complete my stash.

Put DD2 in the pram last week to walk to school while she was finishing her morning toast - never again! The hills and lack of footpaths made it a very uncomfortable and nerve-wracking walk. Such hard work pushing her and the pram uphill. So next time someone asks me if she isn't getting too heavy, I have a ready response - much easier to wear her!

**TeniBear** · March 21st, 2013, 03:28 PM

Put DD2 in the pram last week to walk to school while she was finishing her morning toast - never again! The hills and lack of footpaths made it a very uncomfortable and nerve-wracking walk. Such hard work pushing her and the pram uphill. So next time someone asks me if she isn't getting too heavy, I have a ready response - much easier to wear her!

I went for a walk with Amelia in a stroller a couple of weeks ago - within a few minutes my hands were cramping and my legs hurt. That certainly doesn't happen with a wrap!

**OceanPrincess** · March 21st, 2013, 04:21 PM

I have to say I get heaps more smiles and "oh what a cutie" type comments when I am BW than when I'm using the pram. Gotta love that

**onthefly** · March 21st, 2013, 04:27 PM

Sounds fine then Netix. People do wrap with all sorts of things

**~TT40~** · March 22nd, 2013, 06:57 PM

Im being naughty...
I have a friend who does amazing dye jobs, grad dyes, ice dyes, every colour under the sun (often in the same wrap), she just gets plain irish linen and dyes them herself.
she has a hemp one I have fallen in love with...and its cheap
has anyone wraped with hemp? what is it like compared to cotton and linen?

**~TT40~** · March 22nd, 2013, 06:57 PM

Im being naughty...
I have a friend who does amazing dye jobs, grad dyes, ice dyes, every colour under the sun (often in the same wrap), she just gets plain irish linen and dyes them herself.
she has a hemp one I have fallen in love with...and its cheap
has anyone wraped with hemp? what is it like compared to cotton and linen?