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!