Bigger Baby Wraps

Just wondered what everyone thinks about the size of baby wraps.... Did you find them all too small?

My friend is pregnant with her second bub & we were talking about wraps today. Her daughter was over 9lb at birth & quite long so she found the normal sized wraps were too small after a few weeks. So anticipating another big bub she's been thinking about where to get wraps. Does any particular shop you can think of carry big ones? What size should we be looking for, did you find a particular size that was perfect for an older or bigger bub?

Any help would be much appreciated.

I found them too small pretty quickly too Sarah - I couldnt find any bigger ones really (although I didnt look that hard as she went to sleeping bags at 8 weeks) but I will definately buy some nice material and make some for number 2# - a friend of mine uses cot sheets to wrap and then balnkets over the top.

Sarah, I found DD grew out of the store brought ones very quickly. My mum made a heap of them for me and I also got some bigger ones from Spotlight, pre cut and overlocked and they were great, used them up until I stopped wrapping DD. They make them in muslin or cheesecloth. You might have to ask where they are though, at Spotlight in Penrith they used to have them in a basket near the muslin and cheesecloth. They were about $12 from memory. I'm going to get some more when bub is born and I know what colours to get, I've already got two pink ones from DD.

Sarah, i found some really good ones in big W, they are Dymples brand, stretchy cotton 75x100cm.
They are great, i can still fully wrap Macauley in them at 9 months old.
I think it's $10 for 3, they come in all kinds of prints.

I hope this is what your looking for

Yep always get too small too fast!

i reccomend to clients to use an old single sheet... (really thin etc)

they can cut it smaller, or keep it whole, either way works great :) if cutting it in half though there is always a back up if one gets wet, poo'd on, spewed on etc... lol

Sarah, I totally hear you. I have LOADS of wraps which never saw the light of day with Charlie & Lexie as they were just too small, and none of my babies where even big!

However, I did have a couple of 1m square muslin wraps which have done the distance, and Pumpkin Patch stock 1m square wraps in stretchy thick cotton which are really useful.

Also, the lovely nappy cake that I was sent by the beautiful mods.....that contained 3 flanelette wraps that were 1m square too......they have seen a lotta love!

My advice? 1m square, in a selection of different weights of fabric.......

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Pumpkin Patch stock 1m square wraps in stretchy thick cotton which are really useful.

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oooo thats good to know! iv never seen them there! will have to have a better look next time...

There are a bit exy (Around $20, which is a lot for a wrap I guess).........but great quality and just the right thickness.....(thick stretchy t-shirt material in 100% soft cotton) and edged with piping.......I am not sure if they still stock them.......the last time I bought one from there was when I was pg with lexie, so a year ago perhaps?)

Easy to make though, if you are crafty........

im sooo not crafty! lol

thanks though, ill check out if PP still sell them, if they do i might add them into my new mummy gift baskets!

ihave muslin ones atound 18cmx200cm ,fantastic!!!!!!!!!! and around $10 too

AJP is it 180x200?

Ok so a metre square seems the go, or around abouts that size? I never measured mine & they're all packed away so I can't really check right now.

Hi Sarah, we used a flat cot sheet from when DS was 9 weeks old. He was only 6lb11 born so the little ones were great then but the cot sheets were just right when he grew a bit bigger as he used to escape from the little ones.

Sarah you can get ones from Living Textiles that are 120 square, they are a great size for not so new borns.

Also with Tehya, after we'd been at Tresillian, I got mum to make up some wraps for us that were close to 2 metres long and what ever the width was right from the fabric roll. Atleast 120cm I think.

Of course I have just passed these wraps on, before finding out that I was having another girl !!
Spotlight has some gorgeous prints to make your own wraps now too. Best I go shopping.

Sarah, I think 1m square are easier to find (I think BGalore sell them too) but they would've only lasted us around 4 months... We use bigger ones here - sheets, etc.

Milo was a big baby (10lb04oz at birth).
After a few weeks the smaller wraps were just useless.

100x100 and 120x120 were the easiest for me to find, but it was at baby shops

pumpkin patch, bubba blue, living textiles and there was one more brand all make the 120x120 muslin wraps, and they were nice and light, and stretchy.

Milo was wrapped til about 5 months.

I also found interlock stretch cotton was good, I got a few metres at spotlight and just hemmed the ends.

I just bought 1.5m muslin from spotlight and hemmed them. Great for covering prams too!

sheets are great and cute too ... i use ones from aldi they come in a pack of 3 for $10 and a muslin..

they are massive my 10mth fits in them nicley when swaddeld

Oh Yeah Kim, I used mine for covering up the front of the pram too. Keeps out the sticky beaks ;)

Bit expensive sometimes, but Bunikins wraps are quite ample, and you can get them from target, so possible sale item?? I have one that is my favorite, it's a waffle knit style one

I also went off to spotlight and graped 5 metres of a light flannel material, and cut some to size. I haven't edged them yet, but I understand an overlocker is really good to do that with.

If those big w ones are good though I think it's probably cheaper to buy them, as good material is quite often expensive, and never on sale when you want it to be. :wall:

sarah just measured and they are 140x180 i found these soooooo good, easily folded in half so good for smaller bubs them unfolded for older bubs!!

Sounds like making them might be the best bet. So which do you guys prefer - hemmed or overlocked edges? Personally I prefer hemmed edges so little fingers don't get caught in loose threads. I'm not sure what my friend likes, will have to ask her!

Hemmed for me......

If i were giving it as a gift I would hem.

if it were for myself I would only overlock

But if your feeling really energetic, doing both means that if the hem comes down, the edges don't fray.

I hemmed mine, but I'm making some as a gift and I'm going to use satin bias around the edges.

Ooh not a bad idea Kim, I might try that too.

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satin bias around the edges

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Lovely idea. When I was a tiny tot my "maccy" which was my sucky blanket (a wrap with satin edging!) was my best companion. I used to run the satin under my nose as I sucked my thumn to put myself to sleep.........

i like mine overolocked