One of the things that has saved my sanity while having twins is wearing one of them whenever we go shopping or on a walk together. Any mom reading this knows how heavy and awkward those baby car seats are. Imagine two of those. Seriously, they are horrible.
When they were tiny I could put them in the Moby together and wear them that way. Then they got big enough for the Ergo, and I love carrying them in that. But, I recently found woven wraps. These are, to quote Robert, “really expensive bolts of cloth”. They are hand woven cotton, linen, silk, hemp, bamboo, ect pieces of cloth that are used to carry babies either on the front or the back. I have wanted to get one….or a few for a long time, and with our tax return money I used my portion to do just that. I bought 5 of them! Why so many? I wanted to get a bunch of different ones and find a few that I really really love. I plan to use these with the twins as well as with any other babies we have or any that I happen to babysit.
After I bought them came the learning curve. I am still in the midst of it in fact…..it is a HUGE difference from the Moby. The material acts and wraps different than the Moby, and most of the carries are wrapped while the baby is on my front or back rather than wrapping and then putting the baby in.
When I got my first wrap it took close to a dozen attempts before I got all the way to the end of a wrap job without bailing out in the middle. That one wasn’t exactly pretty, but it worked:
The next one was significantly better:
I promise I don’t only wrap Alexis, she is just the more patient of the two.
This was my first front carry, with the second wrap I got:
Only Alexis is wrapped here ^ I am holding Courtney so both could be in the picture.
I went to a meeting with a bunch of other moms who babywear and it was great! I got some help wrapping up both babies though Courtney wouldn’t cooperate at all being on my back. They showed me a new carry, one that has now become my favorite. I am planning to get really good at this carry before I try any others…..at least any other back carries. If anyone is curious what it looks like to get a carry wrapped like this HERE is a video.
The Half Jordan Back Carry in what is probably my favorite wrap:
After getting Alexis up on my back several times successfully, and getting a freakishly long wrap, I decided to try both babies at once. It was pretty interesting lol! I put Alexis on my back and Courtney on the front. It worked, but if I’m going to do it again I will be doing a different carry on the front for sure. Courtney kept leaning back and the wrap would just part down the middle so she could have easily fallen out.
Haha! Both babies in one wrap!!
Courtney on the front:
Alexis on the back:
She kept trying to stand up on my back:
I have a total of 5 wraps! I am only in love with two of them so far, but I haven’t even used one yet, so I might end up loving that one too!
Here they are up close:
One of my favorites:
This is the one I haven’t used yet. I love the colors and the geckos though!
This one is my very favorite!
I love that one so much I even was brave enough to wear Alexis at church! I got many compliments on it, and the best one came from a little older hispanic woman. She came up to me very excitedly and said she was very happy to see me carrying my baby this way! She said “The women in my country always carry their babies this way, but I don’t see it very much in this country. It’s very nice to see a baby this way!” It was so cute how excited she was about it. I even made a new friend who was also wearing her baby at church!
These two are probably not going to stay with me. I am just not in love with them.
The first wrap I ever bought and used:
This is my really long wrap, but I am not in love with the colors or the feel of the wrap. I am going to keep it for a while and see if I like it more once it is a little more broken in, but if I find a different one I love in the same size I will be selling it.
