Christy P showed me (via technology, not in person) a new way to tie a back carry, just in time for some serious hiking with my not-yet-sitting-up four month old. Check it out — photos at the link and a link there to some Youtubitude.
I wore Leo for a few hours the other day, very comfortably. Mark hiked with Leo on his back for a family hike today. Worked great. Much of the weight seems to be distributed onto my abdomen and ribcage.
What kind of wrap do you use for this?
It looks like it would be very comfortable once you got it right. Though I’m a bit dubious about Ben’s being patient while I tried to figure it out. I’m not too long on patience myself. I do think I need some way to carry him on my back. My biggest frustrations with the sling was my inability to really use my hands. I feel like I can’t really do the things I want to do like cook. Now that he’s able to crawl we’re both much happier.
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I’ll have to try that one with my niece. Although I might have too much belly for it now. I can either use my Ergo for back carries or wrap carries that leave the front fairly free. I’ll have to help my SIL try it, at least. I think we’ve been trying a rucksack carry of some sort. We have a lot of practicing to do before comfortably wrapping by ourselves.
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I use a Didymos for this — you need a fairly long wrap-type carrier (the “really long piece of cloth” kind.)
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