Hi, I'm Rachel and this video is going to show how to do Front Wrap Cross Carry in a Moby Wrap.
This is a bamboo Moby Wrap.
It rolls up super small. First pull it out of the bag.
Somewhere on this wrap
there is a middle marker or tag.
If you unfold it and find the middle
you'll find the little middle marker. It says Moby Wrap on it.
You're going to put that right in the middle of your chest.
With one hand hold that middle marker in place.
With the other hand, reach behind you and grab the top edge of the wrap.
Bring it across your back and over your shoulder.
Gather that up on your shoulder.
Do the same thing on the other side.
Take the top edge under your arm, across your back, and over your shoulder.
Now I have this horizontal piece and two tails.
I'm going to take the horizontal piece and bunch it into a tube
just above my belly button
At this point, I'm ready to pick up my baby!
You pick up your baby. This is Ellie. She's about 18 months
and 25 pounds.
I'm going to hold her up on my shoulder like I'm going to burp her.
I'm going to reach under this tube of fabric and
grab her feet and guide them both through.
Then I'll seat her on this tube of fabric
straddling her legs around me
so she has her knees above her bottom.
She's positioned properly here.
Then I'm going to reach behind me and find the top edge of the wrap.
I slide the top edge of the wrap all the way up over her back
and over her shoulders.
Then I'm going to take one hand
under her leg and find the bottom edge of the wrap.
I'm going to make sure that the bottom edge of the wrap goes from this knee
all the way over to that knee.
So I'm sliding my hand along in a straight line between us, making sure that the wrap goes
from knee to knee.
Then I'm going to tighten.
Keeping a hand on baby, lift one tail and just pull it up.
Do the same on the other side.
Support baby with one hand and lift the other tail and pull straight up.
Usually there will be a little extra looseness in the top edge.
I'm going to find the part that's closest to my neck.
Right here, that's the top edge
If you look behind me, that's coming from under my arm here, and across my back.
If I pull on the top edge, keeping my other elbow lifted out that tightens the top edge.
I'll tighten the top edge on the other side too.
If you need to, you can tighten the middle or bottom of the wrap too.
So I lift my elbow out so the fabric can slide under my arm.
I locate the top edge closest to my neck.
Keeping my elbow lifted and a hand on baby, I pull up and tighten.
Now I place each tail nice and neatly on my shoulder.
I'm going to pin one tail between my knees (to keep it tight) while I work with the other.
I take this tail across her shoulder, across her back
and at the bottom from one knee to the other knee.
All the way from this knee, over to that knee.
I'll take it under that tail I have pinned between my knees.
It goes under her leg.
Then I'll pin this tail between my knees in the back.
I'll do the same thing over here.
Lift and tighten one last time.
Spread the top edge across her shoulders and across her back.
The bottom edge is going to go from this knee, over to that knee.
The bottom edge will make an L shape going from knee to knee.
Then I take the tail under this leg.
I'll tie a double knot in back.
Double knot.
If after you tie a knot in back, you have extra fabric, you could bring that back around to the front to tie instead.
It's up to you.
The last thing you would do is make sure everything is well spread across your back and your shoulders.
The wider this is spread, the more comfortable it will be.
This is a really comfortable carry with an older baby!
Thanks!