Our little group has expanded to over 100 members in the first week it's been live, and that, friends, is such an amazing thing. We could not be happier with the growth, support, and positive feedback we have received already. We are beyond grateful that all of you have chosen to be part of this community. We will continue to strive to make this a supportive, positive, and welcoming environment, since our goal is to encourage parents and children to grow closer together through babywearing.
In our first week, we have loved seeing all of your pictures: the funny ones, the sweet ones, wearing newborn babies and wearing toddlers. We can't wait to see more!
Today we want to talk a little more about our Carry of the Week, introduced on Monday. Front Wrap Cross Carry, commonly abbreviated as FWCC. This carry requires a longer wrap, often at size 6 (4.6 meters) or a size 7 (5.0 meters) if you are a fluffier mama or perhaps wrapping a larger baby or toddler. More petite parents could possibly use a size 5 (4.2 meters). This is often the first carry that you learn as a babywearer, and it's great for many reasons. You can practice, and even tie this carry without a baby (called pre-tying), you can nurse in it, it has more than one layer and therefore is fairly supportive, and there are several variations you can try. If you haven't tried it yet, or want to explore some options, we have provided videos below.
These are only a small sampling of the videos available out there. Search YouTube for even more options. Often you will find one video makes no sense to you whatsoever, but another one will "click" for you, and you'll understand right away, or a step might be explained in such a way as to make it much easier to figure out.
Don't forget to visit us on Facebook if you have any other questions, want to share a picture, or just connect with other local Babywearers.
We look forward to seeing many of you at our first meeting, Thursday, January 23rd, at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Broad River Road. The meeting will start at 10:00 a.m, focus on Cold Weather Babywearing, and there will also be time for questions and demonstrations of our growing lending library.
We have a playdate scheduled in the Northeast on Saturday, February 1st, at 3:00 pm at Northsprings Park.
The next official meeting is Saturday, February 8th at Expecting Well on Gervais Street. It begins at 10:00 am and focuses on the Ergonomics of Babywearing.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/babywearersofthemidlands/?ref=br_tf
Here is the basic version with a newborn:
Here is a longer video showing some variations for the cross passes:
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