by Aline Kelly
General Instructions:
- Get baby on your back and create a seat. Both tails come over your shoulders.
- Secure one tail between your knees while you work with the opposite tail.
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Take your working tail under your arm and behind your back. Spread the
fabric across baby's back and bum, and tuck it carefully under his
opposite knee.
- Repeat with the other tail.
- Tie in front or tie tibetan.
Tips:
The
tricky part about RR is getting the fabric spread nicely over baby's
back without it getting bunched, sliding down, or getting stuck under
baby's bum. Some tips to get nice high passes:
- When you pass
the wrap from one hand to the other behind your back, make sure there's
a lot of extra fabric between your hands. This helps you maneuver the
wrap without it getting stuck or snagged on anything. Holding the fabric
in both hands, raise your hands up high behind you, then let the wrap
fall high on baby's back.
- Another trick is to "pop" the
fabric up and let it land high. Picture it like the giant parachutes
you'd play with in gym class as a kid - everyone pops up the parachute
at the same time to get air under it. The same kind of idea can be used
here.
- Once your wrap is draped, pull the fabric up towards
your opposite shoulder to keep it high, then tighten strand by strand so
you don't have any loose fabric stuck anywhere. Make sure that the
fabric continues to cover baby's bum. You can even tuck the bottom rails
up under his bum to reinforce the seat.
- With each pass, make sure there's no tiny feet stuck under the fabric.
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Take care when tucking under baby's knee, as passes can be lost or
diminished here, too. Ease the wrap down strand by strand, keeping
tension, then sneak the wrap under baby's knee. It also helps to
straighten baby's knee so the wrap doesn't have to travel as far.
Videos:
Babywearing Faith
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