choose please:
- CamoCup
- The art of carrying
- Wrong carrying methods
- The simple cradle
- The cross cradle
- The wrap cross carry
- Double cross-carry (part 1)
- Double cross-carry (part 2)
- Double cross-carry (part 3)
- Double cross-carry (part 4)
- The kangoroo-carry
- The hip-carry with long sling
- The simple cross-carry
- The simple hip-carry (knots at front)
- The simple hip-carry (knots at rear)
- The simple rucksack-carry
- The simple rucksack-carry (with short sling)
- The wrap cross hip-carry
- The wrap cross rucksack-carry
- Carrying as therapy
- Benefits for parent & child
- Trageberatung
- Elastic baby sling with Labyrinth print
- Elastic baby sling
- Ideas with the sling
- Frequently asked questions
- Prejudices
- Trageschule Dresden
- Trageschule NRW
- Demo Baby Dolls
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Double cross-carry – from birth onwards
- 19. Then pull the cloth across the baby’s back (the centre of the cloth should be behind the centre of the back) and over his head and
- 20. do the same on the other side (upper cloth layer). A mirror is very helpful at the beginning!
- 21. Pull the cloth so it lies smoothly and evenly across your baby’s back and head.
- 22. The last thing to do is to pull your baby’s feet up to your waist so that he is sitting in the correct spreadsquat position inside the cloth.
- 23. The baby is sitting at the optimum height when he is at “kiss-on-the-head height”.
- 24. If some of the cloth is a little loose, you can re-tighten it using the slipknot.
- 25. Depending on the baby’s age, you can allow his head and arms to poke out of the cloth later on so that older babies can enjoy more freedom of movement.
- 26. One of the advantage of this carrying method, especially for heavier babies, is that the baby’s weight is evenly distributed across your back.