What is your favourite carrier right now?
Re: What is your favourite carrier right now?
Oh, I trust my wraps, I just don't trust myself without a mirror . Plus, when I put my kid in the Manduca, she is on my back in 15 seconds. Wrapping takes a little longer, and I get nervous if other people start staring at me, and then I get sloppy. I know, I shouldn't care about other people, but when I wrap in public, I feel like I'm "performing" or something like that....
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Re: What is your favourite carrier right now?
I trust my wraps, I just don't trust myself in public without a mirror . In the manduca, I can get my child on my back in 15 seconds. With wrapping, it takes a little longer, and I always get the feeling that people start staring. And then I get nervous, so my wrapping gets sloppy. Front wrapping outside is no problem, but with wrapping on my back I always feel like I'm "performing" (and I have terrible stagefright!)
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Re: What is your favourite carrier right now?
So I suppose it's not just a matter of getting more practice with wrapping on your back? Or where do you see a difference between front wrapping and on the back? That front wrapping is seen more often than on the back?AnnickM hat geschrieben:I trust my wraps, I just don't trust myself in public without a mirror . In the manduca, I can get my child on my back in 15 seconds. With wrapping, it takes a little longer, and I always get the feeling that people start staring. And then I get nervous, so my wrapping gets sloppy. Front wrapping outside is no problem, but with wrapping on my back I always feel like I'm "performing" (and I have terrible stagefright!)
I've barely been outside with my newborn, so I have no idea how people might stare, I'm just curious (and I was hoping I might help by making you feel less self-conscious.)
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Re: What is your favourite carrier right now?
Wrapping in the front is seen more often in my country (Belgium). I see a lot of babies in stretchy wraps or Babybjorns. Plus, I can pretie most of the front carries, so when I get out of the car, I can pop my baby in and start walking (adjusting while walking). When you are swinging your baby onto your back in a parking lot, you get stares . Sometimes the good kind of stares ("waw, I've got to learn how to do that"), sometimes the bad kind ("Is she crazy, that looks so dangerous" or the worst: "What does she think, that she's in Africa or something"). I try not to let it bother me, but inside I'm thinking: "I've got to hurry up!" or "Man, this would be the worst time to drop my baby" or "My ruck has to be absolute perfection now". Ah well, maybe I just need to work on my confidence . Thank you for your kind words!
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Re: What is your favourite carrier right now?
You're welcome
Maybe just seeing you will give other mothers (and fathers) the confidence to wrap on the back as well
Maybe just seeing you will give other mothers (and fathers) the confidence to wrap on the back as well