Wrap your Baby: the Bebe Cannelle step by step instructions
The BebeCannelle instructions are a peek preview meant to show you how easy it is to use your Wrapsody fairtrade baby carrier or your organic cotton Didymos wrap before your buy it.
You will find a lot of different carrying options to wrap your baby in the colour instruction booklet sold with your Wrapsody/GypsyMama gauze or stretch baby carrier. Your organic cotton Didymos wrap comes with a comprehensive instruction booklet and an interactive DVD.
We want you to succeed and are here to help. Please get in touch at info@bebecannelle.com. We’ll be delighted to offer you advice and resources before and after the purchase of your wrap.
- Locate the label marking the centre of your wrap. Put the wrap around you like an apron, the centre label being at your belly button level.
- Cross both ends behind your back.
- Lift both ends and put them over your shoulders.
- Make sure the fabric isn’t twisted.
- Lift your little angel.
- Baby goes into the sash.
- Lift the sash fabric up on yout little one’s back. It should cover baby from bottom to back of the neck.
- Support baby with one hand while pulling on one end of the fabric. Aim to make the sash around baby very supportive.
- Make it really tight and do the same on the other side.
- Grab the ends of the fabric. If you made them tight enough, baby is totally supported by the tight sash around him.
- Take the crossed ends with one in each hand.
- Cross them under baby’s bottom.
- Put the fabric UNDER your little one’s legs.
- Make a double knot.
- Your baby is now totally secure in the wrap.
- Spread the inner layer of fabric.
- Spread the outer layer of fabric.
- Ready to go! Call your friends, go for a stroll ;-)
Your Wrapsody stretch baby carrier comes in a standard 6 yards size while your Wrapsody gauze baby carrier is available in 4 sizes. Check out the Wrapsody gauze wraps sizing chart before you buy yours.
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Gypsy Mama text and photos are used under authorization from Gypsy Mama Inc.
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- Hold the fabric behind your back by the top edge.The center of the wrap (marked with a label) should be at the center of your back. Bring the ends of fabric to your front from under your arms.
- Cross the fabric from your left hip over your right shoulder and the fabric from your right hip over your left shoulder, taking up any slack. The fabric should be crossed like an X.
- The fabric then goes over your shoulders and hangs down behind your back.
- Reach behind you and cross the fabric so that it makes an X behind your back as well. Pull it taut so the fabric in front makes a snug X (the baby sits in the X).
- Tie the ends at your belly button level or on your hip.
- Settle baby first into the inner cross, then the outer.
- Spread each cross completely under baby’s bum (from knee to knee).
- With a small baby you may leave his legs tucked up; older children will poke one leg out each side of the X so the fabric crosses under their bum. You may leave your child’s arms out or tuck them in. If baby is too low, take up the fabric at the knot; if baby is too high, let out the fabric at the knot.
- That’s it! Your baby will love being carried close to your heart.
Check here how easy it is to pop baby in and out of the simple wrap cross carry, especially with a stretch wrap. Find your gauze wrap size.
Were these instructions helpful? Let us know! Send your thoughts, comments and feedback to info@bebecannelle.com. Your comments are incredibly valuable to us and help us to improve our service to you.
All text and photos copyright 2008 by Bebe Cannelle Limited.
No part of this website may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of Bebe Cannelle Limited.
Gypsy Mama text and photos are used under authorization from Gypsy Mama Inc.
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The Parisian carry
The Parisian carry is great for breastfeeding on the go without having to retie your wrap. Bebe Cannelle also recommend the Parisian carry for babywearing beginners as it ensures you do not have twisted fabric on your back.
The Parisian carry is best for infants and small babies but not for toddlers as only half of the width of the wrap is used to support your baby’s body.
With a Parisian carry, you can easily put your baby out and then back in the wrap without having to untie it. This is useful when you need to drive somewhere with your baby: you can keep the wrap on you while your baby is in his carseat and then put your baby back in the wrap when you arrive at your destination.
The wrap baby carrier shown in the video is Millefiori Organic Cotton Didymos Wrap.
- Fold the fabric in half lengthwise.
- Make a belt (with the centre of your wrap at your belly button level).
- Cross the fabric behind your back and pick up the edges again.
- Grab the fabric from behind your back to over your shoulders. The fabric should be crossed like an X and should be very flat on your back for maximum comfort.
- Now you can place your baby in the sash created by the fabric at your belly button level.
- While one hand supports your baby, grab one end of fabric with your other hand and make it really tight by pulling up. Change sides: your other hand supports your baby while you make the other end of fabric really tight.
- Cross the fabric diagonally over your baby’s back, under her bottom and under her legs.
- Pull your baby’s knees higher than her bottom to make sure her back is nice and round while her legs are deeply bent. This ensures an optimal anatomic position for her hips and spine.
- Cross the fabric behind your back. You may tie your wrap on your front or on your back according to the length of your wrap. Some mothers prefer tying it on the front or on the side to be able to sit on a chair more comfortably.
Please let us know what you think of the BebeCannelle babywearing instructions. Send your thoughts, comments and feedback to info@bebecannelle.com. Your comments are incredibly valuable to us and help us to improve our service to you.
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