Tips to wear your buckle carrier in comfort when you have plump “baby pillows!!”

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Mamas with large chests, don’t be scared off by the buckle carrier! With the perfect adjustment, you and your baby AND the girls can babywear happily into the sunset!

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Tip #1 – The position on your torso of your waistband is vital! You will need to clip higher than your hips to ensure that your baby won’t be face forward right into your cleavage; however that exact spot depends completely on your torso length and your baby’s seated height. Please be sure that when baby is fully seated, their head will be high enough to easily kiss, which will be above your breasts.

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Tip #2 – When adjusting the chest clip, be sure to have it level on your back, between your shoulder blades and realistically as low as you can reach. The lower you place that clip, the more pressure it will take off the side of your breasts.

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Tip #3 – If you are experiencing any soreness or mastitis / plugged duct symptoms, desist wearing ANY carrier until you can get taken care of. The worst thing you can do is irritate a duct and continue to put pressure on it!!!

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Tip #4 – When adjusting your shoulder straps, try to loosen them so that they cup around your shoulder blades and connect to the carrier front panel far below your armpit. The armpit is a busy nerve receptor that you don’t want to mess with; as you can see in the photo, coming down farther on your breast is ideal.

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Tip #5 – Please be sure to have a good grip on breastfeeding basics before attempting to combine breastfeeding with babywearing! Both skills are advanced, and you want to give your baby the best chance you can to excel at both! If you are out & about and baby is hungry, try removing the carrier’s shoulder straps. Laying baby sideways in your lap with the carrier rolled or folded underneath to give support. A light blanket can be used to cover, or you can live it up, and let the milk fly!

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THANK YOU to PAXfriend Marieke for modeling!!!

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Did you know that babywearing improves your sense of balance, vs carrying a baby in arms?
It’s the truth! 

 Babywearing is also good for your core, AND for baby’s!

Worried about your baby developing a flat spot on the back of his head?

Have no fear!  Babywearing also counts as tummy time!

There are so many reasons to wear your baby, both physical AND emotional.

Which are your favorite reasons??

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*happy babywearing*

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Let #babycate show you the way!!

Now that #babycate is 6 months old and sitting unassisted, PAXmommy Jillian has begun practicing back carries with her!!!
Tuck the bottom rail into baby’s pants to ensure that you get a nice deep seat in a back carry every time!

#paxbaby #loveinyourheart #wovenwrap #wrapping#babycarriers #babywearing #baby #babies

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*happy babywearing*

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Congratulations!!! You *just* purchased your very first wrap!!

Now what??

Well… that is up to you. You could wear it first, or you could wash it, and start breaking it in.

Wash it?
But, HOW?!

**Disclaimer: We advise you to always follow the manufacturer’s directions for the care of any wrap, but this is how the PAXmommies wash their own personal wovens. **

First, check out the fiber content.

100% Cotton: cold wash, hang dry – or dry on low heat. Can be ironed on the ‘cotton’ setting.

Linen: Wash on cold, hang dry or dry on low/no heat. Responds well to steam iron, and softens with wet heat.

Bamboo:  Wash on cold, hang dry or lay flat.

Hemp: Wash on warm, dry on low/no heat, or take out of the dryer partially dry and steam iron.  (Softens faster with heat, but some shrinkage will occur).

Wool: Hand wash in bathtub, or sink with woolwash, in tepid water. Do not squeeze,  lay flat on dry towels and roll to get excess water out. Lay flat to dry.

Silk: Hand wash/machine wash gentle-delicate cycle, lay flat to dry. Avoid tumble-dry, avoid drying in direct sunlight (fading).

Ring Slings: You can wrap the metal rings, or throw the entire thing into a pillow case.

A few extra tips:

With all woven wraps you want to make sure that you  skip the fabric softeners which can lead to build up over time.

Most wraps are cut on the long side to allow for *some* shrinkage.

If you are worried about washing, drying and the like, it is probably best to stay with easy-to-to-care-for fibers.

The first time I wash a wrap, I tend to wash it on its own, or with a load of old towels JUST in case it the color bleeds.

All subsequent washes,  get treated as normal, and simply go in with the rest of my laundry, or all together in one happy rainbowy wash.

** You can always throw wool dryer balls into the dryer to help break in a wrap. The more the merrier!!**

Other ways that you can break in a wrap:

– wearing it

– braiding it

– hammock

– sleep on it

– sit on it

– wash it

– iron it

What does your washing routine look like?

**Please remember to ALWAYS read your woven wraps specific washing instructions, and that these are just the washing tips & tricks of the PAXmommies. **

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