Kendra from ShoppingForTwo sent this suggestion to us last year.
She wrote: Keep yourself and your baby snuggly warm this winter by making your own baby carrier. I learned how to make this just a week before my baby was born and not only is this the most comfortable baby carrier, but it’s also the least expensive. I made two carriers for about $16.
Take a trip down to the fabric store and pick out five yards of either woven cotton (you will need to hem the edges to keep from unraveling) or fleece (no need to sew at all). Cut the five yards in half horizontally, so you end up with a 20″ by 5 yards piece of material. Then follow the instructions at wearyourbaby.com to learn how to wrap your baby.
Kendra wrote that her baby instantly falls asleep when he’s wrapped up which makes running errands or taking a walk more peaceful. “I wish I had found out about this when my older son was a baby, it would have made life so much easier!”
Heather secretly made me a wrap just like Kendra’s as a Happy Pregnancy present. I wore it proudly when Scarlett was tiny.
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Congrats Kendra — I’m going to have to try this in a couple months when my #2 son is out and about! Or, more realistically, make it now while I can still get one hand free from Holden.
Thanks again for choosing my post as the winner! And congratulations to you Heather on the upcoming son #2. Yes, definately make the wrap now, free time is certainly hard to come by these days!
I bought my wrap - in the summer - in the midwest - and found out in October that I had the warmest possible wrap - which was great news for October - and explained a lot about how I sweat off a bunch of pregnancy weight over the summer months
Thanks for the tips. I was looking at sites all day and shocked at the cost of a ‘name brand’ wraps. This is just what I needed to see to inspire me to save my own money and make one myself. Baby and I are traveling by plane soon and I need something to help me carry baby around the vast airports that will help be keep my hands free as we travel. This is just what we need!
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