Today's topic is for MoMs...mothers of multiples. Yes, you can baby wear too! I know several mothers of multiples who baby wear. How else would you get anything done if you have two clingy babies?
My friend asked me to watch her 13 month old yesterday after our monthly babywearing group meeting. Now, I have 3 year old who is mobile and a 10 month old who thinks he is. Well, I left the 3 year old at home with Nana (smart, right?) leaving me with a 13 month old and a 10 month old. Neither child thought that a nap was the thing for them. So instead of driving around with two screaming babies, I had the brilliant idea of strolling through Staples. Yeah, they don't have strollers there. Thank goodness for babywearing! I had my entire stash with me, so I grabbed two Infantino mei tais. I put the 13 month old in the front, and the 10 month old in the back. (I was more comfortable putting my baby in back since I've never personally worn my friend's baby...although J wears M all the time.) I went from 2 unhappy babies to 2 content and babbling kiddos in the amount of time it took me to wrap them (under 5 minutes). We then head off on an adventure through the store. The kids had fun babbling back and forth because they could see each other. And it was a great way to contain them without dropping anybody. If I had twins, this is the only way I'd get anything done! (And yes, people asked me if they were twins.)
So there are different ways to tandem. You can do it with two mei tais like I did yesterday. My friend Tara is a genius at using two short woven wraps or even one long woven. (She has TWO sets of twins, and her older twins even wear the baby twins!) You can also use ring slings, or a combination of the any of the above. Oh, and tandem wearing is not just for twin mommies. I can tandem my boys...one is 32 lbs, and the other is 20...give or take. It gets a little heavy after awhile, but I can manage to cook dinner with two fussy children.
Below are several pictures of different ways to tandem. I've even included a blooper picture. Let's just say it was late and I was trying to show my friend how to tandem in a long woven without refreshing my memory first. No one was harmed, but we did have a good laugh. Lesson learned: always make sure back baby has a good seat before trying to get front baby wrapped.
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Me wearing my 10 month old and my friend's 13 month old in two mei tais
Our first successful tandem in a long woven wrap. This is a size 7.
And a better view with the long woven
Here I've got my toddler in a mei tai and the baby in a Moby wrap
Oh, and everybody's favorite shot: the bloopers.
(No one was injured in the making of this photo...unless we pulled a muscle laughing so hard.)
Rule Number One of Tandem Babywearing: Always make sure back baby has a good seat...I think I forgot that!
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