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How to Wear a Sling:
General Instructions
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Wear the
sling as snugly as is comfortable:
In any of the baby wearing positions, your baby should rest just where he/she would be if
you were holding him/her in your arms. This is best accomplished by tightening up the
sling as snugly as is comfortable as soon as the baby is positioned within it.
Keeping the sling snug protects your back and will be more comfortable for you and
your baby.
If you cannot tighten the sling enough to be comfortable:
Than the sling is too large for you and you may want to order a smaller size. In the case
of one small and one large parent, order the sling to fit the larger parent comfortably.
Have someone who is handy at sewing open the seams at the ring end of the "side
channels" and remove a few inches of the batting of BOTH channels. This will give the
smaller parent a longer "tail" to tighten through the rings to permit a proper,
comfortable, and safe fit for you and your baby. |
1. Buckling/unbuckling the sling
Bring the "tail" up through both of the rings.
Loop the tail back over the bottom ring.
Tighten the tail until the Over the Shoulder Baby Holder(tm)
label is showing.
For maximum safety, the tail should not be adjusted below this point. |
2. Putting on the sling (wearing on the left shoulder)
Hold the sling with your left hand, with the rings in front and the tail hanging down.
Slip your right arm and head through the sling as if you were wearing a purse or briefcase
with the strap diagonally across your chest.
Position the sling so that the thick pad is on your left shoulder with the rings
positioned about where you would pin a corsage, with the tail hanging down.
To wear on your right shoulder, just reverse directions. |
3. Adjusting the sling
To tighten:
Support the baby's weight with one arm
Pull down on the tail with the other hand to snug sling to desired tightness
To loosen:
Pull up on both rings while pushing down slightly on the sling's hammock portion. (With
older/heavier babies, the baby's weight alone may allow the sling to loosen when and only
when the sling is unlocked.)
When you let the rings go, the sling will lock into its new position. |
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