Drawings

When not wrapping (or when wrapping and the wee one sleeps) I often feel the need to be creative. The last few days while staying home with feverish kids I have drawn some pictures.

Review Oscha Tian Ma Kai 3

I love linen. I love the strength in the fabric and I love the lightweight. And with my background, being a former horse groom I found myself ISO OschaTian Ma Kai. A lovely woman sold me hers, fully Broken in and in perfect condition. It is a size 3 and I discovered I can't tie as many carries as I could with a longer wrap. However, challenge accepted, and today I learnt how to do a double hammock with ring finish. With this nice shorty.

I find the wrap a bit too soft for my toddler, which might as well be because of my inexperience as a shorty wearer. If he had been still I'm sure I had been able to tighten with more patience...

Tian Ma Kai is soft and with little stretch. I thinu it suits younger babies better than my toddler.

Some thoughts

I've had trouble sleeping these past few weeks, due to disease and stress. When I got home from work today I wrapped my youngest and hoped to calm us down, but didn't succeed. I know wrapping needs to be Done when needed, but I had hoped for a better result, without popping seats and loud weeping. Yet, some days only the mother wants to babywear whereas the child does not.

I don't know where I'm going with this post, just discussing without aim... Probably too tired to think straight.

Is it addictive to babywear?

I'm not sure whether babywearing is addictive, but I've discovered there is more to it than just carrying a child. The closeness and the attachment, the comfort and the health benefits. I don't care how everyone else carries their child, the importance is that they do whatever is best for them.

I have several dream wraps, one of them is a Danu. I would love to try an Irish wrap with poetry woven into it... The only wraps I don't dare trying are wool blend wraps, as I know I'm too careless to handle wool. I want to test wraps and as you can see, I take crappy selfies, because that is all I can do on my own... And I'm sure I'm not alone in that respect. However, this testing of wraps could be seen as an addiction to some. To me it is about perfection. I have my Girasol which will follow me to the end of days, perfect as a squish wrap, and I have a toddlerproof wrap. But I want to try out if there is something better than the toddler wrap...

I want to tell parents to try babywearing, if only for cuddles. I don't think there are any negative side effects of babywearing.

You don't need twenty wraps in your stash, you don't need to join in every draw to purchase the newest fanciest high end wrap. You could get along with only one wrap. ❤️

Review Wauggl Bauggl Pearls Proto sz4

I won this pink dream in one of Wauggl Bauggl hosted giveaway and I am still amazed by its strength. It is a thick and heavy wrap, and it took quite some time to break it in. I've been working hard with it, and now it is soft and cuddly. It is a perfect size 4 and I use it for my favorite carries, kangaroo and simple rucksack. It is grippy enough to carry with a simple knot but feels a bit "shiny" because of the combed Cotton. These Pearls are very strong because of the thickness, but I have discovered two pulls that need to be fixed. This is my first Wrap to get pulls so I need to learn how to fix them...

As for facts - I don't have a clue about gsm but it feels thick... Over 300 I'm sure...😊 it is woven with combed Cotton and another kind of Cotton, (sorry my brains aren't with me... Nor are my Google skills...) and it is a happy wrap! Noone could resist a smile when seeing it...😊

It is a true toddler wrap and I think it could easily carry up to 18-20kilos without too much effort. It is not too forgiving though, so experience and patience are useful skills in this department.

I love my Pearls and as this wrap has triggered my son to say his first word: "åka!" (The Swedish equivalent of Up!) I will keep it forever.

Better late than never.

Yesterday I traded my BabyBjörn One for an Ergobaby and that might be the best trade ever. At least for me 😊. My lo was very happy this morning while trying it for the first time, but it sure is no quick-up carrier, that is for sure... Lots of adjustments and fixing and wearing it outside the winter jacket was almost impossible. There the Ergo can't compete with the mt...

Review - Pollora Jolly van Orange

Review Pollora Jolly van Orange size 4.

72% linen, 28% Cotton

Gsm: 220

I have a secret fascination for linen and therefore I want to try linen blends, when it comes to babywearing. I won a giveaway at Pollora and the choice was easy: linen it is! And although I'm not a skull and skeleton fan, this pirate wrap makes me happy with its Halloween-like colors and the shimmering in both the Brown and the orange. The high percentage of linen makes the gsm quite low, and therefore the wrapping qualities surprised me!

Here are my comments - uncensored:

I find it easy to get a tight wrap, thin yet with surprisingly good grip. Carries 11kgs as weightless. A bit tricky to tighten the carry if there are slacks, but I find the wrap almost rock solid when tying the knot. Feels a lot easier than my all-Cotton wraps both when it comes to wrapping and weightwise. The only problem I had was how to wash it properly, but I think I succeeded with a delicate low-temp wash.

All in all, Jolly van Orange has proven itself a very nice linen wrap and I am even more convinced that linen is the thing for me. The pricing of Jolly van Orange also makes it a very valuable wrap, and I think it is rather luxurious for its cost.