Carrying two newborns

[ihugtrees]

I will be starting a nanny job in the fall with a newborn a few days younger than my own little one, and would like to know...how do you go about wearing two tiny babies?? Any recommendations for specific wraps/slings/etc?

[tracymom1]

The Moby looks like it would be comfortable for carrying two babies - one on each hip.

[Quirky]

You can use the Moby for two really small newborns in a front carry, but it wouldn't work for two in a hip carry.

It would be a good choice because you can tie it on and pop a baby in and out, so if you needed to hold one and care for the other, you could pop the former in and take care of the latter.

As far as wearing both at the same time, the mei tai is one of my favorites. You can do one mei tai on front and one on back, or a stretchy wrap for the front and a mei tai over the top of that on the back. It would be worthwhile getting a tall-bodied mei tai and practicing now if you can -- instructions for the high back carry that's appropriate for newborns are on the Kozy site.

[ChetMC]

Two Slings?

I've heard of women wearing two slings at once. This link may be useful.

http://www.thebabywearer.com/articles/HowToO/Twins.htm

You might get some ideas cross-posting in parents of multiples.