Finished my Mei Tai

[mkoontz]

Thanks to the person who posted the web site to make your own baby carrier I've finally finished making a Mei Tai for Aveena. I'm interested to see how she'll like it, and can't really afford to buy a new one in case she doesn't.

It took ages to make, not cause it was hard, but cause I never usually get some uninteruped time - I think really in total it took about 1 1/2 hrs, but that happened over a couple of weeks

So now I only have to figure out how to use it

Fingers Crossed

[mkoontz]

OK, so I tried it and her legs turned blue. Not good. I used the front carry with her facing me.

Any ideas? What did i do wrong? Is she too young to have her legs out (8 weeks) - if so, what do you do with her legs?

Help!!!

[birthjunkie27]

Try her froggy style. Facing you, but instead of her legs dangling out the sides, have them tucked under her spread a bit...just like a frog. I sometimes have a hard time putting Samara in this position because she wants to stand with her legs straight. So I have to help her and bend her legs into froggy position. Then I tie it under her butt and not on her back. This supports her well.

Good luck!!!

See the pic of my dh wearing her froggy style in my siggy.

[Slightlycrunchymama]

yup, frog style. did you make your mt with an adjustable width on the bottom? if not maybe try that. i make mine with a kinda 'sleeve' fir the bottom strap to go through so i can make it skinny if he wants legs out or wide for froggy. i can find a pic if you need.
they are fun to make though arent they? i made one and then had to go make 3 more

[mkoontz]

I'd love to make more - just not sure about the time factor. Maybe when Aveena gets a little older and is sleeping better

The sleeve thing sounds like a good idea - and I'm guessing you just kind of make a pocket with open sides for the bottom tie, is that right? I'll try it with the next one

[atozmama]

Can I see the pic of the sleeve idea?

[aisraeltax]

im jealous!! what website are you talking about? can we see pix????

[mkoontz]

Here is the web site

http://www.mamatoto.org

You'll have to hunt around a bit to see what you want to make, but it's really user friendly.

[Slightlycrunchymama]

I found a link for the adjustable bottom, works well.
http://www.geocities.com/i0lanthe/mt/index.html?200625