Golfin' with the girlies

I really like the mei tai I made. The workout I get walking around with Renée is amazing! Add to it the Onbag and a bottle of water and, well, I am a pack mule! A comfy pack mule at that.
Here I am wearing it all on a chilly, windy day. I want to make some little slide on pockets to hold stuff. You can see Phoebe's flip video hanging off the strap there.
What I really like best is having my hands free to sneak in a sweet hug from Phoebe and get the love from both my special girls!

baby wearing

I wore Phoebe in a ring sling all the time!

It was one item I specifically requested at my baby shower. At Church when she was 6 months old, I was given a hard time because they finally got to see her entire body. Rita has a great shot of us vacuuming. That sling was fantastic!
I wear Renée also. The best part is that Phoebe now wears her koala! I love seeing her parent her little fuzzy girl.

With Renée, I need a better selection of baby wearing devices and ones that keep her upright. Her spitting up and this mountain cedar pollen makes her unhappy. My friend has a Moby wrap. It is a long piece of knit fabric wrapped around the body to distribute the weight of the baby equally on the body. I wanted one and made my own! Hobby Lobby had some lightweight grey knit with silver sparkles on clearance from the holiday season. I followed the directions and got 3 wraps: one 20", one 25", and the remainder for Phoebe's koala. Total cost of fabric was $9.38 for the required 5 yards. Renée doesn't get too hot because it is such lightweight fabric.

There is the downfall for the wrap: it is 5 yards long and needs to be wrapped around my body. It isn't like I could go to the HEB and start wrapping in the parking lot and then unwrap when we are done. The fabric would get dirty!
So, I also wanted a simpler carrier that would distribute the weight equally but wouldn't require the wrapping. I made a Mae mei tai. I love it because I can change out the panels to suit my moods.

Renée and I are still working out the mei tai wearing. I haven't gotten her quite nestled comfortably into it yet.
The most exciting part of these added options for wearing Renée is that I can wear her on my back. We have a Kelty baby carrier for actual back packing, but she needs to be older for that. She can be worn for an outing in one of these.
Once I get some photos of us, I'll post.