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DIY Baby Wrap

As a doula in Utah and a mother of two, I try to know about the what’s and why’s of parenting trends. Baby wearing is growing in popularity and with good reason. It has many benefits such as:

  • Baby’s head shape stays normal
  • Babies cry less
  • Closeness is good for babies mental and emotional development
  • Doesn’t require you to haul around a stroller
  • Provides physical health for the wearer
  • More ergonomically healthy for baby than staying in an infant seat

This is just some of the benefits.

But what if you don’t have a baby carrier? Let me solve that for you! This is my tutorial on making a baby wrap. My disclaimer is that I used shirts that were too small so my end product turns out smaller than yours should. Also if you use shirts of the same color it will look better but I thought the different colors made it easier to understand for tutorials purposes.

You will need

  • 3 t-shirts that are 1 size bigger than you would normally wear
  • A pair of scissors
  • A piece of yarn or other string
The Materials

Cut all three shirts from armpit to armpit as pictured here:

Next, run your string through two of the cut off shirts like this:

Then wrap the string around a few times and tie it in a good knot. (My string was too long) The two tied together circles should look something like this:

This next part is purely cosmetic and therefore optional.

Cut a sleeve off  one of your discarded shirt tops. Then cut along the seem of the sleeve so you have a little square piece of fabric like this:

Now wrap this around your tied off string section like this:

Take the third and final shirt and cut through ONE layer of it diagonally like this:

After you cut through the top layer you will have a long piece that looks like this:

Now, how to wear it!

Put the tied together circles over you with the knot in the back. You should look something like this:

front
back

Next insert your baby.(Note: baby can face forward or backward in this.) Legs and arms come out the sides of the x like this:

Now take your third shirt and wrap it around you and baby and tie in the back. This provides extra support.

DIY baby wrap

Ta Da!