How we roll

This is how we roll. Baby wearing with tube slings.

This is actually a sling I made almost a year ago for my son while at Grammy's. It ended up too small. But now it fits my daughter.

How we roll

This is my son all ready to visit his cousins. His stuff animal puppies in a sack I made him, inside a sling I made him. Dressed in camo, with a backpack full of clean underwear.

I made him the sling with scrap of material before his baby sister was born, in case he got jealous I was holding the baby too much. He could careless if I'm holding her, but he does like caring stuff animals around the house in his sling.

Slings

Remember this sling I made for my son. Well my daughter now rides in it.

Well I wanted something girlier so I made this one recently. Lesson learned, Read instructions before cutting. I just barely had enough material, because I cut wrong. But since I bought the material, I realized since its green brown and yellow flowers its totally unisex.

We use the slings all the time, because she doesn't like the carseat. I'm glad I have two because movement makes her spit everywhere so they get washed all the time! Before she could hold her head up she liked the baby bjorn better, but now that she can face outward, we use the sling usually every other day.

Actually I made up all that stuff and just wanted to be like pam. Except the fact, that I really did make the first sling so I could wear my son. I made the second because I needed to wear my baby at the Draper Temple open house, and didn't want to wear demin.

Sling

Yesterday I made a sling. I wanted a way to carry my son without spending a $100 on a babyback carrier that didn't involve a stroller. I loved my Baby Bjorn, but since he hasn't fit into that in almost a year, I needed something. Not to mention, I am traveling with my son once again on a plane, and I'm so sick of traveling with a stroller. You spend more time closing and opening the stroller one handing while holding a kid then you do pushing the kid in it. You have to close it up to go through security then open it again, then you have to stand in line to get a gate check thing, and then you have close it up again to get on the airplane, then wait for everyone to get off while they get your stroller for you, and then open it back up. Its a nightmare. I already planned to not take the stroller before I decided to make the sling. I decided to go with the sling, when I started to realize every time I hold my kid on my hip for long periods of time, I get a bruise. I got the pattern from Jan Andrea's Baby Craft site: (this is the pattern)
I picked out this material, its striped denim, the site said I should to pick up a bottomweight material, for the safety of my child:

The sling is suppose to be like these at this site, Hot Slings. I don't quite know if it turned out that well, but mind you I don't have a professional taking my pictures. Not to mention, the slings are pretty with all their paisley and floral material, but I thought I should pick something more masculine for my son. But I did save $30 by making it myself. Here it is:

I added a pocket to put my keys and wallet it, it can be seen in the first picture. I didn't want a sling with rings. (No offense to you ring slingers.) I wanted on that could fold up super small, so thats its a tube sling, since its fitted the one I made really only fits people the same size as me.
I had to get two yards of material and cut it lengthwise it gave me enough material to make two slings. I made one for hubby since he is longer than me, especially with his broad shoulders. (Since I made two I actually saved $75) Now Hubby doesn't have to carry my son on his shoulders when we go on hikes. I'm not quite sure which way is more comfortable for him though.

My son really liked being in the sling. Hubby said my son might not like it where he didn't grow up being in one, but he would usually fuss when I would take him out and put him back on the ground. I guess he finally likes us to hold him.