Gorgeous guest stars: My wife!

Yes, I skipped her straight to the head of the queue. Obnoxious, aren’t I? But she was so proud of tandem babywearing, and deservedly so.

The babies have just turned seven months old. I have no idea what they weigh – but a week before 6 months, Snort was over 18 lbs and Coconut over 17. Yes, we have big twins!

The above is her first ever picture of her with both babies! (She is using two buckle tais – like mei tais, but with buckles instead of long straps you knot.)

The long shot:

And, this is the part where she’s a genius. For those not in the know, mei tais often have sleephoods. You can see one on the Coconut’s back above, actually – that flap of fabric hanging down. When a baby falls asleep, particularly on the back, head lolling and flopping can happen. With a sleephood, you pull it up, attach it to the straps, and blam! Head support.

The Connecta Snort is in doesn’t have a sleephood (oh, we should’ve spent the extra 5.00!) so when they were asleep and his head was flopping, here’s what she did:

She used our most useful wrap ever (said wrap currently helping to bind my pelvis), slipped it around him and tied in front. She has also subsequently done this with a pashmina:

And more love:

Ok, and this last pic? They are all staring at YOU, waiting for a congratulatory comment on my wife finally cracking tandem babywearing!

Twins in pocket front cross carry.

Well, kiddos, if you are expecting twins or have newborn twins, have we got the carry for you. The lovely Natasha (again, from my natural parenting board) has graciously offered to let me use a video she made.

She’s done two of this video, one with twinnies, one with dolls. I must admit I haven’t looked at the dolls one yet, because I loved seeing her baby girls!

This is a good carry for young or tiny twins. This carry is not recommended for your babies once they are beyond the newborn stage, as it will probably not be supportive enough, they will be cramped, and they will hurt your back!

But for tiny twinnies, oh, how sweet.

Without further ado, Natasha:

Many people also ‘froggy’ their twins’ legs – meaning that for each baby, both legs are put into a frog position inside the wrap, rather than hanging down. Who knows – maybe another parent with newborns will volunteer a video of how you do it!

Gorgeous guest stars: Zina!

Zina’s a twin mum I met through a natural parenting board. Her babies Bo & Luke were born 9 weeks premature. She rocks tandem babywearing hardcore, as seen here:

Both babies froggied in a stretchy wrap, 6 weeks old.

I think this picture shows something I haven’t mentioned before: with young or tiny twins, it is more than possible to wear them both on your front. There are videos on how to do this on YouTube. This looks like a pocket front cross carry – basically Zina has one twin per piece of fabric coming down over her shoulders,with the pocket pulled up over both. This means each baby has two layers of fabric over them, rather than the three a singleton in this carry would have over him/her.

As seen in the close up below, each baby still is in a good position – open airway (not slumped) and access to plenty of fresh air (no fabric over their faces).

I think it’s lovely to show a mama wearing both her babies so young – in addition to the benefits of being close to their mum (which are  many), mums like Zina can do other things while loving on their babies – like stepping outside for some fresh air & sunshine.

When twinnies are young, it can be hard to babywear – particularly if you are breastfeeding. They need to eat very often, times two (or three, or…!). A simple carry like this in a stretchy wrap can be done quite quickly, with minimum fuss.

Ok…more of Zina and her mad skillz…

Here the boys are four months old – in this clever mirror shot, you can see that the baby in front is in a FWCC (front wrap cross carry) in a Neobulle Simon 4.6. Mr. Baby-on-the-back is in a Beco Butterfly.

Zooming forward in time:

Here the boys are 6 months old. She is using a tulikowo mei tai on the front, and a Didymos Goldfish 4 in a ruck carry on the back.

And zooming forward a little further:

This is a Didymos Deep Sea Fish 7, in a ruck/front cross carry. The boys are 9 months here.

I’m a big fan of wraps, and this looks like a great carry. I’ve not actually tried it yet, but these pictures are inspiring me!

And big sister wanting to get in on the action:

I think Zina shows that the way you babywear will evolve through time. I know on a day-to-day basis I choose different ways to babywear!

Doesn’t she make twin babywearing look beautiful??

Gorgeous guest stars: Lara!

Lara is one funky mummy. Yes, I said it: she’s my down to earth pal from Twitter. She’s got three kids – Kiernan is her oldest, and her twins are Juliette and Quinn.

Here’s a picture of Lara & company when her babies were four months, and Kiernan was three:

Notice the fabulously beautiful mei tai? She made it herself. Yes, folks, we can all envy and hate her for her creativity. But as Lara pointed out to me the other day, she made it when she only had one baby – and therefore, about 600% more time on her hands.

Here’s a more recent picture of Lara – I think the babies are about eight months here:

Quinn is on her back in a Beco, while Juliette is on her front in a Kozy. In addition to tandem babywearing, she is packing up to move house. Wowza.

You can find Lara in her new house, or failing that, at her blog Gliding Through Motherhood. She’s also a chatty mama on Twitter @glidinglara.

Now please do leave a comment and tell her how lovely her and her children are!!

Gorgeous guest stars: Jen!

Here we have the squishy lovely twins Ethan and Lyra….oh, and their mum Jen! In these pics the babies are 8 months old. Their adjusted age is 5 months, as these little survivors were born an astonishing three months early! They both weigh about 13.5 pounds.

Here they are using an Ergo and Kokopax frame.

And here, an Ergo Sport and Beco.

Jen is a shiny example of a mama who was comfy wearing one, but not sure how two would work. And look at her in these pics, doesn’t she look fab?

You can find Jen on Twitter, @theremotejen