Wearing a newborn in a Beco?

fyrfightermomma · Feb 19, 2010

I have a ring sling and he likes it fine, but he's big. Very big. And he just looks squished. I'd like to give the Beco I have a try in a few weeks and he isn't so wobbly headed. I'm just more comfortable with that type of carrier.

How do you carry a newborn in a Beco? Do they face in or out?

Anyone have a pic of a teeny one (under 3 months) in a Beco?

Thanks!

Shanora · Feb 19, 2010

Face in, and usually having their legs froggied in...I'll see if I can't find you some pictures!!

Shanora · Feb 19, 2010

Ohh I found this
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZqS7JDDN6E"]YouTube- Front Carry with Newborn[/ame]

InternationalMama · Feb 19, 2010

With the Beco they always face in.

How long is his torso? My DS was big at birth and his head came over the top of the Beco with the infant insert when he was a newborn so it didn't work for us when he was very young since there was no head support. We started using it around 4 months when we felt comfortable using it without the infant insert. I think this is a very uncommon problem from the pics I've seen of newborns in the Beco though. I just thought I'd mention it since you said he's big.

NVMBR02 · Feb 19, 2010

They face in, you can't face out in a beco with a front carry. I don't think I have any good pictures but I started using the beco with dd2 right away. She was 6lbs at birth. I just tucked her legs inside and used a blanket to plug up the sides a bit. She was 6lbs at birth.

I think these are the only picture i have of her in a carrier on this computer.

5 days old

Almost 3 weeks old

ETA: in the second picture the top is folded down in front so that you can see her, the carrier went over her head.

LeeLi · Feb 21, 2010

I use my Beco all the time with the tiny baby in my care, she was 6 weeks when we started using it. I prefer to use it without the infant insert since here froggy legs take up a lot of space in the carrier. I also usually put her in the Beco while swaddled, which helps support her neck.

An Aurora · Feb 21, 2010

I frogged DS's legs in the Beco until around 3 months, when he was able to rotate them outward enough to sit in it with his legs spread. I'd swaddle him and stick him in like a burrito and he'd pass out!

Cryssy Jane · Feb 23, 2010

An Aurora said:
I frogged DS's legs in the Beco until around 3 months, when he was able to rotate them outward enough to sit in it with his legs spread. I'd swaddle him and stick him in like a burrito and he'd pass out!

Lol the last line made my day! I do the same thing with itty bitties in my care. Although current 6 week old, is almost bigger length wise than current 10 month old.

trippsmom · Feb 24, 2010

InternationalMama said:
With the Beco they always face in.

How long is his torso? My DS was big at birth and his head came over the top of the Beco with the infant insert when he was a newborn so it didn't work for us when he was very young since there was no head support. We started using it around 4 months when we felt comfortable using it without the infant insert. I think this is a very uncommon problem from the pics I've seen of newborns in the Beco though. I just thought I'd mention it since you said he's big.

This is an issue for us. DD needs the infant insert so her hips aren't so spread, but her head comes over the top of our Beco Butterfly I and II. I have used it more in the last 3w or so since she has head control.

I have mondo torso babies too... She just moved to the second slot on the xtsl... ds is on the next-to-last slot (4?).

zactayaus · Feb 24, 2010

A trick you can do is stick a folded up receiving blanket in between the carrier and the back of baby. Just leave about 4 inches or so of the blanket sticking out the top of the carrier. I had to do that with my ergo and it worked wonderfully. I'm certain it would work with the beco too.

tarynsmum · Feb 24, 2010

Here's DS at about a month old. I LOVED the beco for him when he was a peanut. You can see in the body shot how his legs were froggied (you can see his knee poking out)

ETA: I have a 4th gen Beco, not a butterfly

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