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Hello!
I just received my first woven wrap! I got a base size (6) in their cotton/hemp blend in jacquard weave, 240 GSM. I saw it and fell in love, I know it might not be the best beginner wrap. But I wanted it dammit.
ANYWAY. I already tried it with baby and then read online that I should have washed it first. So I checked the care instructions and there are two different care instructions. There is one for cotton, and a different one for hemp.
Does anyone have one these wraps, and if so, how do you wash it, and dry it?

Also, it’s pretty stiff. I know that’s normal, but besides using it, are there things I can do to
help break it in?

Thanks!

Hello!
I am so so excited. For my birthday a few days ago my family chipped in and got me a beautiful Didymos woven wrap. I had a few sit structure carriers and honestly they worked great for a while. But now my baby is nearing 20 pounds and is 8.5 months old. I used to wear him for hours but now that he’s taller, I sit the band a bit lower on my stomach and it digs into me. I also really want to start back carrying him because he strongly prefers world facing, but it’s not ergonomically great for him anymore. Plus I only do it for 20 mins a day. He HATES facing in. ANYWAYYY, I am dipping into the wrap world.
I know it’s recommended to get a striped wrap first to help but this may be my only wrap ever and I wanted what I wanted lol. I got this stunning Didymos green forest fish wrap.

I’d love some help with beginner tips and tricks. I know it’s a learning curve and I’m probably going to try to jump into back carrying. You can try to talk me out of it but he just won’t face it so I have to just jump head first.
Thank you!!

Hello!
I have an almost 9 month old who nurses/takes bottles 6-7 times a day. He has only been nursing about 2-3 mins (both sides combined). Sometimes he will nurse 4-6 minutes, but he used to do longer than that. He will down a bottle pretty quickly now too. I’m guessing he’s just more efficient. However, he’s also been spitting up like crazy. He’s always spit up, but this is insanity. It’s all day every single day, every single feed. I’d say 90% of the time he isn’t bothered by it. Sometimes he will get fussy then spit up and be fine.

Okay that’s the backstory: here is my issue.
I had a really finicky supply so once I got going with my supply when he was younger, I purposely gave myself a slightly over supply to accommodate the lack of milk. Now I make a good amount and pump a couple times a day. I’ve been struggling with sleep so I’ve been pushing my 2am pump out. I currently just pushed it to 3:30am and saw like an 1.5oz drop but I figured that would happen. My question is: I’d like to get to 4am pump. My last pump is 7pm so I go about 8.5 hr between. He’s also showing signs he wants to drop a nursing session. How much will dropping a session hurt as I just pushed back to 3:30am and see a small dip?

I didn’t have a milk supply for 2 months when baby was born. I worked so so incredibly hard and I’m so protective of the supply that I’m scared it’s all just going to dry up or I’ll need to supplement. I know fed is best, but I really want him to have breastmilk. Any insight would e greatly appreciated.

Hello!
I have an almost 9 month old who nurses/takes bottles 6-7 times a day. He has only been nursing about 2-3 mins (both sides combined). Sometimes he will nurse 4-6 minutes, but he used to do longer than that. He will down a bottle pretty quickly now too. I’m guessing he’s just more efficient. However, he’s also been spitting up like crazy. He’s always spit up, but this is insanity. It’s all day every single day, every single feed. I’d say 90% of the time he isn’t bothered by it. Sometimes he will get fussy then spit up and be fine.

Okay that’s the backstory: here is my issue.
I had a really finicky supply so once I got going with my supply when he was younger, I purposely gave myself a slightly over supply to accommodate the lack of milk. Now I make a good amount and pump a couple times a day. I’ve been struggling with sleep so I’ve been pushing my 2am pump out. I currently just pushed it to 3:30am and saw like an 1.5oz drop but I figured that would happen. My question is: I’d like to get to 4am pump. My last pump is 7pm so I go about 8.5 hr between. He’s also showing signs he wants to drop a nursing session. How much will dropping a session hurt as I just pushed back to 3:30am and see a small dip?

I didn’t have a milk supply for 2 months when baby was born. I worked so so incredibly hard and I’m so protective of the supply that I’m scared it’s all just going to dry up or I’ll need to supplement. I know fed is best, but I really want him to have breastmilk. Any insight would e greatly appreciated.

I have an 8 month old who has been sleep trained for 4 months (both naps and nighttime) and this past month he has been waking up between 4-5am and refusing naps. I’ve tried so much. Like actually nothing is working.

I want to tell you what my schedule is at this point, but we don’t even have one. I’m in full on survival mode and I don’t think it’s ever going to get better.

I’ve tried extending wake time, I’ve tried shortening it, I’ve tried going back to 3 naps, I’ve tried dropping to one nap (he basically only naps 1 hour a day because he straight up refuses anything else.)

Here are other things I’ve tried:

- I was capping naps at 2.5 hrs during the day for MONTHS. He was miserable. He wouldn’t be put down, he hated life and was having early morning wakes. Basically was getting 8 hours overnight. So I uncapped naps but kept wake windows the same. He was in an amazing mood. So happy, sitting more independently, and just happy to exist.

- early morning wakes were still happening and snooze feeding wasn’t working so we tried sleep training the morning. I can’t do it. He SCREAMS bloody murder. He won’t let me husband do anything, it has to be me. I also have a super finicky breastmilk supply so I get up around 2-3am to pump. But he doesn’t get up. If I stop, my supply basically becomes nonexistent. So basically I get up at 3, pump for 30 mins. Get back into bed, the he’s awake. I always give him space to figure it out. He never does. Today he woke up at 4:45. I let him be for about 20 mins before he was screaming and I had to give in. I keep giving in because it’s not like either one of us will sleep. I’ll accept a 5:30am wake up but he isnt even making it that far. I’ve tried sleep training it with pick up, put down, and full extinction. He will scream for 2 hours. We tried.

- I tried capping naps again, he woke up miserable. Couldn’t be put down, would cry basically all day, would fall asleep nursing. It isn’t fair to him to make him miserable.

- schedules I’ve tried: 2.75/3.25/3.5, 3/3.5/3.5, 3.5/3.5/4, 3/3.5/4 (this one I’ve had some success but nothing that sticks.). There are probably others that I haven’t thought of.

- I’ve tried just looking at daytime wake total. I’ve done 9.5 hours, 10 hours, 10.5 hours, 11 hours, and 11.5 hours. Sometimes he gets more because of early morning wakes and sleep refusal.

- I’ve ensured a good sleep environment with completely black room, same routine every single day, sound machine, etc.

I’m sure there is more that I’ve done, but I’m so tapped out and I have nothing left to give. I’m so beyond tired. I sleep maybe 5 hours a night and I’m the primary care giver. I don’t know what to do. I don’t think my baby will ever just sleep normally. I’ve tried more and more wake time with him but nothing works.

Here’s what happened just today:

Woke up around 4:30am. Left him for about 30 mins until he was screaming so hard he was gagging. Went and got him and kept everything lowlight, minimal interaction, and tried for 45 mins to get him back to sleep. Ended up just nursing him and eventually he fell back asleep on me for about 30 mins. Got him up and he did a 3 hour wake window and fought the nap and ended up napping for an hour. Then did a 3.5 hour wake window and he fought the nap for an hour. I tried car nap, contact nap, sleep training, pick up/put down. Wouldn’t do it. So now it’s 4:30pm and he’s been awake since 11am.