Carry Happy

👉🏽 Babywearing - Simple, Safe & Fun
✨ Back carrying & more
🎓 Trained babywearing consultant
👶🏽 Mama of 3 under 5 | 🇬🇧 living in 🇩🇪

12/01/2026

A common complaint my clients make about stretchy wraps is about the tightness and not being able to get it right. Knowing how to loosen and tighten your wrap once baby is in might be the difference between you continuing to use it and giving up!

Do you have this problem?

Here I'm using Stretchy Baby Sling in Suglite - an incredible deep purple 😍 - check my Links highlight for discount for all Lenny products

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I’m May - mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies. Stay a while if you’re in this season too 🤗

11/01/2026

What I don't show here is how I got her on my back in the first place. Check out the previous reels in this series or 's Lliclla highlight to see how ❤️

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I’m May - mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies. Stay a while if you’re in this season too 🤗

11/01/2026

I really couldn't be bothered to hold the jacket 😂

But seriously, as simple as this may seem, I just wouldn't have thought about doing this a few years ago. Being creative with my carrier isn't something that came naturally to me when I first started using one. I had to see many examples of people using their carriers in many different ways to feel 'allowed' (or maybe empowered is the right word) to experiment.

How is it for you? How often do you see someone using their carrier in a way that's new to you and think 🤯?

10/01/2026

The Lliclla's having a moment and I wanted to be part of it, the FOMO is real 😂

The recent posts on the Lliclla by .ot, .culbreath and motivated me to share one of my first attempts to use it. I think this was the first time I tried it with a real baby. I first tried it with a doll, then rewatched Antonio's videos on it and asked him some questions. Then felt ready to try with my baby 🙂

If you already have experience with back carrying then I think the main skill to learn is tying the knot. If the knot is tied before spreading the fabric over the shoulders, the result is much more comfortable 🙌 (I didn't quite get it right in this video)

If you haven't already checked out Antonio's profile, you should head over there - - not only for the Lliclla and more babywearing, but also for heartwarming dad and baby moments ❤️

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I’m May - mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies. Stay a while if you’re in this season too 🤗

09/01/2026

Sorry for the poor sound quality 😬 Considering I was walking down a loud street when I recorded and used the reduce noise feature in Edits, it's not bad!

If you're not yet comfortable feeding your baby on the side *opposite* the rings (i.e where they usually sit), then do that first before trying the other side.

If you're not yet comfortable breastfeeding in a ring sling at all, then you're most likely to be successful if you first get comfortable with breastfeeding and using your ring sling as separate skills first and then try to combine them

A couple of additional safety pointers:
-> don't cover any part of baby's head with fabric so that they can pull back without any resistance
-> keep an eye on baby's position in the sling and support with your hands as needed - remember the sling is loose so it's not the same level of hand-free-ness as when they are snug against you

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I’m May - mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies. Stay a while if you’re in this season too 🤗

07/01/2026

I weighed a bunch of factors to decide what to do here:
-> the kids really needed more of my attention at the playground
-> it's really hard for me to be fully engaged with them when my baby is on my front (especially asleep), so I deemed a transfer to pushchair or mybback necessary
-> she's a light sleeper so she would likely wake up when being transferred
-> but she just fell asleep and was really tired so even if she did wake up, some bouncing and shushing would probably get her to sleep again
-> a transfer to the pushchair has almost never been successful with her, and it would mean I have to keep an eye on her while with the kids
-> so transfer to my back it is

Babywearing is not a single skill. It's a collection of various skills, and the more you have practiced the more tools you have in your toolbox for different situations.

Disclaimer: The sleeping baby transfer from front to back is definitely an advanced skill and there is no guarantee that the baby will stay asleep 😂

If you want to up your babywearing skills, keep an eye on this space - remote consults coming soon 💕

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I’m May — mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies. Stay a while if you’re in this season too 🤗

06/01/2026

More reasons to do this ⬇️⬇️

⭐️ Baby can fall asleep like this and with minimal adjustment they’ll be safe and comfy. (It’s never ok to let your baby sleep world-facing because their head has nowhere to rest and can fall forwards, significantly increasing the risk of positional asphyxiation)
⭐️ Baby doesn’t feel as heavy as when world-facing because their center of gravity is closer to you and their legs aren’t pulling away from you
⭐️ No time limit - manufacturers and professionals generally recommend max 15-20 mins world-facing at a time
⭐️ By eliminating 'supports world-facing' from your carrier requirements a huge selection of incredible carriers opens up to you - like this one by (the best babywearing companies intentionally choose not to support a world-facing position)

Have you tried one (or both) arms out? What was your experience?

Share this post with someone you know who carries their baby world-facing - maybe they’d like to try this! ❤️

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I’m May — mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies. Stay a while if you’re in this season too 🤗

05/01/2026

I tried wearing my baby on my back in my LennyLight with the straps crossed at the front today

It wasn't as uncomfortable as I thought it would be! And getting my baby down felt quite intuitive. When the straps are loose, I keep one hand on baby, remove the straps one by one, and then move her around my hip to my front.

I've practiced getting her on and off my back with no carrier as well, and this reach-behind-me-hip-scoot move is what I would do if she was on there with no carrier.

The waistband was a little tight so lots of little bounces were needed to shift her around and a good pull on the waistband too 😅 if it were looser, it would have been easier

Check the linked reel for a demo on how to get baby down when carrying with H-straps

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I’m May — mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share all the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies 🤗

04/01/2026

When I first started out with babywearing, I remember thinking "but how is baby safe when nothing goes between their legs, can't they just fall out"

A hammock (or sling) pass is when the fabric goes from one of your shoulders over baby's whole back including all the way to the back of each knee, then under your other arm - like a ring sling does. Imagine baby sitting on the edge of a hammock.

Interestingly though, it is not (only) the fabric under baby's bum forming the 'seat' which keeps them secure, but the tension of the fabric across baby's whole back holds them snug against you and prevents them from falling. This is also true for a torso pass!

I love the Front Double Hammock because those 2 hammock passes feel so secure and snuggly bringing baby's whole body close to mine - the exact opposite of what my inexperienced self thought when I first came across the idea of a sling pass - fascinating!

Here I'm using my gorgeous Atlantis wrap by Diana . She's responsible for so much of what I've learnt about wrapping and babywearing techniques in general😍

03/01/2026

The struggle is real 😅

I’ve been using the ear cover trick for a few days now and it actually works pretty well 😂 if she can't hear the commotion she usually sleeps through it

If I can, I try to put her down for her nap so that I can be fully present with my other kids. It's not always possible and even if I do, she often wakes earlier than I'd like anyway. So sometimes I'll still choose a contact nap amidst the chaos and full volume 'mama, look at this' over and over

When she does stir I go to a corner to reduce stimulation, still gently covering her ear, and sway her to sleep with loud shushing - it works sometimes. And if she just has a short nap - then so be it! She'll sleep again when she’s tired

How do you the rest of you mamas (and papas) do it? 😅

01/01/2026

When we decided to escape the German winter, we knew it wasn't exactly going to be a walk in the park with 3 littles. But it has been far harder than we expected... To the point that we seriously considered cutting our trip short.

I haven't been the best version of myself, or even a good version. And that isn't great for anyone, especially the kids.

But today was much better after we came up with a new routine which might work better for our new reality and developing children. So...wish us luck 😅

The logistics are just so complex with 3 children with different needs, and while away from home, so many of the tools and spaces you usually use to manage it are just gone or look so different.

Of our 3 children (7m, almost 3 and 4.5) the one who has it easiest is the little one. Her needs are almost completely met by breastfeeding and babywearing and those haven't changed at all...wherever we are ❤️

27/12/2025

Recently I've been using this way of getting my baby off my back when carrying her in a buckle carrie, because once you get the hang of it, it is really fast, secure and you can do it anywhere and when you have other littles running around that really matters!

While it is quick it is still a very controlled motion, the rotation around the hip can be done in one smooth turn. Keep your hand holding the straps close to baby's face (or chest if arms out) so that they are secure in the pouch of the carrier's panel.

My baby is 7 months old here 🤗

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I’m May — mama to 3 under 5 👧👧👶 and trained babywearing educator. I share all the limitless possibilities you have to safely and comfortably carry your babies 🤗

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