Front Wrap Cross Carry (FWCC) with Bunched Passes

• Size: Base.
• Start: Middle marker.
• Layers: One.

Partially Pretied:

Here's my tutorial, where I show my favorite tricks, including how to tighten the wrap over your shoulder so that the pass over baby gets tightened as well – this is important if you don't want a saggy carry.

One thing I do not do well in this tutorial is put baby in. A better way to put baby in is to reach your hand through the wrap and guide baby's legs through.

This tutorial by Babywearing Faith shows a better way to put baby in, as well as also showing careful tightening of the top rail.

Wrapped Around Baby:

I haven't found too many tutorials showing this method... but it really is very convenient if you don't want to put your baby down! Here's a tutorial by WearingRawAndPure showing how to start a FWCC like this. (For the rest of the steps, I'd follow another tutorial.)

• Leave just enough space. You need less space than you think! The initial pocket shouldn't be sagging way down your body.
• Don't pull too much wrap into the seat. Your bottom rail should be practically straight between baby's knees. It doesn't need to go high up.
• Reach BEHIND you to tighten.
• When tightening the horizontal pass top rail, lift the rail off your shoulder and keep your hand behind your back.
• When strand by strand tightening on your shoulder, reach behind you for slack.

• Tighten the inner half of the X on your back first. If you tighten the outer half first, it'll trap the slack in the first one and make it hard to tighten.
• Do a V-pull. It'll really help prevent sag. I show this at around 2:10 in my tutorial.
• Place the bunched cross passes right at the knees. If you don't, they may shift up, creating slack, then sag.

• Good for mild but not serious leaning.
• Good for mild but not serious leg straightening.

• Top rail slack:
• Make sure to tighten by taking your top rail off the shoulder and pulling BEHIND you.
• If you find top rail slack after tying, you can untie to a half-knot in the back, and feed the slack around to the half-knot, then out of the half-knot. To do that, feed the slack to your armpit, then to the top of your shoulder, then through the bunched passes to your back.
• Diggy top rail on top of shoulders:
• Don't overtighten the top rail. You want to make sure that there's no visible slack, not tighten it so that it feels like a rope stretched tight.
• Don't leave too big a pocket at the beginning. The middle of your wrap may be loose and not supporting weight.
• Pay attention to your strand-by-strand tightening. Watch my tutorial, where I show how to reach behind you to find slack in the horizontal pocket.
• Floppy head:
• Make sure you have no top rail slack.
• If top rail is tight, but there's still head flop, try bunching a bit of wrap on top -- don't pull ALL the width into the seat.
• You could also try tucking a washcloth into the top rail (be careful not to put too much pressure on baby's neck if you do this.)
• Carry sags after wearing:
• Don't leave too large a pocket at the beginning.
• Do a good V-pull before doing the bunched cross passes. This is shown at around 2:10 in my tutorial.
• If you have a very heavy baby, consider switching to FWCC with spread passes, or another more supportive carry.
• Underarm dig:
• Make sure your top rail isn't overtightenened.
• This carry is hard on the armpits even done well. You may wish to try another carry, such as kangaroo, front cross carry, or front double hammock.
• My wrap is too short!
• Try a shorter variant, such a FWCC tied under bum (TUB) or short FWCC tied at shoulder (TAS).

1. FWCC with spread passes.
2. Full FWCC tied at shoulder.
3. FWCC tied under bum.
4. Short FWCC tied at shoulder.
5. Half-FWCC.
6. Semi-FWCC.