5.- Traditional Baby Back Wrap Approx. six months to toddler.

5-1. Child stands or sits, apart from wearer, with rebozo shawl draped around her (the baby), positioned exactly in the middle between the ends; the wearer holds the shawl next to the child's back by her armpits (the baby's). To begin, wearer and baby should be facing the same direction, not looking at each other.

5-2. In one motion, wearer swings babe and rebozo in a half circle onto her back together, so that child's head ends up laying just behind that of wearer; wearer bends forward to make back horizontal until the babe is securely tied on. Notice in this photo, the wearer's right hand has just let go of babe's armpit and still grasps underside of rebozo; she will slide her hands down to rebozo ends now, pull the top and bottom edges to tautly hold, and tie a double knot on her front. (This motion is the very last wrap demonstrated in the Rebozo Way video, and once the wearer is confident of it, becomes very quick and easy. Practice a few times with a doll or stuffed animal before putting on baby, and it will come quicker.)

5-3. Here the wearer adjusted the upper rebozo edge to ride tautly across the child's upper back, but leaving her (babe's) arms free, and the lower edge under the baby's bum, to join on the wearer's chest. Notice how the child assumes a sitting position in the rebozo cloth, providing the counter pressure that keeps her securely in her carrier.

Alternative variations of this wrap include: wrapping rebozo with child's head inside (another good sleeping variation), wrapping child's legs and feet within rebozo (great for colder climates), and (shown here) twisting the child-shawl unit to the front, which can be done at any point while wearing baby - if you or she should suddenly want eye contact, feel a need for more protection, want to nurse or share food or drink, etc.