Summary of Pao Papoose
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™ baby wearing guide quick&start.
Page 2: Once Upon A Time…
Choosing to start a family may be the most natural (or irrational) decision you take in life, so we’ve made our pao papoose™ babywearing guide as simple and stress-free as possible, allowing you to get on with the very important business of bonding with your baby.. Take a little sneaky peek at how o...
Page 3: Getting to
Components and mechanisms: 1. Instructions pocket (a quick guide for when you’re out and about) 2. Waistband and buckle (adjustable) 3. Leg padding adjusters 4. Shoulder straps 5. Shoulder strap buckles 6. Shoulder strap adjusters 7. Contour adjusters (for use in back-carry position) 8. Lower surfac...
Page 4: Positions
Positions (parent-facing) pages 8–13 (world-facing) pages 14–17 (back-carry) pages 20–29 carrying three 4.
Page 5: Rehearsal
Before you begin, ensure that the surface-mounted buckles are unfastened, the perfect-fit adjusters are completely loosened, and the waistband and shoulder strap adjusters are loosened to approximately halfway. We recommend that you run through the following step-by-step instructions without baby. F...
Page 6: Ergonomically
A baby’s spine and hips are not yet fully developed. Their spine is naturally rounded, not straight, and their spine and hip joints are soft and flexible. Therefore, it is vitally important that when baby is placed in the pao papoose™, they remain in the ergonomically correct sitting position at all...
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Step 01. Attach lay your papoose out with the inner side and the instructions pocket facing upwards and the waistband nearest to you. 1. Pick up your papoose by the waistband and position it on to the front of your waist. 2. Fold the waistband down so that the inner side of the papoose hangs down in...
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Step 02. Embrace now you are going to half-build the papoose before placing baby inside. 1–2.Bring one shoulder strap up and position over your shoulder. 3–5.Move it around your back to the front and clip it into the opposing lower surface-mounted buckle. This creates the bucket seat to place baby. ...
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Step 02. Embrace continued 8–11. Supporting baby with one hand, use your other hand to bring the remaining shoulder strap up and position over your opposite shoulder. Again, move it around to the front and clip it into the other lower surface-mounted buckle. 12. Ensure that both secured shoulder str...
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Step 04. Remove release each shoulder strap using either the lower surface-mounted buckles or the shoulder strap buckles. Remove the shoulder straps from each shoulder and allow the inner side of the papoose to hang down in front, while supporting baby. Now place baby somewhere safe so you can relea...
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Step 01. Attach lay your papoose out with the inner side and the instructions pocket facing upwards and the waistband nearest to you. 1. Pick up your papoose by the waistband and position it on the front of your waist. 2. Fold the waistband down so that the inner side of the papoose hangs down in fr...
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Step 02. Embrace 1. Pick your baby up under their arms, turn them to face away from you and bring them towards your chest. Their bottom should be positioned level with the bottom of the waistband, allowing them to sit into the v-shape of fabric with support beneath their knees. 2. Check that your li...
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1 2 3 step 03. Adjust your baby is now securely strapped in your pao papoose™, but the carrier is likely to require some minor adjustments. 1. Using both hands, reach behind you and gently tighten each shoulder strap adjuster until each one is identical in length. Aim for the shoulder straps to be t...
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Alternatively, it’s really easy to move baby from the bear necessities (parent-facing) position to the doe-a-deer (world-facing) position while still wearing the papoose. 1. Simply release the perfect-fit adjusters. 2. Fold and clip down the adjustable support/hood either before or after moving baby...
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6 7 8 9 6–7. Then unclip the lower surface-mounted buckles and re-clip them into the upper surface-mounted buckles. 8. Re-adjust the perfect-fit adjusters evenly on both sides. Depending on the size of your baby, their arms can be positioned below or the above the folded adjustable head support/hood...
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Step 01. Attach lay your papoose out with the inner side and the instructions pocket facing upwards and the waistband nearest to you. 1. Pick up your papoose by the waistband and position it on to the front of your waist. 2. Fold the waistband down so that the inner side of the papoose hangs down in...
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Step 01. Attach continued 4. Use both hands to tighten the straps comfortably. 5. The raccoon ride position uses the shoulder straps like rucksack straps, so before placing the shoulder straps over your shoulders, clip the chest strap together. 6–7. Then clip each shoulder strap into the lower surfa...
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Step 02. Hip scoot 1. This next manoeuvre is called the ‘hip scoot’. Look your baby in the eyes, pick them up under their arms and rest them on your shoulder. 2. Now gently lower them into the bucket seat in an embrace position. Make sure their bottom is comfortably positioned just above the waistba...
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Step 03. Adjust your baby is now securely strapped in the pao papoose™, but the carrier is likely to require some minor adjustments. 1. Using both hands, gently tighten each shoulder strap adjuster until each one is identical in length. The shoulder straps should be secure enough that baby doesn’t c...
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Step 04. Adjustable head support/hood 1. If baby falls asleep or needs protecting from the sun, simply take each strap of the adjustable head support/hood… 2. …and clip the snaps/poppers into the corresponding fastener on each shoulder strap. Ensure you hear an audible click as each snap/popper fast...
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3 step 05. Remove 1. Release the chest strap. 2. Support baby with one hand. 3. Use the other hand to remove the shoulder strap from one shoulder. 4. Move the carrier and baby round to your opposite hip. 5. With the remaining shoulder strap in place. Continue supporting your baby at all times. 6. On...
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™ this product, its distinctive shape and the trademark pao papoose™ is protected by trademark registrations. The product is also protected by patent pending and community design registration (european union). © 2015 we made me ltd we made me ltd, 1 amber house, 22b st. Johns road, hove, bn3 2ez, un...