Video instructions: How to carry your baby in a mei tai

Important note: Besides the instructions that come with every Asteraki and the videos you’ll find on this site, there are special educational instructional videos that are ONLY for Asteraki carriers. They are not on this site and they are not public on YouTube. To see them, get in touch with us with your purchase details and we’ll send them to you. We’d also like to remind you that, besides in-person training appointments, we can go over anything that concerns you via video call too (Skype, Facebook, Viber, etc.).

Below you’ll find a collection of all the videos about using a mei tai carrier (with fabric straps).

They apply only to Asteraki carriers (they do not apply to carriers from other makers, even if they look similar to Asteraki carriers).

Almost all of the videos below are usually accompanied by detailed instructions and comments about the carry they show. It’s best not to watch them in isolation from that content, but to find them in their original place.

  1. How to tie your mei tai (and how to shorten it for a small baby)
  2. Newborn baby in a mei tai, with the legs out (2 videos)
  3. How far do the baby’s legs open in a mei tai?
  4. I feel the baby “sinking down” after a while. Why?
  5. Breastfeeding in a mei tai (3 videos)
  6. With the baby facing outwards
  7. How to carry the baby high on your back with a mei tai (3 videos)
  8. How to take the baby off when carrying on your back with a mei tai
  9. How to get the baby high on your back with the mei tai already tied
  10. With a mei tai on your back, tied like an onbuhimo
  11. With a mei tai on your back using your bed
  12. How to put on the mei tai without taking the baby out of your arms
  13. How to put the baby in and take it out without untying your mei tai (2 videos, with a newborn and with an older baby)
  14. Tying high on the back and the Lexi twist
  15. How to let a baby who has fallen asleep carry on sleeping
  16. If your baby has fallen asleep on your back with the arms out and you want to support their head
wear and shorten mei tai.wmv
newborn_baby_mei_tai_mwro_marsipo.wmv
newborn_baby_breastfeeding_in_mei_tai_carrier.wmv
breastfeeing_in_mei_tai_almost_asleep
pws_katevazoume_to_mwro_apo_to_marsipo_plati.wmv
Mei tai as onbuhimo
Wearing a mei tai using bed
pws_denoume_to_marsipo_psila_stin_plati_tou_mwrou.wmv
Remove sleeping baby from mei tai carrier
supporting head sleeping baby babywearing on back

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How far do the baby’s legs open in a mei tai?

How to get the baby high on your back with the mei tai already tied

How to let a baby who has fallen asleep carry on sleeping

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