Beco Butterflies are popular all over the world!  Lori & her family are from one if our favorite places, Australia!

What better place for a nap?

Baby - With mama’s heartbeat in his ear

Mama- With baby’s sweet head against her heart

What better way to spend a nap?

Baby - Gently snoring

Mama- Praying that this moment could last forever

Thank goodness we can keep at least 1 of our kids contained when we are sight seeing!  I can have peace of mind that our littlest is NOT crawling into the waterfall thanks to our trusty Beco!  My husband was wearing our Scooters Beco because sadly, I had a bad case of the sniffles and didn’t feel up to toting our 25 pound 1 year old!

This waterfall was amazing!  Loud, tall, wet! Everything the kids had hoped it would be! We had made an extra detour to see it while driving from Matapouri in the Bay of Islands to Auckland.    

The question has come up recently whether you can cross your Beco shoulder straps.  The answer is YES, but it’s not as comfortable as wearing the straps the way they were designed.

Beco Cross Straps

To cross the straps, unthread the webbing, cross the straps into an X, and rethread the webbing through the opposite D rings.  Pop the carrier over your head and pull your arms through the arm openings, making sure that the chest strap buckles are not under the shoulder straps being pushed into your back.  The nature of the straps means that when they are crossed, the straps ride up on your neck, and also remember not to use this crossed strap technique with a back carry if you are nursing since the straps will put pressure on your milk ducts.  The hood is completely useable with the crossed straps since the snaps on the hood straps are universal for either strap.