Woman Shows African Way Of Carrying Baby On Back

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This woman showed the African way of carrying a baby on one's back. She picked up her nine-month-old baby and placed them on her back. She then wrapped a large piece of fabric around her body and demonstrated how to securely hold the baby in place.

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00:00 Hi everyone, today I'm going to show you how to put your baby at your back the African way.

00:05 You need two yards of fabric, alright, two yards, and it has to be 100% cotton.

00:10 You bring the fabric to your waist like so.

00:13 So you have this too.

00:15 You tuck it in between your leg like that.

00:17 Of course, you need a baby.

00:19 Mine is right here.

00:20 You put the baby at your waist.

00:22 You hold one hand, you bring your right hand to his butt,

00:26 and then you push the baby at your back like so.

00:28 So right there he's secure.

00:30 You bring the fabric right next to his neck, and you have this too.

00:36 You hold it, one at the left, one at the right, and then you tuck it under like that.

00:43 And then you bring the butt, you push it up, you bring here, you twist it, you twist it, you tuck it in.

00:51 And then that's it.

00:53 There goes your baby.

00:54 He's very secure.

00:55 You can jump.

00:57 Do it at this, try it at last.

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