Instructions on How to Wear a Traditional Korean Podaegi

It can be very confusing when trying to figure out how to wrap a podaegi, a Korean traditional blanket carrier. Here are some basic instructions below:

Lay your podaegi on a sofa and place your infant on the center of the podaegi. Make sure the podaegi goes all the way up to the base of the baby's neck.

Sit down in front of your baby and pull the straps of the podaegi in front of you with your child carefully positioned inside the podaegi. Make sure you hold your baby's bottom at all times until your podaegi is completely tied and ready to use.

While holding the podaegi straps in front of you with one hand and your other hand holding your baby's bottom, lean over and make sure your baby is in a good, safe comfortable position. Place your baby high on your back.

Cross the straps across your chest at your armpit level and then move the straps securely under your baby's bottom. (Remember to keep your back in a leaning position until the straps are under your baby's bottom.)

Lastly, pull the straps in front of you and securely tie them around your waist.

Please follow the directions carefully in order to avoid potential harm to your baby if your podaegi is not positioned carefully.

The Traditional Podaegi 포대기

The traditional Korean Podaegi is back in stock at Little Seouls! Despite the growth of variations of the podaegi and availability of various baby carriers online, the "original" Korean baby carrier is re-stocked and back for our customers! The ones we sell are from Korea and are the original, authentic, traditional design style.

What is a podaegi?

A podaegi (포대기), a wrap around blanket with straps, is a baby carrier that has been used in Korea for over a century.

We also sell children's toy podaegi.

http://www.littleseouls.com/item_432/Kid-Size-Podaegi-in-Pink.htm

http://www.littleseouls.com/item_21/Tradtional-Long-Wide-Quilted-Podaegi.htm

Korean Baby Carriers

With all the gazillion baby carriers out there, Korea has also made an entry into the U.S. market with 2 new brands, the iPhyeonhae Baby Carrier and iHosa Baby Carrier.

The iPhyeonhae (top picture) is the best selling one in Korea. It's cute and has some cute fabrics. The word Phyeonhae means comfort in Korean. The price is reasonable too...at just $79.99. The sizing in these in Korea says Regular and XL but Regular and XL are different in Korea vs. U.S. sizing. As you all know, Koreans are very skinny. If you're a size 6, you're considered chunky. Crazy, I know! Anyways, we decided to list them as Petite and Regular because of these reasons. If you fluctuate between a size 4-6, I suggest getting a Petite as you might find the Regular a bit big.

iHosa (bottom picture) is another brand and their prices are higher at around $99-149. They have a huge selection of fabric choices. It seems very easy to put on as does the iPhyeonhae. The good thing about iHosa is that they carry larger sizes whereas iPhyeonhae only goes up to size Regular (size 6-12).

The great thing about both of these is unlike the popular Ergo, it does not make your stomach fat lump out over the safety belts when you have the baby on your back. If you have an Ergo, you'll know what I mean. Both the Korean brands have full fabric coverage, which is nice for those that have a little fat around the belly like me!

written by E.M.