The main purpose of the padding in our slings is to cushion the back of the baby’s legs when in the hip carry, or any other position when the baby’s legs are out of the sling. The padding should be in the bend behind the baby’s knees. When wearing the baby in any of the positions with their legs in the sling, the sling should be refolded so that the padding is flipped to the outer rail of the sling.

A padded sling when folded for the hip carry will have the Slinglings tag visible on the outside of the sling:

And the padding is on the inner rail:

Without unfolding the sling, “flip” the inside to the outside. The easiest way to do this in my opinion is to hold the sling at the seam, and twist it.

The result:

It’s hard to see in the above photo, but the padding is now on the outside of the sling. The Slinglings tag is on the inside of the sling.

The padded rail is on the outside of the sling, and the unpadded rail is on the inside.

It may be confusing at first, but it very quickly becomes second nature.