wearing a Peekaru for a back carry

The official version is to put your child in a carrier on your back and then put your head through. Then, tug the vest over the head of your child.

My son has a big head though and even though he is older, he refused to help get the vest over his head using the official method. So, I had to get more inventive. Below are two ways I make the Peekaru work for us in a back carry.

When using it with a mei tai I put it over Cormac's head first and then swing him up on my back in a superman toss. I then pull the rest of it over me and zip the side.
With an SSC (like a Beco, Pikkolo, or AMC II) I pull it over Cormac's head first, then I put him on my hip and pull my head through. I hip scoot him to my back and quickly get the straps on. I straighten out the vest and then attach the chest belt on the carrier.

Certainly it takes more practice, just like back carries themselves do, because everything is in back of you.