Babywearing Dads Help Out Mom As a father and certified babywearer, I feel that it’s important that a baby gets used to father’s handling too. Father has a different rhythm to his walk; a difference that baby learns to appreciate. The snuggle hold and neck nestle are favorite positions for babywearing dads. The Neck Nestle […]
Bill and Martha’s Babywearing Experience I would like to introduce you to a style of parenting which will bring out the best in your baby and yourself. During my thirty years as a pediatrician, parents in our practice would often say, “As long as I carry my baby she’s content.” After years of watching a […]
Benefits of Babywearing for Your Baby It is natural for baby to be close to his mother. Babies are happiest when being held by mom. Babywearing is a great practice for keeping baby happy and to help build a stronger bond between mom and her baby. The benefits of babywearing help babies grow up smarter […]
While you are getting used to wearing your baby, support him with your hands. As you go through the learning phase of moving and reacting, the urge to support your baby with your hands is instinctive. After you become a babywearing veteran, you can safely carry your baby in the sling with one or both […]
While infants enjoy being worn by their parents best, babies will adapt to substitute caregivers better if worn in the sling they are used to. “Home” to a tiny baby is in the sling. Brian, a toddler in our practice, calls his sling “my little house.” Parents of high-need babies often confide to us that […]
It’s 9:00 p.m. and you’re tired, but baby isn’t. Nestle baby in the sling and stroll around the house until he falls asleep. This is what we call wearing down . When you feel that baby is ready to go to sleep (or you are ready for her to go to sleep), wear her in […]
Babywearing allows breastfeeding on the move so that busy mothers can nurture their babies with the best nutrition, yet continue their active lifestyles. Babywearing is convenient. Breastfeeding while babywearing makes life easier for the mother of a marathon nurser, such as a baby who is going through a growth spurt. Breastfeeding while babywearing allows mother […]
Benefits of Babywearing while Traveling Wearing your baby in a sling provides a safe, protective environment for baby when you are shopping or traveling in crowds. Walking through an airport with a toddler in toe is nerve-racking when you consider what could happen if you let go of his hand even for a moment (or […]
Model Babywearing for Kids When we adults wear babies, we model for our other children that big people carry little people. Children and grandchildren are more likely to adopt the style of parenting that they received or witnessed when young. For example, our own children have sometimes “worn” their dolls in homemade baby slings because […]
A premature baby, especially one with medical problems needing weeks or months of intensive care, is deprived of those final weeks or months in the womb. Instead, baby must grow in an outside womb. The problem is that outside wombs are static. They don’t move. Research has shown that a premature baby whose “womb” moves […]
Parents often spend more time and money on infant stimulation techniques and better-baby classes when the best stimulation available at the lowest possible cost is right in front of them—babywearing. The handicapped baby especially profits from being worn. Picture the stimulation baby gets: He hears what you hear, sees what you see, moves like you […]
The infant who fails to thrive also benefits from babywearing. Some babies, for a variety of medical reasons, are very slow to gain weight, the condition called “failure to thrive”. In our pediatric practice, and for one of our own babies, we have used babywearing as a therapeutic tool to stimulate thriving. My doctor’s orders […]
