When will it stop? Colic that has no diagnosed medical cause begins around two weeks of age and reaches its peak around six to eight weeks. Seldom do the outbursts continue longer than four months of age, but fussy behavior may last throughout the first year and mellow between one to two years of age. […]
List of Colic Causing Foods
If your child is experiencing colic, it may be due to something in your diet that is passing through the breastmilk. Here is a list of foods that may be the culprit. You can eliminate all foods at once or just a few at a time, depending on how severe the colic is. It sometimes […]
Babywearing in the Sears Home
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
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 […]
Safe Babywearing
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 […]
Teens Wearing Babies
Teenage girls enjoy wearing babies, but this style of baby care is not easy to model to teenage boys. Here’s how our fourteen year-old son, Peter, got hooked on wearing his two-month-old brother, Stephen. Martha gave a talk on babywearing to a group of military wives at a local U.S. Marine base. To get their […]
Babywearing by Babysitters
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 […]
Babywearing to Sleep
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 while Breastfeeding
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 […]
Work and Wear
Babywearing makes life easier for the busy mother. Mothers in other cultures have fabricated various sling-type carriers because it’s necessary to carry their babies with them when they work or when they are on the go. Mothers in Western cultures are also on the go, they just “go” differently. Besides mothering eight children, Martha is […]
Babywearing while Traveling
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 […]
Babywearing Siblings
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 […]