Have you heard the news today? Have you heard the real story about baby sling safety?
Several mainstream news stories today have said baby slings are bad—all baby slings. That is just irresponsible reporting that ignores real problems with specific baby carriers.
The real story is that bag slings—slings that carry the baby low [...]
Are you ready to carry your baby front, back, and side as you work through your day? Do you want to expand your knowledge of baby carriers available? Are you curious about the history and the practice of babywearing around the world?
Baby carriers, like cloth diapers, can seem overwhelming when new [...]
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Blog to Inspire entrant Hobo Mama is Lauren Wayne, writer and mother. Riding the rails with her husband, Crackerdog Sam, and [...]
The art of babywearing is very old, but, through new products and innovations, baby carriers are made new over and over again.
Ancient Art of Babywearing
Mothers have always had the same reasons for keeping their babies close: baby is happy and mother is free to move.
Wearing a baby carrier made of cloth or leather [...]
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Blog to Inspire entrant Arts & Lit Interrupted is Gillian Young. She is figuring it out as she goes.
Yes, it is [...]
Babies love to be carried. A baby carrier is just a simple tool to make baby carrying easy, to make baby carrying become babywearing. When you get babywearing right , it’s about the baby not the baby carrier. The carrier vanishes, and you have your baby attached to you. It feels like holding for you [...]
Babywearing keeps a baby close enough that parent and child have a lot of opportunity to kiss and cuddle, chat and smile.
Babywearing shows your baby that you love him in big ways, through meeting the needs that help with mental, emotional, and physical development. Babywearing also gives a parent a lot of [...]
I became a die-hard babywearer with the birth of my 3rd child in 2004. I had finally gotten the hang of it and LOVED it. So, naturally, when my 5th child, Emily, came along in 2007, she spent a goodly amount of time in some sort of fabric baby carrier. The store, the park, hiking, [...]
This following post was an entry in our Blog to Inspire contest. The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily those of Eco Baby Steps or Parenting By Nature.
Blog to Inspire entrant Education Uncensored is Jerry Ann Reason. Education is her focus. One person at a time, she educates [...]
This following post was an entry in our Blog to Inspire contest. The opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily those of Eco Baby Steps or Parenting By Nature.
Blog to Inspire entrant Of Gypsies and Cowboys is Deanna. She and her family a year ago started living more consciously [...]