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Babywearing Without Stuff

You don’t need a lot of stuff to wear your baby. One baby carrier will cover most situations if you choose carefully. Around the world, women wear their babies multi-purpose lengths of fabric or scarves. Babywearing without stuff is not so difficult. Most of us will probably opt for a commercial carrier for ease or…Read the full article.



Babywearing in Wintertime

In winter, you can protect your baby from the sharp bite of the frosty air by babywearing. Keeping your baby close to your chest allows you to share body heat. Just remember to keep the rest of your baby covered. Use a Wrap Carrier For younger babies, this is the ideal season to use a…Read the full article.



6 Tips to Help Your Baby through Holiday Time

Holidays are a stimulating, even over-stimulating, time for a baby. Especially if this is your baby’s first holiday season, there is likely to be a lot more going on than usual. Between parties and family, shopping and looking at lights, and other situations full of crowds of strangers, your baby may need a break. Here…Read the full article.



Compare Baby Carriers – Mei Tai

The Mei Tai baby carrier is comfort and fashion all in one. Mei Tai is pronounced “may tie” and is also referred to as an Asian baby carrier. Unlike baby wraps and baby slings, a Mei Tai adds padded shoulder straps and waist straps to a small, square body to give the Mei Tai unlimited…Read the full article.



Compare Baby Carriers – Baby Slings

Take a wrap baby carrier and sew it together (pouch sling) or add rings to enable easy adjustability (ring slings), and you have our next category of baby carriers: baby slings. A baby sling is as uncomplicated as any baby carrier gets. Baby Slings are compact, sleek, and easy to use. Their simple design makes…Read the full article.



Keep Halloween Fun for Babies

For a baby who can’t yet walk or talk, this Halloween is likely the first she will remember of familiar people putting on costumes and making scary faces. To make this a fun holiday for baby, be sure to give her an easy escape. If you are babywearing, a hip carry can give her choice.…Read the full article.



Colic: Remedies the Lazy Way

Inconsolable baby. Frazzled parent. Colic can be an overwhelming time for families. There are not only remedies for colic but ways of lessening the crying associated with colic through babywearing. If I hadn’t witnessed colic in a friend’s baby and seen the devastating effect it had on her family, I wouldn’t begin to understand. I…Read the full article.



What Is Kangaroo Care?

Kangaroo care of infants involves a parent, usually the mother, holding the baby skin-to-skin on her bare chest. The steady warmth, easy access to breastfeeding, and simple, physical closeness benefit parent and baby. All babies benefit from closeness to a parent, and premature babies need the most help. Kangaroo Care Helps Baby Regulate Systems Among…Read the full article.



Babywearing Around the World

International Babywearing Week celebrates babywearing around the world. New innovations is mass-marketed baby carriers often have their roots in long traditions. Really, carrying a baby is quite simple. Women use what they have to hold their babies close while they go about their busy lives. In the end, the differences in traditional baby carriers around…Read the full article.



Men Who Wear Babies

Want a good cry, mothers? Peaceful Parenting at DrMomma.org asked last year during International Babywearing Week that men from around the world send in their babywearing photos. From these 729 photos, Danelle Frisbie put together a beautiful babywearing mosaic proving that Real Men Wear Babies. Go look at these photos one by one. Please tell…Read the full article.