October 6-12 is International Babywearing Week, when people around the world show the variety of ways they wear their babies and keep them close enough to kiss. Find an official celebrating organization, and see some of the ways organizations around the world celebrate babywearing. Check out the world’s longest baby sling from Budapest, Hungary, during…Read the full article.

With a nip in the air, baby needs more than a T-shirt and a diaper to go out. I have two suggestions for the best baby carrier to keep you and your baby warm enough in cool fall weather. Moby Wrap Keeps Baby Warm Start with a baby carrier that holds your baby snugly without…Read the full article.

Today is a sad day. This is the day that Hotslings closes. Hotslings have been a staple for us for five years. It was one of the first products we opened our doors with. In the early days of Parenting by Nature, the baby slept, watched, and played happily in her Hotslings while Tamara created…Read the full article.

Pods and Onbus. Have you heard of them but wondered what kind of baby carriers these are? Podaegi and Onbuhimo are traditional Asian baby carriers. There are more Asian baby carriers becoming popular in North America along with traditional styles of babywearing from Asia. These carriers share a basic structure of rectangle of fabric with…Read the full article.

When you are babywearing in hot weather, there are three elements of summer cool. Fire – Stay out of the Sun! First step for summer cool, stay in the shade whenever possible. If you have a baby less than six months old, you should avoid exposure completely. If you have to be out in the…Read the full article.

For a new mother, I find the best gifts are those have been helpful or meaningful to the giver. When you tell a new parent “I found this helpful when my first baby was born” or “I wish I had this when I was starting out,” the gift is far more than a consumer product…Read the full article.

Many of the best-known baby carriers were created by mothers who still own and run the companies. This week we focus on mother inventors. Maya Wrap Susan Gmeiner first created a sling when she was a first-time mother trying to get things done while keeping her baby close. She preferred the adaptability of a ring…Read the full article.

Babywearing can help develop the parent-child bond with any baby, and it is an important tool in the adoptive parent-child relationship. It is especially important in adoption to develop that child-centered attachment that reassures a child that their cries will be heard and their needs answered. The physical closeness that babywearing brings helps to develop…Read the full article.

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 My Bloggy Life is Elizabeth. As a soon-to-be-parent-of-two, I had refused to invest in a double…Read the full article.

There have been some really positive developments in baby sling safety in the past week since an AP story first alarmed so many dedicated babywearers. First, manufacturers of baby carriers issued a joint statement on baby sling safety concerns. They point out that an ASTM subcommittee started writing Sling Carrier Standards two years ago. The…Read the full article.