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 more

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 the … Read more

Trends in Babywearing: Asian Baby Carriers

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 more