I have been babywearing for over seven years now and truly can’t imagine parenting without wearing my little ones. In my babywearing journey, I have tried just about every style of carrier available and have even made a few of my own.
Wearing your baby has many benefits, for both parent and child. But babywearing is also hard work! As a core fitness specialist, I’ve noticed a blind spot in the questions I receive from mothers who want to tone up their tummies. They recognize that babywearing can be done while working out, but they don’t see babywearing as a workout. The reality from a biomechanical and physiological standpoint is that strapping your child to your body can either help or harm your whole body.
Necessity is often the mother of invention, but for mothers, invention becomes a necessity. It is that necessity that took me down the path of tandem babywearing with multiples.
Tandem babywearing can be done. And not just by parents of multiples. It is possible to wear more than one kiddo at a time, even (and especially) when they are of varying ages. I know. I’m a mama of two singletons and a set of triplets. It isn’t always easy, but it can be done.
By the time I was pregnant with our third, I had a babywearing group, a “stash” of carriers, and loads of experience, both wearing personally and instructing others. This was going to be the baby on which I learned how to tie my wraps 900 different ways.
Except it wasn’t. Because instead, this was my baby who didn’t love being worn.
Motherhood becomes an inherent part of your identity at the moment of conception, if not before. Being able to love, nurture, and raise your children becomes paramount. But motherhood, as rewarding as it is, can be physically challenging. It is a workout in and of itself just to carry the baby for nearly 10 months. The strain on your body continues after birth while you bounce, rock, walk, and sway your newborn to soothe and comfort them to sleep. These challenges persist into toddlerhood when you are lifting kids in and out of cribs, car seats, and strollers. It is a workout to do all of this with minimal sleep, little alone time, and a weak, deflated, and disconnected core.
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