I like old things. Old furniture, old books, old authors. Austen, Bronte, Alcott, Montgomery, Stratton-Porter, Wodehouse. We’re well on our way to having a personal library stocked with the finest in vintage fiction. It isn’t often that I find a “new” author I like. It is even more rare when I find a modern-day author…
a photographic celebration of babywearing #CarryThem
When I agreed to write a post on “babywearing basics”, I honestly didn’t know what to write! Sometimes, when something is such an everyday part of your life, you don’t really remember what the “basics” are. So, I decided to go to the best place I know for crowd-sourcing — Facebook! — and got a…
Hey you. Yes, you, the helpful person in line behind me at the grocery store. I know it looks like I’m struggling through a complicated dance as I tie my baby on my back. But I know what I’m doing. I’ve done this before. Hundreds of times. And the last thing I need right now…
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.
“What’s your favorite baby carrier?”
The question makes me laugh.
Especially when followed with, “If you could only buy one baby carrier, which would you buy?”
It’s like asking a cook what their favorite kitchen appliance is.
Or asking a man to choose just one tool out of his entire toolbox.
But since you asked, here are the favorites from my babywearing stash.
Pregnancy, immediate skin to skin contact, and even breastfeeding are all things adoptive moms often sacrifice. Babywearing forges that connection.
I love watching the mothering instinct bud in my girls. There’s something so precious about watching them snuggle a baby doll for the very first time. Seeing them gently kiss a baby sibling’s head. Tucking their stuffed animals in bed. My little ones mirror my actions so often it’s quite humbling. And sometimes, in the thick of motherhood,…
There are many precious moments in my life I wish I could freeze in time. These early years of motherhood, while filled with many challenges like sleepless nights and endless laundry, have blessed me with many treasured memories. And of all those priceless snapshots of time, I think that babywearing is one of the things I want to savor…
Babywearing has been around for hundreds of years and it usually exists in some form in most cultures. However, just because something has been around for a long time doesn’t mean that it has always been done safely. In the past, girls would grow up watching their mothers and other women wearing their babies as…
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.
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The End.