Sling Baby

Who can babywear? Why babywear? It's just for earthy type mothers, right? Plus, doesn't babywearing make babies clingy? I talk to people all the time who think that babywearing is something you have to 'commit to', something that only breastfeeding mothers do. It is one of my aims to to break away from the stereotype and show how easy and accessible it is.  Maybe even the term babywearing is wrong?  Is it too directive, defined? Maybe we ought to change it to 'baby carrying', as after all we all do this with our babies already. So, the benefits of baby carrying, with or without a carrier are huge both for baby and parent.  What is the first thing we do when our babies are upset? We pick them up to settle them, so imagine how your baby might feel being carried all/most or some of the time? Have you ever been rushing around the house or out doing the shopping trying to get everything done before the baby wakes up? I know I have and while baby carryi...

Surely all baby carriers are similar and with a little bit of fiddling about you can work out how to use them?  Well, yes, this is true.......... kinda. But you've just had a baby or you have a niggly 18 month old so the last thing you want to do is read through a manual to try to work out which strap goes where. Plus I thought I knew a thing about baby wearing and the carriers I used, and in the main, yes, I did.  My baby was always calm and comfortable and certainly benefitted from the closeness. But now that I know a whole lot more about the art and science of baby carrying, plus I have tried on many many different types, there are quite a few things I would have done differently.  So what are the benefits of having a  babywearing  consultation?  You will be given advise which is based on both you and your baby's physiology and needs.  For example you may have just given birth, potentially had a c-section so for a bab...