I’m not a fan of outward facing babywearing (when your baby has his or her back against your stomach and is facing away from you). There are a lot of opinions on whether this is safe, or good, and for the most part they are just opinions. For me it boils down to this: Facing [...]
When there are deaths associated with a crib, the crib is recalled. When there are deaths associated with a product that is outside of the comfort zone of the mainstream, an entire industry takes the hit. Infantino designed “bag slings” that were unsafe, and which managed to lose most of the benefits associated with babywearing [...]
The end is a happy, thriving child; a relaxed, loving mama; and a strong bond between them. The means is the baby wrap. Wrapping made mothering less stressful and more fun. Let’s face it, this society isn’t exactly tailor made for women with children. Sometimes it’s a pain to function with children in this society. [...]
“It’s not so wonderful. In Africa, we just carry our children or let them roam. They can’t sit like lumps.” The above is my favorite quote from this article about trying to introduce this staple of modern parenthood into the mothering routine in Kenya. In the US, we talk about babywearing enhancing the relationship between [...]
We nurse often, but we aren’t stuck at home because we happily nurse everywhere! We cloth diaper, but we aren’t stuck at home because wet bags make it easy to cloth diaper on the go. We EC (elimination communication) too, but with a potty in the trunk and lots of bushes and restrooms, that’s easy [...]
Hanna Vogel wrote me this very nice letter that I wanted to share: “I am so happy I stumbled across your website the other day. I am so passionate about babywearing, and now that my youngest is three have not been doing it much…and I miss it! Almost enough reason to have another baby, but [...]
Take a deep breath and remember that some people are completely unfamiliar with babywearing. The most important thing is not to let them upset you. The best thing would be to let them see how wonderful babywearing is. But the key is “let them.” People are rarely persuaded by force! Sometimes a casual, heartfelt comment [...]
Due to the seventeen thousand obscene spam comments posted in one day to this article in it’s original incarnation, I had to delete the original post and am reprinting the text here. AND, all comments will now require approval prior to posting! Here’s the blog post again for all the real readers: It’s not that [...]
Saturday my mom took Ada to spend the night with her, and David and Annabelle and I cleaned the living room. It was so nice to just dedicate myself to cleaning for an hour or so, without distractions or interruptions and it was VERY nice to have a clean living room. I’ve been taking pains [...]
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