The term is brand new to me, but it turns out I already practice ecological breastfeeding! I came across it in my search for an acceptable birth control method. Ecological breastfeeding is free, comfortable, and natural–it fits all my criteria! Wikipedia reports that it has a 1% failure rate in
Wondering whether to wrap your newborn legs in or legs out? The real question of legs in/legs out is how best to support YOUR newborn in a comfortable and ergonomic way. Optimum newborn positioning includes: pelvis tilted forward knees higher than bottom knees spread about as wide as baby’s pelvis
I love our mei tai but I NEVER wear it because I REALLY love our wraps! Someone at our mom’s group asked me to demonstrate the mei tai, so I put Annabelle on my front. I’m glad I got a picture of her in there–don’t know when she’ll be in
I recently watched the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD which offers five techniques to calm a crying baby: swaddling side or stomach lying shushing, or white noise swinging/bouncing and sucking If the author is correct that these five things trigger a baby’s calming instinct, it does explain why so
I felt great after Annabelle was born (perhaps due to consuming the placenta?) and was eager to go out with her after the first few days. I wanted to show that baby off! I turned to the front cross carry for a poppable, pretied carry. It is perfect! I tie
My baby is five weeks old and yesterday she stayed awake in the wrap while I did some grocery shopping. Annabelle is almost always sleeping or nursing in the wrap. I think this is a sign that she’s growing up. She was awake and alert and I really enjoyed it!
At five weeks old, Annabelle’s sleep routine is not yet predictable. We have better nights and less better ones.  The biggest problem I’ve encountered is that after waking up to nurse, she sometimes doesn’t fall asleep again! At times like these, I discovered that the one sure way to lull
I just used my 3.5 Neobulle Simon to put my five week old baby up in a high rucksack carry. I love it! The extra width of the Neobulle wrap made it real easy to get a good pocket under Annabelle, with plenty of width left to make a nice
Soon I tried nursing upright in the wrap because I prefer wearing babies in the upright position, and because this position allows the baby to change breasts without the wrap having to be retied, and it is also the perfect position for burping. I wrapped Annabelle upright, then lowered her
I began by nursing Annabelle in the cradle position.  With a newborn, I found that intuitively I used the wrap to hold her against me in the same position that my arms held her when we nursed on the couch: cradle. This was easier than I expected. I recommend doing
I was seven months into my second pregnancy, with many more discomforts than my first pregnancy, when my midwife asked me to get an ultrasound. Something just didn’t seem right, and she would be more comfortable if we checked it out. We had the ultrasound and were joking together in
So it’s a mom’s gathering, and babywearing is one many topics that come up. But my focus is on baby wraps: showing them to moms, helping moms with them, getting to touch and play with other people’s wraps . . .
With a baby coming around Christmas, I know I will be wrapping daily and I’d like to share my experiences through the seasons, while traveling, at different ages, and for different occasions or needs.
