March 18, 2015
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Babywearing: Beneficial or the Biological Norm?
Yesterday the Canadian Babywearing School posted this Facebook status update: Do you know that there are NO benefits to babywearing? It’s the biological norm and being carried and kept close is the minimum babies expect at birth. When we use language like “benefits”, we establish babywearing as a nice extra
February 20, 2015
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Fitness and Community with Babywearing Ballet
Wrapping moms know that life can carry on (pun intended) with baby in tow and that the experiences had in a wrap enrich baby’s physical and cognitive growth far more than sitting on the sidelines. Wrapping your baby is a great way to keep both mother and baby in fine
January 2, 2015
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Babywearing, older siblings, and Christmas cookies!
The best wrapping times involve baby in family traditions while freeing up enough of mama’s attention for the other children to get full mileage out of all the holiday fun! So without further ado . . . Tips: Don’t get over-ambitious; make the dough in advance, cut and bake the
December 29, 2014
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Holiday Letter from Diana of Wrap Your Baby
Speaking as someone who birthed a baby girl in my living room in front of a decorated tree on Christmas Day 5 years ago, I can tell you that some gifts are better than others. Â Nothing trumps a sweet, apple-cheeked baby! And while you don’t have to have a wrap
November 26, 2014
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Patronize a Local Biz on Saturday and Get Rewarded for it at Wrap Your Baby
It is in the spirit of Small Business Saturday to leave your house, stroll up and down the blocks of your city and walk into shops that are often staffed by their owners who have the time and interest to listen to you, and then passionately and knowledgeably tell you
November 26, 2014
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Inanimate Objects: Babywearing Costumes
Another in my series of themed costumes for babywearers. This post highlights costumes with the baby as an inanimate objects. You would be surprised at the possibilities when you start brainstorming, and hopefully the pictures of these creative families will get the wheels turning for you! And be sure to
October 13, 2014
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Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror Babywearing Costumes
17 more great babywearing costume ideas for all those families who want to incorporate their baby and carrier into their costumes for extra Halloween fun! Did you see the creative, adorable, and DARLING ANIMAL COSTUMES submitted by babywearers HERE? And don’t miss these amazing photos of BABYWEARING CHARACTER COSTUMES!
October 13, 2014
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Babywearing Costume Contest!
It’s time for the annual Babywearing Halloween Costume Contest on the Wrap Your Baby facebook page! Share your photos on the wall between Wednesday 29 October and Monday 3 November, and and I will upload them to the contest album where we’ll see which photo gets the most likes for
October 12, 2014
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Share Your City Groups Giveaway
Each month I give at least one wrap to a Babywearing Group Lending Library. For September I asked groups to send me a photo of babywearing in front of a landmark in their region, or something that epitomizes the region. Today, for Share Your City Saturday (International Babywearing Week), I
October 11, 2014
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Babywearing Fitness: Yin/Yang Post Partum Yoga Sequence
Babywearing Fitness guest post by Blair Williams, Yoga Instructor and babywearing mother of two. Want to learn more about Yin? BlairWilliamsYoga@gmail.com or Facebook- Blair Williams Yoga, LLC.
October 8, 2014
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I don’t want to spoil my baby!
If you carry your baby frequently in a comfortable baby carrier, won’t she get spoiled and want to be held all the time? Well, some babies come already wired to scream whenever they’re put down and it doesn’t take spoiling to make them that way. Some babies are generally pretty
October 5, 2014
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I Have Carried You Always
I have carried you, always. Before you were conceived, I carried a part of you in my soul. When I met your father, I looked into his eyes and saw the other part of you, and knew you, and prayed that you would come to be. Before you were born,
October 2, 2014
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Animal Costumes for Baby Carriers
Continuing with the costume themes, babies as animals are always cute. You can go really simple (buy a hat with ears from etsy, or put butterfly wings from the dollar store around your wrapped baby), or really get into it with a full family costume or a glowing jellyfish umbrella!
September 29, 2014
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17 Character Costumes for Babywearers
It will be October in a couple of days. Have you thought about incorporating your baby carrier into your costume? These are some of the great costumes entered into Wrap Your Baby’s annual Facebook costume contest in years past. These are some of the “character” costumes inspired by literature, media,
September 28, 2014
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