It is true of all human babies that they must be able to breathe. This is true in arms, in bed, in wraps, and in cars. Always and everywhere. Usually there is no difficulty. But in the case of a very young infant, especially premature or weak infants, extra care
Chances are, if you are pregnant with your first baby, you’ve daydreamed about what it’s going to be like to hold your baby, wondered what kind of personality your baby will have, even speculated about what your baby will grow up to be. But I bet you haven’t considered whether
Last night Barefoot Birth hosted a Night of Babywearing at the Labor of Love birth center in Lakeland, Florida. I was late, and missed the other carriers being played with, but I brought my big basket of wraps for everyone to play with and Annabelle helped me show the people
Tonight Annabelle and I showed some moms how to wrap their babies. Altogether TOO much fun! But somewhere amidst the flurry of fabric, co-sleeping came up. A mom (Hi, Lee Anne!) wanted my take on co-sleeping. I told her how convenient it is, how cuddly, even how it contributes to
A lot of our questions overlapped today, which is handy for fitting everything in. Tina and Ainsley wanted to know about discipline for their older girls, and how to handle behavior that seems inappropriate without behaving inappropriately themselves . . . . . . and, how to answer family members
I finally put up a page for the Double Hammock Carry. Photo tutorial now available, thank you dear husband for photographing! I also have a couple of videos: This one with my god-daughter Aurora, shows a toddler in a double hammock carry. This one is my newborn in a double
I am guilty of spoiling my baby. She expects to be picked up when she cries, and I do everything I can to comfort her. I spoil her by nursing whenever she is hungry. She is so spoiled, she sleeps with us in bed every night and I help her
I received this question: “I’m looking for a wrap for my toddler and will keep it later for my 2nd child. She is now 18 months and at the moment I’m using ring sling to carry her. I often experienced pain on one side of my shoulder and that’s why I’m looking
A customer has a wrap that she likes but wants a Bali Baby Breeze and wants to know which size to get. Here are some things to consider: The Bali Baby Breeze sizes are in half yard increments. When you use your wrap, do you have much fabric left hanging?
This is the Gypsymama Water Wrap post. Now available for YOU! When Ada was a baby, I had fewer luxuries, but over the years we’ve acquired them slowly, and since we had all the baby things we needed leftover from Ada, this time we get to splurge on some of
I look forward to this group all week, then I drag my heels about leaving and have to apologize to Grammy who ends up watching my 5 year old for FOUR HOURS while she’s trying to work–yikes! Yesterday Anna and 2 week old Naomi came to tell their birth story.
“But car seats aren’t a safe way to carry babies for lengthy periods outside the car, experts say.” http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-10-19-car-seats_N.htm This article cites these reasons why car seats are not safe: babies have been injured when car seats fell off of high surfaces babies have been injured when carseats turned over
Sizing Down with a Short Wrap for Summer One way to keep cool while you keep wrapping all Summer long, is to use less fabric: By learning one or two great carries that don’t use much fabric, you can get away with a short wrap that layers across yourself and
Babywearing keeps babies closer to parents, and I’m always happy when the word is getting out. So I was pleased to see the Today Show cover babywearing. This was some great exposure that covered the recall of dangerous slings, but in general cast babywearing in a pretty good light! Today
The biggest complaint I’d hear about wrapping was getting too hot in Summer. So I got a gauze wrap and started using it almost exclusively. I found that it really did make a difference! The lightweight gauze is so thin, the airflow is much improved and my baby and I
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