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Slings and Baby Carriers

How to wear your baby?

Join Lactation Specialists Wendy Haldeman and Kelli Venaas as they discuss “Baby Wearing”. How do you indulge in every-day tasks of living like doing the laundry, eating, or cleaning with a baby in your arms? Just like cave people used to tie babies to their bodies with fur, parents can similarly use a sling or carrier to keep their babies close while also being hands-free. This convenient way of carrying a baby also gives the baby a snug feeling they can enjoy. They can feel their parent’s heartbeat and fall asleep much easier. If you have a baby with digestive issues or cholic, your child will do much better in a sling’s upright position.

Transcript:

- Parents instinctively want to hold their babies. The dilemma comes in how do you go about your tasks of daily living? How do you eat and make food and do your laundry and clean your house when you have a baby in your arms? Well we have a solution, it's called babywearing. Babywearing is not new. The cave people undoubtedly took a piece of fur and tied their babies to their bodies. ... Read more

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