International Babywearing Week starts today! I don’t have a huge touching story to share, and I can’t tell you that babywearing is central to my parenting thus far, especially since my daughter refuses to be worn inside the house (though on errands and outings she is happiest in my ring sling or my soft structured carrier).
But I can tell you that my carriers are important tools to me! I like to keep my little girl close to me when we’re out and about. I feel like it helps me respond to her needs much more quickly, and I think she’s much more comfortable against my chest than she would be in a stroller or an infant car seat. I can’t say those things for sure though, because I don’t even own a stroller or an infant car seat (Don’t get all scared – I have a car seat for her, but it isn’t the kind that “pops out” to carry your baby around in).
I will also say that although I’m not a huge germophobe, I like that when I’m wearing Anneliese, people don’t feel like they can just touch her without asking, the way people often do with babies in strollers and infant car seats. That alone made me much braver about taking her out to run errands in the first weeks.
So yes, I love me some babywearing and look forward to doing it more. And I’m looking forward to trying out tons more different carriers, too. So in celebration of babywearing this week, I’d like to share the following “goodies” with you!
In Response to recent CPSC actions:
- Join Baby Carrier Industry Alliance (BCIA) on facebook
- From the Handmade Toy Alliance – open letter to CPSC
- Babywearing in Jeopardy – and What You Can Do
- CPSC’s Misguided Assault on Slings
- I Will Carry You
- It’s About Education, Not Recalls
- Close to My Heart
- To the Rescue of Babywearing
- S.O.S. – Save Our Slings
International Babywearing Week Video:
My Favorite Babywearing Video:
Personal Babywearing Stories:
- My Favorite Article of Clothing is My Baby
- Saga of a Babywearing Dad
- Why Wear Your Baby?
- Seven Months of Babywearing
- In Which We Wear Our Babies
- Snuggle Love
- I Babywear
- Calling All Babywearers
- Kylie’s Babywearing Story
- The Joy of Babywearing
- Wearin’ My Love
- How to Carry Your Baby
- How I Love… (beautiful!)
- REgarding Peanut’s Babywearing Story
- If This Carrier Could Talk
- I Heart Babywearing
- Something So Simple… (lovely poem)
- Without My Mei Tai
- My Arms, My Heart
- I’ll Be Wearing Him
- Ode to Babywearing
Babywearing Books for Kids:
(Click to see more information and to buy)
Babywearing giveaways and discount codes:
- BabyEtte discount (slings and wraps) (Exp. 10/22/2010)
- BabyEtte giveaway (ends Friday, Oct 8, at 5pm Eastern Time)
- Sweet Slings Deal of the Day (today is 20% off)
- Ergo giveaway (Ends Oct 15, 2010)
- Boba giveaway (Ends Oct 16, 2010)
- Infantino EcoSash Giveaway (Ends Oct 14, 2010)
- BabyHawk Mei Tai Giveaway (Ends Oct 12, 2010) (AUS)
- SnuggyBaby Ring Sling Giveaway and Discount (Ends Oct 11, 2010)
- Sleepy Wrap Giveaway (Ends Oct 11, 2010)
- Pippalily Ring Sling Giveaway (Ends Oct 8, 2010)
- Ergo Giveaway (Ends Oct 30, 2010)
- Boba Giveaway (Ends Oct 11, 2010)
How to Make Baby Carriers, if You’re Crafty
- No-Sew Wrap tutorial (like moby or sleepy wrap)
- How to Sew a Mei Tai Baby Carrier
- Another Mei Tai Tutorial
- How to Sew a Mei Tai with Buckles
- How to Sew a Mini Mei Tai for Dolls
- How to Sew a Pouch Sling
- How to Sew a Pleated Ring Sling
- How to Sew a Lined Ring Sling
- How to Sew an X-Back Baby Carrier (like K’tan)
Awesome Babywearing Stuff (Besides Carriers):
(Click to go to etsy and buy. If it’s sold, check out the artist’s other stuff!)
I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
Hi! That is a beautiful ring sling! What brand is it I would like to get one!!!
Thanks again for telling me to check this post out on Twitter! My husband and I both wear Hannah daily, so I love having different options for her–the ring sling tutorials look wonderful.
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Oh, what a wonderful post and thanks for sharing all the links and goodies! It was so sweet of you to link my post: “How I love…” in the baby wearing stories, I am very humbled.
All the best to you and your family,
Marixsa
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Marixsa, I LOVED your post. Thank you for sharing it with us! I was pleased to link to it.
My daughter AND her hubby wear their babygirl. She has blogged about it and has shown off her sweet babywearin’ hubby!
http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2010/10/this-moment_08.html
http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2010/08/heart-to-heart.htm
I wore and wear my babies. All of them starting with the first one 15 years ago and now, with a 26 day old newborn. I wear her in the house, out and about and everywhere else. It breaks my hear to think about someone else taking care of her and her sitting in a bouncy chair all day when I go back to work at the first of the year. Thanks for the resources and links. Fun stuff
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I love this! I’m bookmarking it for all the great materials and sewing blogs!
Thanks for including my story, too. =)
I think I could comfortably say I’m a babywearing addict. I wore all three of my boys (I still wear the 20 month old at least once a week) and couldn’t imagine NOT having a carrier of some sort. Heck, I even ran a babywearing business for a short time!
Great post you wrote. The references are fabulous as well! Thanks so much for sharing, your daughter is beautiful as is the carrier!
love this! the personal babywearing stories remind me of some of mine. i can’t wait to wear this baby!
oh wow this is an amazing post! Thank you for listing those children’s books, I had no idea there actually were some about babywearing! And I LOVE baby carrier giveaways!
That photo of your naked little baby in the gorgeous ring sling is BEAUTIFUL. I love it so much. There is nothing like your precious daughter all snuggled on your chest is there? oh baby love!
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