Elizabeth, Joanna, Danielle, Natalie, "Miss" James, Jen, Sharmadean, Melisa, and Aura have until 11:59 pm, July 5 to post their Round 2 entries on their respective blogs, before we move on to Round 3.Our goal is to encourage as much freedom of expression as possible in the blogger's entries, while providing them with items that fuel their imaginations. In that spirit, we have one simple guideline:
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The competition will culminate, in late July, with the announcement of a Grand Prize Winner, chosen by our panel of judges.
Marvelous Kiddo readers: If you babywear, I would love to hear your thoughts on how doing so has affected your life. Leave a comment on this post. Thanks! And don't forget to enter the giveaway!!!
I love wearing my little guy! I walk with him to and from daycare in his Ergobaby and we chat and look at the beautiful things along the way. It gives me 15 minutes of belly-to-belly love time first thing in the morning with my sweetest boy...and then 15 minutes at the end of the day when he buries his head in my chest and breathes me in like he's home again.
ReplyDeletewearing my babies is priceless to me. i am so thankful to have joined a babywearing group in my community to try on, learn about, and rent baby carriers. the most precious moments have happened to me while wearing my babies - when we aren't doing anything at all - just being close. each carrier i've used holds special feelings and sweet memories for me. it is almost indescribable - but i have a feeling you know what i mean. :)
ReplyDeletei am really loving your babywearing posts!
I love this posts about babywearing, thanks!
ReplyDeleteBabywearing lets me enjoy so much may babies, it's just perfect for every moment: going to the supermarket, travelling, stairs, shops, mountain, beach...
With my first baby I used trolley for a few months and when I discovered babywearing, wow, she was sho happy and calmed, and I was so free!
With my second baby I only use slings and so, and it's been a great experience!
Baby wearing has definitely made a difference in all our lives! I love wearing my little one. We've travelled through airports, gone where no stroller could ever go, climbed rocks....all this in the comfort of a carrier...he can sleep, nurse, experience the world...it's an amazing feeling having your baby next to you (although there are times when he'd rather be on the floor, limbs akimbo)
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I've developed a baby wearing addiction and have already accumulated seven different carriers in 4 months!
Sadly, my youngest is too old to babywear in any serious sense. He's 4 - and too heavy now - but loves to still get in occasionally. I wore all my 3 boys. Slings were always a huge part of our lives.
ReplyDeleteI always subscribed to the theory that pregnancy was only half of the gestational period - there was another 9 months after the baby arrived that should always be included - so carrying our babes as much as possible just made so much sense.
Loved the saying - put the groceries in the pram and carry the baby!! As well as all the hundreds of great benefits for the child - there were always just as many for me. In a purely selfish way - it is just so much easier to carry a baby (rather than struggling with prams) and so so much easier if you can go hands free with them in a sling! We became one person.
If you could organise yourself to breastfeed at the same time as babywearing - well that was like winning the lotto of multitasking. Suddenly the whole world really opened up - I could shop, walk, read, make dinner, run errands - all without disturbing my baby. Babywearing (for me) = Total Freedom!
It's so lovey to write this and think back on my 'sling' days. I have actually kept each boy's sling. Do you want to know why? Ok I'm thinking ahead a little here - but having only sons I will have to appeal to my future daughter-in-laws to continue the sling wearing tradition. Would dread to be a nosey pushy mother-in-law so how to step around this issue - give my son's back their own slings when their children are born and provide the demonstration! Insurance for the wellbeing of my future grandchildren. I wonder if this is slight craziness but I think the emotional benefits of baby wearing (for both mother and child) cannot be taken lightly. I'll do whatever it takes.
Viva les slings!
I come from a culture (Hmong) of traditional baby wearers. Wearing babies in the farm fields was very common for my grandparents, it was the only way things got done. I was born here in America and it was only when I had my 4th child that I truly, truly came to accept and LOVE baby wearing.
ReplyDeleteI don’t baby wear just because it helps me get things done and also tend to my 2 year old, but I baby wear my 5 month old solely because it makes me feel like I am being there for him vs a bouncer or excersaucer. I don’t wear him 24/7 as floor time is also extremely important, but I do wear him at least 3 hours a day. My voice and surroundings is what I feel is stimulating my child’s brain than a noisy, annoying toy.
Baby wearing truly has helped me feel like I am connected to my baby and being able to get things done around the house or maneuver a busy mall w/o that bulky stroller is just a plus… .
Now that we have three under two, babywearing is essential to our sanity! We wear the twins whenever we go out, and we wear fussy babies around the house during the dinner hour. Praise the Lord for babywearing!
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea to try to encourage all bloggers, that's a good idea, actually I have to say that you're doing a perfect job.
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