When I was pregnant, I was pretty clear that I wanted to baby wear. I talked to people who had used carriers and felt I had a pretty good idea of what I needed. So off I went and bought an Ergo with infant insert (soft structured carrier) and a Moby (stretchy wrap). I read … Continue reading
Here’s a lovely story from Isa about her introduction to babywearing while working as a nanny: A few years before my own baby was born, I worked as nanny in a nanny share situation. I looked after two little boys from two different families, one was 22 months when I started, the other 15 months. … Continue reading
This post comes to us from Sarah, a babywearer here in Wellington, who writes over on Dear Albie… Beauty is such a visually-loaded word. And I don’t begrudge it for being so. The art-lover, the nature-lover and the order-maker in me are all huge fans of the aesthetically pleasing. But this month’s theme had me … Continue reading
There always seems to be a lot of discussion about common babywearing myths, such as the ‘risk’ of carrying your baby too much for physical development, which has been disproven time and time again – my 5 and ½ month old crawler snorts at this myth. Or somehow making a child too needy where in … Continue reading
This post comes to us from Sarah, a babywearer here in Wellington, who writes over on Dear Albie… Dear Albie, Where to begin with this letter to you my boy ? Both my head and my heart are full of absolute jumble at the moment. Full of joy for Grace and Riley who have both been … Continue reading
Towards the end of last year, I decided to travel to the other side of the world, solo, with my eight month old daughter. It was quite a daunting prospect, but a necessary one, seeing as she hadn’t yet met the majority of my side of the family. My husband sadly couldn’t join us … Continue reading
We’re Babywearing Wellington, but we’ve been around for well over a year now, and our babies have grown up a lot in that time so we have a bit to say about how wearing an older baby or child differs from wearing an infant and why you might want to consider it. Emma wearing 2.5 year … Continue reading
We just wanted to take the opportunity to share with you one of the stories submitted to last month’s “Heart to Heart” competition. The winner of the Heart to Heart stretchy wrap was Emma C., who was nominated by a friend for the grace with which she has dealt with some serious parenting challenges and … Continue reading
You’ve done the research, bought the sling and are completely committed to wearing your baby. So what does a new sling mumma do if their baby doesn’t seem to ‘like’ being worn? We’ve all experienced some degree of difficulty in those early days of babywearing, so here’s a few ideas for successfully working through those … Continue reading
