Baby Wearing Links

Babywearing is an excellent way to bond with your child, foster her or his emotional, psychological, and physical development, not to mention it's convenient! It can be overwhelming at first to discover how many types of carriers there are out there, but hopefully these sites will help you get a handle on things, and assist you as you learn how to use your carriers.

Once you become a babywearing pro you'll never look back. Whenever anyone asks my partner about wearing our baby he says: "It's great! You get to have one very long cuddle and have your hands free at the same time". And that's from a man who couldn't tie a sheet around himself for a toga party before he was a Dad! So there is hope for all!

43 Reasons To Carry Your Baby
Instinctive Parenting.com provide a page full of interesting and compelling reasons to wear your baby in a carrier on a regular basis.

Baby Wearing - Dr Sears

The website of William Sears MD and Marther Sears RN, who specialise in peadiatric medicine, provide comprehensive information about babywearing including: how, why and who (not just for mums! babywearing is an excellent way for dads, grandparents and older siblings to bond with baby).

Baby Wearing - Instinctive Parenting

Instinctive Parenting explain what babywearing is and what a few of the benefits of babywearing are.

Choosing a Baby Carrier

The BabyWearer.com is a fantastic resource for anyone considering or already babywearing. This particular section of the site outlines the different styles of carriers available, to help give you an idea about what might suite you best. If ever you are having trouble with using your carrier the forum on this website has thousands of babywearing mums and dads ready to give you tips from their own experience.

Great Things About Baby Wearing
The Babywearer.com again. This section of the site lists some of the reasons why they are so passionate about babies being worn in carriers.

How To Choose A Baby Carrier

Online baby carrier store The Sling Station outlines the different style of baby carriers available to parents. At the bottom of the page you will find links to a list of articles which will help you make your choice.

"If You Hold That Baby All The Time..."

An article by Pam Leo published on the Natural Child Project website. Pam Leo is a grandmother, parent and childbirth educator, and doula who writes about parenting. In this article she talks about her experiences of babywearing her grandchildren and how contrary to some opinions, babywearing does not spoil children.

Increased Carrying Reduces Infant Crying
This is a study conducted by the Department of Pediatrics at The McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute in Canada.

Product Reviews

This is another section of The Babywearer.com where thousands of different makes and models of slings, wraps, structured carriers, pouches etc. are reviewed You name it, it's reviewed there. And if not, join the forum and add your own review. Products are not just reviewed by one person, but any member of the babyweare.com who has tried them and taken the time to post a review.

Snug Little Bug

This website was created by a passionate babywearing mama in Australia and it is devoted to helping you figure out which kind of carrier might best suit you. It is currently under construction and looks like a blog, but soon will be a complete babywearer site where you can learn about and purchase different carriers.

The Importance Of The In Arms Phase

Jean Liedloff writes about the importance of holding and wearing young children to ensure their healthy development and emotional well-being. Liedloff is author of The Continuum Concept, a book based on her research into parenting practices and experiences with The Yequana people of Venezuela.

Ten Reasons To Carry Your Baby

One mother shares her top ten reasons for wearing her baby with The Natural Child Project website. She also provides a book list, and a list of related articles at the bottom.

Using Your Baby Carrier

The babywearer.com's how to section. This section gives you an introduction on how to use slings, pouches, soft-structured carriers, and wraps.

Wear Your Baby
A website made with parents new to babywearing in mind. A great starting place with information on different types of carriers, carrying positions and how to make your own carrier. The site also sells an instructional DVD.

Wrap a Baby
Everything you need to know about how to use wraps, includes instructional videos and photo instructions.

Wrap Your Baby, an act of love

This site is for those who have chosen to use wrap around baby carriers. It has instructions of how to achieve different carrying positions using your wrap, and also how to use mei ties.

Also, youtube is an excellent resource for finding and watching how to parents put on all kinds of different carriers.

Baby in a ring sling & 2.5 year old in mei tai

*picture at top right hand side of article of a Dad wearing his 4 month old baby in a stretchy wrap.