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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Babywearing

I have always worn both our babies. I never understood why people carry those big heavy infant carseats everywhere. They are heavy. Babies like being carried by their parents. It scares me to see them propped up on shopping carts. It takes up space at a restaurant. You have to keep moving them from place to place at a park. I just never got it. Besides being so convenient to have two free hands, it actually has lots of developmental benefits. With the second baby it's even more important to have two free hands.

Today Elliot would not stay asleep for a nap for some reason, so finally I just put him the sling and went for a walk. He passed right out. Instead of taking him out and putting him to bed (for fear he'd wake up), I played outside with Noah for awhile, then retired to the Lazy Boy and had a nap with him still on my chest. I don't get to take naps anymore since Noah doesn't nap, so it was a nice Mother's Day treat.

Today after our walk

At the park with big bro
This is after a walk with the boys (mobile upload)
Daddy & Elliot

With Noah I mostly used the Baby Bjorn and a Peanut Shell. With Elliot I use the Baby K'tan a lot (way better than the peanut shell) and the Baby Bjorn too. Paul uses the bjorn a lot, since the size is adjustable, and it's decidely manly :)

3 comments:

Jaime said...

I love baby wearing too. I have a homemade moby (just a piece of fabric) and i love it for at home but I like that the baby k'tan doesn't involve all the wrapping so it looks like it would be easier to take out to places and not have it drag on the floor like the moby does. Do you have any advice on what size to get for the baby k'tan, do you think medium would be okay? It looks like target online only has medium and small. Thanks so much!

Mandy said...

I have a size medium. I wore it less than a week post partum and a lot of pounds and I'm still wearing it 35 pounds lighter. I'm sure it'll still fit me as I lose more. I'd guess it' work for a size 4-12? But, I thnk the website says size 8/10? So you could probably do a small too.

Unknown said...

Love it!! I use my Moby every.single.day!