Wear Your Baby

No really, do.

It's International Babywearing Week!

We would never have survived Bella's infancy without wearing her. She's a wonderful, vibrant, sensitive child and all that adds up to what they call High Needs Baby. (We just call her Bella. Or zero-to-sixty.)

How do parents of colicky and emotional children survive without baby wearing? We wore her more often than not, and let me assure you she also knew when we were pretending to walk (ie just swaying) so we got lots of exercise, too.

In FACT, how do parents manage to survive parenthood without wearing their children. When do they get anything done?

Things you can do while wearing a baby:

Garden

Knit on the go (if you could before...), and the sling makes a great pouch for the yarn ball.

Take photos! (even if you couldn't before...)

Dash through the airport and gather enough sympathy to not miss your flight.

Hike up a mountain while holding your husband's hand.

Run after and/or wear another child.

Cook (hands and feet in, please!).


For a more in depth post on our babywearing philosophies, see this post from this spring.

And in case you thought it was just me, here's proof that it runs in the family: