Ten Reasons to Wear Your Baby

It’s Inter­na­tional Baby­wear­ing Week, and in honor, I will share Ten Rea­sons to Wear Your Baby… or rather ten rea­sons why I wore my baby that might apply to you!

1. Trav­el­ing light.  The first inter­na­tional trip I took The Boy on, I had way too much gear– car seat, stroller, dia­per bags (yes, more than one). It was a has­sle. On the way back, I fig­ured out I could wear him and have much less “stuff” to carry. These days I take the carseat with the go go kidz attach­ment and a sling.
2. Con­ve­nience. Stairs? No prob­lem. Need to switch the laun­dry from the washer to the dryer? No prob­lem. Need to mow the lawn? No prob­lem! For­got your chang­ing pad? No prob­lem! Crowded store? Still not a prob­lem! Dirty shop­ping carts? Also not a prob­lem! Baby­wear­ing made my life a whole lot easier!
3. A Happy Baby!  Babies that are car­ried are hap­pier, and what makes a baby even hap­pier? Snug­gling close to mommy!
4. Great exer­cise for me!  Have you car­ried a 25 pound tod­dler on your back (or front) while mow­ing the lawn or explor­ing Wash­ing­ton D.C.? It’s GREAT exer­cise and really works on the abdom­i­nal and back mus­cles that were weak­ened dur­ing pregnancy.
5. Includ­ing The Boy in my life. When wear­ing The Boy while cook­ing (him on my back so he can’t reach the hot pans), he could be involved and see what is going on with­out being in a dan­ger­ous sit­u­a­tion on the counter.  He also gets to mow the lawn, go for walks, shop– all from the best seat in the house!
6. Extra snug­gle time. Who doesn’t want to snug­gle their baby or toddler?
7. A calm place. When­ever The Boy gets over-stimulated or is tired while we are out, he can come climb on board.  Wear­ing The Boy keeps him close and sooths both of us!
8. Nurs­ing on the go. I was able to use my slings to nurse The Boy while shop­ping, sight see­ing, and eat­ing. It leaves my hands free to carry items, push a cart, or what­ever else I might need to do.
9. Arm and hip com­fort. Hold­ing The Boy through a bas­ket­ball or foot­ball game (or really any extended period of time) is hard on my arms, shoul­ders and hips.
10. Over­all, I wore my son, because it was what seemed most nat­ural to me. I prac­tice attach­ment par­ent­ing and this is one way to enact their eight prin­ci­ples.

There are ten of my rea­sons. Why do you wear your baby? Do you have a great baby­wear­ing story to share? If so, please do!

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