Why do I Babywear?

bought r'jellybean b4 my bby was born.he is 3wks n 5days nw n iv been trying hw to wear him. lo n behold!i finlly figure it out bt im a bit woried f its safe n f he s comfy. its tummy 2 tummy position (lyk a burp position). im holding hs neck. does his legs hurt? he dsnt lyk d cradle position. pls rep. tnx

finally figured out the baby wearing thing. I don't use my stroller now. hehe

hey congratulations on getting your products on SM! i've always wanted to buy a sling but never got around to doing it (very busy working mom) and now, my son is 6months and very heavy! but id still want to try and get him on a sling, do u think its too late? im also interested in getting help from the babywearing support group... how can i reach them? thanks in advance!

Oh visited your website and your products are nice esp the stylish maternity dresses. :-) Do you import them? Equally interesting are the cloth diapers, will check those out later.

YEs I know I can still baby-wear her but am pregnant now and I'm scared the weight will tire me easily.

RE:BF group, how can I find them? Can you private email me their address and contact nos? My email is entrepinay.net@gmail.com

Thanks Jen.

Hi ladies, I stumbled upon your site while surfing scrappinmoms.net. I'm a working mom with a 16-month old daughter and another daughter on the way (in June 2007!). ;-)

I got interested in this topic because right after my eldest was born (nov 2006) I bought a MAYA wrap but never got around to using it. I watched the VCD instructional many times but when I tried it on my baby, I couldn't seem to make her (and myself) comfortable. I read somewhere there's a support group somewhere in Greenhills for Maya wrap wearing but I lost their numbers. I plan to fully utilize the maya wrap when the second baby arrives :-)

If anybody knows of this group, please let me know. Interesting topics here by the way, especially Ella's Valentine "Feeding of the Beast". ;-)

Kudos to all!

Jennifer: No it doesn't. And it is a fact that it can be commonly seen in infants, because of their position in the womb prior to birth. The good news is it corrects itself as the child grows.

Beyond the age of two, medicine states that bowleggedness is caused by Rickets which iscaused by lack of vitamin D or calcium in the diet. Blount disease, a condition that affects the tibia bone in the lower leg.

Being in a sling doesn't cause this, in fact putting a child in a sling puts the child in a natural position unlike the usual carriers (backpack) where the child hangs by his/her crotch. Diba our hips look like they were naturally made to carry children parang swak ang legs nila around our hips, nature made it that way:-)

Eto na lang sa Africa they commonly use the sling type carrier but they churn out olympic sprinters and long distance runners.

My baby has been in a sling since four months and he's not bowlegged, and I'm sure Jen can also vouch for that:-)

Hope that answers your question.

I bought an rjellybean sling but really didn't get the hang of it. Now my baby's walking na and prefers to walk so di na kailangan. Try ko siguro ulit sa next baby ko (kelan kaya?). Papaturo nalang ako kung sakali :D

at what age could you start babywearing or using the sling?

hi girls, not only that...if the babies are in the stroller, they only see knees!! as opposed to a baby high up in a sling, he/she can see what you can see too. it's really a better choice. (NAKS!)

i wondered about that. how hot does it get when wearing your babies?
i wear Robert in a mei tai now because it's easiest for me to put on but we're going home next year and i'm thinking baka it's too hot for him to be in a mei tai.
any thoughts, ella?

laida: natawa ako dun sa sinabi ng bystander ha. pero nakaka-init ng ulo din. i would've told him off too. :P

hi ella and jen...

thanks for the advice :) will try that. one thing siguro that makes him think that it's not ok is that when i'm wearing either the sling or the pouch it gets really hot (and i'm pawisin)... but then it really beats the heck out of pushing the stroller (saw people doing that while shopping in greenhills tiangge and vowed i'll never do that he he he).

i agree that babywearing is not mainstream... once while i had nathan in a sling i overheard someone said "ay kawawa naman ito siguro walang pambili ng stroller" X( (i had to use all my self-control to avoid telling off that jerk. that's probably one of the reasons why my hubby hates it when i use the sling - baka ma judge siya as a non-provider)

Hi laida, Hmmm....that's a tough one. Well you could first show him the video so that he could see other happy babies in slings. You could also print out information from the cd or from the net that says why slings are better and healthier for your baby's spine. But best of all explain that if Nathan was uncomfortable he would tell you by crying or fussing but since he isn't and is even smiling then he must be happy in the sling, and that you should know because you're the mom, you know when you're baby is unhappy.

I guess you just have to use the sling often to have your husband get used to the idea. Sling wearing kasi is not mainstream so some people really think that babies are uncomfortable in it.

Goodluck, if all else fails, you want me to give him a call:-) he he he

[...] But being the restless person that I am, and being ashamed of asking my husband for money all the time I decided that that I had to find a way to make my own money. I just had found out about babywearing and loved it so much and with friends and classmates from lamaze class urging me to sell slings I decided that’s what I would do. With a capital of five thousand pesos I’ve grown my business in a year to a point where I am making fifteen thousand pesos a month minimum. It’s not a lot but it’s enough for me to stay at home and help my husband take care of our family. [...]

babywearing is such a winner. with a not-so-toddler in tow then (major laki naman si paul diba?), i had a chance to bond with both kids at the same time! and it made breastfeeding a cinch outside! i miss it now since kev prefers to walk most of the time---but not when sleepy, so that's when i take my chance. =)

how i wish! Ü if i win the lotto, then sure...no problem. Ü