Thursday, June 12th, 2008
My sister-in-law is expecting her long-awaited first child. I don’t know what choices she will end up making, but I did my best in trying to influence her toward attachment parenting. 
Here are the books and things we gave her as soon as we found out she was expecting.
I also gave her a printed book-form version of all my parenting essays and collection of parenting Scripture verses. (See header or sidebar.)
And a pink baby outfit and a blue baby outfit.
Here are the presents my mother, grandmother, and I gave her at her baby shower the other night. I am hoping she will choose babywearing over using a stroller, so I wanted her to have a couple choices:
Zolowear Sling (Blue Paisley) (with DVD)
Ergo Baby Carrier (in Black with Camel) (with DVD)
Ergo Backpack (Diaper Bag) (Black)
Ergo Front Pack (Black)
Ergo Infant Insert (Camel)
And probably most of all, I am hoping she will choose to listen to her baby, instead of letting her baby cry it out. We gave her this brilliant DVD that helps to educate mothers about understanding their babies’ communication skills.
Dunstan Baby Language DVD
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Babies need parenting to a T
http://www.bradenton.com/278/story/613124.html
“In many cultures mothers walk around with their babies attached to them in some way. I don’t think I put my babies down until they were around six months of age. If I put them down they cried, and I could not stand to hear them cry, it broke my heart.”
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
“A Chinese man carrying his mother on his back in a basket takes a rest on a fallen rock on the way to a shelter following Monday’s powerful earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan province, Friday, May 16, 2008.” Yahoo News
While babywearing, I can’t count how many times I have heard, “It must be hard to carry your baby like that. He must be heavy.” Who can complain about carrying a baby or toddler?
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
‘Baby-wearing’ popularity increases
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080427/LIFE/804270307
With babywearing, “you can have a very active life and children can fit into your dreams.”
Sounds like freedom to me!
“Babies cry less. When children fuss less, they expend less energy on crying and more on developing their senses, both mentally and physically.”
“Babies who have been carried are found to have better spatial awareness and better balance and coordination due to the ever-changing perspective of being carried by their parents.”
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Under wraps: Babywearing group embraces a secret weapon: Comfort (for infant and caregiver) in the form of slings, which are gaining popularity in U.S.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1274342/
“Babywearing proponents say babies are soothed by the rhythmic breathing and heartbeat of their caregivers that simulates the womb, which some studies confirm. Plus, slings allow for easy, modest nursing for moms and greater bonding between caregiver and child.”
“The age-old practice of babywearing — or using soft baby carriers that hug tightly to the body, including Asian mei tais, African-inspired wraps, or ring slings — has been popular in other countries for centuries .”
“Yet it has only hit the mainstream in the U.S. in the past five years, said Babywearing International President Susie Spence. With celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Maggie Gyllenhaal sporting slings, it’s even becoming trendy.”
“Babywearing is new to America for the most part,” McDowell said. “Mainstream American way of thinking is ‘Oh, you need a stroller. Oh, put your child in the car seat and carry them around.’ ”
“Parents seem overjoyed to escape the dizzying ride on the whirring carousel of car seats, shopping carts, playpens, infant seats and strollers.”
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Baby Carriers of the Animal Kingdom ~ Truly Natural Parenting!
http://www.childcarriers.com/baby-carriers-are-truly-natural-parenting.cp
