Babywearing 101

[Stepher]

Ok educate me.


I've been trying to learn for the last couple months but it seems child care always falls through on babywearing meeting days adn when I go the babywearer forum I swear its not in english.

So what types of carriers are there
Sling
Wrap

are Mai tahs (sp?) and Blue celerys name brands? Whats a didy?


What ones are sized? What one will get me from newborn on? Why buy one thats not good for the whole BWing time? What are each ones perks and down falls? Why own a bigillion? (you know who you are)
Spell it out form me like I'm 5.

[JTMom]

I'm in a rush to get DS ready for bed, but heres a link to our groups blog - a brief babywearing 101

https://sites.google.com/site/kwbaby.../announcements

[Mrs.Crunchy]

you can also check out www.thebabywearer.com. They have TONS of information, forums etc.

There are soooo many ways to babywear, the thing is to find the one that best suits you and that can be so overwhelming.

the next babywearing meeting will be the second week of September, but that still is a ways away, perhaps another meeting before hand would be good

[mamabear]

Woven wraps will do you forever. Others will too but IMO they're less ideal. There are pros and cons to everything, so the goal of owning a bunch is to get all the benefits. LOL!

Mei tais are not name brands, they're a type of carrier that's basically a square with 4 straps coming out of them. There are a ton of brands though each with their own pros adn cons. Overall, IMO, MTs are not great for newborns and I personally don't prefer them until the LO is old enough to go legs out.

Blue Celery is a brand and they're stretchy afaik so they're useable for a limited amount of time.

Didy is a brand name of woven wrap. (Short for Didymos)