Babywearing by Dr. Maria Blois

Babywearing: The Benefits and Beauty of This Ancient Tradition by Maria Blois, M.D. is the first comprehensive book on the art of carrying infants, babies, and toddlers in a soft cloth or pack on the body. Babywearing is thousands of years old with roots in traditional cultures all over the world. An ancient practice, anyone can wear a baby, including moms, dads, grandparents, babysitters, adoptive parents, older siblings, and any caregiver for baby. Having your hands free while carrying your baby safely on your body means that parents are more relaxed and babies are happier too!

Dr. Blois goes into detail on the physical, emotional, mental, and psychological benefits of babywearing. She also elaborates on the benefits of babywearing for babies who are special needs, as well as discussing the wonderful practice of kangaroo care for premature infants. It includes an extensive resource guide on how to select, buy, or make your baby carrier of choice. This book dispels the myths that babywearing is difficult or inconsequential and clearly demonstrates how parents and babies thrive together from healthy touch, movement, and physical closeness.

Babywearing is easy when given the proper information. Learning to wear your baby is like learning to tie your shoes, there is a sharp curve at the beginning, but with practice it becomes a life-long skill. Dr. Blois shares hundreds of tips on how to comfortably, safely, and stylishly wear your baby in a multitude of carries, including pouches, slings, mei-teis, wraps, soft packs, podaegis, and more. There is a wealth of information here for the beginner to expert babywearer. I recommend this book to any aspiring or practicing babywearer and to all birth and parenting health and social service professionals.

Comments

[Gideon]

I'll have to get myself a copy, looks a good read. It's really exciting that alternative baby carrier options are becoming more 'maintstream.' Carrying your baby has so many benefits for both child and parent. With our new baby just arrived I can't wait to get him into his Wilkinet baby carrier (this is me with daughter no. 1 in her sling: http://www.wilkinet.co.uk/ViewPhoto.asp?FileNum=19)