CONVENIENCE // Throw the sling in your bag (already threaded!) and have an easy way to carry baby on a walk, through the grocery store, or to events for older children.

SOOTHES BABY // All of us have felt the witching hour sneak up, with teething babies who can’t be settled or have upset stomachs. Carrying baby can reduce infant crying by 43% when they are worn for 3 hours or more in the day!

 

HEALTH // When baby is worn, they are connected to our breathing, our heartbeat, and our movements. Their body feeds off our rhythm! This stimulates the baby’s own responses (especially great for premature infants).

 

INCREASED PARENTAL CONFIDENCE // When we are interacting closely with baby in the sling we learn their cues, and become more fully attached and confident in our relationship.

 

CONNECTION // When a baby is worn by another caregiver (grandparent, father etc.), it's a great way for baby to learn about new people, and to learn to love them!

 

References
1 – Hunziker UA, Garr RG. (1986) Increased carrying reduces infant crying: A randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics 77:641-648