So I love my baby sling (tube shape fabric thing that you carry your baby in leaving your hands free). It enables me to carry Button without a car seat carrier and still heard the boys when needed. I can write a check, check out a library book, hold BuddyCake’s hand and not worry about baby.
BUT, I have great reservations about “babywearing” as a habit and lifestyle. This intro to babywearing is all about how to keep your baby “happy.” Not sure that that is my main goal in parenting. Are you sure that all you want for your child is for them to be happy? Go ahead and do drugs if it makes you happy. Be a bum and father fourteen children by fourteen mothers if it makes you happy. Eat what you want and weigh 300 lb and die at thirty from a heart attack if it makes you happy.
Babies do cry. They can’t talk so what else are they supposed to do? This article discusses why babies cry better than I can. In my humble opinion, holding a baby 24/7 so they won’t cry is a bit extreme.
If you have a stable household and you are loving and caring for the child’s needs, they will generally be secure and healthy adults. They tend to be more insecure if they are never away from mom until they are 3 or 4 years old. Not to mention what kind of shape mom will be in by that time.
Something I have heard said is that leaving a baby/toddler in a safe place and coming back for them tends to increase their trust and security and broadens their world. Wish I could remember where I heard it. Sounds good though.
