Carrier babies seep better
Holding a baby in a sling for the majority of the day encourages the development of a baby’s sleep/wake cycles. Babies begin to distinguish external cues which help to develop a baby’s circadian rhythms. Babywearing promotes deeper, longer and more peaceful sleep cycles, vital for brain maturation.
Babywearing makes breastfeeding easier
Babywearing offers constant and easy access to the infant’s food source, the mother’s breast. Such ease of access allows a mother to feed her baby on demand rather than follow unnecessarily strict feeding routines, thereby reducing the potential of breast infection. The increased skin to skin contact enjoyed by babywearers also stimulates breast milk supply.
Babywearing helps digestion and eases colic
Baby slings and carriers afford a baby a more upright position which promotes digestion. A baby’s tummy is massaged through the act of babywearing which also promotes bowel elimination. The acupressure points against problems of digestion or sleep, which are located on the belly and on the lower insides of the thighs, are automatically massaged through babywearing.
The Benefits of Babywearing – for Parents and Caregivers
Happy baby, happy Mama
A parent is likely to feel more at ease and confident and able to enjoy their new baby when he/she is settled. Baby carriers offer skin to skin contact which stimulates levels of the mothering hormone prolactin, which increases a mother’s desire to hold and nurture her baby. Dads can also enjoy carrying their babies, thereby extending his baby’s in-utero experience.
Babywearing helps you and your baby communicate
Good parent-infant bonding gives the parent greater confidence and develops their intuitive sensitivity. This heightened perception allows parents to read their baby’s cues and anticipate their needs and moods. This increased sense of control promotes a calmness which can actually be sensed by the baby – a calm parent actually smells different!
Babywearing is healthy for you!
A good carrier offers parents hands-free freedom, allowing them to enjoy an active lifestyle indoors or outdoors. Parents’ muscular strength also develops in relation to the baby’s growing weight.
Babywearing reduces risk of post-natal depression
Babywearing helps parents balance their needs with those of their baby. Baby carriers help prevent life becoming completely dictated by baby. This sense of personal freedom and flexibility may well reduce the potential risk of post-natal depression which is often associated with being housebound and missing out on much-needed social interactions.
Ergobaby design their carriers with the mission to give you the freedom to enjoy life’s big and small adventures, all while keeping baby close. They have become one of the best known and loved baby carrier bands in Australia and New Zealand. They recently received the GOLD MEDAL in the Baby Carrier Category of the Mother & Baby Awards for the 6th consecutive year!
Visit the Ergobaby website to see their full range of carriers. You can also join their communities on Facebook and Instagram.
