Newborn slings. They’ve become as essential as diapers and strollers for an increasing number of parents. Why? One simple phrase: they keep baby close and your hands free. Before baby slings, that would have sounded like an impossibility. But now, slings suitable for newborns are becoming more and more popular, and mommies and babies everywhere [...]
Infant carriers have been around since the dawn of time. Okay, probably not, but I’ll bet cavewomen strapped their babies to their backs somehow. In the modern sense, baby carriers started cropping up in the eighties, and have become increasingly popular and diverse since then. Slings, wraps, and carriers with rings, tails, padding, straps—you name [...]
Mothers know all about the miracle it is to have a brand-new infant in their arms, and the love and joy that comes from parenting. Mothers also know the not-so-glamorous side of it all. Our backs and hips ache from holding babies that never seem to want to be put down. It seems that we [...]