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September 28, 2006
Babywearing in the News
Just a few links to a little babywearing write up the Chattanooga Times Free Press did. Here is a link to the TFP article.
Also, you can check out this link if you want to see some babywearing in action. It starts on page 5.
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September 15, 2006
EllaRoo Mei Tai Review
The Mei Tai is fast growing in popularity among the babywearing crowd. It is often referred to by several different names. The most common is Mei Tai, and is followed in popularity by ABC or Asian Baby Carrier. I have even seen it referred to as a Mei Tai baby sling, which for me is a bit of a misnomer because it is more of a front or back pack carrier.
The Mei Tai is much like a Podaegi except the Mei Tai has a total of four straps where the Podaegi has only two. I believe the four straps makes the Mei Tai easier to tie, which has resulted in the Mei Tai being a bit more popular then the Podaegi. Though, Leslie loves her Podaegi and would not trade it.
One of the great things about the Mei Tai is that it can be tied before you leave the house, and once you are ready to wear your little one you can just loosen the straps and slide them in. As with any carrier there is a small learning curve, but after a few times of using it the tying-on becomes second nature.
The three best features of the EllaRoo Mei Tai are the colors, headrest, and comfort.
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September 01, 2006
Babywearing Fathers
I have been thinking about the fact that I want to be much more involved in babywearing when our next baby arrives. With our first two I just let DW do all the babywearing for the first several months. Then when the little one would get a little bigger I would do some of the babywearing. I guess my reasoning was that in support of cue feeding it just made more sense to have the baby close to the food.
I think what we have learned is that baby was so used to sleeping on or next to mommy that he could not easily fall asleep with me. My hope is that by wearing from the start and getting baby used to falling asleep with me that on those evenings the DW would like to stay up a little longer that the transition to bed will be a smoother one even though she is not there.
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