Please, let's not automatically rail against something just because it is
often misused, re. baby buckets.  I have a baby bucket and many, many slings
(at least 10, I'd say.)  I use the sling most of the time, but there are
times when the bucket is a handy tool.  I bring it to the pool so I don't
need to put the baby down on the wet floor, drenching all of my towels.  I
bring it in when he's asleep and hasn't been sleeping much.  or when I'll be
eating dinner and want two hands.  I always bring a sling in too, and if
Benno needs to get out, I pop him in the sling, put my shopping in the baby
bucket and cope that way.  But it is a tool, and if we assume that all
mothers who use them *misuse* them, then we may be misjudgeing the mom.  (or
dad.)

I, too, despair when I see the overuse.

kate

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