Dear Friends:

My 3rd post of the day before 7:30 AM!  You all better not write anything
very interesting or stimulating until tomorrow....;-)

Mothers have carried babies forever because women had to work, needed their
hands free,and their babies had to breastfeed.

It would be interesting to look at the carriers from other cultures and see
the differences between the old traditional ways of wearing a baby and all
the new-fangled devices today with straps and things that go click and
different positions. Several doulas in a Breastfeeding Basics class taught
us how to make a baby carrier using a 4 foot long (and 22 inch wide) piece
of cloth, so we can teach mothers this ancient art without having to spend a
lot of money.

Do traditional slings carry babies in a more splayed out position, where the
baby's body is fully applied to the mother's torso, instead of the baby
being all curled up in a hammock? Don't traditional slings wrap tightly
around the baby, holding it fully applied to the mother's torso? Isn't that
the principle behind the kangaroo carriers, where baby is also held in an
upright position? (Thank you Dr. Bergman!)

I wonder too, about premature babies. (Thank you Teresa for sharing that
terrifying story with us, and blessings to the powers that be or to luck
 for having both a NICU nurse and an ambulance close by.)  When they are
carried in slings the way term infants are carried, can they sustain their
basic functions as well?

Do babies born before 40 weeks gestation need sling tests as well as car
seat tests? As with car seats and adult beds, it isn't the babies that are
the problem. The problem is the new inventions that are designed for adult
convenience in an industrial age.

I wonder if that is a key difference. What do you all think?

warmly,


Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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