Here are just some benefits of wearing your baby:
~ Provides pleasure, warmth, security and sound, all
essential to healthy development
~ Lowers the level of stress in the infant and parent
~ Holds baby, leaving the parent's hands for work and
activities
~ Helps meet baby's security needs:
~ Baby can feel, smell, hear and see parent
~ Develops a strong and secure attachment to parents
~ Communicates to children that they are loved, safe,
secure and cared for
~ Allows children to be at the center of activity rather
than being the center of attention, which is a healthy
atmosphere for development of empathy, affection
and a healthy sense of self
~ Enables parents to accomplish their day-to-day
activities and still be in close physical contact
with their babies
~ Is a natural soothing baby tranquilizer which
helps fussy or tired infants fall asleep
~ Allows the baby to be an active participant in
the walking, talking, laughing, movement and
working of the parent