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  • Like everything involving a baby, babywearing requires attention to safety. Here are a few of the best websites with safety information: http://www.schoolofbabywearing.com/Images/TICKS.pdf – important information on positioning http://babywearinginternational.org/articles.php?article=2 – good general […]

    Babywearing safety

    Like everything involving a baby, babywearing requires attention to safety. Here are a few of the best websites with safety information: http://www.schoolofbabywearing.com/Images/TICKS.pdf – important information on positioning http://babywearinginternational.org/articles.php?article=2 – good general […]

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  • To celebrate International Babywearing Week - here are some blogs on babywearing.

    Babywearing blogs

    To celebrate International Babywearing Week - here are some blogs on babywearing.

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  • Reading the latest The Parental Intelligence Newsletter I came upon this article that struck a cord with me - Why African Babies Don't Cry
by J. Claire K. Niala.

    The warm heart of my family

    Reading the latest The Parental Intelligence Newsletter I came upon this article that struck a cord with me - Why African Babies Don't Cry by J. Claire K. Niala.

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  • With babywearing comes a whole other world of questions - like what to wear when the weather gets cold and wet?

    Babywearing – what to wear in wet and cold?

    With babywearing comes a whole other world of questions - like what to wear when the weather gets cold and wet?

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  • Archaeologist and anthropologist Timothy Taylor claims that tools use came before Homo species, that Australopithecines used stone tools to create baby slings to carry their young. Bipedalism requires baby to have […]

    Scientist hypothesises that using tools to make slings made us human.

    Archaeologist and anthropologist Timothy Taylor claims that tools use came before Homo species, that Australopithecines used stone tools to create baby slings to carry their young. Bipedalism requires baby to have […]

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  • There are many different baby carriers and slings available, with something suitable for every parent’s style. This guide will help you find a carrier to suit you.  Babywearing is a […]

    Types of baby carrier

    There are many different baby carriers and slings available, with something suitable for every parent’s style. This guide will help you find a carrier to suit you.  Babywearing is a […]

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  • Benefits Bonding The closeness between carer and child in a sling helps bonding. You get to know each other and learn to communicate. Grandparents, dads, and other family and carers […]

    Benefits of Babywearing

    Benefits Bonding The closeness between carer and child in a sling helps bonding. You get to know each other and learn to communicate. Grandparents, dads, and other family and carers […]

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  • A major US brand of baby carrier or sling – the Infantino SlingRider has been recalled after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an advisory regarding baby sling safety. […]

    Avoid unsafe ‘bag’ slings

    A major US brand of baby carrier or sling – the Infantino SlingRider has been recalled after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued an advisory regarding baby sling safety. […]

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    Sling leaflet

    slingleaflet2008

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  • The second International Babywearing Week is celebrating and promoting babywearing from September 21-28, 2009 with the theme “Close Enough to Kiss”. Organised by the non-profit organization Babywearing International Inc. and […]

    International Babywearing Week 2009

    The second International Babywearing Week is celebrating and promoting babywearing from September 21-28, 2009 with the theme “Close Enough to Kiss”. Organised by the non-profit organization Babywearing International Inc. and […]

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