I practice Elimination Communication with my babies. EC is the art of following your baby’s signals, and helping your baby to eliminate in a receptacle. Wrapping makes ECing so much easier. My baby signals strongly when she’s wrapped and I’m much more likely to spot her signals when she’s close to me. Wrapping keeps us [...]
There are few things I love more than snuggling with a sleeping baby. Wrapping allows me endless snuggles: snuggles while shopping, snuggles while raking leaves, snuggles while taking the older kids to the zoo. I love snuggling!
A baby who is in a wrap gets lots of mental stimulation. Instead of being in a stroller looking at everyone’s knees, my baby is seeing what I see. She watches me make dinner; she has a great view of the trees and birds and squirrels on our walk; she looks in and watches our [...]
Studies have shown that babies who are held more, cry less. I have experienced that to be true with my children: the more time I spent holding them, the less time they spent crying. But, you know, my arms get tired. And so I wrap my baby. I have energetic arms and a happy baby!
Babies need to be held. A lot. And while every mother, myself included, loves to hold her baby, life doesn’t allow us to just sit and cuddle all day long. And so I wrap my baby. Wrapping allows me to give that comfort and contact to my baby and still have my hands free for [...]
