One of our members recently reported how she felt like a fake babywearer when she wore her baby in her Infantino carrier. It got me thinking about how babywearing can sometimes appear to be an elite sport and it just is not!
You are a real babywearer if you wear them in a towel or bedsheet, and don't actually own a baby carrier!
You are a real babywearer if you wear them in a home made carrier!
You are a real babywearer if you wear them in an Infantino Sync or Snuggli!
You are a real babywearer if you wear them in an Ergo or Beco!
You are a real babywearer if you wear them in a ring sling or mai tei!
You are a real babywearer if you wear them in a Oscha or Uppy!
You are a real babywearer if you wear your baby...... it's that simple!
All of these ways to wear your baby are real and no carrier makes you a fake!
It is the ACT of babywearing that makes you a babywearer, not the product in which you wear your baby!
If anyone ever tells you different then they are just plain wrong and they are a babywearing snob.
Ottawa Babywearing Group does not support elitism or snobbery. We are all parents doing our best to care for and love our babies and we are bonded and made equal by our practice of babywearing.
Excellent because I always used my Baby Trekker and framed carriers for years. When I had my first, there weren't many options and I was the weirdo who bought a Trekker rather than a Bjorn.
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