Today we celebrate homemade carriers:
Carriers for dolls:
As you can see, with a sewing machine and a little skill, anyone can create a carrier that will bring enjoyment to his or her family.
Beltway Babywearers: Metro DC Babywearing's Blog
Sunday, October 9, 2011
International Babywearing Week Day 1: Make It Monday!
As we kick off International Babywearing Week, we want to remind you off our upcoming events to celebrate. We hope to see you this week!
Today we celebrate homemade carriers:
Carriers for dolls:
DIY babywearing clothing:
As you can see, with a sewing machine and a little skill, anyone can create a carrier that will bring enjoyment to his or her family.
Today we celebrate homemade carriers:
Carriers for dolls:
As you can see, with a sewing machine and a little skill, anyone can create a carrier that will bring enjoyment to his or her family.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Mark Your Calendars! International Babywearing Week Activities
Next week is International Babywearing Week! Here at BWI of DC-MD-VA we have planned several events to celebrate babywearing. One thing we have planned is a collection of blog posts. We are looking for pictures of your DIY carriers, your traditional carriers (ie from around the world), and just plain old enjoying babywearing pics! Send photos with subjects (DIY, traditional, or fun) to beltwaybwers @ gmail.com and we will include you in next week's posts!
Awards - there will be awards handed out next week! Nominations are due by Oct 7th!
Now, on to the events!
Monday, 10 October - Silver Spring meeting, Silver Spring Learning Center (Atrium) 9:30am-11:30am
1401 Arcola Ave. Silver Spring MD 20902
Tuesday, 11 October - Take it Tuesday! Take information about babywearing to your OB, midwife,
pediatrician, LC, chiropractor, whoever!
Wednesday, 12 October - Tysons meeting, Tysons-Pimmit library 10am-noon
Saturday, 15 October - See, Sample, and Swap with Takoma Attachment Parenting 5-6:30pm
Heffner Community Center, Takoma Park, MD
There will be crafts for the kids and carriers available to try for the adults
Sunday, 16 October - Sunday Stroll, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA 2-4pm
This will be a light hike, the planned route is not stroller friendly
There is a $5 per car charge to enter the park
We hope to see you as we celebrate babywearing!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Real Men Wrap
When my son was born in early 2009, my wife bought a ring sling to wear him in. I liked the idea of
wearing our son, but that was just not manly to me. I searched for something that I felt comfortable
with, and found the Moby wrap. I liked the fact that it looked kind of like I was wearing a karate suit.
Fast forward to 2011, we had our second, a little girl, and my wife discovered wrapping. Who knew there was to much to know? There are wraps of different colors, textures, weights, some that are $50 and some that are over $1000. Apparently, my wife must have them all. She sold me on it because it was the one carrier that we could use to put our newborn on our backs. I loved my Ergo and Moby, but they weren’t options for newborn back carries (Mobys are never good for back carries). Anybody who has experienced the rude awakening of the second child knows how hard it is to keep both kids fed and clean. There were tons of things that needed to be done around the house when I got home from work, and I couldn’t really do that much while wearing Callie in the Moby on my chest.
Raagen learned to put our little girl on our back by going to babywearing meetings where I’m pretty sure the goal is for women to convince each other to buy more stuff. Anyway, I noticed that she was wearing the baby every evening during what would otherwise be my time with my little girl. So I decided to learn, too. Of course, my wife was excited because now she needed to buy me my own wrap, a size 7 Didymos Iris.
First my wife taught me how to put the baby in a FWCC (front wrap cross carry) because it was similar to the Moby. Then one day she put the baby in a ruck on my back. I wasn’t too keen on that because I hate having people do stuff for me. So I decided to go to one of these crazy babywearing meetings to learn how to do it myself.
Thanks to a nice lady named Angelique, I learned the BWCC (back wrap cross carry). I have to be honest. It took me about five times wrapping and unwrapping. I wrapped til I had nothing left in me. But I was determined. I wanted to be able to wear my baby while getting things done. It took practice, but I can now do a BWCC and a FWCC. For my purposes, that’s good enough. I want to let the rest of the dads out there know that you too can wrap your baby. And also, your wife doesn’t REALLY need ten wraps.
Editor's note: Yes, she really does.
Posted by: Jermaine
wearing our son, but that was just not manly to me. I searched for something that I felt comfortable
with, and found the Moby wrap. I liked the fact that it looked kind of like I was wearing a karate suit.
Fast forward to 2011, we had our second, a little girl, and my wife discovered wrapping. Who knew there was to much to know? There are wraps of different colors, textures, weights, some that are $50 and some that are over $1000. Apparently, my wife must have them all. She sold me on it because it was the one carrier that we could use to put our newborn on our backs. I loved my Ergo and Moby, but they weren’t options for newborn back carries (Mobys are never good for back carries). Anybody who has experienced the rude awakening of the second child knows how hard it is to keep both kids fed and clean. There were tons of things that needed to be done around the house when I got home from work, and I couldn’t really do that much while wearing Callie in the Moby on my chest.
Raagen learned to put our little girl on our back by going to babywearing meetings where I’m pretty sure the goal is for women to convince each other to buy more stuff. Anyway, I noticed that she was wearing the baby every evening during what would otherwise be my time with my little girl. So I decided to learn, too. Of course, my wife was excited because now she needed to buy me my own wrap, a size 7 Didymos Iris.
First my wife taught me how to put the baby in a FWCC (front wrap cross carry) because it was similar to the Moby. Then one day she put the baby in a ruck on my back. I wasn’t too keen on that because I hate having people do stuff for me. So I decided to go to one of these crazy babywearing meetings to learn how to do it myself.
Thanks to a nice lady named Angelique, I learned the BWCC (back wrap cross carry). I have to be honest. It took me about five times wrapping and unwrapping. I wrapped til I had nothing left in me. But I was determined. I wanted to be able to wear my baby while getting things done. It took practice, but I can now do a BWCC and a FWCC. For my purposes, that’s good enough. I want to let the rest of the dads out there know that you too can wrap your baby. And also, your wife doesn’t REALLY need ten wraps.
Editor's note: Yes, she really does.
Posted by: Jermaine
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)