Benefits of Baby Wearing

Baby slings and carriers are great inventions! Not only do they free up your hands so you can do chores around the house, you can also enjoy activities like taking a salsa babies class. As an added bonus, there are many benefits in babywearing:

1. Sling babies cry less. Studies have shown that babies in baby wearing cultures cry much less. In Western culture, a baby's crying is measured in hours, but in other cultures, crying is measured in minute!


2. Sling babies learn more. When the babies spend less time crying and fussing, they spend their free time learning! Researches have shown that carried babies show enhanced visual and auditory alertness.


3. Sling babies are more organized. Babywearing extends the womb experience of the baby and provides an external regulating system that balances the irregular and disorganized tendencies of the baby. Mother's heartbeat reminds baby of the womb experience and calms baby. If the baby spends most of his time in a crib without the regulating presence of the mother, the infant may develop disorganized patterns of behavior: colicky cries, jerky movements, anxious thumb sucking, and disturbed sleep.


4. Sling babies get "humanized" earlier. A sling baby is so intimately involved in the caregiver's world; the baby sees, hears, and in some ways feels what the caregiver feels. The proximity increases interaction and baby can constantly learn how to be human.


5. Sling babies are smarter. Babywearing helps the infant's developing brain make the right connections. Sling babies are more attentive and babywearing enhances speech development because baby is up at voice and eye level of the caregiver.

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BabyMellow offers the Peanut Shell slings in a variety of colours and patterns. The Peanut Shell is a stylish pouch-style baby sling for hip parents. It is easy to use - no metal rings, buckles, or adjustments to be made. For the second time in a row, Peanut Shell is a must have in Pregnancy's 2007 Buyers Guide!

Recent sling recall - March 11, 2008: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Ellaroo LLC, announced a voluntary recall of the Ellaroo Ring Sling Baby Carriers. The aluminum rings on the sling carriers can bend or break. This can cause the fabric to slip through the rings and infants to fall out of the carrier. For more information, visit http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08215.html