This has come up a couple of times at Sling Sessions lately, so I wanted to address it. There’s a popular group, on a very popular social media platform that advises parents to cut the toes off their child’s babygros to avoid “toe crunch”. Now I understand “toe crunch” – we’ve all experienced trouser rise, right?Continue reading “Don’t Cut The Toes Off Your BabyGro’s!”
Category Archives: Parenting Discussions
Is It Safe For My Baby To Sleep In a Sling?
This is a common question for lots of parents and is often a very individual decision. The question actually, often isn’t about safety. Lots of people are worried about allowing their baby to sleep in a sling or carrier because someone has told them that they’re “making a rod for their own back”, that theirContinue reading “Is It Safe For My Baby To Sleep In a Sling?”
Why Does My Baby Cry in The Sling?
It can be really frustrating, can’t it? You heard that a sling or baby carrier can help babies to cry up to 40% less, but whenever you try to use your sling/carrier, your baby turns into a raging ball of fury, while you get all hot, flustered & panicked & then burst into tears yourselfContinue reading “Why Does My Baby Cry in The Sling?”
Toddler Carrying – How & Why?
I meet many new parents, with teeny newborns, who when we discuss how long they would like a carrier to last, can’t imagine carrying their baby beyond the first year. Those of us with older babies & children know however, that whatever you imagine, or intend, there are times when even the biggest of babiesContinue reading “Toddler Carrying – How & Why?”
Things you MUST have BEFORE baby arrives.
Over the summer, I received a Facebook Message asking for my opinion on what “Essential Equipment” parents-to-be NEED to have before the baby arrives & I really couldn’t make the huge list that I felt was being requested. It’s been rattling round in my brain ever since & here’s what I’ve been able to comeContinue reading “Things you MUST have BEFORE baby arrives.”