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Friday, September 19, 2008

Babywearing My Baby




Hey guys, I'm now officially being pimped! My wife pimped me to become a passionate babywearer, buckled Mei Tai in particular. Wondering what babywearing is all about? For me, it's simple, it's a special way of carrying your own baby in a very convenient and practical way and at the same time develop a very special bonding with your own child. I think it is very good for a father because we can not breastfeed..hehehe..Plus, at the same time you ease the burden of your wife to carry your baby especially when they become clingy. I think all babies will experience the 'clingy' stage so babywearing is an efficient and convenient alternative to help to calm your baby and it also will not hurt your arms and back even if you have to carry your baby for hours. You can also use it while helping your wife doing the house chores without leaving your baby behind. Baby just loves to get involved in what ever their parents do, seriously I'm not kidding.

For me, babywearing is much better than using stroller as a mean of mobility for your baby. Our Quinny Zapp stroller (I rate this stroller highly because it's very light weight, compact, flexible - suitable from new born till toddler, easy to maneuvre and it also quite costly, but we asked PakNgah Adam who is still in Germany to buy it there where it's slightly cheaper) is now becoming obsolete since we were introduced with babywearing. I think most of you have the experience of having difficulties in maneuvaring your baby stroller especially when you go to some places where you will find a lot of people such as shopping complex. It's just so hard to push through the stroller in between massive crowds. Using escalator also would be another major problem with stroller because it's quite risky and difficult to handle with your baby lying inside, but not with babywearing. It's just so easy and it won't disturb other people and very light weight, seriously you hardly feel the extra weight of your baby on your back.

With babywearing you also could significantly reduce the amount of space being used in your car boot because you can easily fold it up and put it in your pocket...hehehe..Don't be surprised, I know I know I'm exagerrating a little bit..hehehe.. Another great advantage of babywearing is the economic side in comparison with stroller because you can get babywearing material such as Mei Tai and pouch relatively a lot cheaper than stroller especially those ones that are quite comfy, reliable, compact and light weight because it can cost you up to 1 thousand and some cost even more. The cost of babywearing material is comparatively so cheap especially if you make it yourself.

All in all, what I like the most about babywearing is because as a father since we can not breastfeed our baby, this is a great opportunity to bond with your child and it's also very practical, comfy, convenient and have a sturdy structure which make it very safe. It's also very difficult for people to steal your cute baby really!=)

So, why wait, try get one and experience it yourself. Whatever it is, it's up to the individual because yeah of course other people have different kind of opinions, views and what not.

For me, I love it especially the one that I wear because it is specially handmade by my lovely wife. Thank you so much Sayang!Babywearing rocks and you even rocker B!!!=)
P/s: If you wanna know more about babywearing just visit my wife blog here

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