I believe in the fundamental interconnectedness of all babywearers. I believe that, thanks to our easy embrace of the internet and our stateas a subculture, we are all just six slings away from any other babywearer.
I mean it. I reckon, that within six slings we can find a connection between any two babywearers. Be it a mutual passion for SPOCs, ownership of the same sling via FSOT or a travelling wrap- every babywearer in the world is connected within six slings.
Case in point: I was at the Sydney Pregnancy, Babies and Children Expo last week. It was stroller city! So walking around with a baby in a wrap, I was pretty easy to spot. I ran into one woman and complimented on her (fabulous) mei tai. On hearing the brand, I knew precisely who she’d bought it from. One sling, a chance meeting and that was it. A vendor of another brand of mei tais mentioned a passion for fair trade/fair work practices and organic fabrics. It turned out, she was an acquaintence of another member of the mod team for this very blog. Both of those connections were made in far less than six slings.
We’re all fundamentally interconnected by no more than six slings. Trust me on this one.
Have you got a six slings of separation story? Have you got a test case for this theory? Leave a comment, let’s try this one out!
So true! And spotting another sling user when I’m out gives me a reason to smile and say hello. Definitely making the world a more friendly place