Category Archives: Personal Stories

Babywearing while Injured: Shoulders

This is the first in a series of posts aimed at helping parents with special needs. Here, we look at babywearing with a shoulder injury. You’d like to wear your baby or older child, but red-hot pain is holding you … Continue reading

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A Babywearing Birth Story

This is a story of how babywearing helped us cope with a sticky situation, in this case an unplanned birth… A year ago yesterday, my wife Mel was 37 week pregnant with our third son. Our two older boys (then-5-year-old … Continue reading

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One Week as a Wrapper – Day 8

At last! I can start using other carriers! But we have to catch public transport into town and somehow I find myself reaching for the wrap…. after all, it does work best for the bus. I start to tie it … Continue reading

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One Week as a Wrapper – Day 7

I can’t do it. Just when I thought I’d developed a kind of wrapping invincibility, I find myself totally stumped by a simple challenge – breastfeeding in a wrap. We’re out for a bushwalk and Meena is crouched over like … Continue reading

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One Week as a Wrapper – Day 6

Something strange happens as I ruck Meena on my back this afternoon – I enjoy it. For the first time it feels instinctive and I get her in position without even thinking about what goes where. It’s not a technique … Continue reading

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One Week as a Wrapper – Day 4

I’ve drifted into using a ruck for back carries – an ironic twist for a former ruck-impaired BWCC fan. But the more I practice the more I like it – quick, comfortable and easy now that I realise the baby … Continue reading

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