Comments on: February Competition! I’ll Take the Stairs Thanks: When Only Babywearing Will Do! http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/ Select baby carriers and slings from around the world Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jenny http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1681 Jenny Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:52:55 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1681 It makes me smile when I see babywearers in places that they otherwise would not be able to take their babies if they had a pram. Recently we went to the beach with some friends. Access to the beach was via a very steep and slippery path. I said to my husband that I would not dare attempt it with a baby just in my arms. With my baby in the carrier I had both hands free for my safety and my baby's safety. I actually took her into the waves with her in the carrier and she never cried because she was safe against me. However our two and half year old was upset by the waves and was only happy when on daddy's shoulders. I'm sure a carrier would have made him feel secure also. We love the beach and is so nice to be able to take the young kids too, can't take a pram on a sandy beach. Recently we were away interstate and realised just how wonderful baby wearing was as majority of the old railway stations do not have lifts or escalators as they are trying to keep the heritage feel. So pram owners don't tend to travel by train at all, but we were able to sight see with ease. We went to Mackenzie Falls in the Grampians with our son who wasn't walking at the time. Access to the falls is via hundreds of steep stairs. We were thrilled that we were able to see the falls and also take our baby. Our kids have experienced so many things that they wouldn't be able to see till much older if we didn't baby wear. Both kids have been on planes in carriers. Safety rules say they must be strapped into the parents belt for landing and take off. However for long flights there are a lot of times where no-one has to have a seatbelt on. I always felt a lot less worried about my kids safety knowing that if there was turbulence they were always attached to me and if I was in the toilet or eating my meal and it wasn't convenient for me to put my seatbelt on. I could just hold on and know they were safe if I was holding on. I've also noticed prams have to be put in checked luggage whereas carriers can be taken on board. So our kids have never had to walk much at airports. I have noticed from personal experience it is also safer to babywear, in crowded cities people don't notice kids down low in prams and often put backpacks etc in kids faces without realising it, when baby-wearing my kids are at eye level and people are a lot more careful. At home the only way I get any housework done is to use the carrier, even cooking is possible while baby wearing as my apron fits quite nicely over the carrier and my baby to keep us safe from splashes. I even do gardening while baby-wearing. I can dig up potatoes, water, weed, pick beans, put out mulch and plant seedlings while my baby sleeps against me. Soon we are going camping and were hoping to go on some fairly rugged walks through bush, but we really need two baby carriers, one for each child as a pram simply cannot handle this kind of terrain. The other problem is that my 2 and half year old can't walk at the moment because he has a greenstick fracture to his lower leg. Having another carrier (in that lovely Sea Green :-) really would put us at an advantage because there simply isn't anything we baby-wearers can't tackle!! It makes me smile when I see babywearers in places that they otherwise would not be able to take their babies if they had a pram. Recently we went to the beach with some friends. Access to the beach was via a very steep and slippery path. I said to my husband that I would not dare attempt it with a baby just in my arms. With my baby in the carrier I had both hands free for my safety and my baby’s safety. I actually took her into the waves with her in the carrier and she never cried because she was safe against me. However our two and half year old was upset by the waves and was only happy when on daddy’s shoulders. I’m sure a carrier would have made him feel secure also. We love the beach and is so nice to be able to take the young kids too, can’t take a pram on a sandy beach.

Recently we were away interstate and realised just how wonderful baby wearing was as majority of the old railway stations do not have lifts or escalators as they are trying to keep the heritage feel. So pram owners don’t tend to travel by train at all, but we were able to sight see with ease.

We went to Mackenzie Falls in the Grampians with our son who wasn’t walking at the time. Access to the falls is via hundreds of steep stairs. We were thrilled that we were able to see the falls and also take our baby. Our kids have experienced so many things that they wouldn’t be able to see till much older if we didn’t baby wear.

Both kids have been on planes in carriers. Safety rules say they must be strapped into the parents belt for landing and take off. However for long flights there are a lot of times where no-one has to have a seatbelt on. I always felt a lot less worried about my kids safety knowing that if there was turbulence they were always attached to me and if I was in the toilet or eating my meal and it wasn’t convenient for me to put my seatbelt on. I could just hold on and know they were safe if I was holding on. I’ve also noticed prams have to be put in checked luggage whereas carriers can be taken on board. So our kids have never had to walk much at airports.

I have noticed from personal experience it is also safer to babywear, in crowded cities people don’t notice kids down low in prams and often put backpacks etc in kids faces without realising it, when baby-wearing my kids are at eye level and people are a lot more careful.

At home the only way I get any housework done is to use the carrier, even cooking is possible while baby wearing as my apron fits quite nicely over the carrier and my baby to keep us safe from splashes. I even do gardening while baby-wearing. I can dig up potatoes, water, weed, pick beans, put out mulch and plant seedlings while my baby sleeps against me.

Soon we are going camping and were hoping to go on some fairly rugged walks through bush, but we really need two baby carriers, one for each child as a pram simply cannot handle this kind of terrain. The other problem is that my 2 and half year old can’t walk at the moment because he has a greenstick fracture to his lower leg. Having another carrier (in that lovely Sea Green :-) really would put us at an advantage because there simply isn’t anything we baby-wearers can’t tackle!!

]]> By: Doug E http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1680 Doug E Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:58:01 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1680 There's a painting on wall in my cousin's lounge room, of an african lady wearing a contented baby on her back in a rainbow threaded carrier. It looks to me like she is just going about her daily life as a mother, life in the village must be completely different to our western culture but we do share a passion for baby wearing. Before Christmas I had to work interstate for a few weeks, I was fortunate that my wife and our two children could come with me. Having a two and a half year old son and a three month old daughter forced us to make some difficult kid transport decisions as we have one carrier and two prams. Taking the carrier was an easy decision as both kids love riding in it, but who would go in the carrier and who would go in the pram? My daughter hasn't really been in the pram as we've had a carrier since she was born. She tends to get preference for the carrier but my son still loves to be carried too. In fat de rides in it while I push the mower over the lawns, his head dwarfed by safety goggles and earmuffs while he hugs my back like a baby koala. So here we were, travelling with an infant in the carrier and a toddler in a pram. We got to Sydney Airport and decided to take the train into the city, but the station is quite a few levels down via lots of lifts or escalators. My wife is always anxious taking prams on escalators, and I can't say I blame her with the tight clearances, steep decent, and jostling crowds. We made it down a few levels to the ticket office quite easily using the lifts, but once we had bought tickets and needed to make one last decent to the platform we discovered that particular lift was out of order. I heard the train pulling in and rushed to the escalator stairs with my daughter safely in the carrier, which left my wife struggling with a heavy pram, anxiously hurrying down the escalator only to reach the bottom and struggle to lift the pram up on to the waiting train. Oh for another (Sea Green) carrier! There’s a painting on wall in my cousin’s lounge room, of an african lady wearing a contented baby on her back in a rainbow threaded carrier. It looks to me like she is just going about her daily life as a mother, life in the village must be completely different to our western culture but we do share a passion for baby wearing.

Before Christmas I had to work interstate for a few weeks, I was fortunate that my wife and our two children could come with me. Having a two and a half year old son and a three month old daughter forced us to make some difficult kid transport decisions as we have one carrier and two prams. Taking the carrier was an easy decision as both kids love riding in it, but who would go in the carrier and who would go in the pram? My daughter hasn’t really been in the pram as we’ve had a carrier since she was born. She tends to get preference for the carrier but my son still loves to be carried too. In fat de rides in it while I push the mower over the lawns, his head dwarfed by safety goggles and earmuffs while he hugs my back like a baby koala. So here we were, travelling with an infant in the carrier and a toddler in a pram.

We got to Sydney Airport and decided to take the train into the city, but the station is quite a few levels down via lots of lifts or escalators. My wife is always anxious taking prams on escalators, and I can’t say I blame her with the tight clearances, steep decent, and jostling crowds.

We made it down a few levels to the ticket office quite easily using the lifts, but once we had bought tickets and needed to make one last decent to the platform we discovered that particular lift was out of order. I heard the train pulling in and rushed to the escalator stairs with my daughter safely in the carrier, which left my wife struggling with a heavy pram, anxiously hurrying down the escalator only to reach the bottom and struggle to lift the pram up on to the waiting train. Oh for another (Sea Green) carrier!

]]> By: Mandy http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1679 Mandy Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:18:47 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1679 With 2 under 5 your baby carrier will ensure that we can get out and about and as a mum, I can still 'share the love' with the other two. Regardless of whether I'm doing my groceries, or we are at the park, the baby carrier will provide as much freedom as a new mum can get. What a blessing this would be. I love your sea green colour, it's just devine. With 2 under 5 your baby carrier will ensure that we can get out and about and as a mum, I can still ‘share the love’ with the other two.

Regardless of whether I’m doing my groceries, or we are at the park, the baby carrier will provide as much freedom as a new mum can get. What a blessing this would be.

I love your sea green colour, it’s just devine.

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1676 Jennifer Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:12:47 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1676 I love carrying my baby close to me and I could probably list more than 100 advantages of having our babies close to our heart, but I never thought that a carrier could save a life. Yesterday, my family in Chile suffered one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. They had to hold on to each other to avoid falling on the floor. They had more than 200 after shakes since the earthquake today. Parents are advised to hold their babies in their arms due to the high risk of another earthquake during the next 24 hours, as it is the only way of ensuring their babies are safe. You will definitely not use a stroller if you are running to save your life. I am travelling to Chile in two weeks time with my four year old daughter and my 8 month old baby. The first thing that I’m going to pack is my carrier and I'll love to give away one carrier in Chile. I love carrying my baby close to me and I could probably list more than 100 advantages of having our babies close to our heart, but I never thought that a carrier could save a life.

Yesterday, my family in Chile suffered one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. They had to hold on to each other to avoid falling on the floor. They had more than 200 after shakes since the earthquake today. Parents are advised to hold their babies in their arms due to the high risk of another earthquake during the next 24 hours, as it is the only way of ensuring their babies are safe. You will definitely not use a stroller if you are running to save your life.

I am travelling to Chile in two weeks time with my four year old daughter and my 8 month old baby. The first thing that I’m going to pack is my carrier and I’ll love to give away one carrier in Chile.

]]> By: Michelle http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1675 Michelle Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:04:53 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1675 As a single mother, babywearing isn't so much about the great outdoor adventure, its about getting things done without losing my mind. Lawn mowing? Check. Washing the car? Check. Prepare meals? That too. I even wear baby on my back at family gatherings when she insists on staying with me but I have hosting duties. I only have two hands, and they're very busy ones! Organic Sea Green would be wonderful. As a single mother, babywearing isn’t so much about the great outdoor adventure, its about getting things done without losing my mind. Lawn mowing? Check. Washing the car? Check. Prepare meals? That too. I even wear baby on my back at family gatherings when she insists on staying with me but I have hosting duties. I only have two hands, and they’re very busy ones!

Organic Sea Green would be wonderful.

]]> By: Teresa http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1673 Teresa Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:06:01 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1673 We like to be an active family, but find that with our 4 month old son it can be a bit of a struggle getting around with a chunky pram, I often like to catch a bus into the city so I can meet up with Hubby after work and it is increasingly becoming more of a hassle as i always have to wait for a wheelchair bus so the pram will fit. An ERGO would make all our lives a lot simpler and allow us freedom to just clip it on and go wherever we want to go. We also like to go bushwalking and every year we are involved with the rescue team for the Avon Descent, having an ERGO will allow us to continue to do this as a family as the terrain is not suitable for a pram, (Lots of rocks and bushes). We also have a trip planned to South Australia, I am currently thinking of leaving the pram at home and just carrying baby for the trip, which is set to include a fair bit of sightseeing in pram no-go zones, with lots of steps (Caves). An ERGO would save both our backs when carrying Lochlan and allow Hubby to have some quality bonding time just the two of them. A cranberry ERGO would be lovely. We like to be an active family, but find that with our 4 month old son it can be a bit of a struggle getting around with a chunky pram, I often like to catch a bus into the city so I can meet up with Hubby after work and it is increasingly becoming more of a hassle as i always have to wait for a wheelchair bus so the pram will fit. An ERGO would make all our lives a lot simpler and allow us freedom to just clip it on and go wherever we want to go. We also like to go bushwalking and every year we are involved with the rescue team for the Avon Descent, having an ERGO will allow us to continue to do this as a family as the terrain is not suitable for a pram, (Lots of rocks and bushes). We also have a trip planned to South Australia, I am currently thinking of leaving the pram at home and just carrying baby for the trip, which is set to include a fair bit of sightseeing in pram no-go zones, with lots of steps (Caves). An ERGO would save both our backs when carrying Lochlan and allow Hubby to have some quality bonding time just the two of them.
A cranberry ERGO would be lovely.

]]> By: Farah Puteh http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1672 Farah Puteh Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:01:50 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1672 My bub had been hospitalized for a month after he was born, right that instance everytime i came to him, he knew he wanted something from me that anyone else couldn't give other than milk, his mother's tender loving care. Everyday i would come and sit with him from morning til late evening, just to feed him, cuddle him & be there for him. I use hotsling at the moment, and the sling had been with us ever since, it brings us close together. It deepened our bond. Now, at 3 months my bub is as healthy as ever and could never leave his hotsling behind. But we both knew, we would love having a new carrier in navy colour as his gift for being healthier than ever before. My bub had been hospitalized for a month after he was born, right that instance everytime i came to him, he knew he wanted something from me that anyone else couldn’t give other than milk, his mother’s tender loving care. Everyday i would come and sit with him from morning til late evening, just to feed him, cuddle him & be there for him. I use hotsling at the moment, and the sling had been with us ever since, it brings us close together. It deepened our bond. Now, at 3 months my bub is as healthy as ever and could never leave his hotsling behind. But we both knew, we would love having a new carrier in navy colour as his gift for being healthier than ever before.

]]> By: Carly Brown http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1671 Carly Brown Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:16:35 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1671 I live within minutes of the beach. I love to go walks with my children along the shore line, with a pram its just well not going to happen! So with mu bubba moe (whick is getting small now.. sigh) and my baby bjorn, we go for walks.. my 5 yr old, 3 yr old and 10 month old. To add... We are building a house on a very sloppey block.. we are just starting to dig the pads. I thought i would go take some photo's of the progress, so with 10 month in tow i go out to the block.. a 30 min drive away. When i get there it has just finished a heavy down pour... just in time.. I put 10 month old in her carrier and step out... take my pictures and start to carefully walk down to the bottom pad where daddy is... low and behold i slip and land in the biggest mud pile... If i wasn't baby wearing; my baby would have been thrown... (as much as i would of tried to save her).. i wouldn't of been able to take any of the photo's if i would have had the pram... (prob would of saved the bruise on my upper legs..lol) So baby wearing saved my baby from injury and kept her safe.. I live within minutes of the beach. I love to go walks with my children along the shore line, with a pram its just well not going to happen! So with mu bubba moe (whick is getting small now.. sigh) and my baby bjorn, we go for walks.. my 5 yr old, 3 yr old and 10 month old.

To add…

We are building a house on a very sloppey block.. we are just starting to dig the pads. I thought i would go take some photo’s of the progress, so with 10 month in tow i go out to the block.. a 30 min drive away. When i get there it has just finished a heavy down pour… just in time.. I put 10 month old in her carrier and step out… take my pictures and start to carefully walk down to the bottom pad where daddy is… low and behold i slip and land in the biggest mud pile… If i wasn’t baby wearing; my baby would have been thrown… (as much as i would of tried to save her).. i wouldn’t of been able to take any of the photo’s if i would have had the pram… (prob would of saved the bruise on my upper legs..lol) So baby wearing saved my baby from injury and kept her safe..

]]> By: Suzanne http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1670 Suzanne Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:23:53 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1670 My favourite story that I can remember (sleep deprived mumma here ;) ) is that of the Melbourne Show last year. We brought 2 carriers along for the trip including my sisters Ergo ;) I have a 1 yo and a 3 yo. Our 1 year old was quite content being in the carrier all day however our 3 yo . . . well . . . has anybody tried to put a 3yo into a carrier for 7 hours straight let alone a pram, dreaming I tell ya ;) Anyway, we popped the additional Ergo into our back pack 'just in case'. It was so light and easy to transport. How on earth do you fold a pram up into your backpack? Anyway, later in the day Malakai (3yo) wanted a nap and 'hey presto' carrier came out, 3yo went to sleep and we kept trotting around the show feeling very chuffed at our freedom. Also was great on the train ride home as there was no way we would have been able to fit the pram on a train in peak hour. My favourite story that I can remember (sleep deprived mumma here ;) ) is that of the Melbourne Show last year. We brought 2 carriers along for the trip including my sisters Ergo ;) I have a 1 yo and a 3 yo. Our 1 year old was quite content being in the carrier all day however our 3 yo . . . well . . . has anybody tried to put a 3yo into a carrier for 7 hours straight let alone a pram, dreaming I tell ya ;) Anyway, we popped the additional Ergo into our back pack ‘just in case’. It was so light and easy to transport. How on earth do you fold a pram up into your backpack? Anyway, later in the day Malakai (3yo) wanted a nap and ‘hey presto’ carrier came out, 3yo went to sleep and we kept trotting around the show feeling very chuffed at our freedom. Also was great on the train ride home as there was no way we would have been able to fit the pram on a train in peak hour.

]]> By: Tegan Holyoak http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/2010/02/04/february-competition-ill-take-the-stairs-thanks-when-only-babywearing-will-do/comment-page-2/#comment-1668 Tegan Holyoak Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:40:18 +0000 http://blog.babesinarms.com.au/?p=753#comment-1668 I’m a family day care worker and own a Kozy. I use this almost every day so that I can go out with the children in my care and I have my 10month old daughter in the Kozy either on my back or if I need to breast feed on my front. It makes my life ssooo much easier when we go to the park or the library and I have a couple of other children that need my attention and need to breast feed/carry my non crawling/walking babe. Without it I wouldn’t be able to help a child down the slide or push them on the swing if my daughter also wanted to feed! Another place I was so so grateful to have my kozy was at the baby expo! My Goddess! So many people and so many prams! But I just walked straight through/over them! We didn’t have to stop for anything – except to buy something! Didn’t have to stop and wait for a clear path, to breast feed, to settle an upset babe – we just kept on walking! If I was the lucky winner I would really like a sea green - my husband has been eyeing these off for a while and would really like black but as there's no black he's picked sea green :) I’m a family day care worker and own a Kozy. I use this almost every day so that I can go out with the children in my care and I have my 10month old daughter in the Kozy either on my back or if I need to breast feed on my front. It makes my life ssooo much easier when we go to the park or the library and I have a couple of other children that need my attention and need to breast feed/carry my non crawling/walking babe. Without it I wouldn’t be able to help a child down the slide or push them on the swing if my daughter also wanted to feed!
Another place I was so so grateful to have my kozy was at the baby expo! My Goddess! So many people and so many prams! But I just walked straight through/over them! We didn’t have to stop for anything – except to buy something! Didn’t have to stop and wait for a clear path, to breast feed, to settle an upset babe – we just kept on walking!
If I was the lucky winner I would really like a sea green – my husband has been eyeing these off for a while and would really like black but as there’s no black he’s picked sea green :)

]]>