baby carrier

Where is the safest place for newborn babies? The answer is easy, in the arms of Mum or Dad. A baby wants to stay with her mother or father because she wants comfort, both in physical and psychological terms. Recent studies have shown that contact between a baby and her mother make for a happy child.

Q : Why is a baby carrier necessary?
A : Because a child and her mum feel safe. A baby carrier is like an extra hand for a mother holding her child! It can be used from birth, so from when a newborn baby comes out of hospital and on short walks too. As babies grow, it is even harder to carry them. With a carrier, the child’s weight is evenly distributed, making it easy to carry your child in your arms or on your back.

Q : What is the most important thing to consider?
A : A child should never be constricted and the carrier must be adjusted as she grows. Plus a baby carrier should be made so it can maintain a child’s natural posture – accounting for the fact that a child is not yet fully developed – and so that it can fully support the child, safely, and can be easily put on and taken off with a simple buckle system and, if it is used for a long time, is not too heavy on the shoulders or around the waist of the person wearing the carrier.

Physical contact from holding a child in your arms or carrying her on your back makes her feel secure and promotes brain and mental development. Skin-to-skin contact and the mother looking at her child in her arms help the mother and child to bond. Recent scientific studies claim that insufficient physical contact can cause impediments or disorders relating to the brain and may affect emotional and social behaviour.