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@outofplace_christian Have you checked if there are any Babywearing groups or educators in your area? You’ve gotten lots of good tips and links here but honestly the best way to learn is in-person.

@sharmini A woven wrap is the option you can use earliest, but it is an advanced skill, you definitely want to have a lot of practice with front carries in a woven before trying a back carry. Someone showed me how to do a back carry with my first baby at 2 months, but it took months for me to...

@brewster1118 I mostly did not try to get a lot of housework done while babywearing at that age, and instead went on lots of long walks.

@pitcharan I’m fine with it if the seat is a bit narrow, just trying to figure out what will fit for a decent amount of time. My older kid only really started to fit in the kinderpack standard around 1 year old, and was comfortable in there for over a year. I’ll take a look at the SB and Oscha...

@chriatopher Yeah, the kid Lark says it starts at 3T, so I would think it will be a while before that will work for us (tempted to get it for my big kid but I don’t think we wear him enough for it to be worthwhile)

Hi! I have an 11 month old and up until now I have mostly used everything BUT an SSC (woven wraps, ring sling, onbuhimo, meh dai). But now that he’s getting bigger and reaching the “pick me up! No, put me down!” stage, the convenience of an SSC would be nice. I have a standard size kinderpack...

@katrina2017 I just did a search, I can’t find a single thing linking narrow-based baby carriers to hip dysplasia, but there are a lot of studies indicating that wide-based carriers may be beneficial for hip development.

@neilhall I forgot to mention that I had a baby who was at risk for hip dysplasia due to breech positioning, and I was told to avoid swaddling (sleep sacks and “hip healthy” swaddling were ok), prolonged time in the car seat, and babywearing in the cradle position in ring slings or in...

@tenesia I personally don’t love it (for ergonomic reasons and because having to turn the baby around after 20 minutes is a hassle), but lots of people want to do it and I can understand why. Yes, back carrying is more ergonomic, but also it is more daunting and has safety concerns as well...

@tenesia Take a look at the article I linked. Also, here’s another one: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C24&q=car+seats+hip+dysplasia+&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1685206594154&u=%23p%3D6DCI3JPQLekJ Note that the research focuses on infants who have risk factors for hip dysplasia or...

@neilhall I’m glad you asked this question, I think you are right that there really is not much actual research out there on this topic. I found this review article interesting: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8688658/ What I gleaned from this is that hip dysplasia is most likely...