Baba Slings- About

The Baba Sling is a infant carrying device for babies up to 2 years old, although some people comfortably use it up to 4 years.

° Breast-feed, soothe and put baby to sleep while in the Baba Sling

° Great range of vibrant coloured fabrics (100% cotton)

° Shoulder padding with two comfortable wide straps for greater control over baby's positioning.

° Baby can be worn in a number of positions: facing away from or toward parent or care giver, on the hip, reclining for easy breastfeeding and/or sleeping with head either near shoulder padding or opposite it, on the back in either a piggy-backing position or lying down for younger and smaller babies or use two slings at once with twins.

° Thick adjustable side-release ski buckle, which can be either at the front and above the breast or at the back

Top Midwives both in Australia and Aboard praise the Baba Sling for it's comfort, special design features, safety and quality of workmanship. Some comments from Parents are "We Love it!", "Thanks, it's beautiful." "It's so comfortable, I can hardly even feel my baby, she's so light!" "Lovely!" "Thankyou for making our lives so much easier!" (Please look at our testimonial page for more comments)

News Flash: Baba Slings are now being used in the below listed Australian Hospitials: Nambour General Hospitial, Maleny, Selengor, Royal Womans, The Birth Centre in Brisbane, and many. As well as Child Care Centres throughout Australia.

Tribal people knew the benefits of wearing babies and small children. Today, medical research supports this ancient wisdom.

Here are some of its findings:

°According to studies at Tulane University, Baby Slings offer the single most successful method for optimal neurological development in infants

°Wearing baby creates children who feel secure and confident in themselves, their parents and their environment

°A parent is hands-free to fulfill daily activities, yet remain close to baby

°Centuries of baby-wearing have shown that children are physically, emotionally and mentally better off when worn in a sling for several hours a day. This allows a mother’s and father’s deep responsive nature to well to the surface, and anticipate baby’s requirements

°Baby wearing provides the exact amount of stimulation an infant requires to develop muscle tone, increase cardiac output and circulation, promote respiration and aid digestion. It energizes the vestibular nervous system. Infants experience reduced rate of wind and colic. Carried babies often are better able to complete their exterogestation period than those who are not

° Regular carrying of babies produces ‘quiet alertness,’ where the baby peacefully and calmly observes its surroundings without fussing and crying. One study found that wearing babies reduced crying and fussiness by 43% during the day and 51% at night Premature and special need infants can also gain much by being worn, for it creates a space similar to the womb

°Baby wearing assists levels of the mothering hormone prolactin. Mothers who use a sling tend to feel much closer to their babies which in turn enhances breast-feeding

“We have been studying how baby wearing improves behavior. Parents would come into our office exclaiming, ‘As long as we wear our baby he’s content.’ Research has validated this parental observation: babies who are carried more cry less.”
DR William Sears M.D.
Martha Sears R.N.
“The Discipline Book”

“Bodily connectedness is the basis of that interconnectedness with others that we call society, and this is brought about by the closeness of mother and child in infancy. Such a close bodily relationship is the basis of feeling good about oneself.”
Ashley Montague
“Touching”

“From the time babies are born they learn and grow through sensitive communication with their environment. Physical touch transmits the whole world from parent to baby, as well as providing deep healing and nourishment.”
Joyce and Barry Vissell MD, RN, MS