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Babywearing as an Inclusionary Act
Babywearing creates a familial and social environment that promotes inclusion of the child or parent into the lives of the people around them. This can humanize premature births, NICU stays, illnesses...
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Using Babywearing to Build Health Equities
September is Black Infant Mortality Awareness Month African American babies die at 2-3 times the rate of Caucasian babies. This high infant mortality rate is due to a disproportionate number of black...
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Therapeutic Babywearing Lecture; Oklahoma City, OK 10/9/2014
Just heard that this lecture has received approval for 1.5 hours of continuing education for nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists. It is open to everyone and is free. Register for no...
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New resource document for organizations that donate baby carriers.
Here is a document with a list of 7 organizations that provide baby carriers to specific caregiver populations for free or a reduced price. Please educate yourself about the organization before...
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Babywearing and Infant Loss
My first advice this morning is to not read this. But if you have to, like I did, go get a few tissues and be prepared to be changed. I’ve thought quite a bit about this subject but I couldn’t even ask...
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Babywearing Lecture at the University of Oklahoma
We had a great time presenting babywearing to nurses, nursing students and doulas today at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing. Boomer Sooner!
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Wearing Older Children
Anyone who babywears long enough will inevitably hear criticism. Sometimes it seems that the criticism becomes stronger or more frequent the older the child is. There are many reasons why parents and...
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The Impact of Babywearing on Postnatal Mental Health: Mothers’ Voices
Originally posted on Aimee Gourley NI: According to the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (2012), childbirth is a significant risk factor to women’s mental health. There is a marked...
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3rd Annual Therapeutic Babywearing CE Lecture
Somehow it’s been another year. Please join us in celebration of International Babywearing Week. We will be holding our CE lecture with some new information and demonstration of babywearing by...
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Babywearing Children to Decrease the Effects of Marginalization on People...
It’s been nearly a year that I discussed with a friend about mainstream education. Being the parent of neurotypical children, I had some preconceptions about how mainstreaming works to promote...
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Avoiding Paternalism in Babywearing Education
When I began my role as a babywearing educator, I did a lot of reading. I felt a responsibility to know the dimensions and differences between all the big box store brands and the more well known...
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Continuing Education at the 2016 International Babywearing Conference –...
For the second International Babywearing Conference in a row, Babywearing International has applied for ANCC contact hours. If you’re wondering why ANCC contact hours would be beneficial for a...
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How Newton’s Law of Cooling Affects Babywearers :)
How Newton’s Law of Cooling Affects Babywearers Well, not really. But I liked how the title sounded. What this post is really about is preventing heat-related illness or injury while babywearing in...
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World On My Shoulders now a 501(c)3
I had the privilege of chatting with Julia for a bit during the 2016 International Babywearing Conference earlier this month. So I hopped up and down a little when I saw the announcement that her...
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Cheryl Marie Wade
I watched this two days ago and I’m still thinking about her. So many problems in healthcare with how people with disabilities are spoken to, spoken about, spoken over. Disability as diversity....
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Gráinne and Tessa’s Babywearing Story
This is one of the most amazing babywearing stories I’ve read. I’ve been fascinated with Gráinne’s introspection and views about what babywearing did for them within their unexpected and incredibly...
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Never Believe Predictions that Don’t Empower – Sean Stephenson
It happens everyday. Healthcare professionals give new diagnoses and prognoses to caregivers whose children have rare syndromes. I have to believe that healthcare professionals want to do what’s best...
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Babywearing at the Oklahoma Occupational Therapist Association Conference,...
It’s that time of year. Time to move, work, clean out, take inventory, and make plans to talk about babywearing to Occupational Therapists. The American Occupational Therapy Association states that an...
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Babywearing to Promote Safer Sleep for Preemies
(photo description: new mother reclining in a hospital bed at a 45 degree angle with a new baby wrapped snugly to her with his cheek on her chest) The initiation of the Back to Sleep campaign in 1994...
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How Newton’s Law of Cooling Affects Babywearers :) – repost from last summer
How Newton’s Law of Cooling Affects Babywearers Well, not really. But I liked how the title sounded. What this post is really about is preventing heat-related illness or injury while babywearing in...
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