A Simple Baby Wrap With Many Benefits
It’s Babywearing week (Nov 12-18) and we thought it would be perfect timing to highlight the Moby™ Baby Wrap, especially since there are so many benefits to wearing your baby.
At first I was a little overwhelmed when I took my wrap out of the cotton bag: 5.5 meters of soft stretch cotton cloth. What now?
Because I am a visual learner, I decided to watch the instruction video from Moby™ Wrap. Simple!
Moby™ Wrap’s Classic Hug Hold
The video demonstrates the ‘classic hug hold’! It is incredible easy to follow and a few minutes later – voilà – I had my Moby Wrap perfectly wrapped around my upper body.
I tried it with my friend’s 5 month old baby, and I have to say it is incredibly comfortable and secure. I was worried at first that the baby could fall out easily, but if you follow the instructions, your baby is absolutely safe.
WATCH VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS HERE
Another great feature about the fit of this baby wearer is that the wrap uses your entire back, as well as your shoulders, to carry the weight of your baby. Good for baby, good for mama too!
I love the soft cotton feel and how easy it is to wash! I also like the simplicity of this wrap. No buckles, snaps or other fasteners. It is easy to adjust the fit by varying how tightly you wrap yourself and your baby. Your baby’s head can also be secured under the stretchy cotton fabric for added safety.
There are many ways to wear your Moby™ Wrap. You can wear your baby facing you, facing the world, sideways or on your back. To view instruction on other wraps, please visit Mobywrap.com
Watch Out For Fire Retardant In Many Other Baby Carriers
The Moby™ Wrap does NOT contain fire retardants but many other baby carriers do! So do strollers! So, here at SafBaby we feel that wearing your baby in a fire-retardant-free baby wearer is a safe alternative to being surrounded in unnecessary and harmful chemicals!
Fire retardants have been linked to serious health disorders such as cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption, neurological and reproductive dysfunction and learning disabilities such as ADHD, mental retardation, and hyperactivity.¹ So, we’d rather this toxic additive not come near our babies and children!
Benefits Of Babywearing
- Bonding with your Baby
- Baby feels safe and secure
- More convenient and mobile than strollers
- Sooths and comforts a fussy baby
- Frees both hand of parents to do something else
- Extra weight = burn more calories (Say bye-bye to that extra pregnancy weight!)
Moby™ Wrap For Infants And Toddlers
The Moby™ Wrap is an optimal baby carrier for premature infants and is still comfortable carrying a child up to 35 lbs. This weight range is great!
I also like that you can use the Moby™ Wrap as a blanket, pillow, sun shad on your stroller, or anything else that comes to mind, when not being used as a carrier!
You can machine wash it in cold water and tumble dry low. There may be a slight shrinkage after washing but once you start wearing your Moby™ again, it will stretch out.
The Moby™ Wrap is available many different colors and patterns including 3 different EKO certified Organic Cotton and ranges from $ 39.95 – 69.95. You can purchase Moby Wraps through their website here.
SafBaby Moby™ Wrap Give Away
Share your birth story with us here (comment below) and enter your chance to win our next GIVE AWAY: A Moby Wrap (a $39.95 value!).
Story does not need to be lengthy, we would just love to hear what you wished for, and what the outcome was. If you wish to share more, great! A random winner will be pick on Dec. 15.
Thanks for sharing!
HAPPY BABYWEARING WEEK!
Links
1 Birnbaum L., Staskal D. (2004). “Brominated Flame Retardants: Cause for Concern?” Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112; Gundersen Y, Vaagenes P, Reistad T, Opstad PK (2005). “Brominated Flame Retardants May Cause Brain Injuries In The Fetus And The Newborn” Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 17125(22):3098- 100; Eriksson P., Jakobsson E., Fredrikson A. (2001). “Brominated fl ame-retardants: a novel class of developmental neurotoxicants in our environment?” Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 109, No. 9, pp 903-908.
Category: 0-1 yr, 1-3 yrs, Baby Wearing, Bonding, Give Aways, Organic Cotton, Product Reviews
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I have 2 children and both birth stories are very different. Since you mentioned keeping it simple I will do just that.
My first baby I had in a hospital and ended up having a C-section. I hated that I could not get out of my hospital bed and had to stay laying on my back.
We had our second baby at home with a midwife and birthed naturally, VBAC! The freedom of being able to move around, sit in a warm tub and so much more made for an unbelievable difference between my 2 birth experiences.
My husband and I were finishing up the last-minute to-dos on our condo when my water broke. I was 38 weeks, so we were both a little surprised. Called the doc, arrived at the hospital and 8 hours later (about an hour and a half of actual pushing), our beautiful baby girl arrived! Despite all my research and preparation, nothing can prepare one for an experience like that. It’s so surreal!
Great site, btw. Adding it to my Google Reader. Looking forward to future posts!
Not sure if this is too late to reply…
I wanted, planned and prepared for a natural home waterbirth- and even though there were times that I doubted myself, that is what we got! A beautiful 10 lb 9 oz baby girl born at home in the water- it was really amazing! (I can’t wait to do it again!)
Your site looks great, I am looking forward to reading past posts as time allows. Thanks for sharing this much-needed information!
My husband and I just absolutely knew that we were having a boy. My 20 week ultrasound showed that we were having a girl. We were both shocked but within minutes we were so excited to meet our little girl.
I started having preterm labor at 34 weeks. We had MANY visits back and forth to the hospital for several weeks.
It was so nice to finally hear at 39 weeks…. “You are 4cm we can finally admit you!!” It was such a sigh of relief.
Just 24 hours later and 3 hours worth of pushing I delivered my beautiful baby girl Emma. She was 7lbs 3oz & 19 3/4 inches long.
We love every minute with her.