What is a babywearing consultant?
So, you’re wondering, “A babywearing consultant? What even is that anyway?”
Like someone who installs a car seat ?
Well, you know when you want to buy a car seat and you have to sift through days of research and data and measure things up and weigh up the pros and cons, and then after you’ve finally tabulated your spreadsheet and come up with your top 5 you find the best price and choose your favorite design and then you buy it and finally go and book in someone to fit the thing in the car properly to ensure the safety of your baby *inhale* - well - a babywearing consultant kind of does all that for you within an hour or so, but for a baby carrier.
Someone who has training in optimal positioning for babies and wearers
Babywearing consulting as a service is very popular in many parts of the world, and while carrying babies in carriers is quite common practice in Sydney, the professional consulting services are just beginning to grow. Basically a consultant has had more training in babywearing than the people selling them in the big brand baby shops including:
•babywearing best practices
•ergonomics
•baby’s physical development
•secure attachment and the impacts of this beautiful practice across the lifespan
•pros and cons and various features of a wide range of carriers / slings
•tips and tricks for troubleshooting common issues
•breastfeeding while babywearing
A consultant wants to use their knowledge to spread this magic within the community!
Provides education and fittings
As a consultant, I provide education around best practices for babywearing safety and optimal positioning. I can take you through a variety of baby carriers in my collection and demonstrate how to use them, fit them perfectly on you and provide tips and tricks for the future so you can get the best experience of carrying your baby in any situation. I can also help you with your own carrier and (provided that it is an ergonomic carrier to begin with) help you troubleshoot anything that might be making you or baby feel uncomfortable.
Focus on mental health and wellbeing: Attending a session at Nurture Nature Sydney Babywearing means that as a mother** you feel seen, heard and held during our workshop. We feature wellbeing themes throughout and also teach about the scientific benefits of babywearing for both the baby and the wearer.
Basically, we understand the value in babywearing for bettering our children, ourselves and our society and we are passionate about giving parents the confidence to wear their babies with EASE! (Because if it wasn’t easy, we wouldn’t be doing it)
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**the term ’mother’ here includes anyone who will be attending the session. I have had several sessions educating dads and partners so far and they have all had success with wearing their baby without any assistance.