• This Month's Baby Carrier Giveaway
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This month's giveaway is the Patapum Baby Carrier in the color of your choice (Navy Blue, Black, Khaki). The Italian designed Patapum is a soft structured carrier (SSC) that can be worn on either your back or front. It is specifically designed to be comfortable for both parent and baby during long walks. As well, the Patapum is affordable, easy to use, lightweight, and provides ideal weight distribution across both shoulders and the waist or hip.

The PBC is great for everyday use and is equally great as a hiking carrier. The quality and comfort of the Patapum makes it one of the best baby backpacks on the market.


Features at a Glance
    Patapum Waist Pouch Included.
    Clean, stylish design
    Can be worn front or back
    Easy to wear and adjust
    Suitable from 5 to around 24 months.
    Adjustable waist up to 55 inches
    Soft removable sleeping hood
    100% Cotton Canvas Shell




To register to win the Patapum Baby Carrier follow this link to the August 2008 Giveaway: Patapum Baby Carrier post.



  • Past Babywearing Giveaways
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July 2008 Giveaway: Ball Baby Mei Tai in Trellis French Blue



  • Benefits of Babywearing
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Wikipedia has a great write up on the benefits of babywearing. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babywearing]
  • Mothers' progesterone (mothering hormone) is increased through physical contact with the infant, leading to a more intimate maternal bond, easier breastfeeding and better care. Thus lowering incidence of postpartum depression and psychosomatic illness.
  • Infants who are carried are calmer - all their primal/survival needs are met: caregiver can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, tasted, fed (breastfeeding mother) and motion necessary for continuing neural development, gastrointestinal and respiratory health and to establish balance (inner ear development) and muscle tone, is constant.
  • Infants IQ and brain mass are measurably greater. When primal needs are met, babies spend more time in a quiet state of attentive alertness, ideal for learning - rather than in a panicked survival mode.
  • Infants are more organized; parental rhythms (walking, heartbeat, etc.) have balancing and soothing effects on infants.
  • Infants are "humanized" earlier by developing socially; babies are closer to people and can study facial expressions, learn languages faster and be familiar with body language.
  • Developmental milestones such as learning to walk, talk and toilet train are reached earlier.
  • Contrary to western cultural myths, independence is established earlier.
  • Aggression is diminished.



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