Hi Everyone,
Let me introduce myself, I'm Emma a carrying educator. My little girl is now 2 years old and she is my first child, so relatively speaking I'm fairly new to babywearing. I've been carrying her in slings since around 2 months old.
So how did I wind up doing this?
I really wanted to carry my baby - I'd heard so many positive benefits. I really thought due to family history that I might suffer with PND and I wanted to do as many things within my power to help create that special bond with my baby from day dot. This started with prepping for the birth itself (another story, for another time, but it was such an empowering experience) , and once she was here realising I wanted to breastfeed, and get out to all the babygroups - again to really help on that mental health front and so on.
Anyway, so there I was on Google researching the 'best' baby carrier and it all seemed so confusing! After reading so many reviews I decided on a pre-tied wrap (now I know this was a carry assist at best) and a more strucutred carrier - an Ergo Omni 360. Well I liked the stretchy - but I later discovered how poorly I was wearing it, and the Omni I just couldn't take to it, it just felt too bulky, and there were so many clips / buckles! I then heard other mums talking about sling library's, another said I might quite like a woven wrap, and suggested some groups to join online, and it was there that I stumbled across other consultants. After getting a bit of help with wovens, I really fell in love with carrying, then thought, wow this is something which our area could really benefit from - in-person support, and the signposting to that too - it honestly would have made my life simpler, and then the other aspects, all the safety, knowing that a good carry should feel super comfortable. I wished I'd known how recommendations when it comes to carriers don't really work all that well, and being aware there were other sling types, and so many variants which I can tune to my own preference, and initially totally off my radar that I have grown to love would have been so beneficial in those earliest of weeks, when baby really doesn't want to be put down.
These feelings got me investigating the how to's in helping others, so over time I purchased the slings that I needed for a remote consultancy course, paid with a payment plan to help things be more affordable (especially as this was during my maternity leave) and the rest as they say is history! To help build my confidence I started some pop-ups locally, and once I started creating bookable appointments, and people began recommending me to others things have gone from strength to strength.
I'm now about to embark on more CPD - this time an in-person consultancy course which I'm looking super forward to in October :)
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