Resources
Here is a list of resources for learning about babywearing, scientific research, vendors, and videos. It is by no means comprehensive at this time though we aim to flesh it out as much as we can in the future.
Information
Babywearing International
Babywearing International's Compendium of Carrier Know-How
The Babywearer
Sleeping Baby Production: FAQs
Babywearing research for care professionals
Positioning and hip dysplasia
Mental Health Care for Breastfeeding Mothers with Postpartum Depression (pdf)
Should You Wear a Baby Sling?
Scholarly articles and books
Videos
Greater Atlanta Babywearing
Tandem Trouble
Attached Mommies
Brittany Brown Marsh
Stephanie - Wearing Pluot and Kumquat
Wrapping Rachel
Denim Bei Dai
Babywearing Faith
Beatric Film
Amy Wraps Babies
Wrap in ASL
Babywearing International
Babywearing International's Compendium of Carrier Know-How
The Babywearer
Sleeping Baby Production: FAQs
Babywearing research for care professionals
Positioning and hip dysplasia
Mental Health Care for Breastfeeding Mothers with Postpartum Depression (pdf)
Should You Wear a Baby Sling?
Scholarly articles and books
- Blois, M, MD. (2005). Babywearing: The Benefits and Beauty of This Ancient Tradition. Pharmasoft Publishing.
- Littlefield, Timothy R. "Car Seats, Infant Carriers, and Swings: Their Role in Deformational Plagiocephaly," Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics 15, no. 3 (2003): 102-106.
- Anisfeld, E., Casper, V., Nozyce, M. and Cunningham, N. (1990), Does Infant Carrying Promote Attachment? An Experimental Study of the Effects of Increased Physical Contact on the Development of Attachment. Child Development, 61: 1617–1627. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02888.x
- Bauer, J., Sontheimer, D., Fischer, C., & Linderkamp, O. (1996). Metabolic rate and energy balance in very low birth weight infants during kangaroo holding by their mothers and fathers. Journal of Pediatrics: 129., 608–611.
- Bigelow, A. E., Littlejohn, M., Bergman, N. and McDonald, C. (2010), The relation between early mother–infant skin-to-skin contact and later maternal sensitivity in South African mothers of low birth weight infants. Infant Ment. Health J., 31: 358–377. doi: 10.1002/imhj.20260
- Infant Calming Responses during Maternal Carrying in Humans and Mice
- Tessier, R., Charpak, N., Giron, M., Cristo, M., De Calume, Z. and Ruiz-Peláez, J. (2009), Kangaroo Mother Care, home environment and father involvement in the first year of life: a randomized controlled study. Acta Paediatrica, 98: 1444–1450. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01370.x
Videos
Greater Atlanta Babywearing
Tandem Trouble
Attached Mommies
Brittany Brown Marsh
Stephanie - Wearing Pluot and Kumquat
Wrapping Rachel
Denim Bei Dai
Babywearing Faith
Beatric Film
Amy Wraps Babies
Wrap in ASL
Vendors