Carrying benefits your baby. Tips to practice it

Today the common thing is to see families carrying their babies in strollers. Although more and more mothers are seen with the baby attached to their body through some device, it seems that the normal thing is to take them here and there with the stroller.

What if I told you that the cart was only accessible to the middle class around 1920? That the first cart was invented in the 1840th century but it wasn't until XNUMX that it became popular with the upper classes? Now the perception of normal changes, right?

What is porting?

The fact that the mother or father takes their child with them through some of the many options on the market. Scarves, backpacks, mei-tai ... The range is immense.

More and more studies confirm that this way of transporting children is tremendously beneficial for your health and for the cognitive and social development of your brain.

In all anthropological studies on the subject, the conclusion is reached that human beings have spent practically their entire existence carrying their young. It is not strange, all primates, the order to which humans belong, do it.

It's no wonder evolution has designed us to benefit from this practice. Let's see them.

Benefits of babywearing

• The fact of being in almost permanent contact facilitates breastfeeding.
• If the posture is correct, benefits the correct development of the hip.
• Prevents postural plagiocephaly, which is the crushing of the head from holding a posture for a long time.
• Reduces stress by feeling the baby more secure.
• Receive external stimuli at the height of its carrier. Thanks to this, the child learns the limits of his body better, that is, he improves what is called his proprioception.
• By having less stress, cries much less.
• Infant colic is reduced. Experts are increasingly saying that infant colic does not exist as such. It is really an accumulation of stress from being overstimulated and not feeling the security of contact with the mother.
• Strengthens the bond between mother and child by causing an increase in the production of oxytocin, the love hormone.

Keys to safe carrying

We have seen that carrying is very beneficial. This is so if it is practiced well. For this, the posture must be adequate:

• The baby's weight should be on the upper part of her ass.
• The back should form a rounded curve.
• The legs must be open and knees they must be taller than her ass.

Ultimately, the child must be placed in the posture known as the little frog. A picture is worth a thousand words:

Conclusion

In carrying everything are advantages, both for you and your baby. Notice to your child breathe close to you, the heat that it gives off and to be able to give you a kiss by making a small gesture, priceless.

Also, there is another benefit that we have not mentioned above,you are not tired of running over to people when you are in full agglomeration of people, as for example in a traveling fair? Or going around curbs, steps and other slopes? With the porting all those problems disappear.