Welcome to the Resources Page at Amy Wraps Babies!

Here you'll find resources on many topics so you can be successful with babywearing in woven wraps. If you're looking for something not found here, please let me know - I love finding resources! Email amywrapsbabies@gmail.com.

* This is a page for sharing resources, many of which are NOT created by Amy Wraps Babies. Please use your best judgement when navigating to a site outside of amywrapsbabies.com.

Use these links to jump down the page (on mobile scroll down to the written list):

• For Beginners - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#beginners
• For All Skill Levels - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#anyskilllevel
• Social Justice and Accessibility - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#socialjustice
• Tandem Wearing - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#tandem
• Preemies, Birth Defects, and Disabilities - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#physical
• Safety and Hip Dysplasia - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#safety
• Research, Benefits, and Mood Disorders - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#research
• Wrap Conversions - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#conversions
• So so so much else - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#other

 

Resources for Beginners

• Start here: 3 Steps to Babywearing in Woven Wraps - amywrapsbabies.com/beginners
• Getting wraps:
  • How to try before you buy - amywrapsbabies.com/try-wraps
  • How to purchase your first wrap - amywrapsbabies.com/buy-wraps
• Learn Babywearing Safety basics - amywrapsbabies.com/safety
  • Find more Safety info below - http://www.amywrapsbabies.com/resources.html#safety
• The first carries to learn with a base size wrap - amywrapsbabies.com/first-front-carries-base
  • Or start learning carries with a short wrap - amywrapsbabies.com/first-front-carries-short
  • Wait, what's base size and short size mean? - amywrapsbabies.com/wrap-sizes
    

Other info on purchasing wraps:

• A great run-down of sizes, fibers, thicknesses, and more by Modern Babywearing - https://modernbabywearing.com/2015/07/21/so-you-want-to-buy-a-woven/
• Tips on just about every category to think of when researching what to purchase by Becoming Mamas - http://www.becomingmamas.com/how-to-buy-a-woven-wrap/

 

Basics for Any Skill Level

• Extensive list of tutorials - amywrapsbabies.com/tutorials
  
• Complete Glossary of woven wrap-related terms - amywrapsbabies.com/glossary
  
  • Wrap qualities explained - amywrapsbabies.com/wrap-qualities
    
  • Wrap parts dissected - amywrapsbabies.com/wrap-parts
    
  • The passes that make up each carry - amywrapsbabies.com/wrap-passes
    
    • When you're done learning the passes take our BuzzFeed Quiz! - https://goo.gl/blZII3
      
• Wrap sizes - amywrapsbabies.com/wrap-sizes
  
• Reviews of woven wraps - amywrapsbabies.com/reviews
  

 

Social Justice and Accessibility

• Decolonizing Babywearing: an excellent blog that highlights the columbusing and Westernizing of traditional babywearing - http://decolonizingbabywearing.tumblr.com/
  
• Cultural appropriation - http://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/sites/default/files/resources/teaching_resources/think_before_you_appropriate_jan_2016.pdf
  
• Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person (by one of my favorite bloggers who is sadly no longer writing, The Feminist Breeder) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-crosleycorcoran/explaining-white-privilege-to-a-broke-white-person_b_5269255.html
• Decentering Whiteness - https://ofcourseitsaboutyou.com/2014/11/30/decentering-whiteness-in-activism/
• The Dos and Don'ts of Being a Good Ally - http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/10/01/the-dos-and-donts-of-being-a-good-ally/
• Image Descriptions and How to Write Them - http://hubpages.com/art/Image-Descriptions-And-How-To-Write-Them
• What is "Ableism"? - http://www.stopableism.org/what.asp
• Ableist language replacement words (the ksej.livejournal.com links have the most alternatives listed) - http://isthisableism.tumblr.com/sluralternatives
• I'm not a "Person with a Disability": I'm a Disabled person - http://www.xojane.com/issues/i-am-not-a-person-with-a-disability-i-am-a-disabled-person
• Babywearing Love and Support group on Facebook for a lot more links - https://www.facebook.com/groups/babywearingloveandsupport/

 

Tandem Wearing

Twins

• Tandem Trouble offers lots of tandem-wearing tutorials and reviews of wraps and carriers - https://tandemtrouble.com
• Gentle Parenting Twins (formerly TwinMommy101) offers babywearing advice and so much more - http://www.gentleparentingtwins.com/
  

Different Ages/Sizes

• See Tutorials for tandem tips.
  
• Also several online Communities dedicated to Tandem Wearing.
  

 

Physical Considerations: Preemies, Birth Defects, and Disabilities

General

• Therapeuticbabywearing.com has a full list of resources for babywearing from preemies, wearing with medical devises, limited caregiver mobility, and more. They also have great posts in general, highly worth the click.
• Lift Me Up: Babywearing to Thrive: non-profit organization dedicated to providing ergonomic babywearing carriers to families who have children with special needs - http://www.babywearingtothrive.org/, also on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/liftmeupbabywearing/
• Video tutorials are listed on the Tutorials page.

Preemies

• Kangaroo Mother Care is an organization that emphasizes skin-to-skin contact which is facilitated by babywearing in all forms - http://www.kangaroomothercare.com/
  • Skin-to-skin Contact is the related organization to KMC, aimed at health professionals - http://www.skintoskincontact.com/
• Kangaroo Care Benefits by Krisanne Larimer - sites studies and benefits for preemies that extend to full-term neonates as well - http://www.prematurity.org/baby/kangaroo.html
• Preemie Babywearing by Alena Mondiewicz, a mother of six with two premature births - https://centralmissouribabywearers.com/2014/01/03/preemie-babywearing/
• Babywearing Saved Me: Even The Tricky Ones - http://babywearinginternational.org/2016/02/29/babywearing-saved-me-even-the-tricky-ones/
• How Babywearing Changed Our Lives - https://centraliowabwi.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/how-babywearing-changed-our-lives/
• Babywearing International has a couple posts with more resources for caregivers of preemies - http://babywearinginternational.org/tag/preemies/

Down Syndrome

• Babywearing and Down Syndrome: Tesla's Story by Kristi Hayes-Devlin - https://wrapsodybaby.com/babywearing-and-down-syndrome/
• Babywearing and Down Syndrome at the Maiden Matallurgist - http://www.themaidenmetallurgist.com/2014/03/20/babywearing-and-down-syndrome/

Deaf, DeafBlind, and Blind Babywearers

• Wrap in ASL: Deaf Babywearing Education and Support - https://wrapinasl.wordpress.com/
• Learning to wear as a blind mama at Beltway Babywearers - http://beltwaybabywearers.blogspot.com/2016/02/learning-to-wear-as-blind-mama.html
• Finding Help With Baby Carriers by Blind Moms Connect - https://blindmumsconnect.wordpress.com/tag/babywearing/

Caregiver Disabilities

• Babywearing with a Disabilites Twist by Disabled Parenting - http://www.disabledparenting.com/baby-carriers/
• ​Why babywearing rocks, especially with special needs by Sarah Orsborn - https://erniebufflo.com/2014/03/18/why-babywearing-rocks-especially-with-special-needs/
• Babywearing can enable disabled people - https://bwikc.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/babywearing-can-enable-disabled-people/

Other Personal Accounts

• Baby-Wearing, Toddler-Wearing, Eleven-Year-Old-Wearing by Rachel Coleman - http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2011/08/10/baby-wearing-toddler-wearing-eleven-year-old-wearing/

 

Safety and Hip Dysplasia

General Safety

• ABCs from Babywearing International - http://babywearinginternational.org/what-is-babywearing/safety/
• The TICKS rule of babywearing also covers the same basic info in a different acronym - http://www.schoolofbabywearing.com/Images/TICKS.pdf
• The Baby Carrier Industry Alliance (BCIA) gives us additional information on carrier safety - http://babycarrierindustryalliance.org/babywearing-safety/consumers/
• BWI Infographic about being ready for back carries - https://www.facebook.com/bwikitsap/photos/a.502183663158833.108584.452814784762388/1072755909434936/?type=3&theater

Hip Dysplasia

• Extensive information about hip dysplasia from Sheffield Sling Surgery - http://www.sheffieldslingsurgery.co.uk/healthy-hips-busting-some-myths/

 

Research, Benefits, and Mood Disorders

Research

• Babywearing Research for Babywearing International by Steffany Kerr (part 2 of 3 parts linked in article) - http://babywearinginternational.org/2015/08/03/babywearing-research-part-2-relevant-research/
  
• Does infant carrying promote attachment? by Henrik Norholt - http://blog.ergobaby.com/2012/01/does-infant-carrying-promote-attachment/
  

Benefits

• Seven Reasons to Carry Your Baby by Rosie Knowles - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rosie-knowles/seven-reasons-to-carry-your-baby_b_10144192.html
  

Caregiver Mood Disorders

• Babywearing and Postpartum Mental Health by Christie Chapman and Sarah Rockwell at IBC 2014 (video) - https://vimeo.com/album/3217534/video/120261445

 

Ring Slings (and Wrap Conversions Coming Soon)

• Getting To Know Your Ring Sling by Gentle Parenting Twins. Brief history lesson, extensive comparison of shoulder styles currently available, finished with shopping tips - http://www.gentleparentingtwins.com/blog/getting-to-know-your-ring-sling
• Ring Sling Shoulders on Babywearing 102. Extensive list of shoulder styles, many of which are exclusive to their converters - http://babywearing102.tumblr.com/post/52795393030/ring-sling-shoulders
• Ring Sling 101 with Mat York. How to use ring slings and tips for optimum comfort; info about fibers and an adorable toddler-wearing demonstration - (https://www.facebook.com/ThatDadMat/videos/272388053098164/
• Ring Sling Troubleshooting: Getting a Great Seat by Wrapping Rachel on YouTube - https://youtu.be/8t3IEESRmQs
  

 

OMG So Many Resources I Haven't Made Pretty Categorizes Yet

Fitness

• Basics to keep in mind for any type of babywearing exercise - http://gretchenlouise.com/babywearing-workout/
• More basics from Wrapsody - https://wrapsodybaby.com/babywearing-fitness/
• Strength training without weights - http://breakingmuscle.com/womens-fitness/exercising-with-your-baby-the-babywearing-workout
• Babywearing Circuit Workout - http://www.fitforexpecting.com/2013/12/12/babywearing-circuit-workout/
• Babywearing Yoga Video - http://www.yogamamablog.com/?p=499
• Babywearing Yoga Poses - http://www.yogamamablog.com/?p=481

Weave Oddities and Imperfections

• Good photos and explanations of skips, pulls, weavers knots, etc: http://www.marsupial-mamas.com/blogs/news/13102849-marsupial-mamas-what-to-expect-with-your-woven-wrap

DIY

• Baby Origami, DIY Style - http://manicpixiedreammama.com/baby-origami-diy-style-the-fabric-store/
• DIY with Onsaburg fabric - https://wrapyourbaby.com/do-it-yourself-woven-wrap/
• Related - Babywearing on a Budget - http://www.bwiaustin.org/babywearing-on-a-budget/

Resources Coming Soon - Newborns, Toddlers, Geeking, Summer and Winter, Petite, and Plus-Sized Caregivers

Need something that isn't listed? Let me know and I'll send it to you and probably add it here too! Contact me at amywrapsbabies@gmail.com.