Grow Wild by Katty Bowman

Author:Katty Bowman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943370160
Publisher: Blue River Press
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

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BABY-CARRYING POSITIONING

Dr. Tia Ukpe-Wallace is a physical therapist specializing in pelvic health and self-care through body literacy. She shares her perspective on baby positioning. Find more from her at selfcarephysio.com and at ©selfcarephysio on Instagram.

As a physical therapist and a mom, I am a huge proponent of inward-facing baby-wearing. I wore my baby, who is now six years old, for the first six months of her life until she could start sitting up on her own. Not only was inward baby-wearing a hugely intimate bonding experience for me as a first-time mom, but I also knew that it would have great benefits for her overall hip development. Whether it is carrying baby in arms or in a baby carrier, I knew that her hips would be in the most optimal positioning, which would ultimately set her up for ease when it came to crawling and eventually walking. In addition, when I held her in my arms, she would also learn to use her leg and hip muscles for holding on to me as I held her in one arm and performed tasks with the other.

As I have seen her continue to grow and develop, my daughter continues to remain versatile in her movements and able to maintain good hip and leg strength and mobility, which I greatly attribute to optimal positioning as baby.

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