Go Anywhere – Page 12 – Onya Baby

Summer Travel Tips: Traveling with Baby

Summer Travel Tips with Baby By Jessica Menon, a.k.a., Gypsy Momma Summer is always an exciting time to explore your city, state, country, or the world with babies, toddlers, or kids in tow. Warm weather provides us with more options for things to do outdoors with little ones, from hiking to beaching it. Whether you are setting out with baby on a day trip to a local beach, or jetting...

Hot Weather Babywearing: How to Keep Cool in your Carrier

Summer babywearing: How to keep cool in your baby carrier Babywearing is awesome for countless reasons, but there are some things you need to keep in mind when summer babywearing. We’d like to share some ideas with you on how to keep cool in your carrier so you can keep having your babywearing adventures, even in the heat of the summer. Make use of a parasol or umbrella Sounds simple, right?...

Babywearing is Flat-Head Prevention

A study recently released by the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics indicates that an estimated 46.6% of babies between the ages of 7 to 12 weeks in North America will suffer from positional plagiocephaly, or “flat head syndrome.” (1) That’s nearly one in two babies! This largely preventable syndrome is widely assumed to be the result of over-use of infant holding devices, such as car seats, swings...

Babywearing Tip: Wear your baby in an in-arms position

Huh? What does that mean? All it means is that, when you’re babywearing your baby on your front, your baby should be positioned on you where you would hold her if you weren’t wearing her. Baby’s bum should be right around your belly button, not down around hip level – ouch! That’ll hurt your back for sure. Baby’s head should be close enough to kiss. This will be more comfortable...

Babywearing is…freedom to go anywhere.

What’s one truly great thing about babywearing? Well, it frees you up so you can go anywhere with your family, independent from strollers and car seats and other bulky gear. And what better time to celebrate the freedom of babywearing than on the Fourth of July? Because it is a celebration of independence – of freedom – for this great country of ours, after all, isn’t it? Yes. Yes it...