Tag: attachment

• Body Hair

  

  Non-human apes don’t need a tool to carry their infants in part because they have body hair for their infants to cling to but it’s more complicated than simply having body hair and a baby that can grasp it.

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 24, 2018

  Evolution of Babywearing

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• Does Babywearing Really Reduce Crying?

  

  Can an infant carrier stop your baby’s cry hole? Science says… probably not. But it might make you feel better.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 7, 2018

  Babies, Blog

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• Transport Response

  

  Wouldn’t it be great if there was some infallible trick to calm a crying baby? According to science, there just might be. (Get on your walking shoes.)

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 30, 2017

  Evolution of Babywearing

  20th century, altricial, ambulatory carrying, Anneliese Korner, attachment, babywearing, Caroline Ross, carrying, chronic pain, crying, David Pederson, disability, Evelyn Thoman, Gianluca Esposito, holding, Ian St. James-Roberts, IMMR, Italy, Jeremy DeSilva, mammals, newborns, parasympathetic, parkers, precocious, relaxation, research, riders, supplemental carrying, technology, touch, transport response, Urs Hunziker, vestibular proprioceptive stimulation, walking

• Big Babies

  

  It’s not just that human babies are helpless at birth, it’s that they’re so huge, at least when we compare them to the size of other apes’ newborns. Fortunately we have all kinds of technology to help us carry them around. But how far back in history were our evolutionary ancestors dealing with these big babies?

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 19, 2015

  Evolution of Babywearing

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• The Beng Babies of the Côte d’Ivoire

  

  Learn more about Alma Gottlieb’s book “The Afterlife is Where We Come From” on the culture of infancy involving reincarnation and carrying among the Beng.

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 19, 2015

  Babies, Blog

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