Tag: babywearing

• What Did Jane Austen Think About Motherhood | Pt 2.3

  

  In part one of this series, I covered the births of Jane Austen and her seven siblings, and the childcare strategies of her parents in 18th century England. Across the five chapters of part two, I will show that Jane’s attitudes about marriage were shaped– not by her desire to become a published author– but […]

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 29, 2021

  Babies, Jane Austen Series, Video

  19th century, baby, babywearing, breastfeeding, carrying, classic literature, education, history, motherhood, mothering, Regency

• ICBW Archives: Babywearing & Cerebral Palsy

  

  I wrote this article for the Iowa City Babywearers group blog, published on February 18th, 2018. We decided to retire the group in March of this year and our website will be expiring in November, so I thought I would salvage a few of the most popular articles and share them with TBH readers. At […]

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 19, 2020

  Babies, Blog

  accessibility, archives, babywearing, cerebral palsy, disability, ICBW, preschooler, special needs

• Stop that Carriage! | Runaway Stroller Trope

  

  The runaway baby carriage is a classic film trope but does it really happen in real life? where did the trope get started?

  Aradia Wyndham

  June 5, 2020

  Babies

  accessibility, baby carriage, Baby carriers, babywearing, buggy, disability, film history, history, infant care, internet of things, public transit, safety, smart strollers, stroller, trope

• Rani Lakshmibai

  

  Rani Lakshmibai, also know as Rani of Jhansi, has inspired countless works of art featuring her charging into battle on horseback with a baby on her back. In this video, we learn more about her life and what led to the famous scene.

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 28, 2020

  Video

  19th century, babywearing, biography, British Empire, history, India, Jhansi, military, The East India Company, Warrior Queen, women's history

• Syrian Baby Carriers in Ancient Egypt

  

  An Egyptologist from 1904 considers the infant carriers found on a 3,500 year old tomb wall.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 24, 2019

  Babies, Video

  18 dynasty, Ancient Egypt, anthropology, art history, asiatics, babywearing, back carry, Egyptian, Egyptology, featured, linen bag, Max W Muller, Middle Kingdom, mothers, rosetta stone, slavery, syria, syrian, Theban Necropolis, Thebes, tribute

• Crawling is Cultural… and Unnecessary

  

  What if crawling is unnecessary? There are cultures in which babies are not allowed to crawl and are never given floor time. What effect does that have on their development?

  Aradia Wyndham

  July 24, 2019

  Babies, Blog, Video

  A world of babies, Aboriginal, alma gottlieb, ancient, animalistic, Australia, baby proofing, babywearing, back to sleep, Bali, Barbara Rogoff, behavorial problems, Beng, bugaboo, carrying, Central America, central anatolia, Central Desert, child sacrifice, childrens bureau, Coolamon, Cornell India Project, Cornell University, corporeal punishment, crawling positions, crawling robot, culture, danger, delay, depth perception, developmental milestones, dirt cough, disability, featured, fireplaces, grandmothers, Hatsumi Maretzki, Hogbin, hypotonia, independence, India, Indonesia, infant carriers, infant development, James Doyle, Japan, John T. Hitchcock, Judy Deloache, learning disabilities, Leigh Minturn, Met Museum, neurological development, New Guinea, Nyabutan, Okinawa, Old Law, Olmec, Parraja, pulling up, put baby on the ground, Rajput, roomba, siblings, Six Cultures, socioeconomics, Sophia Peirroutsakos, stroller, Sunil Agrawak, superivison, superstitions, Taira, teaching, tete, The afterlife is where we come from, The Cultural Nature of Human Development, Thomas Maretzki, toys, tummy time, Turkey, walking, Warlpiri, Wogeo, work

• The Aymara People of the Andes

  

  Learn how the Aymara tradition of carrying their babies is reflected in their concept of time and language– and how infant carriers built empires.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 16, 2019

  Babies, Blog

  aguayo, alpaca, ancient, Andes, archaeology, Aymara, baby, babywearing, back carry, Bolivia, children, Chile, civilization, columbian exchange, custom, Empire, ethnic group, fashion, First Nations, Inca, infant care, infant carrier, language, linguistics, megoliths, mothers, native americas, Peru, polleras, quepina, shawl, south america, stone peoples, time, titicaca, Tiwanaku, tools

• The Inuit Amauti

  

  It’s difficult to make sure baby stays warm in the winter but imagine living in the arctic full time. Learn how the Inuit have combined baby carrier and coat to keep themselves and their babies warm.

  Aradia Wyndham

  November 14, 2018

  Babies, Blog

  airways, amauti, arctic, babywearing, Baffin Island, body heat, breastfeeding, Canada, climate, cold, cooperation, culture, EC, eskimo, First Nations, history, infant carrier, Inuit, naked, nanook, newborn, nomadic, Nunavut, parka, positional asphyxiation, preschooler, Project Naming, proximal care, resources, seal, skin-to-skin, skins, swaddling, toddler, toileting, tradition, University of Alaska, wood

• 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

  abuse, attachment, attachment parenting, baby, babywearing, biology, body language, Canada, carrying, colic, cry-it-out, crying, crying disorders, crying peak, culture, dicyclomine hydrochloride, education, excessive crying, experiment, Hunziker-Barr, Ian St. James-Roberts, infant, intervention, Italy, massage, McKenzie, media literacy, neglect, newborn, NHS, non-crying cue, parental perception, parenting, parenting styles, pharmacological interventions, proximal care, reduction in crying, reflux, research, responsiveness, science, scientific literacy, Sheridan, sleep deprivation, slings, stimulation, stress, supplemental carrying, Taubam, transport response, UK, vestibular proprioceptive stimulation, walking, Wolfe

• Babywearing in Hogarth’s London

  

  Let’s talk about the baby carriers in William Hogarth’s painting, “March of the Guards to Finchley” on display at the Foundling Museum in London.

  Aradia Wyndham

  November 12, 2017

  Babies, Blog

  18th century, art history, babywearing, featured, foster care, foster children, Foundling Museum, foundlings, illegitimate children, infant carriers, London, March of the Guards to Finchley, William Hogarth