Tag: infant carrier

• 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

• 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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• Baby Feet

  

  Human feet are unique in the ape family, made for walking instead of grasping. For our babies this means two fewer grasping limbs to help cling to their mother, which means that during the evolution of bipedalism, infants had a harder time hanging on. How did our ancestors survive?

  Aradia Wyndham

  July 12, 2017

  Blog, Evolution of Babywearing

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• Medieval Babywearing | European Infant Carriers

  

  With the talk of which culture has the exclusive rights to this or that, some have wondered if people of European descent should use infant carriers at all. To which I can only groan (and share this post).

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 27, 2015

  Babies, Blog

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• 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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• They See Me Riding

  

  Why is it that some mammals can just leave their babies in a den or nest, while others carry theirs around (or have them cling on) through out the day?

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 2, 2015

  Evolution of Babywearing

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