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it’s the bag-slings though, which i thought us baby-wearers already knew were bad? maybe i’m mis-informed, though…
Can I please use this for my event tomorrow? We’re (volunteers/parents) doing a babywearing (and other things) booth at an early childhood fair. I just want to print it for my babywearing binder folder. Yep, for the cover. It would be perfect.
The CPSC doesn’t specify bag slings. They just say “sling” style carriers. They warn against certain positions for the baby and mention a need for industry standards on carriers.
But there are a heck of a lot more warnings against various cribs on their website than carriers. Which is funny because I think these are the same folks that insist that babies should sleep in cribs.
Well, I’m all for getting information out. But I’ll be interested to see if these guys end up taking some official stance on this. Or worried that they’ll take an official stand. At this point, they just seem to be saying, “be careful – be mindful of the airway,” which is probably good advice.
Life is fragile and there are so many ways to die that it’s a miracle so many of us make it to adulthood. I don’t want to make light of the deaths that happened from the bag slings.. what a horrible way to lose a child!
But I must add some satire in anticipation of an official stance by CPSP on slings.. Just remember that germs also kill some babies. So be careful not to touch your infant’s face, kiss his feet, blow on his belly.. and please stop letting your little one suck on your nose like that! We recommend wearing non-latex disposable gloves on freshly washed hands every time you touch your newborn in any way. If you choose to breastfeed, shower before every feeding.
Many children have died in cribs- they haven’t offered any “official” warnings about not sleeping with your baby. I would like to see one like that- (official voice…) The CPSC today issued a warning against babies sleeping alone & published a list of reasons why it’s healthier for your baby to co-sleep……
a bag sling? sounds like an oxymoron to me. Only thing that comes to mind is Billy from “Where the Red Fern Grows”
Oh & Julie, you forgot the Boric Acid! Yep the “professionals” used to recommend Nursing moms wash their TaTa-s in Boric acid before feedings! (Mommy knows Worst, good book)
I went to our local BirthNetwork meeting last night and it was on Babywearing – ah, the cosmic timing
We covered a lot of types of carriers and talked about the pros and cons of each. Also mentioned the story in the news that led to the warnings that everyone is blowing out of proportion. I read in another article that there were 8 deaths in slings in 20 years of slings! 8 deaths!!!! when so many more have been in car seats, swings, cribs and other things of that sort….
In the meeting, we covered safety, which are better to carry preemies in, nurse in, etc. It was well done and so many new faces with good questions!
what? we can’t use slings? What are we supposed to do with our children? Pod people them until they are legal age?
This feels a bit like sabotage. Like we already get some flack for nursing our babies and cosleeping from those who choose to ignore their mommy instincts and have guilt over it or whatever is going on there. Now I’m going to get dirty looks for having my baby in a sling?? Guess what, I’m not stopping! I know in my heart this is the right way! I think all mothers do just some give in to the pressure and don’t have proper support. Ah well ladies, one step forward two steps back…
Most of the deaths (13 in 20 years) occured in the Infantimo brand sling. They also were predominantly low-birth weight twins w/ respiratory infections.
if you are looking for it, you will find it.
babies are fragile. i am so sad that babies have died in slings, in family beds, in homes, in cribs, in strollers, in schools.
the truth of life is that no matter how careful you are and no matter what you beleive in, terrible things happen all the time.
to me, this is even more reason to give as much love and comfort to your children as you can in the face of an uncertain world.
I started to write something but then I got so off onto a rant that I stopped and backspaced the whole thing. I really shouldn’t step out of my protective bubble and into the “real” world – did that Friday and now I want to scream. sigh. Mama’s we are doing our best and we should be proud of wear slings and breastfeed our babies. The world will be a better place because we have raised our children well with love
Well said, Erin.
I had a sling with elastic along the edge that I tried to use when my first was a baby. His head would be inside and he hated it. I tried it again with my second and he hated it too. It did fold them up and I think they would have had trouble breathing. I don’t see this as a warning against baby wearing but a caution to be sure your baby is in a good position when in a sling/wrap/carrier.
I’ve been trying to spread the word that it’s the bag type ones that are the problem- carriers where the babies are upright and you’re belly to belly/belly to back/belly to hip haven’t been linked to these problems.
oh, bejebes, there was another sling recall…damnitdamnitdamnit… how are we supposed to defend our choice to use slings against gov’t officials now?
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10177.html
Infantino Slingrider recall
That (Infantino) is the kind I had – and I got mine over 10 years ago! I knew that thing was a problem. Like I said, when I tried it my babies were folded up, their heads were down inside the elastic, and they hated it. I even called the company about it and they said maybe my baby was too short. (They were normal length babies.)
“On average, about two children die each year from stroller-related incidents.” From the CPSC’s own website. Yet the statistic on slings is less than one per year?
Every time I talk to a mom who “tried a sling and couldn’t get it to work” it is that darn Infantino thing. Actually had a rep contact me about their slings a while back and I told them why couldn’t ever recommend them and that they should hire some moms who have actually ever worn a baby to consult on new designs. *sigh*