Babies naturally have skin hunger. Carrying your baby keeps them close to you, where they hear your heartbeat and your voice and feel your warmth and movements. All of this gives your baby a familiar feeling. After all, they were carried with you in your womb for around 9 months. Being carried in a baby wrap or carrier reminds them of that lovely, safe feeling.

Carrying promotes the bond between parents and child. It creates a special interaction and has a positive influence on the baby’s development. Babies who cry a lot and babies with colic may become calmer when you carry them. Babies with reflux also benefit from being carried upright.

Carrying your little one in a baby wrap or carrier is much more comfortable than carrying them in your arms. It also leaves both your hands free, so you can do other things at the same time. Very convenient if you have several children—you always seem to be short of hands!

A baby wrap or carrier is ideal not only indoors but also outdoors. Just think of shopping, public transport, a walk in the woods, a day at the beach… All situations in which carrying your little one is much more convenient than using a pram. You are more mobile, and a baby wrap or carrier takes up hardly any space.

But most importantly, carrying is pure enjoyment! Nothing is as lovely as having your little one so wonderfully close to you. Enjoying a kiss on their head and a little one who peacefully falls asleep against you. And with the right carrier, you can enjoy carrying your little one together well into toddlerhood or even the preschool years.