by Your Patuxent Babywearing Volunteers photos shared with permission by Patuxent Babywearing members Babywearing selfies are a fun way to celebrate babywearing. Many of us snap at least one almost every time baby goes up! Though it’s easy to feel a little babywearing-obsessed if you share a bunch of them on social media, I encourage you to […]
Let’s talk about boats and babies! One question we hear frequently in Maryland is “Can I wear my baby on a boat?” The short answer is . . . No. We are huge fans of babywearing! #WEARALLTHEBABIES! However, in a boat, babies should wear a life jacket. Maryland law states that all children under the age […]
Learning to nurse in a carrier can make life with your baby much easier. Imagine that you’re at the park with your two year old who is running around playing. Your baby is snuggled against your chest in a soft carrier. You are pushing your older child on the swing and you notice that your baby is […]
In order to better get to know the volunteer educators for Patuxent Babywearing, we will be featuring an interview with a different volunteer every week. This week’s volunteer spotlight is Christina Fowlkes! Name: Christina Fowlkes Children: Whitman/5 years, Hensley 2 years Meetings attended: Lexington Park Other jobs, volunteer positions, credentials? La Leche League Leader, retired […]
In order to better get to know the volunteer educators for Patuxent Babywearing, we will be featuring an interview with a different volunteer every week. This week’s volunteer spotlight is Kristin Emerson! Name: Kristin Emerson Children: Max – 5, Maren – 3, Ian – 10m Meetings attended: Odenton How did you discover babywearing? YouTube! It […]
In order to better get to know the volunteer educators for Patuxent Babywearing, we will be featuring an interview with a different volunteer every week. This week’s volunteer spotlight is Ryann Gerwig! Name: Ryann Gerwig Children: Riley 6, Ashton 4 Meetings attended: Prince Frederick How did you discover babywearing? My mom wore my sis and […]
In order to better get to know the volunteer educators for Patuxent Babywearing, we will be featuring an interview with a different volunteer every week (or almost every week – sorry for the brief hiatus!). This week’s volunteer spotlight is Jessica Mullins Grimm! Name: Jessica Children: Logen (10) Oliver (8) Jaxen (7), Lincoln (3) Meetings […]
We saw and thoroughly enjoyed “The 15 Kinds of Nursing Babies” and it got us thinking about the worn babies we’ve met at Patuxent Babywearing. Babies have all sorts of silly antics while being worn. Here are some of the babies we’ve encountered in Maryland. The Leaner This baby likes to scare random strangers by hanging his or […]
By Autumn Hunter Traveling, particularly by air, can be a challenge when traveling by yourself, let alone when traveling with a child or children. We took our first road trip when my son – now just over 2 – was only 8 weeks old and our first flight when he was 4.5 months. It was […]
In order to better get to know the volunteer educators for Patuxent Babywearing, we will be featuring an interview with a different volunteer every week. This week’s volunteer spotlight is Jennah Watters! Name: Jennah Watters Children: Ainsley – b. 2012, Tucker – b. 2015 Meetings attended: Leonardtown/Lexington Park Other Job: Full time, I am a […]