Archive for June, 2010

M’Liss Stelzer talks about sling safety at the International Babywearing Conference

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Click here to read a summary of M’Liss Stelzer’s talk at the 2010 International Babywearing Conference in Idaho, written up by Jan Andrea, discussing the safe use of slings and comparing their use to the very real risks associated with infant car seats.

My favourite quote from this article: ‘it would be misleading to say that being held is “beneficial” to babies and their caregivers: it is simply what we are wired to do, and anything else is actually detrimental.’ :-)