Feedback
June 25th, 2010This page is for people who have had babywearing consultations with me to leave their comments on how they felt it went and what they found useful. I look forward to reading your comments and hope that they help those people who might be thinking about booking a consultation.
I had a one-to-one consultation with Debbie in May 2010 after discovering her services through the Southampton Sling Meet website. My second daughter, Imogen, was 6 weeks old and was very unsettled during the day. I was really struggling to cope with her need to be held all of the time while also giving my nearly-three year old the attention she also needed.
I sent Debbie an email and within a few days she was at my house with her own 2-week old baby! She talked me through the developmental stages of the infant spine and hips and discussed my own requirements with me. She then showed me how to use a woven wrap and within minutes my overtired, unhappy baby was sound asleep against my chest. She left me with a stretchy wrap to borrow until the next sling meet and a very happy young baby (and mummy!)
I can honestly say that I would never have had the confidence to try a wrap or mei tai or any other slings without this consultation but now I am a babywearing convert! I know how to safely carry my baby around with me and Imogen is a much happier little girl because of it. Thank you Debbie!
We hired a woven wrap from the Southampton Sling Meet but despite having had good instruction on how to use it at the Sling Meet we were struggling to tie it correctly. We arranged a consultation with Debbie who showed us very clearly how to use the wrap and demonstrated 3 different carries as well as getting us to try them several times. We are now much more confident at using the wrap and our daughter goes to sleep within minutes of being “wrapped”. It’s so useful to be able to put her in there and have my hands free to do things around the house. We’re really pleased that we had the consultation and would certainly recommend Debbie’s services.
We had Debbie come and show us how to wrap our daughter when she was about 4 weeks old. It was very interesting to learn about the benefits of wrapping, and having one-to-one help learning the different wraps was brilliant. It does take a lot of practice, but knowing the ‘tricks’ means that instead of taking me 15 minutes to do a wrap it now takes about three. Thanks so much Debbie!
I had a consultation with Debbie as I was interested in learning about different types of slings for my 4 week old daughter. I’d heard good things about sling use from various people but didn’t really know where to start learning about how to use them. Debbie was really helpful and showed the woven and stretchy wraps to me and my partner (as these were the types we were interested in) and demonstrated how to use them. We have borrowed one of each type until the next sling meet and every time my daughter has gone into one of them she has been asleep within minutes. Like the other reviewer above, she is not good at being put down. Since I have started putting her in a sling, she has slept for longer at a single stretch than at any other time. It was definitely worth having the one to one consultation so I could feel confident with the wrapping techniques. Thank you very much Debbie!