Winner- #50 lotus82
Some of my favorite moments with my baby are when she is snuggled up close to my chest. And having a wrap definitely helps keep her close to my heart while still allowing me to move about in my daily life. Introducing Sleepy Wrap!
Elizabeth from Sleepy Wrap designed a baby carrier that you wrap around yourself, tuck your baby into and go about your day based on the need to want to keep her child close to her warm body and out of a cold stroller. I don't know about your baby but mine won't let me put her down. But I also know that I cannot spoil her at this age and that nurturing her is my number one priority right now. A wrap is different from any other carrier or sling because it is so versatile in how you can hold your baby and it is the only one that gets your baby right next to your body rather than snuggled into a fabric cocoon.
I often call the time after birth the fourth trimester. Your baby has lived snuggled up inside of you as close to your heart as anyone else can get for 9 months. Once they are born we are so conditioned in our society to get them as independent as we can and as early as possible. But I want to encourage you to take your time with your child and to get to know them before they're too big for your lap. And believe me that time comes far too fast!
Sleepy Wrap was kind enough to send me a beautiful chocolate colored wrap to try out. And not only did I wear it but when I had my wisdom teeth removed and on an occasion when I left baby at home with Daddy he, too, put on the wrap to wear the baby!
This is what my husband had to say, "It was hurting my back to hold her but carrying her in the wrap made it so much easier on my spine. And she calmed down! In fact she fell asleep just a few minutes after I put her in it."
What I LOVED most about the Sleepy Wrap was the fabric. I've used other wraps before but the fabric of the Sleepy Wrap is different. It is softer and stretchier. So it does mean I need to make sure I have it secured a lot more tightly around my waist but it also means it is more breathable, soft and comfortable for both the baby and for me. The fabric conforms to my baby's body better than other carriers so it doesn't feel like it is restraining her but hugging her. I have used the carrier on walks around our neighborhood on windy days and it seems like I can pull it up over her head so much easier and it doesn't upset her. With my other wrap if I try to pull it over her head it pulls down on her, strains her neck and she fights it!
Whenever I wear my baby in public people stop to smile, to stare. I've never had a negative reaction from a single person. They always want to know where I got the wrap, how I got it on (view video here!) or just comment on how beautiful it is to see a mother carrying her baby instead of just leaving them in their carrier, unheld.
Babies who are carried (taken from their main page):
- Cry Less! (43% less overall and 54% less during the evening hours)
- Are Healthier! (gain weight faster, have better motor skills, coordination, increased muscle tone, and sense of balance)
- Get a better view of the world! (babies pushed in strollers or lugged around in car seats only get to see the adult world at knee-level)
- Become Independent Faster! (making them more confident and less clingy)
- Sleep Better! (they fall asleep quicker and sleep for longer periods of time)
- Learn More! (not overstimulated, but calm and alert, observing the world around them)
- And are just plain Happier!
I think my only suggestion is.......... come out with more patterns! Ha ha! Love this wrap and I love getting to share it with all of you.
WIN IT:
And one of you is going to win their own Sleepy Wrap Classic, for yourself or for someone you know! This is a $39.95 value!
To Enter:
MANDATORY:
Visit Sleepy Wrap, browse around, and then come back here to leave me a comment with your first and second choice for colors in the Sleepy Wrap Classic (one comment only)!
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(please leave a NEW comment for each one):
-If you follow Girly Girl Giveaways publicly via Google Friend Connect. If you say you follow but I can't find this blog on your 'following list' all of your entries are disqualified.
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My first color choice would be black, the second would be red!! :)
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first choice green second choice light blue!!! such pretty colours :)
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my first choice would be light blue - second would be brown.
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1st choice is Beige, 2nd Pink.
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