18/07/2026
Looking back at photos from 3 years ago after Kaiya was born, I definitely used babywearing as a tool early on. This post is proof that you only know what you know at the time. I look back and cringe at the fits of my early babywearing but I didn't know better.
I remember looking at this random branded stretchy wrap ( which I bought cause I got hammered with ads and liked the colour) how the hell do I use this? I figured I'd watch a quick YouTube video and try it out.
As you can see, this fit is not ideal. There's a lot of slack tires a little low. It's not really spread out across my shoulders. I'm not even sure her little hips were supported properly 🤦♀️
Then you look at the old Ergo carrier I had, which was a $20 carrier I found on marketplace that came with no instructions, I don't know how old it was and again I had no idea what I was doing when I put her in, but I looked at the photos online and did my best - with the information I could find.
I'm so grateful to have found Kangatraining and learning how to wear her safely. And then going on to do the training myself, to pass on all this babywearing knowledge to support other mums.
I also love seeing Babywearing Australia working towards making real change in this space to ensure everyone has access to safe babywearing information and avoid some truly scary carriers on the market.
