Because of Wearing
Some may say wearing babies is only for babies. Well, my babies are my babies forever so I will wear them forever!! Joking aside, we started our wearing journey over four years ago and it has been an integral part of our lifestyle everyday and I am so grateful.
![[Image consists of nine images of me, a light tan skin bespectacled Asian woman, with a preschooler on my back in a double hammock back carry with a candy cane chest belt using a pinkish reddish linen woven wrap. We are making silly faces to re-direct her energy from meltdowns.]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-34CkjrEsBZQ/Wbb38v1LxnI/AAAAAAAA8zY/5F8qfPsStzwkAqYllHCvg_QoUGoIsB40QCLcBGAs/s640/SoulCardinalLinen-watermark-8624.jpg)
Because of wearing we can travel freer.
Because of wearing naps can be on the go.
Because of wearing we can melt away meltdowns.
Because of wearing we can stay out way past bed time.
Because of wearing we can eat meals while soothing a teething toddler.
Because of wearing, we CAN.
![[Image of a smiling tan skin bespectacled Asian woman wearing a toddler on her back in a red and blue checked woven wrap carrier. They're in a green garden. In the background is a large fountain and several skyscrapers.]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wRtSUkT3tFE/Wbbt4jHvi_I/AAAAAAAA8yo/xCOWheQtU1kH3NJ2UCLmef0jELmXJFoCgCLcBGAs/s640/SoulSumac-watermark-4602.jpg)
Wearing our children empowers me as a parent. Wearing our children gives me confidence. On days when I feel like nothing is going right and the world is spinning the wrong way, I wear my children. I feel their sleepy heads rest on me and their breath slow to a steady rhythm, and I feel reassured. On days when everything is going right, I wear our children. Wearing is as much for them as it is for me.
Carriers featured in this post are made by Soul, a company in Bangalore, India that supports local, ethical, small scale industries with a team made up predominately of women. The Soul handwoven line is woven entirely by hand in South India, in government-run co-operative societies that are committed to fair-trade and ethical production. Soul jacquards are woven in an ethical and environment-friendly mill from Southern India, which uses only wind and solar energy to run their entire factory. They are a completely green manufacturing unit and after using the energy they need they have surplus to send back into the grid. Cool huh? Very cool.
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![[Image consists of nine images of me, a light tan skin bespectacled Asian woman, with a preschooler on my back in a double hammock back carry with a candy cane chest belt using a pinkish reddish linen woven wrap. We are making silly faces to re-direct her energy from meltdowns.]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-34CkjrEsBZQ/Wbb38v1LxnI/AAAAAAAA8zY/5F8qfPsStzwkAqYllHCvg_QoUGoIsB40QCLcBGAs/s1600/SoulCardinalLinen-watermark-8624.jpg)
Because of wearing we can travel freer.
Because of wearing naps can be on the go.
Because of wearing we can melt away meltdowns.
Because of wearing we can stay out way past bed time.
Because of wearing we can eat meals while soothing a teething toddler.
Because of wearing, we CAN.
Touring a city by foot? Got it.
![[Image of a smiling tan skin bespectacled Asian woman wearing a toddler on her back in a red and blue checked woven wrap carrier. They're in a green garden. In the background is a large fountain and several skyscrapers.]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wRtSUkT3tFE/Wbbt4jHvi_I/AAAAAAAA8yo/xCOWheQtU1kH3NJ2UCLmef0jELmXJFoCgCLcBGAs/s1600/SoulSumac-watermark-4602.jpg)
Eating up the local fair? No problem.
Nap time but there are puddles to splash? Check.
Teething troubles needing extra snuggles? Sleepy dust commence.
Both children need Mama simultaneously? Can do.
Wearing our children empowers me as a parent. Wearing our children gives me confidence. On days when I feel like nothing is going right and the world is spinning the wrong way, I wear my children. I feel their sleepy heads rest on me and their breath slow to a steady rhythm, and I feel reassured. On days when everything is going right, I wear our children. Wearing is as much for them as it is for me.
Carriers featured in this post are made by Soul, a company in Bangalore, India that supports local, ethical, small scale industries with a team made up predominately of women. The Soul handwoven line is woven entirely by hand in South India, in government-run co-operative societies that are committed to fair-trade and ethical production. Soul jacquards are woven in an ethical and environment-friendly mill from Southern India, which uses only wind and solar energy to run their entire factory. They are a completely green manufacturing unit and after using the energy they need they have surplus to send back into the grid. Cool huh? Very cool.
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Images have descriptions provided in the alternative text accessible to screen readers.
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