International Babywearing Week:

It's international babywearing week, and I thought I'd start by listing MY reasons for babywearing, just in case you were wondering why us nutty ladies like to strap our screamin' babies and toddlers to our bodies so we don't get any no-touchy time, and can't escape our offspring.

1. When I'm wearing Snapdragon, he isn't screaming, he's generally pretty content.
2. Creepy people in public don't touch my baby when I'm wearing him, because they have to violate *my* personal space to violate his, and that's a lot more intimidating.
3. My hands are free and yet I still have complete control over where my baby is. With a stroller your hands are only free if you let go of the stroller, and I don't know about you, but that always leave me with an unpleasant feeling in the bottom of my stomach.
4. He's close enough to nuzzle and kiss.
5. I don't have to wonder where my baby is, if he's dangling from his swing, or otherwise upset if I have to get some housework done.
6. I don't have to have room in the trunk of my car for a bulky stroller.
7. I have room in the shopping cart at the grocery store for um... groceries, without balancing the "bucket" precariously where I'd rather set my milk, eggs, and bananas.
8. Snapdragon actually naps in the sling. I can't say the same for any other baby containment device.
9. I can breastfeed him discreetly and hands-free if I need to, even in public, like at my best friend's wedding when he was some 11 days old.
10. If I have a milk tastic leakage moment, it doesn't matter that my shirt is wet and spotty, because all anyone else is seeing is my lovely sling, and the cute baby in it.
11. It's really hard to run off with a baby who is tied to his mama.
12. I don't have sore arms from carrying my chunky baby like my spouse does.
13. Snapdragon visually explores his environment with more overt curiousity when he's being worn. I think he feels more secure.
14. Snapdragon isn't afraid of strangers when he's being worn.
15. Did I mention I can nuzzle and kiss on mah behbeh when I'm wearing him? Yeah. That.

What do you love about babywearing?