Photo Gallery N atural parenting WAHM Links Mom Pack links Other Links Our Policies S hopping Psychological Benefits to Babywearing. A baby is unable to discharge its own energy when it is laying on its back looking at the ceiling or the inside of a stroller or bonnet. Studies with monkeys have shown those deprived of touch have more difficulty coping with stress than those who are held.
Stress is known to cause diseases in humans.
Carried babies see and experience the world, they participate with their parent, develop their senses faster, cry less, learn more, and thrive better because they are less bored and more relaxed and secure. According to Dr. Brazelton, each infant has an individual threshold for stimulus which can be used for organization and learning. Clinical studies have shown frequent carrying makes a baby less prone to undesirable addictions. Insecurity makes us less able to cope with life's trials appropriately and we substitute by developing unhealthy addictions, everything from alcohol and drugs to over eating, over spending, over working, etc. Sling babies are less clingy.