Monday, December 21, 2009

Heart the babywearing !

Even since I'm yet a mommy, never cross my mind to look down or underestimate this babywearing's culture. Though many of us might think that babywearing is the 3rd class countries' life-style. Not, it's absolutely wrong! Oh gosh, I baru tau ada jugak orang yang memperlekehkan babywearing ni rupanya... Masyarakat kita ni banyak sangat disogok drama Indonesia agaknya, hahaha...

Guys, babywearing is actually far from new and has been practised for centuries around the world. However, since about 150years ago, bila dunia mengalami revolusi perindustrian dan ekonomi, ramai ibu2 yang mulai keluar bekerja membantu suami menjana kewangan keluarga, at that time many mothers had lost touch with the traditions of natural parenting in raising their kids, be it breastfeeding, babywearing, cloth-diapering and lots more. Sejak kebelakangan ni, bila kita dipanggil untuk turn back to nature, kita mulai sedar betapa banyaknya manfaat dan kebaikan dari perihal natural parenting. Sebab tu lah kita tengok sekarang ni ibu2 kat negara2 maju seperti Jepun, Amerika etc berlumba2 untuk kembali membesarkan anak2 dengan cara purbakala yang dimodenkan, bukankah itu sangat menarik, no?!

Ada berpuluh2(or maybe beratus2) jenis babywearing gears kat pasaran, sampai boleh naik julinglah kalau nak khatam semuanya. Ada ring sling, ada pouch sling, ada wrap, ada mei-tai, ada backpack carrier, ada ergo carrier, ada water carrier, ada organic carrier, huish banyahlah lagi! It's really depending on our own self to choose which one suits us most, tak boleh nak compare banding2 dengan orang lain, as for each person ada citarasa tersendiri kan. And it's not all about how much will it cost, belum tentu harga mahai tu yang terbaik kan, tapi yang paling utama ialah 'keserasian' dan 'keselesaan' the carrier for both mommy and baby...

Ok, for those yang bertanya tak sakit ker bahu tu galas baby berat2, kalau soalan tu diajukan pada I, the answer is YES, sakit. Hal ni sebenarnya kita kena tengok saiz baby tu, kalau dia kecik cinonet saja, contoh macam newborn memanglah tak terasa pun masa dukung kan, then bila baby dah makin besar, tengok pulak saiz ibu tu 'berkadaran terus' ka tak dengan bayinya, haha. Kalau nak fikir2, dukung without wearing the baby tu lagi laa seksa, lenguh woo tangan. Tak caya? Try laa, hihi... Oh ya, babywearing is also a best solution for mommies who has a problem to put their baby in the stroller, as for me Rafiqh dulu tak kesah pun either duk dalam stroller or being carried but I prefered babywearing him. And now, I love to babywearing Raziqh...

Tak kesah lah kan kalau tak berminat nak babywearing pun, bukannya jatuh hukum wajib pun, tapi toksah laa cakap babywearing ni takdak class, hadoiii...

Okey, enough about babywearing...
Petang semalam kami bawa the kids keluar jalan2. Singgah beberapa tempat, beli barang sikit2. Sejuk2 ni bukannya boleh buat out-door activities sangat pun, have to consider our 2R is still budak kecik so kena laa extra careful taknak depa jatuh sakit, even selsema!


Ni gambar semalam...
If you're wearing a jacket/coat, please put the sling 1st before the outer, barulah selesa...


Belum tidur...


Dah terlena...


Sebab semalam sejuk, I covered him with the sling, then baringkan dia terus. Alah, lupa pulak nak snap gambar Raziqh tidur baring, maybe next time...

My handsome sweethearts, like father like son...

8 comments:

ojasamid said...

wah, fith! mcm2 tau je akak dok tgh pk psl babywearing ni. haha..:p

ni ha...akak tgh dok pk nk tukar "gear". dulu pouch, skrg ring sling. (in fact, baby carrier brand Combi pon ada, org bagi. tp mcm xsesuai..plus, it is said to be a "crotch-carrier" n not a "baby carrier" lah..huhu)
i heart the RS. much better compared to the pouch, sbb boleh adjust sana sini (pouch ku itu OK, cuma kena resew sket br best). la ni style nk kuar ialah pakai sling kat luar selepas pakai winter coat, sbb sennag nk kua masuk baby kalau dia meragam dlm densha. cuma "Boukan taisaku" kena bacchiri sket lah. kami xde "mama-coat".

cuma lately, akak dh terpk nk beli "two-shouldered" babywearing gear. mcm ERGO ke, BECO ke, KOZY ke..tgk reganya mmg mahal gak lah. huhu.tp nmpk sgt raku nk bawak bb.

fith penah try mana2 jenis "two shouldered" ni tak? (other than brand mcm bjourn ke, combi, aprica tu sumer lah) mei tai ke, soft structured carrier ke..
tgh gigih jugaklah dok study terms n jenis2 gear yg ada ni. mmg smpi naik juling! kepala podh berasap2..haha

tp selagi tak dpt satu mcm tak lena tido je. plak tu bb makin hari makin berat. uhuhu..

Fith said...

Kak oja,
aah,mmg betul,kalau buh sling dlm jacket tu leceh sikit bila nak keluarkan baby kan.fith consider dr sudut keselesaan fith je,hehe.

oh kak oja,fith pun dah laaamaa nak beli 2shouldered style tu,minat kat ergo/meitai,tapi harganya huhu mahaiii...fith tak pernah cuba lg tp selalu dgr ibu2 yg pakai tu ckp tak sakit bahu kalau guna yg 2s ni,betul laa kot kan,cause kita imbang berat.

fith taknak survey laa,kang jd nak beli,hahaha.nanti kalau akak dah beli,bgtau fith ek,hehe.kot2 affordable,nak gak,hohoho

kew_chop said...

kita penah beli yg 2 shouldered style brand aprica kat baby off, 2nd hand pun mahal gak. tapi alih2 pi jual balik coz tak sesuai ngan kita. dahla byk sgt butang ketip2 tu, safety but mendokusai. kita tak study dulu tu yg salah beli, huhu..

::NaS:: said...

rock betul rafiqh pakai boot tu...hehehe

Fith said...

Murni,
owh ye ker,tuh laa kan,blum tentu yg mahai tu serasi dgn kita kan.fith pun terfikir nak cari kat kedai hard off je,rasanya tak mampu laa nak beli 1st hand,hehe...

Fith said...

Nas,
haha kakko ii laa konon kan...

Ina said...

cewah rafiqh ensemnyer mentang2 pakai boot adiah besday hehe :D fith ritu masa spring cleaning try buh ihsan dlm pouch. skali dia nk siap tertdo2 lg. ke xtau la sbb dia dh penat sgt smpi xlarat nk bantah hehe. tp tu diaaa sakittttt sgt bahu. terpk gak nk bli yg 2 shouldered. ingat nk bli yg style modern tu jela terus hubby pn xsegan2 nk pakai. tggu dlu bila dh perlu sgt baru bli nnt.

Fith said...

Ina,
haha mmg sakit bahu kan.cuma bila baby dah besar sikit mcm dulu bawa rafiqh kurang dah sakit sbb buh dia celapuk kat pinggang.tp mmg klau ada 2shouldered tu mesti lg best kan.fith pun dok aim ja,tp tgk2 dulu klau ada peruntukan bleh beli,hihi.klau ina dah beli,jgn lupa share info dgn fith ek,hehe