Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!mark From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Snugli-like pouches and growth problems? Message-ID: <5034@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 09:21:41 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.5034 Posted: Thu Feb 9 09:21:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 04:46:01 EST References: <2184@hplabs.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 18 There are lots of differently designed things which hold the infant more or less upright next to your body. Some rules of thumb for picking these (made up on the spur of the moment but based on 2 kids): the child should be on your chest, not your back, for the first 6-12 months. They should not be reclining, but lengthwise with their tummy on your tummy. You should be able to put them in the pouch and then put the pouch on you (This is more important in the reverse situation, when they are asleep in the pouch and you want to gently take them off and lie them down.) In two different cities we have lived in the local La Leche League had someone who made a version of the pouch in her home that was just right. -- Mark Weiser UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!mark CSNet: mark@umcp-cs ARPA: mark@maryland