Breastfeeding While Babywearing

I had no idea what a huge help to breast feeding babywearing was! Now, I don't know how I would live without it. "Little" is such a happy baby and as long as she is rested and fed she is so much fun to hang out with. I love being able to just jump up and head out of the house, even at the last minute, without having to worry about a feeding or nap schedule. Babywearing and breast feeding on their own make us a very mobile duo but doing it together makes us unstoppable! We don't have to stop what we are doing. If she is hungry, she eats. If she is tired, she sleeps. All while we are out and about LIVING LIFE!

I thought it would be a lot harder than it is. It did take a couple of tries to get the hang of and, to be honest, I didn't even give it a try until she was about 5 months old. But now I wish I had started sooner! Now that she is almost 10 months old we do it anywhere we are. Each carrier works a little differently but you can do it with any of them.

The Woven Wrap- This one is great if you are looking for a little more "privacy". Depending on how you have your LO wrapped the sides can completely cover and no one will even know what's going on in there. Not that I am promoting covering up...Oh no...I say feed feed feed anywhere and everywhere. However, I have had a couple of moments where I just felt more comfortable with a little more coverage. (like on the train with that creepy guy staring at me across the way)

The Mai Tie- As seen in the photo to your right. This one is pretty easy to just loosen the straps and drop her down low enough to be able to latch on. Then tighten back up so as you are moving around she can stay snugly latched on and not be disturbed by being bounced around.

The Soft Structured Carrier- Like the Boba, Ergo, Onya, Etc... These are great but I feel like they are not quite as easy and fast to adjust so "Little" can get her feed on. You have to adjust all of the buckles/straps which I'm sure if you use them a lot you get the hang of it pretty quickly. I'm still more of a wrap/mai tie kind of girl but now that "Little" is getting bigger I think I'm going to have to find one of these that works for me to help take some of the strain off of my shoulders/back.

Ring Sling-to be completely honest....I was never very good with this one. Personally, I feel like these are best for when your baby is much smaller. I would welcome any comments from mama's that love their ring-slings and breastfeed in them even as their "Little" gets bigger.

This is how good I've gotten at breast feeding while babywearing: sometimes at bed time I will nurse her in the mai tie, she will fall asleep, I will untie us and lay down in bed all with her still latched on and asleep. Then within a few minutes I can slowly remove myself from her and the bed and voila...down for the night!

Oh and you know I have to mention this:
Breast Feeding + Babywearing = Burning MORE calories = loosing more weight
Yeay!!!!