Carrying can significantly reduce the time spent by your child resting on his skull.
Carrying your baby actively participates in limiting the stresses and pressures exerted on his skull when he is on his back (responsible for cranial deformities).
Using a babywearing method is a simple and very effective way to fight plagiocephaly.
The more you carry your baby, the more you decrease the risk of a flat head.
Babywearing also has many other advantages for the baby:
- Comfort the baby: through parent-baby closeness.
- Stimulates muscle tone: contributes to the development of the muscles of the neck and back.
- Strengthens cognitive development : increases the level of attention and exploration.
- Promotes sleep: reduces involuntary movements and heart rate.
- Facilitates digestion: because the baby is in an upright position, promotes burping, reduces reflux and reduces colic
Health professionals recommend that you carry your baby as you see fit, for as long as you want, provided you respect the baby's physiology.
Carrying is said to be "physiological" when it respects the child's natural posture.
Here are the criteria to be respected for a physiological carrier:
