Health Professionals Say
Physiotherapists -
recommend hug-a-bub®s’ ergonomic design because it reduces strain on shoulder, neck, and back muscles. It is recommended for those with some chronic back problems.
Lactation consultants -
favour the wide hug-a-bub® wrap for discrete breastfeeding and the ability to breastfeed your baby horizontally or vertically.
Midwives and childbirth educators -
promote hug-a-bub® for easing the transition for the baby from the womb to the world. It helps relax new mothers, promotes bonding and reduces post partum depression.
“A mothers…ligaments and muscles will take on average of 3 months post delivery to go back to her pre-pregnancy firmness, So the hug-a-bub® protects and nurtures her, not to mention that by keeping the baby with her she reduces her own stresses and she can continue with her normal life style choices, while getting to know her Baby”. Anne McLeod Taylor Midwife, Registered Nurse, Childbirth educator, Lactation Consultant Natural Therapist
Osteopaths and chiropractors -
recognise that the width of hug-a-bub’s fabric and the wrapping technique, ensure that the baby’s weight is evenly balanced and supported by the whole torso and does not compress the baby’s developing vertebrae.
“As an osteopath I can recommend with full confidence the use of the hug-a-bub® baby carrier as a means of alleviating the stresses and strains all too frequently seen in my practice in mothers (particularly) with children of carrying age”. Eve Schoenheimer D.O
Psychologists -
report that frequently carried infants experience the elements of motion, pleasure, warmth, security and a variety of stimulation that ensures their healthy physical, intellectual and social development.
Paediatricians and Early Childhood Nurses -
acknowledge that hug-a-bub® greatly reduces crying and calms fussy or colicky babies.
“ I find I can settle one baby in the hug-a-bub® while attending to another, the babies are comfortable, relax and settle very quickly. It is easy to put the baby in and easy to take the baby out without disturbing them. Babies with Cerebral irritation, reflux and colic seem much more settled.” Anne McLeod Taylor Midwife, Registered Nurse, Childbirth educator, Lactation Consultant Natural Therapist more
Occupational Therapists
agree that many ‘special needs’ from which babies can benefit are created by the close physical contact provided by the hug-a-bub®.
Childcare professionals -
use the hug-a-bub® to settle babies. It is an instant way of calming them and making them feel secure in an unfamiliar environment.
Premature Infant Carers -
experience that even the tinniest premature infants can be safely held in a hug-a-bub®, skin-to-skin, against a parent or carer’s chest, (known as Kangaroo Care), helping to stabilise their heart and respiration rate, encourages weight gain and greatly lowers the mortality rate.