How The BWing Journey Is Going

It might seem crazy to some people that i just recently started to wear my almost-22-month-old daughter. For me, its been a chance to bond in a way we hadn't been able to before. The time she spends in her sling is a whole new learning experience. She sees things from a different perspective and is more alert and observant. Sometimes she spots things like squirrels and other animals even before me! We can easily communicate with eachother, and let me tell you, this does make a difference. Communicating and keeping the attention of a toddler is always a task.

She even asks to go in her sling (by pointing), which by the way is shocking considering shes so independant nowadays. While walking she doesn't even like to hold a hand, so the fact that she can be up with me for over a half hour without whining or complaining is pretty much miraculous!

Yesterday we went for a walk to the library, which is about a 15 min walk one way wearing the sling (since i dont walk as fast while wearing her). It was a drizzly, cool afternoon, and i decided to wear one-inch heels anyways (what was i thinking?!). It was our first long trip in the ring sling. We got many looks and stares my passing cars and other pedestrians. It didnt bother me the least. In fact, it made me even more confident, like "look what im doing!". Someone yelled something out their truck window at me but i wasnt able to pick it out, so i just shrugged it off and took it as some sort of "compliment" lol. Well, maybe it was the fact that i had stickers on my face... meh! Who knows! 

We had a great time! She didnt ask to get down once. I even stopped to talk to a pregnant woman that lives in my building, shes due on the 25th! She asked how i liked the ring sling, and it made me very happy to talk about it and encourage it!

I couldn't believe it! Leah said a new word yesterday while we were walking. Not just any word, a hard one, a two-syllable one! She said "Ousiiiide" (outside)!! She makes me smile every day.
We got home and apparently, a 40 min walk in her sling was just not enough for my sling-addict child! She cried and tried to get me to put it back on, pulled on the door handle while yelling "Ouusiiiide, Ousiiide!!". My heels were pretty chewed up but luckily, i didnt realize until i took them off.

 On another note, its been great carrying around some extra weight and burning extra calories without even using my arms!
We love it and the new babywearig journey is going amazingly!

-M.