lation too) without the constant necessity of having to interact. Of course your baby is "right there"
to enjoy whenever you feel like snuggling, kissing or talking.
Dr. William Sears, a renowned pediatrician says:
• Wearing your baby provides a gentle way of transitioning babies from the calm environment of the
womb to that of the outside world.
• Babies in carriers are more receptive to learning, and display enhanced visual and auditory
alertness.
• When babies are held closely, the adult and the baby can see each other’s faces, leading to frequent
verbal and non-verbal interaction, enhancing speech development.
• Babies who are carried in a carrier facing away from the adult get a bird’s eye view of the world and
its wonders.
• Parents find it easier to carry on their normal daily activities when they wear their babies.
NURTURE YOUR BABY AND ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT
Babies love the physical closeness the Baby K’tan
Baby Carrier
provides, improving natural parent/child bonding and enhancing
your baby’s development. The Kangaroo Position (Pg. 7) is meant to
mimic the position in which you would hold your baby in your
arms, with baby’s head at or close to your chest. This position
provides infants with a womb-like feeling in which they can
snuggle securely to the sound of your heartbeat and the warmth of
your body. It also helps soothe colicky or cranky infants and
facilitates sleeping or resting. The Carrier is so simple to remove
that you can often do so and transition from the Baby K’tan Baby
Carrier to car seat, crib, cradle or stroller, without waking your
sleeping baby!
As your child grows to a toddler and is able to sit upright in one of the many versatile positions offered
by the Baby K’tan Baby Carrier, your child can observe the world around him or her, thereby enhanc
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ing development, while being comfortably and securely carried by his or her parent or caregiver.
HEALTHY INFANT DEVELOPMENT
Babies often enter the world with fragile, easily over-stimulated nervous systems. Parents attempt to
find the proper balance – to provide their baby with the sensory nourishment he or she requires for
optimal development – while simultaneously avoiding over-stimulation. Babies that are carried in the
Baby K’tan
Baby Carrier can experience the stimulating sounds, sights and smells that their parent
experiences while conducting his or her daily activities; yet, at the same time, they are resting
comfortably in the soft carrier, finding comfort in the warmth of their parent’s body and sound of
their parent’s heartbeat.
The Baby K’tan Baby Carrier creates the ideal environment for babies with special needs, such as
Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome and others, by providing
tight, swaddled, deep pressure input. Studies have also shown that children with hypotonia (low
muscle tone) are adversely affected by carriers that place their legs in excessive abduction (legs
spread too far apart). With the Baby K’tan Baby Carrier, we have created a position where babies can
still face forward and see the world while having their legs in a more developmentally appropriate
posture.
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