LLLNZ Promotes Safe Baby Wearing

Press Release 21 April 2010

 

New Zealand mothers are being urged not to abandon safe baby wearing using appropriate slings following the recall of more than a million "bag" slings in the United States and Canada.

 

Three infant deaths have been linked to the design which bends the baby's neck, covers its face and can restrict the airway.

 

La Leche League New Zealand says that the deaths are tragic. However most slings are safe and advantageous when used appropriately. LLL spokesperson Alison Stanton says baby slings can be an excellent way for mothers to carry their babies. "Safe slings are great parenting tools. They keep babies relaxed, happy and calm. Babies' biological need for body contact and motion is met. In addition they can sleep anywhere and mothers can get out and about attending to the many other jobs they have, knowing their babies are secure and content.

 

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