Baby carriers have been around for centuries. Prior to the 1980s, parents worldwide used long cloths, shawls, scarves and even bedsheets to snuggle up their babies and get the chores done… Mothers had to work incredibly hard and didn’t have time to stop and entertain baby, so baby just came along for the ride. It was common sense for mother to use a baby carrier to make her life a little easier.

… and as you can see, dolling up is incredibly hard work for mothers too, lol! especially when you’re in a hurry and no one else wants to entertain baby. women are, after all, naturally wired with an aptitude for multi-tasking, no? :p

Interestingly, strollers were recently marketed in an African town but met with amusement and dismal failure to sell. The mothers wondered why on earth they would need such contraptions, and what was wrong with white people’s babies that they would need to be in such isolation!

- The History of Babywearing

18 Responses to “along for the ride”
  1. wb says:

    hey hana! i was just wondering, how do you get your website izadnhana.org
    as in, when i sign u for wordpress my link would be something.wordpress.com instead of .org
    mind helping?? email me ya! :D

  2. Hami says:

    The pic look funny while blowing your hair and Auni in the sling! But well, I sometime put my boy in my Hotsling too when no one around to jaga him.
    We women are really a multi-tasking human being on earth!!

  3. lynn maharet says:

    wah hebat!! ahha ..auni mesti puzzled aper mummy tgh buat!

    i still no hope with the peanut shell tau!! but now using the moms in mind ring sling! and so far so good alhamdulillah!! coz the baby bjorn getting a bit too tight aahha

  4. irris says:

    sebab tu agaknye orang kat sana kurus2 eh, baby dah 15 kg pon masih gendong jugak!

    even now I still prefer to gendong adam. Tapi kalau shopping trips, tak larat lah… plus he’ll wiggle, wanting to be on his own tiny feet!

  5. jewel says:

    the expression on auni’s face …. priceless!

    hehehehe!

    *waves!* HELLO!!! long time no hear!!

  6. mahd says:

    i dunno where i put my sling but i still carry hamzah most of the time until my muscle screams in agony then i put him in the stroller. hehehe…

  7. Janna says:

    i do that too! jemur kain at corridor with baby Laith in the sling..or even cooking..he will be very interested in wat i am doing everytime and be so amuse by little2 things! hehehe

  8. nahuya says:

    Totally agree with you on the sling part…but it’s getting harder and harder to maintain carrying nadra especially when she is asleep, thus the dead weight…wahduh!

  9. Fadzzi says:

    My god. Pink Hairdryer.

    now how much bimbo can you get huh?

    just kidding…..

  10. hana says:

    so if blue hairdryer then macho iszittt… cet!
    ko jaga fadz, nanti ako tak kasi makan ayam goreng arnold’s for buka. smell it smell it ajer ok! :p

    hi janna, boleh lah your baby tucik belajar jemur kain, masak… yang dekni agaknye belajar pakai mekup jer kot… lol

    mahd, might as well dig up your sling lah liddat… eh, but thot u sold it?

    hi kak m, long time no see too!! *waves auni’s hand*
    yah, she must be wondering what on earth those things coming out of my head are. hair lah, babyyy…

    nani, imagine kita pegi sawah padi gendong anak eh… ni baru pi shopping mall tak tahan lol!

    lahhh lynn, buang karen jer u, in the end MIM sling plak! :D

    hey hami, you too eh? haha, kes malas nak layan lah kekadang…

    hi wb, this domain name is a paid one!

  11. FaiQah says:

    heheheh so cute lah auni
    ya kak hana, i sama mcm lynn
    i use MIM sling hehehe yang PS tu my hubby yang pakai hehehe
    cos saiz dia kan heheh dol betol lah i ni…

  12. lynn maharet says:

    karen tu saper hehe..memang la! buang duit!

  13. Farhana says:

    Hey hana, I just nid a few questions about wordpress. I hope you could email me. (: Thanks.

  14. mahd says:

    i got two. sold one. heeeeeee

  15. ezah says:

    hi! i love to c all the pichurs here taken! soo sharp! if u dun mind, may i noe wat kinda dslr camera r u usin currently? as im lookin for 1 too..heh. thanks! maybe u can email me..=D

  16. hana says:

    you can view camera info on our flickr. the dslr used is a nikon D80. digital cam used is canon powershot G7.

    hi farhana, we’re really not experts leh! you can look for a host server to set up for you, we pay $50 a yr, so pls be kind when u visit our blog and ‘donate’ by clicking on the ads, ha ha. :p

  17. nura says:

    hi hana,

    im a reader of your blog. can i know where did u buy the peanut shell sling?

  18. hana says:

    hi, you can get them online: goo-ga.com. thanks.

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