Rainbow Day Nursery in Trumpington says it is the first nursery in Cambridge and the third in the UK to have adopted babywearing as official practice. The nursery uses the practice for both babies and toddlers.
Babywearing involves carrying a baby in a sling or similar form of carrier, such as a wrap, to keep babies close to the body as well as freeing the hands to do other things.
Rainbow Day Nursery approached former parent at the nursery Dr Sophie Messager, who now works as a doula and antenatal educator, and devised a bespoke training course for 13 members of staff on babywearing.
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