Getting dressed and dressing your baby during babywearing can be quite tricky… Should I put a coat on my baby in the baby carrier? How do I dress myself, with a larger-sized jacket to accommodate the baby? In short, there are many questions — let's look together at the most practical babywearing clothes.
The babywearing jacket / The babywearing coat with insert
Several names exist as it simply depends on the thickness you want for babywearing in winter, summer or spring.
As its name suggests, it is a jacket adapted for babywearing in a wrap or in a baby carrier. It has its own babywearing insert which allows you to extend the jacket during pregnancy or babywearing. You need to add this insert using zip fasteners. It is in no way a substitute for baby carriers and babywearing wraps. It cannot be used on its own to carry a baby.
Advantages
- It can be used during pregnancy, during babywearing, and especially even when baby is walking — it is a sustainable product
- Protects both baby and you at the same time
Disadvantages
- Cost can be significant
- It has its insert to be added for use during babywearing or pregnancy
- Two jackets may be needed: one for dad, one for mum
In summary, it is an all-in-one solution that combines jacket + babywearing coat extension.
The babywearing insert
It is a piece of fabric that is added to your coat thanks to the zip fasteners. It is an extension of your regular coat. There are different fabrics ranging from the warmest to the lightest to protect your baby from the cold or bad weather. Some brands offer universal inserts to adapt more easily to your personal jackets.
Advantages
- You keep your regular coat
- An insert can be used on different jackets (if they are compatible)
- Cost that may be more reasonable than a babywearing jacket (ranging from €25 to over €100)
Disadvantages
- It does not necessarily fit all your jackets
- You will need to buy compatible jackets or zip adapters
- Once you are no longer carrying your baby, it has no more use and therefore has a planned obsolescence
In summary, it is an inexpensive alternative but one that can hardly adapt to all your jackets and coats (depending on the model) and will become useless once you are no longer carrying your child.
| What if we told you it was possible to have a babywearing jacket, wearable by Mum and Dad (provided body sizes are not too different), WITHOUT BABYWEARING INSERT, which is worn with or without baby in style? |
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Our babywearing jacket without insert - The Parent's Hoodie by Love Radius: practicality and versatility
No, we are not blowing our own trumpet BUT we have come up with the solution for:
- protect your baby and yourself from the cold while carrying your baby in the wrap or baby carrier
- wearable by Mum and Dad, so just one jacket if sizes are roughly equivalent: loose fit for one and fitted for the other
- a unisex design
- without insert, zips on the sides allow you to expand and reduce the hoodie
- a fairly thin hoodie to allow your other jackets/coats to be worn over it: the thumb hole that prevents sleeves from riding up
- practical for breastfeeding baby thanks to the wrap-around neckline
In short, a product that can be worn ALL YEAR ROUND, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER BABY, BY MUM, DAD, MADAM, SIR.
It's the PARENT'S HOODIE (but not only).
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| MY HOODIE WITHOUT INSERT IN GREY | MY HOODIE WITHOUT INSERT IN BLACK |
You will be able to:
- go out at any time with or without baby
- use it during pregnancy without buying a maternity coat extension
- carry in a front-carry position in warmth (with your baby carrier or babywearing wrap)
- with complete practicality and in complete privacy
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