Who doesn’t love to check out what celebrity parents are doing? Whether to gawk, criticize or just get up-to-date on the latest trends, many of us love to check out what the current it-girls, boys, men and women are doing. And has many recent articles have noted, celebrities are definitely getting into babywearing!
Babywearing fans love to point that celebrities don’t always wear their baby slings correctly. This is sometimes true and sometimes not, but it’s always fun to discuss. In light of recent my recent posts about correct positioning of kids in carriers and because the SlingLady is always eager to educate people on how to correctly use their carriers, I’m debuting a new column. From time to time, we’ll be checking out celebrities wearing their babies. The SlingLady will offer kudos, comments and suggestions (if needed) for making the carrier even more comfortable/safe for the wearer and the child.
First up: Gwen Stefani, who has been often photographed wearing her kids Kingston (when he was a baby) and Zuma. This picture is of Gwen and baby Zuma on March 28, 2009 at the
Coldwater Canyon Park in Beverly Hills on Sunday
First of all, I always love the look of a simple black ring sling. They are so elegant and can be dressed up or down. In this instance, Gwen looks casually chic with her jeans, sweats, sling and sunglasses.
Overall, Gwen has Zuma well positioned in this sling. Zuma is held close to Gwen’s body, in a natural holding position. The sling appears to provide with good support, and (as far as can be seen with Gwen’s arm in the way), her legs appear to be higher than her bum, which is desired.
The only advice I’d give Gwen is that her baby sling is likely to be more comfortable for her is to pull the ring sling down to cup her shoulder. A baby sling riding up the neck like that gets uncomfortable fast as the baby’s weight drags the sling down.
All in all, though, good job Gwen!
BTW, I’m not sure what sling Gwen is wearing, but it looks an awful lot like this Maya Wrap ring sling.
