Meanings
nounbabywearing (uncountable)
- uncountableThe act of wearing a child, carrying them close to the body.
If you want real freedom to nurse anywhere, consider babywearing, or carrying your child in a sling or carrier. Slings keep your hands free while holding your baby right where you want her.
2010, Suzanne Fredregill, Ray Fredregill, The Everything Breastfeeding Book
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babywearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babywearing
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“babywearing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babywearing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “babywearing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/babywearing.
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