Nesting Days Blog

You may wonder why we charge what we do for our "NOT LIKE ANY OTHER CARRIER", carrier...

Well, in this new world of transparency and full disclosure....we are happy to share why our carriers cost what they do.

#1....We make our carriers HOME...right here in the USA, specifically in our ethical factories in the San Francisco Bay Area!!

As you know, domestic made Production is very pricey, as our factories allow our workers to make a living wage!!!  But, that combined with our factories being based in the San Francisco Bay Area only accelerates those costs as San Francisco is one of the most expensive places to live in the world.

1. Body Temperature: Newborns need help regulating their own temperature (since they aren't in that cozy womb anymore!), and mom or daddy's skin is the perfect heater for their tiny bodies.
2. Brain Development:Baby brains need oxygen, sleep, and a stable heart rate to grow to their best potential. Skin-to-skin contact beats out the incubator in effectively stabilizing their core physiological processes.
3. Weight Gain: Being cold is no fun, right? Chilly baby

As a postpartum doula, one of the first things I help my clients do is develop a Nesting Strategy around three key objectives: 1.) getting adequate rest and good nutrition to facilitate healing and lactation, 2.) delegating tasks to others so that she can focus is on nurturing herself and her baby, 3.) and spending lots of time skin-to-skin with her newborn.

After life-saving surgeries, including a double mastectomy, I was cancer-free and underwent reconstructive surgery. Looking back on how the diagnosis and procedures have affected me, I started a family and became a mom. That had really shaped my parenting. I feel that as a result, I live in the moment every single day and appreciate all the things that I've been blessed with – primarily being blessed with my two sweet girls.

Breastfeeding is increasingly promoted these days, as more and more evidence shows the importance of feeding babies this complete, species-specific food. We know that breast milk is full of living vitamins and minerals, but here are some things you might not know:

It doesn’t take a scientist to tell us that holding our babies for extended periods of time encourages life long bonds between children and parents.

Skin-to-skin care is a practice that has most commonly been used with premature babies to help stimulate growth and encourage bonds between parents and babies as they undergo treatment in hospital for long periods of time.