North East Indian baby being carried in sling cloth

  • 5 years ago
North East Indian ladies carry their babies in a sling cloth. Babies are worn in a sling all day for at least six months of life and are put down only while the baby is asleep.

The cloth wraps around the wearer's body from shoulder to opposite hip and back up to the shoulder, and the end is threaded through the rings to create a buckle effect. The baby sits or lies in the resulting pocket. Once a sling is threaded, it can be taken off and put back on without rethreading. A threaded sling forms a loop of cloth. The wearer can put one arm and the head through the loop of cloth to put the sling back on.

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