COMPARISONS TO CONVENTIONAL CARRIERS: A definite must have! No straps to cut into your shoulders. Over the Shoulder Baby Holder TM has a soft contoured pad for your shoulder. No straps to press into mom's upper chest circulation promoting breast infections. The OTSBH sling takes literally 10 seconds to put on and put your baby in. Because it is less complicated to use you are more likely to use it. There are no belts, buckles, snaps, zippers, etc. and can be adjusted for various size parents with one hand in seconds. The OTSBH has a third ring sewn into the bottom portion of the tail to prevent it from slipping through the rings if worn incorrectly. The ring can also be used to teethe on or hook toys to. OTSBH has two times the amount of padding on the parent's shoulder, and around the baby's head and legs. It's more expensive to manufacture, but the quality shows. The batting in the OTSBH is paneled or sewn down; it cannot slip inside the seam into the adjusting portion making it impossible to adjust. Sewing the batting down also prevents the batting from bunching up and twisting around while wearing or during washing. The batting is flame-retardant. This is not an added chemical that will wash out. Other slings have a resin ADDED that makes it easier to cut and sew; but it's highly flammable and allergenic. Not having our batting treated with this resin makes it much softer to the touch and it does not "mat" down. The side rails are sewn together over the shoulder pillows; this doubles our already plush padding and prevents the sides from falling down toward mom's elbows or pressing into her neck, thus keeping the whole sling in better proportion for the wearer. Our designer fabrics fit fashions. There are many different types of prints available including pastels, stripes, solids, florals, Guatemalan, batik, Hawaiian and country prints. Our instructions are more clear and detailed. They show a larger variety of positions to carry the baby at all different ages.

The Benefits of Wearing Your Baby     

There are so many advantages to wearing your baby, along with the fact that it just makes life easier! Since there are too many to list we will share with you our favorites:

• Carrying babies reduces crying and fussiness. A baby who is in a sling is feeling warmth, pleasure, and a oneness with its parent. 

• When a baby is carried they share in your walking, talking, working, laughing and playing. What a great way to see and experience the world! By participating with their parent they develop their senses faster, cry less, learn more, and thrive better because they are less bored and more relaxed and secure.
  
• A baby in a sling can nurse conveniently, easily and discreetly. 
• A baby raised in a Over The Shoulder Baby Holder ™ needs to be carried less as they get older than their counterpart who was raised in mechanical devices. Sling babies are less clingy. This is because they are more secure, self reliant and confident. They give their parent cues that they want to be set down to crawl off and explore and play--rather than tugging on mommy's skirt or whining to be picked up.
  
• Older siblings are more accepting and less jealous of a new arrival when it is carried in a sling. This is because mom is not "tied down" to the baby, and has her hands free so she can give attention to the other children.