Baby Carrying History
Posted by Christina Harrison | Posted in Prams & Strollers | Posted on 20-04-2010
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Babies in all traditional cultures were carried in a cloth tied to the back, front or hips. Other devices for carrying babies included baskets, cradleboards, portable cradles and travois. In the 1960s the use of slings once again became popular with the introduction of structured soft pack. Toddlers and older babies began to be carried on frame pack. In the 1980s the ring sling became popular. Pouch carriers were introduced in the 1990s. Prams or perambulator has been in use since the Victorian era in the United Kingdom but are not common today. At present there are different kinds of baby carriers in the market. This includes baby slings, hip carriers, frame backpack carriers, mei tais, slings, the hip and soft front carriers.
A stroller, also called a buggy, is meant to transport babies and young children up to three years of age. It looks a lot like a chair or seat on four wheels. A harness holds the baby in the stroller so that the baby does not fall off. This holds the baby secure to the stroller. There is the three point harness as well as five point harness that go around the waist, legs or the shoulders. The stroller has foot break or a hand break. There are strollers to carry two kids side by side or one behind the other. Triple strollers too to carry three children too are available in the market.
There are many brands of strollers in different designs in the market such as Graco Strollers,Chicco Cortina Travel System Strollers, Kolcraft Strollers, Inglesina Strollers, Rock Star Strollers, Maclaren Strollers, Stokke Strollers and Schwinn Strollers.
There are several kinds of strollers now in the market. There are the umbrella strollers for the older kids. There is neither a sun canopy nor is there storage facility. The padding of the seats too is less. But this makes the umbrella stroller lighter and cheaper. The standard strollers have both the sun canopy as well as large storage compartments. The seats too are well padded. This makes them heavier and costlier. Similar to the standard stroller is the travel system stroller except that it has a car seat. The child can be detached from the stroller with the seat without any disturbance and transferred to a vehicle for instance. The recent entry into the market is the jogging stroller. This is different from the standard strollers with the four wheels being replaced by three wheels which are also bigger. This is to make the stroller firm on rough terrain as well as when being steered at high speed.
Now you know more about the history of strollers!
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