Birth Day Presence
Jada Shapiro
www.birthdaypresence.net
doulas@birthdaypresence.net
917-751-6579
The Birth Day Presence Studio.
Pilates Garage
291 8th Street, ground floor, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY (Park Slope)
BABYWEARING 101: There is Life Beyond the Bjorn! Extend the developmental benefits of skin-to-skin contact through the first years of life by giving baby reassuring closeness while you regain hands-free mobility. Not all slings are created equal! Come join in on our fun interactive workshop and discover the sling that’s right for you. Families and Expectant parents welcome. Many slings included in the workshop are also for sale! Babies welcome!

Boing
461 7th Avenue (between Winsdor and 16th Street)
718 840-5880
Babywearing workshops every Tue 4-6 pm, $10.00. They demo carriers, and you can walk out with one that day.

Haya Brant
www.clearbirth.com
347.262.6321
Labor doula and Postpartum Support with babywearing workshops. She is supposed to be excellent and highly recommended.

Megan Davidson
Breastfeeding & Babywearing Education/Support
Cloth Diaper Education/SupportPostpartum Doula
Labor Doula (ChildBirth International)
www.brooklyn-doula.com
brooklyndoula@gmail.com
917-627-6727.
I can provide workshops or in-home assistance with babywearing from newborn through early childhood. From soothing an infant to practical solutions for traveling around the city with a tot, I help parents select a carrier (and have many they can try out), or make sense of the ones they already have, and learn how to use it successfully.

Megan Davidson holds free workshops and in-home consultations (for a fee) to help you find the right solutions. She brings an assortment of slings, pouches, front and back carriers and wraps to address parents’ particular needs. She can fit you for all stages of babywearing: the newborn to toddler and pregnant mama. She especially likes to work with dads who want to wear their baby. Her cloth diaper workshops and consultations cover cloth diapering in all forms: covers and pre-folds, pockets and all in one systems. She will tell you the best places to buy cloth diapers, set up the system and logistics of cloth diapering in your home. And, as if that weren’t enough, Megan is also a postpartum and labor doula with a busy schedule. Megan has done two consultations with me and she is extremely helpful. She knows the ins and outs of all the carriers- how to fit them, how to use them, at what ages to use certain ones, etc. Her experience as a doula only informs her baby wearing expertise- she told me, after watching my baby for 2 hours with me, that my baby was very gassy and would prefer a vertical hold in a carrier. That was very helpful as it eliminated some of the carriers that would be appropriate for us right away. She also helped me with the 5 carriers I had inherited. We figured out that some of them were not the right size for my body frame. Megan is a great source of information.
-Karen

Slings In The City
http://www.slingsinthecity.com/
Slings in the city was created for parents who love to wear their babies for parents who are curious about wearing their babies or for parents who are struggling to wear their babies.Some of us are cradling newborns, while others are toting toddlers. There are even the occasional pre-schooler that needs a ride on Mama’s back. We get together regularly so that we can trade, compare and learn about new carriers — our idea of play for the grownups — and so that the kids can play too.Whether you sling, wrap, mei tai or Bjorn, come check us out. We all found the perfect carrier and so can you! No more dragging the bulky stroller up and down the subway stairs. Everybody is welcome who wants to learn more about Babywearing (Pregnant, TTCing, or adoptive parents- please do not be afraid to join us!) Our current meeting schedule has official meeting in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Northern NJ and Westchester County. We also often get together for special outings like going to the zoo, hiking and other fun things.

They have a sling library so you can try a bunch of different wraps and borrow one for a week.