Born to Carry Trainers

Originally from The Netherlands Anne has lived in the UK since 2001. Anne has been helping parents use slings safely and comfortably since early 2005, initially on a peer support basis and from 2008 as a trained babywearing consultant. In 2011 Anne worked as a trainer for a UK school delivering babywearing consultancy courses. Anne now provides sling hire and consultations through Wrap My Baby and peer support training through Born to Carry. Anne has ...
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Rosie is a mum of 2, a practising GP (family doctor) and has been a babywearing educator for many years. She is the author of the 2016 Why Babywearing Matters book, and a passionate advocate of using carriers to build secure attachment relationships between children and their carers. With the Carrying Matters resources, she focuses on providing accessible information and education about this for parents and the professionals who support them, empowering and encouraging ...
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Becky is a Born to Carry trainer based in East London and covering Greater London. Becky is a mum-of-one who began working as a sling consultant in 2011, and has trained with Trageschule UK (to Certification level), Je Porte Mon Bebe and Slingababy. She opened the North London Sling Library in 2012 and is also Director of Slinging London CIC, a not for profit social enterprise whose aim is to support parents and caregivers in London to carry their ...
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Lizzie is an experienced educator and mother of two living in Essex. She has a passion for supporting and empowering parents, and is an advocate for responsive parenting. Her ultimate aim is to change the way people view parenting, to improve outcomes for babies and children. Lizzie was born in England but grew up in Belgium, Austria and Saudi Arabia, before returning to the U.K. for university. She trained as a primary school teacher with ...
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Jess is an experienced carrying consultant based in Aberdeen, Scotland. As a mum to two boys who both had severe reflux, carrying was the only thing that soothed. Jess saw a need for parents to be able to try carriers on in person, not just at group sessions, but in the comfort of a home – and so Close and Calm was born. Jess has trained with several Baby Carrying schools, and became a Born ...
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Lysanne is mother of two children and has carried both of them exclusively, often at the same time!  She runs the successful MotherRucker Carrying Consultancy in Worthing, West Sussex, UK and has done since November 2016. Prior to having children and becoming a Carrying Consultant and Sling Library, Lysanne was a secondary school Drama Teacher teaching ages 11-18, and was a visiting GCSE Drama examiner for AQA.  She made the decision that she wouldn't return ...
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