Baby in the bag

Hi all! I am blogging from my sister and BIL’s apartment. We will be spending the night here so we can go to church tomorrow without much sweat. I meant that literally. hehehehe. We usually leave at half past 8 in the morning and if not drizzling, it scorching hot. My back is aching from sewing (my own way of making money from home and hopefully provide employment to other moms) and from riding two wheels. Eman is not very cooperative this time because he was awake half of the trip. He loves sticking his head out of the sling, looking at the lights of cars and other motorcycles. We stopped at Ram’s roasted chicken and liempo stand to buy one roasted chicken. The guy at the stand noticed Eman on the sling and told me “Te, napilo ang iyang till.” Pointing at Eman’s feet. I was carrying him in kangaroo carry and people give me a strange look when I do that.ad I smiled and told him it’s suppose to be like that. I have no time to explain but I told him it doesn’t hurt the baby and is very comfortable. How I wish I could explain further to introduce babywearing to Filipino’s. Well, we are familiar with this but people are familiar with it from the way the native people carry their babies. This is a stylish and chic version of the traditional baby sling. Like yesterday, the two ladies at the mall were curious and I was able to show them how it works and how to use it safely and comfortably while I was waiting for Donald and Ella. But this time we are in a hurry so as I walked away, I heard the guy say to the lady at the next stall, “Tana-awa ang bata gisulod sa bag!” (Look they put the baby in the bag!) LOL

Many times I see people looking at us like we are aliens. I guess I should go back there one time to tell him it’s not a bag. It’s a SLING.

Tags: baby sling, Eman, employment, roasted chicken

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