Episode 75

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4th Sep 2024

Baby wearing, fitness and more! With Vern Hill, Carifit

This episode was so much fun!  Vern joined us from Carifit, the original baby wearing fitness programme. Cari stands for Cardio and resistance intervals and when he started the classes for new mums Vern used to wear the babies while the parents worked out - he had a light bulb moment that parents could wear their own babies to work out and it went from there! 

We talked about: 

  • How from small beginnings the Carifit classes grew and then the baby carrier was born. (Shout out to Hannah Lowry who was one of the first mums to join Vern at a class!) 
  • Groupology and the science and benefits of moving in sync. 
  • The benefits of mood, energy and mental health from doing exercise like Carifit – it can even improve postnatal depression symptoms. 
  • The marvels of the women’s body and how incredible it is! 
  • How the Carifit caters for parents from the moment they become pregnant and how attitudes to postnatal and ante natal exercise has changed / is changing. 
  • Shifts in attitudes to ‘getting back in shape’ after having a baby over the years Vern has been working in this area.   
  • Benefits of Carifit eg no separation, no childcare required, no other people required. How Carifit works if you have multiple babies.  
  • Carifit classes and the App. 
  • How great baby wearing is in general - ”A tool for freedom and movement – wear your baby and move!”.  
  • Golden rules for babywearing and positioning of baby’s legs. 
  • Is babywearing ‘making a rod for your own back’ - spoiler alert – absolutely not, in fact research supports that babywearing will help keep your day successfully moving forward! 
  • Three things that Vern wishes he had been told before he had children. 
  • Babywearing benefits for baby’s brains! 
  • Shout out from Vern to Mamma Social and Blaze Trails – two highly recommended babywearing walking groups. 

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