How it all began
Like most babywearing consultants, I didn't set out to do this professionally — I started because I needed it myself. Carrying my own children close, hands free, changed how manageable those early months felt, and I wanted to understand how to do it properly and safely rather than just muddling through.
That curiosity turned into formal training — first through Slingababy, then Trageschule, one of the most rigorous babywearing qualifications in the world. Somewhere along the way I opened a dedicated babywearing retail store, helping families in person, carrier by carrier, fitting by fitting.
In 2009 I founded Babywearing NI as a way to give back to the community that had given me so much — a free, welcoming space where any family in Northern Ireland could come, try a carrier, ask a question, and leave feeling confident. Fifteen years on, that's still exactly what it is.