Infants who are carried around everywhere in this baby sling either on the hip, on the stomach or on their mother’s back develop better than those who spend most of their time in a baby cot. This applies equally to their motor, cognitive and emotional development. Parents generally only rock their children when they want to calm them down or reassure them. Many pediatricians and orthopedic specialists recommend the sling for the following reasons: the baby’s eyes see very much more of their surroundings. This provides more stimuli for the infant’s brain. The mother’s movements stimulate all skin receptors but also the organs of movement and balance. Every time the centre of gravity shifts the reflexes of both the nerves and muscles are stimulated. The intensive eye- and body contact with the mother or father (because he too should carry the infant!) imparts a feeling of safe wellbeing whose psycho-social importance is immeasurable. In a rebozo the baby’s legs are spread out exactly in the anatomically ideal position, when, for instance, it straddles the hip of the adult.