Carrying my four daughters in kepina has been, indeed, a wonderful experience. Of course, not at four at a time, but imagine what my back would look like!
Kepina It is considered the true Inca incubator. It is a piece of fabric knotted at one end, which serves to take your baby to upa without using your arms or hands, as it fits on one of your shoulders. It is also known as guagüero (Guagua is called to young children in the northwest of my country, Argentina, and in the brother country of Chile).
Kepina provides the baby with the support, warmth and love of contact with mom until they no longer want a upa. It is ideal for breastfeeding, because they alone look for the breast and breast whenever they want, without counting on the fact that the exchange of body temperature gives us and them the right heat. It does not damage the spine of the baby, because unlike conventional baby carriers, the posture in the kepina is not vertical. As they grow, your child's weight is distributed between your shoulder and your hip. And, as if all this were not enough, it is economical! You can use any strong canvas you get and learn to make the flat knot is very simple.
In the photo, my daughter Gabriela at two and a half years in the kepina; At three years old, my little daughter, Ruth, still doesn't want to get off the "rag," as they tell her. My back? Well thanks. Children are never a weight, and with less kepina!
