Everything about parenthood is dynamic.
Baobao Babywearing honors and centers the connection between caregivers and their children throughout all movements of life.
Waverly Roeger
certified babywearing consultant and founder of Baobao Babywearing
Waverly is a Stamford-based babywearing educator, software engineer, and puzzle artist with a passion for building community and honoring our (evidence-backed) intuition.
As a full-time software engineer, Waverly found purpose fostering community with fellow women in tech and mentoring kids in math and engineering. When she became a mother, Waverly shifted her focus full time to caregiving and found strength again in community with fellow parents.
In the midst of early motherhood, Waverly discovered babywearing as a beautiful way to connect with her baby and continue to honor herself. Babywearing also helped her reconnect with her heritage by mirroring how her ancestors have cared for their children.
After struggling to find help getting past her fear of back carrying, Waverly was inspired to go through training herself and build the babywearing education support and community she was seeking.
When not working with clients or chasing her toddler, Waverly spends her time hunting for the best boba with her partner, holding onto library books past their due date, counting down to New England's sugar kelp harvest, and wishing she had time to make more art.
The History of "Baobao"
When Waverly was a baby, she would repeatedly request "Baba baobao Wei-Wei" ("Daddy hold me") just wanting to be in her dad's arms where she felt the safest.
Bao (rhymes with "Wow") means to carry in the arms or hug.
The repeated Baobao embodies the way a young child asks to be held.
Children long to be held close, and Baobao Babywearing was born to help caregivers fulfill that need.
Photo: A young Waverly ("Wei-Wei") being held in a vintage 90s carrier by her father ("Baba") in Taiwan.
Waverly has completed the Foundations in Babywearing Education training through the Center for Babywearing Studies.
