"It's called a baby warmer!"

[Super~Single~Mama]

I thought this was funny. I was showing my mom my new Kozy this weekend (I LOVE it and so does my son), and she says: "Thats what they use in Korea! It's called a baby warmer!" Apparently she saw them in Korea when she went to pick up my little brother (he was adopted from Korea when he was 7months) and his foster mother used one to carry him! I thought it was funny, and was wondering if thats what Mei Tai translates to. Oh well, I love my new Kozy!

[pixiepunk]

in Korea they actually don't use Mei Tai's, though their carrier is similar. it's called a Podaegi and the narrow-bodied versions look a lot like mei tai's only they don't have waist straps, but instead the body of the carrier is much longer (that part's called a blanket) and it is tucked under the baby's butt and then the shoulder straps are crossed under the butt to hold baby in place. there are also wide-bodied versions where the blanket goes all the way around to the front of the mother (in a back carry). i'm so curious now to know if Podaegi translates to 'baby warmer' !!

there is a very cool an informative forum over at TBW about traditional carriers and has lots of information and pictures about traditional babywearing all over the world. i find it all extremely fascinating!

[Morningcalm]

I looked up in one Korean English dictionary and Podaegi (포대기) means to swaddle.

[Super~Single~Mama]

hmm...Now I'm really curious why my mom was told they were called Baby Warmers! Or what type of carrier is called a baby warmer!

[KristyDi]

If the panel part of a Podaegi is called a blanket in Korean then I can see how it might be translated as a "warmer" by someone not fluent in English (possibly a Korean foster mother speaking to an American adoptive mother)