Why this question keeps coming up in babywearing spaces
Feb 10, 2026
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room.
Is it worth it to get trained in babywearing?
Our Foundations in Babywearing Education course (along with many other professional babywearing trainings) is a significant investment in time, money, and emotional and mental energy in a field that’s often framed as passion-driven, volunteer-adjacent, or “nice to have” rather than essential.
We get it.
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: “Is it worth it to get trained in babywearing?”
Our Foundations in Babywearing Education course (along with many other professional babywearing trainings) is a significant investment in time, money, and emotional and mental energy in a field that’s often framed as passion-driven, volunteer-adjacent, or “nice to have” rather than essential.
We get it.
The answer depends on how you see babywearing work.
When babywearing education is treated as occasional fit checks, free advice in community spaces, or a side hobby squeezed in between other responsibilities, it’s easy to conclude that formal training feels like overkill.
But we firmly believe that’s not because babywearing education lacks value, it’s because most people’s view of babywearing is far too small.
Let’s Talk Numbers
Professional babywearing training is an investment. There’s no way around that. We hear hesitations about this often, like “I just don’t know if there’s demand in my area” or “I’m not sure if I’m ready to run a business…is it worth it?”
So let’s run the numbers.
Let’s say you run a babywearing workshop at a local community space. 15 people attend, and tickets are $30.
That’s $450.
Run that workshop twice, and you’ve already made back your investment…without private consults, ongoing classes, or a huge audience.
Now layer in possibilities like:
- babywearing + movement classes
- workshops hosted in collaboration with PTs, chiropractors, or pelvic health providers
- partnerships with lactation consultants, doulas, or mental health professionals
- babywearing education embedded into support groups or parent programs
- consulting with pediatric or perinatal practices
- outdoor groups, hiking groups, or community wellness events
The demand isn’t missing, it’s just being overlooked.
Are there 30 people in your community with $30 in their pockets to spend on babywearing? We’d be willing to bet there are.
Business vs. Hobby
Not everyone who takes a babywearing training wants to run a business.
But for those who do, it’s important to be honest about this:
If babywearing education is treated like a hobby, it will pay like one.
If it’s approached as a professional service, with clear scope, structure, boundaries, and value…it becomes something very different.
Babywearing trainings should be designed to prepare educators who can:
- zoom out and understand context
- zoom in and provide precise, professional guidance
- adapt as babies grow and families’ needs change
- integrate babywearing into the broader landscape of perinatal care
When people ask, “Is the training worth it?”
“Can this work matter and can it last?”
Our answer is yes…when it’s treated as the skilled, creative, relational work that it is.
And that starts by imagining babywearing education not as a single service, but as a lens that opens doors.
