Wow. It’s been 12 years since I had a baby, and they were requiring car seats at that time. But not a baby carrier. I held each of my babies as they wheeled me to the car. Actually, I could’ve walked out on my own two feet, but they always insisted I ride in a wheelchair.
They must be worried about lawsuits. They’re probably worried that the baby could be dropped from the new mother’s arms while they’re wheeling her out the door, and then they’ll be held responsible.
But, many parents won’t even question the requirements made of them. For example, once, as I was making my way from my hospital room to the nursery, I met another new mother out in the hall. When I said I was on my way to get my baby from the nursery, she said, “Are you allowed to do that?” I said, “I’d like to see them try to stop me.” (lol) Imagine it on the news: Security tackles new mother to the floor as she attempts to get her baby from the nursery.
After my youngest (now 22) was born, I was walking in my room while holding him in my arms. Just as I stepped into the hallway, my nurse said I had to keep the baby in my room. Why? “Because you might drop him.”
I asked myself what she would do if I stepped back into the room, opened my arms and say “News flash, I can drop him in the room too!”