Keeping a baby safe, cool and protected from the sun while doing farm work is something of a challenge. And we all know how farmers rise to a challenge, equipped with hay band, tape and either WD40 or silicone!
In my case, it was half a dozen paper lunch bags taped onto the top of the baby carrier to form a “verandah” of sorts that got the fashionistas talking. I’ve since moved on and think I have achieved perfection.
Peeping out
Some of Wayne’s old XXL cotton shirts have been seconded for a noble mission and you can see the result in the pic above. I just put one of these oversize shirts on over my singlet and the carrier and do up the bottom few buttons. Little man can be nudie rudie under the shirt and safe from the stinging sun.
Sun protection is equally as important for Zoe, who has just got a new hat and sunnies for summer (yes, I know it’s not strictly summer quite yet but it sure feels like it!).
Slip, slop, slap and splash with the yard hose makes for a cool farm girl
The Milk Maid Marian 
Hi what sort of carrier do you use?
I am a vege farmer and am looking for a good carrier. Thanks
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Hi Blue,
Alex is five now, so it’s been a while since he was in one but I used the Ergo Baby carrier and loved it. I think it was the “performance” model, which is the coolest of them and has a hood for sun protection.
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