Ahead of our time

On the news this morning I watched a segment about "baby wearing."  It seem that young, with it parents these days have discovered the convenience of carrying their babies in back packs or front packs rather than using strollers.  They made it sound like an amazing new idea.  Have they never heard of a papoose? My first child spent a lot of time riding on my back but we just called it putting the baby in his back pack.  It was the easiest way to keep him close and get things done.  He was always content in his back pack and I could cook, clean, travel, even hang out laundry.  I will admit I almost dumped him on his head once when I bent over to get a sheet out of the laundry basket.  I actually never owned a stroller but my sister-in-law loaned me a wonderful British style baby buggy (perambulator). It was especially convenient for going to the book mobile which parked a block down the street from our first house.  I could laod lots of books, one baby and one toddler in that lovely buggy and off we went.  Sweet memories.