Carrying young children in arms

When you carry a child, they feel supported and safe. You physically let them know: “I’m here, I’m with you.” Carrying is an essential comfort—it helps to calm them down, ease discomfort, or fall asleep. Love and care are conveyed to the child during this time. And for the person carrying the child, it provides a good full-body physical workout. Over one hour of carrying a child, a person weighing 70 kg can burn about 190–210 kcal.