After becoming a parent she realized how beneficial babywearing was to her personally, and the potential usefulness it had for other families struggling with mental illness and caregiver-infant attachment, yet she had never read about babywearing in her studies. So, she designed a randomized intervention study in the community to empirically test the benefits of babywearing. Developing an evidence-base for the effectiveness of babywearing as a parenting tool is a big step towards bringing it into more accessible settings (e.g., pediatricians’ offices, child welfare services, non-profit programs and agencies).