If helicopter parents or hyper-parenting were the catchwords of the yesteryear, micro-parenting would be the current buzz. That’s the term for setting off on one tangent under the parenting umbrella and making it your pet project. Midweek on a recent December afternoon, five of us new mums meet in a South Delhi drawing room, babies in tow, brought together by a relatively new Facebook group, Babywearing India. Soon enough, the kids wobble about freely—aged 6 months to 1.5 years—with no agenda to pin them down. The mothers have a definite agenda, however: to exchange notes on the business of babywearing, the term for the well-worn art of carrying your baby in a sling. An ancient practice it may be, but for the new urban parent, it’s a thing to do. And so we do, threadbare, ticking off the pros and cons of various types of slings and carriers, where to wear which one and why, salivating over new and attractive colours and patterns up for grabs. “All of us are allowed one craziness as parents; mine is baby carriers,” says Bayiravi, who is also at the gathering, having started her own range of baby slings, named after her son Advait’s first words, ‘Kol Kol’. India’s first ‘Babywearing walk’ was held early this year (Jan 4) where many new mothers turned up with their tots strapped on in a carrier, to raise awareness about the goodness of wearing your baby, old style.