Is It Weird If a Sister Carries a Baby in a Baby Sling Instead of the Mother?

Assuming the sister is not a tiny child herself and is capable of carrying the weight of the infant safely, why would it be weird? No more weird then letting dad, auntie, grandma, ect carry the child.

Unless the sister is too little to be carrying a baby or there's some specific reason why she shouldn't be, I don't see the problem.

what's weird is being so 'curious' about someone else's unique situation that you ask this ridiculous question. there are a gazillion reasons it could have been happening in that moment.
if you have an iota of imagination or experience of the world you could dream up a couple.
khairete
S.

Maybe the mother has a bad back. Maybe she nurses that baby all day long and is happy to have her arms back. Maybe the mom is letting the sister enjoy the baby. There's a ton of maybes. Honestly, I don't understand why you are asking this question. It so doesn't matter.

Really, this is the burning question that must be asked so badly that you opened an account here and asked?

Unless the sister was a baby too, you are the only thing weird or whatever

Is it weird for an older sibling to carry a younger one? No. So why would it be weird if she carried him/her in a sling?

Is it weird for a stranger to be so heavily invested in how someone else carries a baby? Yes.

The sister is old enough to safely do this? I vote "Okay and not weird."

Are you the sister in question? Do you want to use our question as support (or not) in an argument with your mom? Not going to work, because we're all saying, no it's not weird. Too bad.

When does school start again?

I find people who think such things are weird are weird.

So long as the sister is old enough to be safely carrying the baby I see absolutely nothing wrong with it. It's no different then a father wearing baby. I wouldn't see an issue with any care giver wearing a baby they were watching honestly. If baby is happy, it's all good.
Baby wearing is simply a means of carrying baby around. It's easier on your arms if you're doing it for a longer period of time. Societal norm is a stroller or one of those infant bubble, removable car seats. Doesn't make it the only way to carry baby around.

Why would that be weird?

If it's not weird for a sister to push a stroller or change a diaper or feed the baby a bottle, it's not weird for anyone else (sister, grandmother, babysitter, father, grandfather) to use a sling. Some babies love to be soothed through movement and closeness to another person, and there's no reason that the mother has to be the only caregiver. In fact, if the sister is not an adult or is inexperienced with babies, it's probably much much safer for the baby to be in a sling rather than just carried. It also lets the sister know what a pain it is carrying a baby around all the time (heavy, annoying, restricting) which may give the sister an inkling that this is not something she'll want to do at a young age and until she's in a stable relationship. I see nothing but benefits.

I have a bad back...so if I had a baby and a teenager, then yes, I might as the teenager to carry the baby in a sling while we were walking around together. What did you think was weird about it?

Does it really matter? How old was the baby? How old is the sister? Maybe the mother cannot carry the baby easily due to back injury, or if the baby is a newborn, maybe she had a c-section and is still having problems?

Does it matter who carries the baby? Would you have reacted that same way if the sister is hand-carrying the baby in an appropriate way?

Anybody who is caring for the baby can carry it in a sling, mom, dad, sibling, grandma, sitter...A sling just makes carrying the baby easier and frees up the hands.

Why do you need another person's opinion to know what to think? Obviously you thought it was strange. I personally thing a baby does well when everyone in the family is loving on it.

Is it weird for a sister to push a baby in a stroller instead of the mother?

Maybe the mom is handicapped and can't sustain the baby's weight for a long period of time.

I don't know but I'd probably wonder if it was the sister's baby instead.

I call troll. Nice first question. News flash! It is now illegal for sisters to carry their baby siblings! lol

Was the sister also a baby? Otherwise, I don't see why a big sister can't carry her little sister.