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Ever since Eleanor was born, I’ve been meaning to re-do my newborn front wrap cross carry video. And I finally did…only she’s not a newborn anymore!! But that’s ok because this carry works great for babies of any size and age. In the “newborn” video, I show how to wrap a baby legs in (froggy legged). [...] Newborn Eleanor in a woven wrap As a Volunteer Babywearing Educator for my local chapter (BWI of the Triangle) of Babywearing International (and yes, I am a babywearing geek and super excited to have a title confirming it!), I have the opportunity to talk to lots of parents looking to find the perfect carrier for [...] I’m a day late but… in honor of “Small Business Saturday” I wanted to review a great small carrier business that just so happens to be local to me – Mei Tai Baby! Read on to find out what I love about this carrier…and to find out how you can get one of your own [...] Just a quick post to give a shout out to my local babywearing mamas…and our new name…Babywearing International of the Triangle (NC)!!! We are thrilled to be a part of Babywearing International and look forward to spreading the babywearing love. I’m also personally excited to be a Volunteer Babywearing Educator – because y’all know I [...] Happy International Babywearing Week! Enjoying some Eleanor Snuggles To those who don’t babywear, celebrating babywearing for a week might seem a bit “odd.” But there are plenty of reasons why babywearing deserves a week of celebration all its own… First of all…babywearing is a vital parenting tool to many. It’s a way to snuggle little ones, to [...] We finally managed to find some water today which means we were finally able to properly test out our Comfy Joey water sling sent to us by the lovely Ayesha at Comfy Joey! Ayesha has also kindly offered to giveaway one (or more!) of her water slings to a Becoming Mamas reader – read on [...] My custom ObiMama Mei Tai (photo courtesy of Jen at ObiMama) Recently, there’s been a lot of chatter on TheBabywearer about ObiMama mei tais – so being dedicated to babywearing research (read, addicted to carriers!), I had to give one a go. Jen, the sweet WAHM behind ObiMama has been making mei tais for some [...] I’ve shared one way you can get a small baby high on your back using a woven wrap. If you aren’t into wrapping, a mei tai is another great choice for newborn/small baby back carries (for other recommended newborn/young baby carriers, check out our guide). I suppose Eleanor isn’t technically a newborn anymore (or maybe [...] As you may have gathered from our babywearing guide, I’m a huge wrap fan. But I’ve also always had a soft spot for mei tais (as my first carrier was a Babyhawk mei tai) and use them regularly as well. Wrap conversion mei tais are a perfect blend of the two – as the name [...] I’m pretty sure we missed spring around here. Or if it happened, it lasted about two days (maybe around the time Eleanor was born? That must be why I missed it!). In any case, it’s pretty darn hot. And humid. So what’s an avid babywearing mama to do? Eleanor in her Monkey Pocket I’m of the [...]  |
   
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