The Honeycomb Loom is a collaboration between two amazing UK brands - Firespiral and Baie, both of whom are known for high quality wraps in their own rights. Their aim is simple to make affordable, high quality fabric designed for carrying. You'll notice I say the word fabric here... yep thats right, fabric... not aContinueContinue reading "Honeycomb Loom Wrap Review"
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Try a sling while you shop at the Mum2Mum Market, and Summer dates for Sheen Slings
Sheen Slings is on tour this weekend! We will be at the Mum2Mum Market in Teddington this Saturday 2-4pm at Teddington Baptist Church. We will be running an advice stall where you can try on plenty of carriers and even borrow a carrier to go round all the market and help give you back yourContinueContinue reading "Try a sling while you shop at the Mum2Mum Market, and Summer dates for Sheen Slings"
Lifft Stretchy Wrap Review
This is fast becoming a favourite. Released in December last year, the Lifft Stretchy is pretty new to the market and I first tried one at the Northern Sling Exhibition earlier this year. As I already had 7 different brands of stretchy wraps in the library, a new stretchy wrap definitely wasn't on my shoppingContinueContinue reading "Lifft Stretchy Wrap Review"
Izmi Baby Carrier Review
The Izmi carrier is simply genius. It was designed by a fellow babywearing consultant and sling librarian and honestly this shows. Its wonderfully clever in its design, combining the softness, closeness and comfort of a wrap style carrier with the intuitive simplicity of a buckle carrier into one very very easy to use, lightweight softContinueContinue reading "Izmi Baby Carrier Review"
Woven FAQ - What does gsm mean? How thick or thin is that?
Buying your first woven wrap – deciding what to buy – can often be the most intimating part of wrapping. There is a startling array of different brands, blends and designs. It can be terrifying to work out where to start! ‘Woven FAQ’ is my attempt to answer some of the questions I am asked theContinueContinue reading "Woven FAQ - What does gsm mean? How thick or thin is that?"
My favourite Newborn carriers
Today Rachel turns 3 months old, marking the end of the 4th trimester. As she leaves the newborn period behind, these were my favourite carriers to use with her during her newborn phase; 1. Hana Baby stretchy wrap - I just love stretchy wraps for those early days. Super soft, easy to tie, easy to popContinueContinue reading "My favourite Newborn carriers"
Manduca First Review
We bought our Manduca 3.5 years ago when our son was 5 months old, and used it practically everyday for the next 2.5 years until he turned 3. Its been to 8 countries with us, on tubes, trains, buses, cable cars and ferries, through all weather conditions and been used by multiple members of ourContinueContinue reading "Manduca First Review"
Liora Rae Wovens - Bloom tester Review
The other week we had a very special wrap come to visit, a new tester from Liora Rae Wovens - Bloom. Liora Rae are a relatively new brand designed and produced in the UK by Natasha Stoller. While Liora Rae was born last year, I only encountered them for the first time a few weeks before when IContinueContinue reading "Liora Rae Wovens - Bloom tester Review"
Using a buckle carrier for a Newborn
Before my son was born, when I started to think about baby carriers I pictured a buckle carrier. They were the sort I'd seen most on the street, the type I'd seen in John Lewis and Mothercare etc. Fortunately for me, I went to a sling library and learn more about different baby carrier typesContinueContinue reading "Using a buckle carrier for a Newborn"
Woven FAQ - What size wrap do I need?
Buying your first woven wrap - deciding what to buy - can often be the most intimating part of wrapping. There is a startling array of different brands, blends and designs. It can be terrifying to work out where to start! 'Woven FAQ' is my attempt to answer some of the questions I am asked theContinueContinue reading "Woven FAQ - What size wrap do I need?"