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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"

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"

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"

Every so often I get a parent of a 9-12 month old ask me about toddler carriers.  And I get it  ... today I stood in the shoe shop and practically begged the assistant measuring Tom's feet to let me have the size 9's instead of the 8.5's even though he said the 9's wouldContinueContinue reading "Why I hate the term "Toddler Carrier""

As many of you guys know I have now started by maternity leave.  No baby yet but it can't be too much longer now! Sling library sessions are on hold for the time being but not all services are stopping completely so here's what you can expect for the next few weeks and when eachContinueContinue reading "The next few weeks here at Sheen Slings..."

In case your wondering why its been a bit quiet on the review front - the last couple of months I have been working toward my Certification Level with the Trageschule, which I passed last weekend ... to become a Trageschule Certified Babywearing Consultant. The Trageschule divide their training into 3 Levels - Foundation, Advanced andContinueContinue reading "Certification"

I posted the other week about how a good baby carrier can help support breastfeeding and I get asked about breastfeeding in sling pretty regularly, but the benefits of carrying your baby really aren't limited to breastfed babies.  Far from it!  I was reminded of this on Monday when I had a lovely family visit me forContinueContinue reading "Bottle feeding in slings..."

Wearing your baby can help support feeding your little one - prolonged skin to skin contact helps increase Oxytocin production stimulating milk production.  Likewise wearing them after feeds (whether breast or bottle) helps keep them upright and avoid discomfort of colic or reflux.   For anyone struggling with feeding at all, I'd highly recommend findingContinueContinue reading "Sheen Slings at Twickenham Green Breastfeeding Drop in on Tuesday 13th September"