Expecting and new parents, this Mother's Day is ALL ABOUT YOU! I have joined forces with several of my favourite collaborators to bring to you "The Mother of ALL Mother's Day Giveaways" giveaway. We have over $2350 worth of prizes split between two giveaways: One open to the world, and an extra one open to [...]
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of joining Nathan from Proud Fertility and Lacey from Chinook City Doulas for a Baby Wrap Battle. There wasn't as much rapping as I had hoped, but there was a whole lot of wrapping.... and fun. Man do I love wrapping and fun. One of my life motto's is [...]
A Brief Babywearing History Over the last 19+ years that I have been involved with the babywearing community, I have watched it morph and evolve in to what it is today. I have watched it from it's humble beginnings, where caregivers would learn from a manual and go through months of trial [...]
Did you know that I offer private in home babywearing consults? Well, I do! In fact, I always have (well, since 2009)... I just never really promoted it. So, Andi, why are you promoting it now? Well, because I get a lot of inquiries, and I think it would be helpful to simply have the information at [...]
International Babywearing Week runs through October 4 - 10, 2015. They've made it pretty awesome this year with various themes and hashtags to use throughout the week. It's all about embracing, like #embraceyourlove and #embraceyouradventure just to name a couple. You'll have to go to Babywearing International to see the full list. "International Babywearing Week [...]
I don't wear my babies anymore. I often miss it, although I cherish the memories I have with my little ones tied on to me. I wore my youngest until I physically could not wear her any longer, and even now at age seven, she would want to go in my Amauti if I let her. [...]
In honour of World Breastfeeding Week, I have an incredibly beautiful breastfeeding/babywearing necklace available for one of my lucky readers. The necklace comes to us all the way from Estonia, and is made of Apple wood and 100% cotton. Wooden beads are naturally antibacterial, and are nice for babies to play with or chew on. "Breastfeeding & [...]
I have written about "babywearing" before, but it's been quite a while, so I think we're due for a recap. One of the things that I have become extremely passionate about is "babywearing". The back story on this is... I was pregnant with my third child and I may have been a little concerned about [...]
One of the services that I provide my mamas is hands on, one on one babywearing instruction and help. Actually, I will help anyone and everyone, not just my mamas. I currently co-lead the local babywearing group and help moms all the time. I will also teach doulas or professionals working with mothers, so that [...]
