Yazan: CanCan | 15 September 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Reviews, Traveling baby
I have mentioned before that I am pro-babywearing for convenience as well as bonding.
One thing I DON’T like about baby wearing is that slings and carriers are often an “investment”; you have to plunk down some serious cash and then there is always the nagging worry that this particular carrier won’t be a good fit [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 10 August 2009 | 6 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Reviews, Traveling baby, Videos
On Monday I will be flying to Southeast Asia with Jojo and Deeds.
It is a really long trip and we have four connecting flights. Hometown to Atlanta, Atlanta to Japan, Japan to Bangkok, and Bangkok to Laos.
This time instead of my trusty Ergo carrier, I will be toting Deeds in a LilleBaby EveryWear.
I decided to [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 28 January 2009 | 172 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Giveaways, Green, Traveling baby
By my estimation, it was BabyBjorn who popularized the concept of baby wearing in the USA more than two decades ago!
No one was “baby wearing” when my sibling and I were young. In fact, the only carrier I ever remember seeing before the BabyBjorn era were those huge external frame hiking backpacks that perches the kid somewhere behind [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 05 December 2008 | 113 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews, Traveling baby
I highly recommend baby wearing, and I especially love all of the fantastic infant carrier options that are on the market today.
I have some dear friends who are on the cusp of an adoption. They are first time parents, and actually came to me for advice.
One of the first things that came to mind [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 16 November 2008 | 28 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Links
Baby wearing is something I have always known I wanted to do.
A lot of parents feel very passionate about baby wearing.
Besides the closeness and bonding that results from baby wearing, there are also many benefits of not being tied down to an unwieldy stroller.
We have carried our children all over the US and Asia without [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 17 October 2008 | 159 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Giveaways, Green, Reviews, Traveling baby
Parents of Invention is an amazing company. Founded in 2002 by a stay-at-home mom, Parents of Invention have given parents a voice for their creative ideas on how to improve products for babies and children.
I am totally smitten with their comfy, user-friendly Organic Baby Sling!
The Organic Baby Sling from Parents of Invention is made from [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 18 July 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Baby care, Giveaways, Reviews, Traveling baby
I love baby carriers, and I thought I had seen them all. How much difference can their be between two different brands of Mei Tais? Amazingly, the Ultimate Baby Mei Tai by Parents of Invention really is just that…the ULTIMATE!
The Ultimate Baby Mei Tai has all of the abilities of a standard Mei Tai, with [...]