We have cut prices of yet another great product to help you out this Christmas. Wheelybugs are now available from just £45.49 including UK postage! This fabulous special offer can’t last for long, so make sure you place your order while you can!

It was fabulous to read a positive article on The Times website about babywearing today. Using a sling is so good for normal mummies and not reserved for celebrity types, and it’s great to have some widespread recognition! Excellent timing during International Babywearing Week too. Hurray for The Times!

To celebrate the first ever International Babywearing Week, SnugBaby are delighted to be offering a fabulous 15% off any order for a SnugBaby sling placed until 19th November!

Simply choose from our great range of designs, and enter SL_IBW08 at the checkout to receive your discount. Feel free to pass this great offer onto friends, and together let’s spread the babywearing love!

Son #1 has been invited to his first birthday party since he started school. He had a couple when he was at nursery, but they seemed so much easier. Is there some unwritten birthday party protocol, that I am not yet privvy to?

It started with “The Invitation”, which was sent out three weeks ago. It was a nice pink Little Miss one, with a tear off reply bit at the bottom. So far so good. But it also had a telephone number, so am I meant to reply by telephone, or send the slip back to school? I did the latter. The next matter of confusion was “The Gift”. Obviously a gift is required, but not having a little girl, I am not fully up on what is “in”. I deployed Son#1 to find out. He managed to discover that she was going to be 5 (not a given as they are in mixed age classes), and she wanted a card with either a dog or Barbie on. Nothing too tricky there then, but he forgot to find out about the present (typical man!).

Still, I thought I had enough to go on, so off we trudged into town to search for something suitably girly and pretty. First the card… this we managed without any real difficulty (in fact, the most difficult thing about it was getting to the birthday cards over the top of the pile of Christmas cards that were strewn about the shop, presumably in preparation for display).

Son #1 chose a lovely card that had a picture of a West Highland Terrier, with a bow on it’s head, and amazingly said 5! Part one of the mission was complete. Onto part 2. After a scour around the Early Learning Centre, Marks and Spencer gift department, and Debenhams, I was feeling a little disheartened. I had secretly been looking forward to buying girly things, but everything was either too girly (and she would probably already have it), too boring or too expensive - have you seen the price of dolls! We ended up in Waterstones and eventually chose a lovely book, which was girly (Dora The Explorer), marginally educational and within our budget. Hurrah! Job done… or not.

The party is fast approaching, and I still need to wrap the present and get Son #1 to write the card. Once at the party, what do I do? At the last one he went to, the mums stayed there, as it was younger children. But at this one there will be a mix of 3, 4 and 5 year olds, and it is in the local hall. So, what is the done thing? Am I meant to leave him, or am I expected to stay? The party is from 2pm until 4pm, so will there be food?

Seriously, there are so many unanswered questions - why isn’t there a book on this, like there is on every other aspect of parenting? Still, it is Son #1’s birthday in a month, and he has already expressed a desire for a party. I was hoping to persuade him to wait another year before starting “proper” parties, but we will have to see if he will be put off.  And I will glean as many tips as possible from this event - just in case.

Any advice gratefully received - and wish me luck!

I am pleased to confirm that SnugBaby will be appearing at the first ever Nantwich Baby Fair, “Bumps, Babes and Beyond“, on Saturday 22nd November. There will be over 50 stalls providing a fabulous shopping experience, with many items not being available to buy on the high street. With fantastic entertainment including a visit from Father Christmas, fashion shows, face-painting, balloon modelling, first aid demonstration and lots more, it definately makes for a fun day out!

Best of all, SnugBaby will be offering a rare opportunity to try before you buy, as well as special offers on SnugBaby slings, and BabyLegs. We will be on hand to offer advice and to spread the word about babywearing. Make sure you pop along to see us with any questions, or just to say hello. Hope to see you there!

Right, preparation time again… better get back to work.

It is only 62 days until Christmas, and while we are still reeling at the lack of Summer, it’s time to get the Christmas shopping underway. To help you along, we’ve put together a list of hot-picks that will make the perfect gift this year. Have a look to see what we’ve got on offer. And don’t forget, there is free postage on all our products!

What a busy week is has been in the SnugBaby house! It was Son#2’s birthday this week, so much of my time has been taken up modelling a tiny little Postman Pat and Jess from icing - no mean feat, I tell you!

We have taken delivery of some of the new BabyLegs styles, so most of them are now available for immediate dispatch - and at just £7.99 per pair with free delivery, are the ideal garment for keeping your little one’s legs warm as the weather gets colder (and colder).

We are still running the 2 for £27 offer on all full priced shoo shoos, but be warned, this will not be available for much longer - this very special price ends on 31st October! Take a look at some of the gorgeous styles!

Lastly, if you live in the Carlisle area, you can pop along to Carlisle Library on Monday 20th October where I will be doing a demonstration and workshop, answering all your babywearing questions and offering advice, as well as showing off the most popular of our SnugBaby mei tai style slings! Hope to see you there!

P.S. We still have  a few of our Special Offer slings left,  down to an amazing £40! Grab one while you can!

A new addition to SnugBaby is the Healthy Back Baby Bags - the award winning. ergonomic, teardrop-shaped changing bag. It’s ideal for anyone who suffers from back pain, and is stylish and functional. It’s available in 5 fabulous colours,  each for just £43.99. As with all SnugBaby products, it even comes with FREE DELIVERY!

We are pleased to say we will soon be adding more styles to our BabyLegs collection - with some beautiful seasonal designs featuring in time for Christmas, including some fabulous organic options. You an pre-order now for delivery in approximately 10 days!

One of my favourite online stores, Fill Your Pants, who specialise in all things cloth, have just launched an amazing competition, to win a £50 voucher to spend on anything in their shop! So, if you fancy getting your hands on washable nappies, gorgeous organic clothes or any other of their lovely baby products, just answer this simple question:

How many designs of the Blueberry Minky Birth-to-Potty Pocket Nappy do we currently stock?

To enter, just go to Fill Your Pants website, and follow the instructions. If you would like to be in with double the chance of winning, all you need to do is post the link to the competition on another website or forum, and mention it on your entry, and you will automatically get two entries!

Good luck, I am off to fill in my entry now…

I am having huge problems with my internet connection at the moment, and am down to working using dial-up. If you have ever tried using dial-up for heavy internet usage, you will know it’s no easy task! Downloading emails is taking about ten times as long as my proper broadband, and frankly, it’s driving me mad!

Now, it doesn’t seem that long ago since I was telling the Husband, “What do you want broadband for? This is fine… grumble, grumble”. Oh, how my view can change once I am using the web for something other than moooching on the odd baby website, or sending emails to friends! Even my eldest son was complaining about it today, because CBeebies website was taking too long. On the other hand, if it wasn’t so frustrating, I can appreciate it might be quite liberating. But so far this month, SnugBaby has been so busy that I could really do without forced time off!

A few days ago we announced the winners of the Autumn competition, and they should all now have recieved their prizes. Hopefully there will be some photos to follow. Apologies to those who missed out, but no doubt we will have another fit of generosity soon.

P.S. I would have put a nice little picture to accompany this post, but apparently my internet connection has other ideas!