I am often asked why I came up with SnugBaby. Quite simply, I needed a comfortable sling, that could cope with my demands – easy to use, looked good, would last a while, husband could use it, and it could be washed! When I had my first son, I admit I had never even heard [...]

Ok, so perhaps more “small child wearing” than babywearing, but it is still pretty fab. Yesterday, we decided to go for a nice walk by the river near where we live. SnugBoy#2 got literally over the road from our house before deciding that he couldn’t walk any further. So he asked to go in a [...]

As you may know, I went down to very sunny Birmingham yesterday morning (very early yesterday morning!) to go and help out/socialise on the Mumsclub stand at The Baby Show, promoting mums in business, and encouraging mums to think about starting their own business. We had a great time, and it was lovely to see [...]

Question: When is my bear old enough to go in a back carry?

When I talked to a friend the other day about babywearing – she was completely confused as to what I meant. She thought perhaps I was suggesting that she use her little darling as a hat. However, when renowned paediatrician, Dr William Sears invented the term babywearing in the 1980s, I’m fairly sure he meant [...]

Since it is December, a time when advent calendars are eagerly opened, children desperate to find out what is hiding behind each door, I am putting a babywearing spin on it, and will be posting a great babywearing tip, suggestion or idea every day until Christmas! Today’s treat is: Make great use of a mei [...]

Every day this week UK babywearing website, Get Your Hands Back, is giving away a fabulous prize, to promote babywearing and support International Babywearing Week 2009. Today it is our turn to help out, by donating one of our fabulous SnugBaby mei tais, for one of you lucky people to win! International Babywearing Week is [...]

New UK sling resource website, Get Your Hands Back, has a great article on different activities people have done whilst wearing their baby (or toddler) in a sling, featuring a man who supported his wife through labour whilst carrying their toddler ina  mei tai! It’s great to see what people can do, especially when it’s [...]

Another busy week at SnugBaby! We’ve had a hectic week sales-wise (Not that we’re complaining!), and we’re still preparing for the Summer Sling Show. Everything’s starting to come together, with our stock of baby slings building up, boxes of stuff arriving from printers, and the checklist of outstanding jobs shrinking by the day. Not only [...]