April 30, 2010

For all of you who wanted to participate in the Beco Gemini video contest, but weren’t able to get your paws on a Beco to use, this contest is FOR YOU!  Submit a video telling us why you need a Beco Baby Carrier or why a Beco Butterfly would be better than the carrier you already have – keep it clean, girls, no sling bashing, please!

Upload your video to YouTube with your title being set up like this:

Beco Baby Carrier, ___ ____  needs a Butterfly!

So Beco’s leading lady’s entry would be:

Beco Baby Carrier, Gabby Caperon needs a Butterfly!

Don’t forget to link your video to the Discussion Group at the Beco FaceBook page!

Good luck, and can’t wait to hear why YOU need a Beco!

April 29, 2010

I’m so confused by comments about babywearing being hip, new, and a great invention! Us BWing parents know that babywearing is actually a very old concept and dates back 100s of years! Granted, we babywear with more style and pizazz now, but my dad carried baby me in a brown cord Snugli with an internal insert similar to the one that the Beco Butterfly features now!
In my sea of moving boxes and half unpacked furniture, I can’t find my vintage babywearing photographs, but here is a picture of my friend Karina (the model in the official Alice Beco picture!) being carried in a SPOC (simple piece of cloth) by her big sister, Heidi! SO CUTE!

*happy babywearing*

I haven’t been to the San Diego Wild Animal Park since I was 8 years old. It seemed huge back then, and WOW, when we took the littlies there last weekend, it was STILL huge! I’m not usually a fan of zoos, but I do appreciate the amount of space that these animals had to call their own. My favorite part was coming over a hill and seeing some giraffes and a rhino hanging out like they were on safari! The kids loved it, and we’re so grateful to my brother who hooked us up with annual passes so we can go again – soon!

My vintage Beco 4th Generation has been waiting to be taken to a zoo and I made sure to have my sweet husband take lotsa babywearing pix of us! The batteries died after the first 20 minutes, so we’ll be sure to take more pictures next time!

A silly PAXbaby slideshow
babywearing-at-the-san-diego-wild-animal-park

Look how cute this is!
Watch the new baby elephant on an elephant cam!

*happy babywearing*

April 28, 2010

Where and what is the PAXbaby mama doing?

Oh my!  Is that a *real* snake???

Did you know that snakes smell through their tongues?

She thought Baby #5 smelled delicious!

More animal fun coming up at the PAXbaby blog!

*happy babywearing*

AlisaMarie, you had me at “hello!” What an incredibly adorable homage to Beco Baby Carriers! You are fantastic, and I love how Levi just hung out on your back in every “scene!” My favorite part? The dish towel tucked into your waistband while you were cooking! Steve was so cute when you put the Scooters Butterfly II on him! Good luck in the Beco Gemini contest!

*happy babywearing*

April 27, 2010

To our Olives & Applesauce Soft Structured Carrier:

We love you!  We love to nurse in you.  We love to sleep in you.  We love to walk in you.  We love you!  *heart*

From:

Your fans, PAXbaby mama & Baby #5

PS:

Jethro rocks!

PS2:

But we would not mind having a second O & A, maybe something Monkey Inspired!

*happy babywearing*

This video was so sweet, Peter!  Made me want to #1 – whisper, #2 – have a new baby, and  #3 – sit in a rocking chair!  The Sky Beco Butterfly II is adorable and so is your precious little girl!  Congratulations and good luck winning the new Beco Gemini!  If you want to try your hand at winning a Gemini for you and your baby, click here to get the scoop!

*happy babywearing*

April 26, 2010

Thanks, Jamie, for the sweet video!  I loved seeing all the pictures of Madilynn and her adoring family & friends! What a blessing she is!  The baby carrier photo montage at the end is great! Especially the last picture featuring your Ella Beco Baby Carrier!  Good luck winning the free Beco Gemini!  Here are the directions if you would like to win the Gemini for yourself!

*happy babywearing*

The other day, I posted my Beco Butterfly “Priceless” advertisement.  Since then, I have been inundated with comments about the ad, especially about the nursing necklace that I featured!

Kelly at Adorn on Etsy is the creative genius behind these beautiful necklaces designed to give baby something to hold onto while nursing or babywearing!  I can’t tell you how often I have had my hair pulled by my sweet little fella as he rides in my baby carrier or while I’m nursing him.  But these adjustable necklaces solve the problem!  Kelly recommended to me that I wear the pendant in front while breastfeeding, and then swing it around to the back of my neck when Baby #5 is snuggling on my back!

*It’s working great, and I’m so thankful to my friend for my early birthday present that I wanted to share 1 with you so you can be free from the hair pulling pain as well!*

Kelly makes nursing necklaces with vintage beads & interesting shapes for baby to explore tactically, and is creating a line of necklaces to match perfectly with my favorite baby carriers, the Beco Butterfly II and soon the Beco Gemini also!  PAXbaby is gifting a *custom* nursing necklace to one lucky PAXbaby fan, but for those of you who want to drop a little idea to your husband, Kelly’s Etsy shop is Adorn, and she has necklaces in stock now.  Hint, hint, Mother’s Day is right around the corner!

There are a lot of ways to earn a chance at winning a Custom Nursing Necklace to match YOUR favorite baby carrier!  Choose as many of these choices as you like!  Post each task completed as an entry!  Earn up to 6 entries per email address!

*1 – Become a PAXbaby fan and join us at the PAXbaby Facebook page!   Post here that you are a fan!

*2 – Become a fan at the Adorn Facebook page!  And post here that you are a fan!

*3 – Tell us here which is your favorite Beco Butterfly print available at PAXbaby!

*4 – Choose a favorite necklace from Adorn and post here with your choice!

*5 – Just for fun, how many baby carriers do you have in your baby carrier stash?  Post here!

*6 – Post the PAXbaby blog button at your blog or share this link in a blog post!  Let us know that you shared!

Next Monday at 8pm PST, a random number will be chosen and the winner will be the new envy of her babywearers group!

Have fun, and *happy babywearing*

April 25, 2010

Last day to enter to win a Beco Butterfly II from Mama Ash!  No videos, no tricks, just enter!

Good luck, babywearers!

*happy babywearing*