Lots of you took advantage of our free wrap scrap keychains on Monday! Yay!

Tuesday, we began something extra special for the leaders on our Groups Near You Map! If your group isn’t on the map, you’ll want to add yourselves, so you don’t miss out on future awesomeness!

Wednesday, we opened a drawing for a FREE Girasol tote! Find the details here

*happy babywearing*

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“For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.” – Deepak Chopra, M.D.

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What did you do today to celebrate life, love, and family?

Did you wear your babies close? Snuggle them a little tighter? A little longer? Give them extra kisses?

What are you thankful for?

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*happy babywearing*

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PAXmommy Jillian and Baby #5 at Disneyland.

Five minutes after this photo was taken he was o.u.t. like a light.

Big kid wearing for the win!!

Do your bigger littles let you wear them still?

Babywearing is a safe, cozy way for even your bigger kids to catch a ride while out and about on a long adventure.

Your toddler or big kid can rest their eyes AND their legs, and still be up high where they can see what is going on, and be tucked up close to mom or dad at the same time.

Where has big kid wearing taken you??

*happy babywearing*

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The details for the soft structured carrier Bamberoo giveaway at PAXbaby.com are these :

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Find the 2 goodies at PAXbaby.com that will earn you entries to the drawing.
Purchase 1 or both of them (no limit on how many times you can do this step)!!
Wait til Friday when the random winner is drawn!

Pick out your favorite babywearing non-profit organization to receive 10% of the total that we receive for this Bamberoo!

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*Fine print = A purchase at PAXbaby.com will need to be made in order to win! Shipping will need to be charged for the Bamberoo. Actual fee will be calculated depending on winner’s location. You may “enter” as many times as you like. Contest will automatically end when we run out of goodies.

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1 entry with the purchase of a Wooden Peace Sign Teether by Little Alouette!http://shop.paxbaby.com/little-alouette-wooden-peace-sign-teether/
2 entries with the purchase of a Wrap Scrap Treasure Necklace by Sweet Pea Baby Boutique!http://shop.paxbaby.com/wrap-scrap-treasure-teething-necklace/

GOOD LUCK & *happy babywearing*

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It is so interesting to me to watch the evolution of today’s babywearing culture!  A few years ago, there were a handful of known baby carrier brands, and now look at all the choices!!!  Celebrities wear their babies, government officials wear their babies, and regular everyday parents wear their babies!  Babywearing is no longer limited to granola eating, Birkenstock wearing moms, although I give credit to my mom for starting the baby carrier come back in the 80s while wearing long skirts and peasant blouses!  I know that here in Southern California, wearing your baby in a carrier is not only acceptable in mainstream society but also commended by doctors, midwives, and chiropractors!  However, for those of you who are the ONLY babywearers you  have ever seen or met, more BWing power to you! It must be hard to be the ONLY one!

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Just like in our world, there are only a few species of animals in the wild who carry their babies! No wonder  the Kangaroo and the Koala are considered to be babywearing mascots!!!!  The thought that those animals have built in slings is just too adorable!!  This onesie from Old Navy seemed especially pertinent for our babyworn little ones!  “I {heart} hanging out with mom”  Oh too cute!!!

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And a shout out to the amazing wildlife we saw while traveling, living, and babywearing in Australia, here is a photograph of a  happy baby carrying koala mama and her little one that my husband spotted as we sped down the freeway (on the left side of course!)  We pulled over to take her picture, and then her baby crawled around from the side to surprise us!

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*happy babywearing*

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Is it just me, or do memories fade really quickly?  Thank goodness for pictures, or I would have forgotten a lot of the sweet moments of my children’s busy busy life!

These photos are from a great day that my husband and I took our (then only) 3 children to the Butterfly Preserve to see the monarchs!  We had a fabulous time even though we only saw a few butterflies – turns out it was the wrong season, oops!  I can recall now (thanks to the pix) the earthy smell of the eucalyptus trees, the peaceful picnic we had while sitting on stumps, wearing Baby #3 in a Ring Sling, Baby #2’s butterfly shoes, and the great nap all 3 kids had after our “hike!”

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*happy babywearing*

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Oh, what would I give to have a pouch built right into my body!  I love that the Kangaroo has a natural baby carrier to protect, bond, and nourish her little one!  Kangaroos are mammals, meaning that they breastfeed their young within their pouch – sound familiar???  You know what they say, 9 in 9 out, and that’s not JUST for baby animals!

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Did your little ones ask to see this video of the Tree Kangaroo baby over and over like mine did?

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*happy babywearing*

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Meet Marley, the rasta wrap brought to you by Girasol, to wear and enjoy every day…

lalalaaaaa

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“I wanna love you and treat you right
I wanna love you every day and every night”

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lalaaaaaa

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Introducing Girasol woven wrap, Marley, in both the standard yellow weft as well as the new black weft!!!!  Make sure to choose which weft you’d prefer!  Pre orders for Marley are open until February 8 at which time Marley will go into production at Girasol headquarters and become a reality in April!  Half now, half later makes Marley easy to add to your growing collection of Girasol woven wraps!!!

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Designed by a fellow native Californian, Marley was brought to life by Maya, a self proclaimed Bob Marley fan who gathered inspiration from a few places….  “I was just getting into skinny stripes as well as rainbows and wanted to see what I could do with tthem! Before it was Marley, it was a bunch of different “rasta rainbows” until I settled on what I thought was the perfect one!  I also used my (now ex) husband as inspiration. I wanted something that was unisex/daddy friendly but not a normal daddy carrier. When I think of daddy carriers, I think of dark solid colors, or stripes/color blocking, but not bright and fun.”   And so, Marley was born, giving a new rocking spin on babywearing!

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*happy babywearing*
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Sometimes, all that is needed is 1 single picture.

And that 1 picture will tell the WHOLE story.

By itself.

On its own.

Baby.

Carrier.

Bonding.

Love.

Everlasting.

Moment.

Forever.

My heart on my sleeve.

On my baby carrier.

In my carrier.

All in 1 moment.

In 1 picture.

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Babywearing Bliss.

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*happy babywearing*

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*happy babywearing* from Alena, mommy to 5 from Southern California

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2 years today, the PAXbaby family packed our belongings into 11 suitcases, duffelbags, and backpacks, and set off on a 5 month adventure!!!  We took 5 children under 7 millions of miles away to explore New Zealand and Australia, and returned back home to Southern California filled with memories & promises!  We promise we will go back again, we promise we will never forget the gorgeous scenery, the lovely people, the warm welcome we received everywhere we went!  Traveling was fun, exciting, and downright crazy with this many little ones, however we both owe babywearing a HUGE thank you for making traveling as easy as possible with a baby and a busy toddler!  Both the PAXdaddy and I wore our baby carriers pretty much all day every day when we were exploring, whether hiking through rain forests avoiding huge man sized spiderwebs, visiting museums and monuments in major cities, or walking on white sand beaches watching dolphins in the surf!  2 years later, the memories are still vivid: the way the air smelled clean and fresh even in metropolises, the surprise we got when we realized the constellations in the night sky were all different, the unusual habit of everyone – even grown people – to walk barefoot everywhere!  I’ll be posting regularly babywearing pictures from our Down Under experience so we can relive the fun together!

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*happy babywearing*

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Happy Wearing Wednesday!!!!

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My sweet lil Baby #6 fell asleep in my Beco Butterfly II, but it was so hot (100+) that I took the BBII off once he fell asleep!  Love that the Butterfly has the internal Y panel and makes transferring (to another babywearer or to bed!) just so easy!!!

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*happy babywearing*

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PAXbaby’s Wearing Wednesday blog post brings you the background story of Nelly, the AngelPack mama!  She is such a sweet person; when she shared her story with me, I just knew you’d love to read all about it too!!!

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“In November 2003 I had my new baby girl, there I was, a new mother, one little piece of me who meant the world to me. I wanted to protect her, love her and give her all of my best. I wanted to be home with her, despite my plans to run to college and work at the same time.  So I stayed home and thought of ways to help sustain our little family, we lived in Miami with a big mortgage, car payments and one income. Through that daddy worked very hard putting in two jobs and sometimes three to support us.

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At that time I decided to make cloth diapers and maybe sell them on eBay. I had sewn before so maybe this was a good fit, I try making our diapers and that wasn’t pretty, but I did make our slings and a meh dai that cough the attention of my friends and the shop keeper at my favorite fabric shop. She was the one to point out to me that I should make that thing to sell, she was in owe. And so I did, I made some for my neighbors who would walk with us (My baby and I) at the park while we were all trying to lose the baby weight. I had my baby strapped on me all the time.

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At our dining room I started to sew, I bought about $20 of twill fabric and made my first meh dai, it sold on ebay for $40 and I still had fabric for more. Every single meh dai I listed sold and within a couple of months I was making tens of meh dais a week from our dining room table. I usually had my girl strapped to my back while we made them, daddy would often help ironing the straps when he came home from work. We were very blessed indeed.

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At the end of 2004 when our daughter was one, we decided to move out of crazy busy Miami, we sold our house in Miami and move to Lakeland, we picked Lakeland because it’s close to Orlando and Tampa and my husband thought it would be good when looking for work. We have been living here for the past 6 years. At this house I had a room with my sewing machines and cutting table, it was my little studio, but after my baby boy was born I quickly found myself with too much work and not so much of the quality time I wanted to give my children, at times I had to close down my web store to make sure I wouldn’t be too busy. I stayed up late at night (mornings) so that I could finish orders in time. Then I decided it was time to hire someone to do this work for us, so I tried and tried many places locally and couldn’t find a place with the quality I was giving my customers.

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At the beginning of 2007 we decided to try to set up a shop in the Dominican Republic, that summer I traveled alone with my two children, Angie was 3, Gabriel was 1. I stayed at my mom’s place and it was such a blessing to have her support. This summer I realize how little I know about the crisis in my country, I was counting on finding a few seamstresses and I did, but once again, but none knew how to operate an industrial sewing machine or keep a straight line. Not the quality we were accustomed to.

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This went on for a good portion of this summer when finally the person who sold me the sewing machines informed me that he could do the job for me, it was a big weight lifted off my shoulders, I had orders waiting to be shipped for nearly two months. When he first saw me make one, he got it right away and made just perfect, better than me.  I was glad to hand over my job. He set up a small shop specifically to work with our AngelPacks at home.

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I made it back home, FINALLY!  This was a beautiful chapter and for the next three years we were able to get AngelPacks made right there from my home town, my mom worked with us inspecting and doing shipping, my uncle drove the packages from our tiny town to the big city to a UPS office.

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In 2010 we decided to set up our own shop when we were informed that our seamstress was moving to N.Y. and so we did, this summer we set up our own shop, with a large sewing room, a large cutting table and a beautiful (to me) stock room. This time my husband was with us which was such a blessing, now I had 3 children and a big pregnant belly, so his help was greatly needed, we stayed there over three months (again) but when we left we left everything in place.  The main person working for us now is the same seamstress that used to work at the old shop, now we have more help too and UPS picks up packages at our own door! Yep they take the drive to little town for us.

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It hasn’t been easy, some times more tiring than others, but it has been a blessing to have this opportunity to go around the world with our product and to help parents around bond with their little ones, to make their days easier because they can put a baby on their backs (or front) and keep going with their day without missing out on that time of closeness with baby.

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We feel very blessed with our family, now a not so little one, and with our job, this year my husband has joint front with me and is staying home with us, we home school our children and with four little ones is a great thing to have the help.  Our family thrives on AngelPack and the blessing of the Lord who has guided us until this day. We believe our children are a blessing and are so glad to be able to spend our days learning with them and guiding them.

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What will our next chapter be?

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Nelly Diaz” from AngelPack

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*happy babywearing*

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Today’s Wearing Wednesday photo demonstrates a PERFECT newborn position in the Manduca!!   Sarah has her baby’s legs folded in the natural “M” shape within the carrier!  Ergonomic & comfortable for both mama & baby, this position is best until baby is around 3 months, 14 pounds, or when you are naturally holding baby against your body with baby’s legs wrapping around you!  A great interim position is to froggy just 1 leg with the other coming out maintaining the “knees higher than bum” stature!!!

Thank you so much to Sarah and her little one for this amazingly gorgeous (& helpful!!) babywearing picture!!!

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*happy babywearing*

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Welcome to Wearing Wednesday where we showcase an extra special babywearer each week at PAXbaby.com!  This week’s picture was sent in by Monique and features a very special, one of a kind, customized Scootababy!!!!  This Duke Scootababy was made by PAXbaby’s Pimp my Carrier and is so adorable!  Thanks, Monique, for the happy babywearing picture!!!

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*happy babywearing*

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PAXbaby’s Wearing Wednesday featuring a hilarious picture of the PAXbaby Daddy and #5.

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*happy babywearing*

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Babywearing looks like so much fun ESPECIALLY when it’s a custom Hello Kitty BabyHawk meh dai with Pimp my Carrier Strap Wraps at the beach!!!!  Happy Summer, babywearers, and thank you, Jamila for the fabulous picture of your BabyHawk & your sweet little bug!

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*happy babywearing*

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Wearing Wednesday at PAXbaby!

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Here are a few ecstatic words from the happy babywearing mama who received this package of beautiful Pimp my Carrier accessories made with her choice of custom fabric to coordinate with her existing baby carrier, her Espresso Beco Butterfly II:

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THANK YOU for the gorgeous accessories for my carrier! Wow, I was shocked and delighted to have such a wonderful package of goodies.

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Custom accessories made with the  Zanzibar fabric
Carry my Carrier Tote Bag
Mai Poketto
Toy Tether
& Strap Wrap

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*happy babywearing*

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If you ever need parenting advice, ask the mother of multiples!  In order to survive the babies’ first year, moms of multiples have to learn every trick in the book!  It seems like yesterday that I was learning to juggle 2 newborns and an 18 month old, and I KNOW that having 3 under 2 is what makes me completely unfazed by having 6 under 8 1/2 now!!!!  But now some words of wisdom from Keri, who is learning to deal just like I did!

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“I have three under three (2.5 year old and 9 week old twins).  The Beco Gemini helps me be active with all three!  Not to mention easy enough for grandma and a wonderful “witching hour” weapon.

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I’ve owned a lot of carriers, and this is my favorite hands down!“

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Take Keri’s expert advice, and get yourself a Beco Gemini!!!!

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*happy babywearing*

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