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Come celebrate International Babywearing Week with PAXbaby.com!!!

We will be partying all week long, so make sure you check back with us so you do not miss out on any of our amazing daily giveaways!
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a Rafflecopter giveaway
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We would LOVE to thank our most GENEROUS sponsors:

Maya Wrap
Beco Baby Carrier
Crane Humidifiers
Ergo Baby
Sakura Bloom
Solly Baby
and
Squeen’s Beads
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Where will YOU be babywearing THIS week? If you have no where to go, make sure you at least come join in online! Teach yourself a new carry, teach someone else how to babywear, take some babywearing selfies, wear your favorite carrier, buy a new carrier, wear an old carrier, lend someone a carrier –  let’s spread that babywearing love, and get people talking! Where will babywearing take YOU this year???

Each day there will be a brand new contest to enter, running from 8am – 10:00pm PDT, so make sure you enter! Like, comment, SHARE, tag your friends!

The winner will be emailed once the drawing comes to an end on Monday, October 5th!! Shipping address must be confirmed via email within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen!! For this reason, make sure to check your email (including your Junk folder!!) (Free shipping in the USA; actual shipping costs for our International friends)
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*happy babywearing*
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a Rafflecopter giveaway

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See why everyone at our #PAXretreat fell in love with the Maya Wrap Comfort Shoulder Ring Sling!!
Now is YOUR chance to win a SIZE MEDIUM Comfort Shoulder Ring Sling of your very own!
Does the size throw you off??? Sizes really only affect the length of your tail, and where it hits you on your body. Smaller RS size, shorter tail!
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This could be YOU!! Will today be YOUR lucky day???

The winner will be emailed once the drawing comes to an end on Friday, September 25th, 2015!!
Shipping address must be confirmed via email within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen!!
For this reason, make sure to check your email (including your Junk folder!!)

Best of luck to all of you!

**FINE PRINT: We will choose the print of your sling.
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*happy babywearing*
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#PAXbirthdaybash8

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At PAXbaby’s Birthday Party, #PAXbirthdaybash8, we raised over $1,200 for The Carrying On Project, an amazing non profit organization that distributes carriers to military families! PAXbaby is thrilled to have been a part of this opportunity, and we want to thank ALL our many sponsors for the donations they sent! WAHMs and manufacturers all across the world sent us goodies including Maya Wrap, Ergobaby Carriers, Beco Baby Carriers, Ovolo Wraps, Solly Baby Wraps, Sakura Bloom, Bamberoo and Kowalli!!!!
These Silent Auction Baskets were just extraordinary!

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THANK YOU, thank you, thank YOU!!!!

You are all AMAZING.
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*happy babywearing*
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It’s so hard to believe that the PAXdaddy and I have been babywearing parents for 8 1/2 years now – thank you, Baby #1, for being our baby carrier guinea pig – because we are both so natural and at ease with the babywearing situation these days!  You can see my husband regularly wearing our 2 youngest in SSCs (soft structured carriers), MTs (meh dais), and his favorite – Ring Slings!!!  We had to get in the groove pretty quickly of parenting while babywearing hands free as our family grew so fast!  First we had 3 under 2 years, then Baby #4 came along, and they were all still under 4….  5 under 6, well, you get the pattern!  Everyone has to start somewhere, and this sweet photo of the PAXdaddy, he is sporting our very first Ring Sling!  It’s a vintage, hand me down, colorgrown beige, Maya Wrap – used and abused for years before we got it, and just as snuggly and perfect as can be!!!!  Nestled in that sling is 7 days old Baby #4 with his admiring sister already learning how important it is to wear our babies to bond!!!  <3 you, PAXdaddy, and <3 our little BIG babywearing family!!!

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*happy babywearing*

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In an effort to relieve the weight of my babyworn infant, I experimented with a new “hold” or Babywearing Technique called the “Double Backwards Ring Sling Carry!” Baby #6 isn’t very heavy – 12 1/2 pounds 1t 16 weeks –  but his continual babywearing all day every day can cause some muscle soreness especially since we have been using mostly cool, airy Ring Slings due to the heat!  By the nature of the Ring Sling, this baby carrier only goes over 1 shoulder – making 1 half of your back, neck, and shoulders do more work than the other!  And being primarily right handed, I can’t easily swap Baby to my other side to use my left hand for tasks and work!  So, what’s a busy mama to do??

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Using the Backwards Ring Sling positioning, I held Baby #6 high against my chest, threw over our heads 1 Sling, tucked the bottom edge (or “rail”) between baby’s bum and my chest and tightened it to hold him securely with the Rings on my back!  By pulling the tail down through the rings gently, first the top rail, then the bottom, I can get the perfect fit for Baby and I!  Then, taking the second Sling, I threw it over both of our hands going the OTHER way with the ring son my back in the opposite direction!  By tightening this second sling also, I ended up with a “Double Ring Sling” supporting Baby’s weight on both shoulders equally and helping to distribute his weight evenly across my entire neck, shoulders, and upper back!  Aaaaaah, it felt GREAT!!!!  I’m not too sure I can go back to Single Ring Sling wearing again!!!

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Want to see the “Double Ring Sling Carry” in action?  Watch here at PAXbaby’s YouTube channel and post pix here at PAXbaby’s FaceBook page to inspire other babywearers to get creative too!  Demonstration features a vintage Maya Wrap (the one that started it all!) and a beautiful Rainbow Wrap Conversion Ring Sling by Sleeping Baby Productions for PAXbaby – available by pre-order through PAXbaby.com!!  THANKS &  *happy babywearing*

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Here at PAXbaby we are passionate about safe slings. We want to find other like-minded moms and unite together to make it known that there are safe and comfortable options out there.

What YOU can do!

1. Be prepared with business cards for your favorite baby carrier retailers so you can promote Safe Slings! (Email us and we’ll send you some! ;))
2. Slip cards into the boxes of the uncomfortable, non-ergonomic, and potentially dangerous carriers at the big box stores like Target and Babies R Us!
3. Speak out! When you see a mom wearing a “crotch dangler” or bag sling, get your courage up to go over and let her know what has been happening with those types of carriers.
4. Invade the baby shower with a fabulous gift of a Safe Sling and offer to demonstrate! The mom-to-be may be to shy to ask for help and will end up using a dangerous sling just because it looked easier!
5. Be an advocate! If you are part of a mainstream moms forum, or mom’s group, spread the word about Safe Slinging and which carriers to avoid! Moms will thank you for your help and will boost your babywearing esteem!

My Story!

I was 6 months pregnant with my 4th baby when I realized that the wonderful Maya Wrap ring slings that I had used for my 3 previous babies were just not going to cut it this time around! I’d need both my hands free to take care of my new baby plus my older 3 toddlers! Let’s face it, with 4 kids under 5, I’d need all the help I could get!

So, I stopped at Target with my belly and babies in tow to peruse their baby carrier selection. I knew I needed something with 2 shoulder straps so I chose a Infantino Euro Rider! I took it home and showed my husband all the features, and the first thing he said was “Take it back! It’s a piece of junk!” I was shocked because it’s a good company, yadda yadda…

He suggested I do more research online before taking the plunge. I googled baby carriers, and you know what came up? Yes, it was TheBabyWearer.com! I decided on a Beco. (see the picture of me below!) And the rest is babywearing history!

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