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For the Halloween lovers and Nightmare enthusiasts, lament no longer; it is time for the Jack Tula stocking! Well, almost time! Enter PAXbaby’s ghoulishly spooky drawings to see if you will be chosen for Wednesday’s stocking – October 1 at noon PDT!  This is a 2 step process : #1 – enter the drawing and #2 – win the stocking! Still confused? Just follow Jack’s directions and you will do fine!

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Click here to enter the STANDARD size Jack Tula drawing

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Click here to enter the TODDLER size Jack Tula drawing.

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* Please note that this drawing is not for a free WC Jack Tula, but to be eligible to purchase a WC Jack Tula at the stocking! – See more here & here

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**You may enter for both sizes, but you will only win one opportunity to purchase.

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*** There will be more names drawn than carriers available to purchase! Receiving an email does not guarantee you a carrier! This is still a REAL STOCKING, so you will need to have quick fingers – we are just improving your odds at scoring!

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**** Payment will go through the cart, and PayPal WILL be available!

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***** You have until 9 PM PDT 9/30/2014 to enter the drawings. The Jack stockings will take place on October 1 at noon PDT.

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******ALL entries must be accompanied with a post here with which size you would prefer!

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*happy HAUNTED 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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I’m due with my fourth child in January. What two carriers will work together the best so I can carry my toddler and the new baby?

A: Congratulations! When you add a new baby to the family it can be a challenging time for everyone. Having the ability to carry your children and keep your hands free will be vital!

The best way to wear two children at once is to have one on front and one on the back. Your toddler will go on your back, and your newborn in front. We’ll start with the newborn.

You will need something that is easy to ‘pop’ your newborn into for a front carry. Our favorite is the Moby Wrap. This carrier can be wrapped on yourself first using easy-to-follow instructions and once it’s in place you can work on getting the toddler on your back. Another option for the newborn would be a Ring Sling or Pouch.

To get your toddler on your back a meh dai or soft structured carrier would be the easiest. Go ahead and get the toddler on first, securing the waist strap of the carrier under the Moby Wrap, and the shoulder straps over the Moby. Then you can pop your newborn in the Moby and spread out all the layers of fabric. With a carrier like the Beco Butterfly or Ergo, you probably will not be able to fasten the chest clip in front of you. If this doesn’t work well for your body shape, then choose the meh dai, which usually hugs closer to your body and fits better backpack style.

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One of my favorite baby carriers is the Beco Gemini!  Super soft organic twill, versatile positioning, & crossable shoulder straps make it one of my personal “go to” carriers!  For parents over 5’2″ish, this Soft Structured Carrier should definitely be on your baby registry because it is an EXCELLENT newborn carrier and has the capability to carry much older babies as well!  A lot of moms want to know WHY this would fulfill their babywearing needs as a buckle carrier for their infant, and here’s what I think:

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Soft twill to cradle baby comfortably

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No buckles at baby’s face level

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Foldable headrest to support wee ones’ necks

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Crossable shoulder straps for parents’ comfort

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Wide enough front panel to froggy baby’s legs

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Option to make front panel narrow for baby’s legs coming out

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Easy to breastfeed in

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I loved what  Mama R. had to say about her experience while wearing her Beco Gemini with an infant, “I bought my Gemini when my son was 6 weeks old, and it’s my favorite carrier hands down. I have an Ergo but really hate it…  I was even able to convince my husband to switch to the Gemini from the Baby Bjorn. It has so many fabulous holds and no pieces to lose. If I had a complaint about this carrier it would be that in the back carry, I need the head rest already hooked in if I expect that my LO will fall asleep. Everything else is easy and intuitive. I even nurse in it while out and about. The hip carry is fabulous for nursing and carrying while eating dinner at a restaurant.

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I didn’t do legs tucked in since my son is really long and he quickly showed his distaste for anything that trapped his legs. Even though the legs are out, it has a small base that supports the hips and bum properly unlike the crotch carrying Bjorn. It might look similar but it fits even tiny babies much differently in the leg out carry.”

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And a BIG thank you to Kristy and her lovely daughter, Audrey, for the adorable action pix demonstrating the Beco Gemini front carry with a 3 week old!

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*happy babywearing*

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Holey guacamoley, PAXbaby has been blogged at one of my favorite mommy shopping blogs!!!!  Look out, those give aways can get addicting, heeheeeee!  Read all about Kelly’s experience with the Beco Gemini at Simple!

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THANKS, Kelly, for the shout out to PAXbaby‘s unique carrier customization program, Pimp my Carrier!

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*happy babywearing*

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To be able to breastfeed in your Beco carrier is the ultimate goal since, especially in those first months, a smooth transition from feeding to napping to awake time is critical. If you can succeed at keeping baby content during those transitions, you are golden and your baby is happy!  Thus, the importance of an excellent baby carrier that you can nurse your baby in easily and quickly.

With the Beco Butterfly, you can choose whichever is more comfortable for you, to nurse your baby in the upper part of the Y shaped panel or push the fabric to the center to feed baby on the outside of the panel. Either way works fine, and depending on your body structure, you will know which way is more feasible for your body type. This also depends on how many babies you have nursed and how elastic your breast tissue is!

My friend Laura found it easiest to simply push the fabric to the side, lower her nursing tank on the appropriate side, and latch on her 6 month old in a very upright position.

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For a lower position, unbuckle the shoulder clip for the side you want to start on, and loosen the shoulder strap by pulling on the buckle under your arm or the buckle attached to the front panel depending on which version of Beco you have. Pull the Y up and out of the way, push the nursing tank down, and get baby’s head low enough to be able to latch on properly. Once you have latched on, with a smaller baby, you will be able to rebuckle the top buckle to hold baby’s head in place, but as your baby’s noggin grows bigger and heavier, you may find that you will need to hold baby’s head to support the weight and keep baby from pulling your breast while nursing. Once baby is finished, rebuckle the top clip and tighten the shoulder strap again by pulling down or away on the dangling strap under your arm.

Don’t worry, it’s NOT hard, but you do need to get used to it.  Keep trying, otherwise, you can take baby out of the Butterfly, leaving the Y part on your body, and simply nurse your baby in your lap like you are used to.  If really easy breastfeeding is your goal, you may want to take a look at the Beco Gemini which does not have the internal insert, making breastfeeding as easy as pie!

*happy babywearing*

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But if you are pregnant, remember that you can continue babywearing as long as your midwife thinks you can or your body is up for carrying the extra weight! I remember attending a birthday party when I was 7 months pregnant with Baby #5. I was carrying #4 in my Riley Butterfly, ooooh, gorgeous, to keep him out of the older kids’ way. At cake time, I popped him out of the Beco and rolled it up with the stay put strap. A mom that I didn’t know dashed over to me and exclaimed “You were hiding ANOTHER one under there this whole time!?!” I think she was trying to make me feel guilty, but instead I felt proud to be a babywearing pregnant mommy!

To wear your Beco while pregnant, first check with your doctor/ midwife, & then for either back or front carries, the trick is to lower the waistband super low on your hips, putting any of the baby weight onto your hips and thighs instead of your back or belly.

*happy babywearing*

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My brother is the perfect example of a multi tasking daddy at work!  He’s got the kid on his back, and the poop getting scooped!

Hooray for Beco toddler wearing!

*happy babywearing*

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Once upon a Beco…

In a babywearing  land far far away, every parent wore their baby in a Beco Baby Carrier, and every baby was content, happy, and sweet!  In this magical land, every baby was carried until they could walk on their own, and exersaucers and jumperoos were piled by the 100s in dark dungeons and forgotten by the blissful parents and their contented babies!

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But before this was the norm, an evil witch ruled the land of babies!  She had cast a spell on all the babies’ parents, enchanting them to believe that the Baby Bjorn was the best baby carrier in the land.  Oh, how the babies’ parents’ backs ached, and their shoulders were so sore, and their necks hurt with the weight of their precious babies hanging from their bodies.  The babies couldn’t understand why their parents faced them out towards the loud, bright world…  All the babies wanted was to be cuddled, and snuggled, and held close enough to kiss! The babies wailed their baby wails, and shook their baby fists, but their parents were oblivious to their babies’ sadness.  But while the evil enchantress laughed at the parents wearing their babies in ridiculously uncomfortable baby carriers, and thought of her next evil plan which involved baby bucket car seats and fold ‘n go strollers, a babywearing princess heard the sounds of distress coming from her fifth baby and realized with a start that he was NOT happy with his legs dangling and his head falling this way and that.  She bravely fought her way out of the witch’s enchantment, took off her Bjorn and threw it at the witch, knocking the witch’s  magic baby bottle wand out of her hand and breaking the spell!

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With a gleeful yell, the babywearing princess summoned all the babywearing parents to the very top tower of the very highest castle where she had found a locked treasure chest.  With a magic key that she found tucked into her baby’s cloth diaper drawer, the princess opened the chest and out flew enough Beco Baby Carriers for all the babies in the land!  All the babywearing parents thanked her profusely as they put on their Becos,  hailing her as the Beco Princess and vowing never to touch a Bjorn again!  The babies all snuggled happily in their Becos, and lived happily ever Beco!

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*happy babywearing*

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A group of babywearing mamas are going to be very excited tomorrow when they receive their shipment notifications from PAXbaby!!!! Pimp my Carrier has been hard at work, and look at all the yummy custom Beco Butterfly IIs!!!

From the left:

Sarita Mini Calaveras

Dylan Guitars

Hoot Owls

Angela

Alice Owls

Pacman

Mud Swirls

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*happy babywearing*

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We* LOVE * babywearing Dads! Here’s the proof – look at the all the comments on THIS recent picture posted at at PAXbaby.com‘s Facebook page!  That’s why PAXbaby is SO excited to bring you this new baby carrier style for the wonderful babywearing men in our lives!

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What is everyone’s worst nightmare on a plane???  Yep,  sitting next to – or holding – a screaming and inconsolable baby! With nowhere to go and nothing to do once up in the air, an unhappy little traveller can simultaneously break the heart of his attentive parent and break the eardrums of those sharing close quarters with him.

*cue superhero-esque background music* Parents and travelers near and far, never fear – it’s babywearing to the rescue!  Take it from this adventurous mom, it’s all about the right carrier for the job!  My all time favorite carrier is the Wrap Conversion Ring Sling, but when you go to breastfeed, you may find it to be too wide to sit in the airplane seat and nurse without baby’s feet in the lap of your next door neighbor!  Try a buckle carrier instead – especially the Beco Butterfly II- for quick maneuvering and easily concealed breastfeeding! The BBII is my go to carrier for any sort of traveling or activity where baby may need to be removed from the carrier quickly.  Because of the internal panel, when baby is lifted out, the carrier remains on your body, without dangling straps or long yards of fabric hanging!!!!  It’s the quickest SSC and cute to boot!

Last minute luggage re-organization in the parking lot needed!?!?  Do it with your hands free and a smile on your face!

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Don’t these lovely babywearers look happy and calm amidst baggage check in and airport security chaos?  By the way, flying with babies through both San Diego and SFO was a breeze!  The babies weren’t asked to be taken out, and we only needed our hands swiped, no body scans for these moms!

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Who knew a single human being could carry a 1 year old baby, a diaper bag (thank you, Puck and Whimsy, for helping me trave in style!), a laptop bag and a rolly suitcase through an international airport without a single problem and successfully make their flight?

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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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Our friend over at Life With my Littles is hosting an amazing giveaway to win-

wait for it….

A BECO GEMINI!

So go over to her page by clicking on this link, Life with my Littles, to go over to her blog. Show her some love, enter her giveaway and

GOOD LUCK PAXbaby mommies!

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*happy babywearing*

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One of the BEST things about babywearing is the freedom it gives you! Whether you are traveling 2 miles or 2,000 miles, and with 1 child or 6, the well-traveled babywearer knows that any destination and activity is much more enjoyable with a beautiful, comfortable carrier!

The whole family enjoyed a gorgeous day at one of our favorite beaches, and Baby #6 and I are loving our lovely Folk Birds Tula while frolicking in the sun and sand!

Want one for yourself? PAXbaby carries a Tula in a color and print for every personality, and every stop on your family’s travel map!

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*happy babywearing*

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PAXbaby has hit the road – and in supreme style and comfort, don’t you agree?!  This weekend, we packed up the family – and one of our favorite carriers – into the NewDVan and headed north: destination Santa Barbara!

One of the most challenging decisions to make when packing up for a road trip for a family of 8 is choosing which beautiful carrier (or 2, or 3!) to bring along. We left the stroller at home in favor of  this gorgeous Tula in Folk Birds as a perfectly colorful addition to our road trip back to the town where it all began!

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(Notice anyone missing from this picture? Sweet baby #5 thought it a perfect time and place to fall fast asleep in his daddy’s arms!)

Want one of these lovelies for yourself? Head on over to PAXbaby, and check out our selection of Tula soft structured carriers to take with you on YOUR next family road trip!

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*happy babywearing*

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