Week Eight: Babywearing

This week I decided to force myself to get out of the house and meet up with some moms I met through my local MeetUp group. The roads were awful. It was cold out. I was tired. But I went.

SO glad that I got my seasonal affect disorder? lazy ass out the door.

I attended a Babywearing International Twin Cities chapter meeting. Of course between nap time and lunch time I was an hour late, but I made it. I was happy to see a few familiar faces and baby O was thrilled to see a bunch of other kids.

I'm not sure if every meeting is this way, but this particular one was very chill with a bunch of mamas trying on a BUNCH of different types of carriers and learning new ways to use wraps and just chatting with each other.

We started with a K'tan and graduated to a Beco Gemini when Owen got too heavy for the stretchy K'tan, but we have loved baby wearing from day one.

K'tan on the left, Beco on the right. 

I've been wanting to buy a ring sling for a while. We use and LOVE our Beco Gemini carrier, but sometimes I feel like a ring sling that I could fold up and toss in my bag would be handy dandy. So, at the meeting I was able to try a couple ring slings made of different materials. Turns out I really like the linen ring sling because of how lightweight it is, and it seems pretty breathable.

The linen ring sling.

Here we are in a woven wrap conversion ring sling.
It was super soft but ultimately it felt warmer than the linen, and I have our Florida vacation on my mind. 

Now the fun part: because I signed up to be a member of BWI Twin Cities for $30 (yearly), I get to borrow a carrier each month from the library of carriers they have! So I took home the linen ring sling and I am loving it so far.

O got to see his friend Finley that he met when Finley's mom and I both attended the same New Mom group, which was super fun. I can't believe how much our babies have grown! He also got to be carried around in a new carrier and scope out all the other babies which he seemed to enjoy quite a bit.

O and I both had fun at the meeting and Mike enjoyed some video game time. It was a lovely way to spend a Sunday and I am excited to go to another meeting soon!

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I'll post more about adventures in babywearing in a future Accidentally Crunchy post since apparently it is yet another thing that is a tad crunchy. Who knew?

-H