This month is Gay Pride and we want to hear from our LGBT Parents! In honor of Pride this month, we are kicking off an LGBT Parents Series, as part of our “We Are Family” series. Tell us your story. How have you grown your family? Adoption, surrogacy, sperm donation, IVF, or a combination? How has babywearing helped you bond with your baby? How has it helped your partner or donor bond with your baby? Do you have one carrier and share it? Or does each partner have a carrier?
Submit your story (at least 500 words), complete with pictures (3-6 photos total and at least one should be with an Ergobaby Carrier!) to submissions@ergobaby.com. If your story is chosen to feature on the blog, we’ll send you a carrier of your choice.
We’ll be posting stories throughout the month, but this will be an ongoing series on the blog, part of the “We Are Family” series…so we’d love to hear from you!
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Wow! I was quite shocked by this and am not happy! What a slap in the face for traditional families... I am saddened to see a company like yours take such sides on this issue. I have loved my Ergo, but I will look around to another company before buying another baby carrier.
Ha! Poor, sad, close-minded people. No one is slapping your face--at least none of us.
Taking sides? Ergo isn't saying they support same sex marriage or not. They are simply sharing stories from other parents that use their product. Are you offended by their recent dad with ergo photos? Is that sexist? Would you be offended by different races using the product as well?
Maybe you should "look around" before having another child. What if you were to have a gay child?
what does that even mean? ^
"Traditional family" not sure what that is. I'm saddened to see there are still close minded people like you around. I'm sure the company isn't too bummed that you are taking a look around. Hopefully your children don't grow up as closed minded as you.
My goodness It's comments like these that are embedded in children's minds that keep the hate in our world alive. I hope your children can look past your closed mindedness. I may not me LGBT but I do have interracial brothers does that make us "nontraditional"? On another note I hope this blog gets back to It's true intent to spread love and show support for people of all kinds!
I am a proud parent in a non-traditional family and was going to submit our story to this promotion but the ignorance and bias displayed by the very first comment has swayed me away from participating. Who wants to be subjected to that kind of judgement while celebrating FAMILIES - whatever they look like!?!?
HOWEVER, Bravo to Ergo for celebrating pride month. Our Ergo carriers have been an important tool from our family's first days. They are with us wherever we go and will continue to be as our triplets grow! We have used them for over 20 months now and our toddlers love them!
I agree. I had my blog post all ready to send off, but I'm not planning to send it any more. Bummer.
Congrats on the triplets! That's amazing! We have twins, and simply love life with multiples.
sigh....that is all I can say. I thought maybe we'd see support from fellow baby-wearers, as babywearing is a form of attachment parenting and most AP parents I've met are pretty open-minded. I suppose I'll reconsider my submission.
Submit your story! Who cares what some ignorant person thinks!!! The rest of us support you and want to know how you do it! I couldn't imagine triplets, my lo is enough for the moment!!!
This is awesome. Glad to see Ergobaby embraces ALL families
Thank you Ergo for showing a variety of family structures instead of "endorsing" only one, traditional style of family. While I am not LGBT, I support everyone who chooses to love and care for a child- no matter how the family begins their journey. When my husband and I have a child, Ergo's acceptance of all families makes me far more likely to purchase an Ergo carrier.
I completely agree Gracie! Being a parent is a challenging beautiful journey no matter what the family looks like and all families deserve to be recognized. My boyfriend and I took our daughter to the pride events in our city because it is important for our daughter to learn love and not hate.
I'm so delighted to see a broad variety of families loving and wearing their children. Looking forward to seeing pic and hearing stories about children who are loved and cherished and worn with pride.
My sister is mailing me an Ergo this week so I'll have it in time for my husband to wear as we support my mother and her partner and watch them ride in the San Fransisco pride parade! Thank you Ergo!
Your ERGO carrier carried 2 daughters of our lesbian-mothered family! Thank you for standing up for us! It's good to know that we have supported a company with the right values!
Right on Ergobaby!
Thank you for giving us "non-conventional" families a chance to show our love of attachment parenting. My partner and I both wore our babies until they were at least 2 years old as well as bedsharing ( still do), breastfeeding, etc. I will be submitting my story as well.
WTG, Ergo! I have had the same carrier for almost a decade and I'm using it with my third child. But now I'm going to buy another because I am so impressed that you are featuring ALL types of families! Thank you and keep it up!