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June 29, 2012
We are excited to announce our partnership with shopkick to help you make shopping more guilt free!
With shopkick you treat yourself with rewards just by walking into many stores where you already like to shop. That's right, you get rewards not just for purchase, but simply for walking in. The rewards are called "kicks." You can simply visit stores and get kicks, but also from purchasing items like the Ergobaby Carriers. Use the app to collect your kicks, then you can treat yourself. So, by simply purchasing one of four Ergobaby Carriers at a participating retailer, you can earn kicks to win rewards. Here's how it works:
Head to your retailer (see list at bottom of post).
Scan a box of one of these four products with a QR code reader like RedLaser and earn 50 kicks!
Ergobaby Performance Carrier - Black/Charcoal
Ergobaby Organic Carrier - Black
Ergobaby Original Carrier - Galaxy Grey
Ergobaby Original Carrier - Black/Camel
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June 26, 2012
Summer time is a great time to enjoy the outdoors and you'll always be prepared with your Summer Survival Kit and your Ergobaby Carrier. But after all the exploration, adventure and sun, what to do once you are home? Relax, unwind and read baby a book, of course! We can think of no better way to continue to bond and snuggle with baby than with a great book. Or add a book to your backpack kit for relaxing reads at the beach or on a picnic!
Here's our list of all time favorite books for babies under one year old, which we put together with help from our expert children's librarian.
Books for Under 1 year:
Houghton Mifflin the Nation's Choice: Little Big Book Theme 10 Grade K Splash! (Little big books) - Flora McDonnell
Baby elephant discovers a way to cool all the animals.
Hush Little Baby - Sylvia Long
Lovely variation on a traditional American lullaby; Long's poetic and soothing words are accompanied by delicate illustrations.
The Baby Goes Beep - Rebecca
June 22, 2012
When my daughter Leah was born in 1996 I knew that I would wear her. Baby wearing was new to Salt Lake City, Utah and people always stopped and stared as I passed by. Even more people stopped to look when my husband Aaron carried little Leah in the sling. We loved slinging her! I could nurse her privately in public. I could take her anywhere, keeping her close, and still having my hands free.
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="209"] Marthas Vineyard 1997[/caption]
We didn’t own a stroller and we had no interest in getting one. Leah was comfortable living out of her “pouch” and experiencing the world closer to our eye-level rather than from the compartment-like stroller. We wore her through the streets of Boston, on a ferry to and from Martha’s Vineyard, and on the subway in New York City. She snuggled up against us in Los Angeles, at the beach, and most everywhere we went. Aaron and I marveled at how cumbersome those adventures would have been if her main mode of transportation had
June 22, 2012
Last month we gave you the wild-inspired Aussie Khaki and Zebra Original Collection Carriers. This month, we are introducing the Original and Organic Bundle of Joy. The Ergobaby Bundle of Joy line is four separate packages that match one of our most popular carriers with an Infant Insert. We've put together the Ergobaby carrier with an Infant Insert to make it easy for anyone to get started with Ergobaby.
The Bundle of Joy is a great value now that we've paired the pieces in one bundle. With both an Ergobaby carrier and an Infant Insert in one package, it's the perfect gift for expectant parents or the ideal item to add to your registry. The Bundle of Joy is just one purchase that will support your baby from birth up to 45 lbs.
Here are the four Bundle of Joy combinations you can choose from:
Original Collection Bundle of Joy
Bundle of Joy – Ergobaby Original Black & Camel Carrier + Camel Infant Insert
Bundle of Joy – Ergobaby Original Galaxy Grey Carrier + Galaxy Grey
June 13, 2012
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! Rules and other legal stuff:
Posts should be 500-1000 words.
All relevant
June 05, 2012
UPDATE: COMMENTS CLOSED. 6/11/12 8:00pm PST.
Congratulations to the giveaway winner: Illnworth! (Comment #600. Winner chosen randomly.)
We are going to give one adventure seeking Dad a Performance Carrier in celebration of Father's Day this year! We will select one winner and send him a Performance Carrier in Black/Charcoal. Three lucky runners-up will receive a cool "Dad-worthy" Diaper Backpack!We love babywearing Dads over here at Ergobaby. We have received some amazing photos of babywearing Dads from you on our Facebook page: Dads picking strawberries, Dads hiking, Dads walking 5Ks, Dads pushing the kids on the swings, Dads at the Zoo, multi-tasking Dads, Dads carrying multiples, Dads walking the dogs, Dads playing violins...all while wearing their babies! Dad never ceases to amaze! Doesn't Dad need his own carrier? Doesn't Dad deserve it? We think so! We want to support Dad in all his adventures in babywearing.
THE GIVEAWAY
One lucky
May 17, 2012
Back wearing, also known as Back Carrying, seems to elicit both interest and a little bit of fear from babywearing parents. While Back Carrying is one of the most liberating types of carries--it enables you to be hands-free and keep the baby safe from whatever you are doing--it seems to be one of the most daunting carries for parents. Carrying your baby on your back allows the parent to perform many tasks that would otherwise be difficult with a baby on the front. Of course, as with any carry, there are safety precautions, but when followed, the Back Carry can become an indispensable tool in the babywearer’s toolkit--grocery shopping, laundry, meal prep (put baby down when working with anything hot!), dishes, trips to the farmer’s market, for example--all become so much easier with the Back Carry! This is also an ideal carry for the baby to play or really observe the world around her. Historically, Back Carrying has been an essential part of life in many parts of
February 01, 2012
“I want my baby to thrive.” Can it be as simple and easy as nature intends? Not every doctor integrates nature’s wisdom in their standard recommendations, so this book can be your supportive guide. Your choices and decisions are restored to their rightful, healthiest place in honoring yourself, your intuition, and your baby’s true needs. This is crucial for giving your family and your baby its best first steps towards thriving. What Your Pediatrician Doesn’t Know Can Hurt Your Child; A More Natural Approach to Parenting takes an in-depth look at the choices that are sometimes missing, as they have been removed in the sterile procedures and interferences of history, habit and some hospitals. Knowing what these choices are and the reasons behind them makes your decisions as a parent more optimally grounded in confidence and facts. Author Pediatrician Dr. Susan Markel points out that too often babies and parents are subject to the opinions of authorities, pseudo-science, and trends
February 01, 2012
When I counsel adults with heart disease, many have a hard time making changes to their diet. I have often thought that it would be easier for them if they had grown up with heart healthy habits instead of having to learn them later in life. We often don’t think about children and heart health, but as parents we can start building heart healthy habits in our children that will benefit them for a life time.
Here are 7 heart healthy habits:
Don’t restrict calories but offer “real” food.
Eat heart healthy fats and oils.
Load up on fruits and vegetables.
Consume plenty of low-fat dairy products.
Use nuts, seeds, and legumes more often.
Incorporate more whole grains.
Be physically active.
Don't restrict calories but offer "real" food. Most of the time it is not a good idea to restrict children’s calories. They should be able to eat meals and snacks and decide for themselves how much they want to eat. With that being said, the way to make sure that they don’t overeat is to offer “real”
February 01, 2012
Kangaroo Care describes a technique in which infants, often premature and underweight, are placed, skin-to-skin, on the chest of the mother or primary caregiver. This position ensures physiological and physical closeness and warmth. The stable body temperature of the parent can effectively regulate the infant’s temperature, and provides easy accessibility to breastfeeding. Even with the advanced technology in NICUs available in the United States, one recent study noted that 82% of neonatal intensive care units in the US include kangaroo care. Originally devised in in 1978, the concept of Kangaroo Care was the brainchild of Dr. Edgar Rey Sanabria, Professor of Neonatology at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, as a response to increasing mortality rates of premature and low birth weight infants. Lacking the resources for technologically advanced equipment and extra nurses and doctors, Sanabria proposed that allowing mothers to remain skin-to-skin with these fragile infants might increase their