Ann Arbor Babywearers 5 – 24 – 11

This meeting followed a recent trend of super huge meetings.

Amitola Crimson Weft.

we have been teaching wrapping most often, next most popular choice is ring slings.

Beautiful!!

Cassis Waves and Dolcino Kuba

Lauren's Husband came in honor of Finn's Birthday!

It's all about the babies!!

It's one of the perks of being a senior member, holding the tiny babies while you teach!!! Default bonus!!!

I worked with a new twin mom today, she was excited to tandem wear. She was our 3rd twin mom that day!!

This Mei tai has an adjustable bottom, so its great for babies of all ages

A ringsling or a rebozo can slip over any carrier and make a great quick tandem.

Earthy Rainbow Girasol.

1 month old!

I love when the babies ages are in days instead of weeks!!! eeek!

Barb needs the new Vatanai!

Helping Each other, Its the Agenda!!

Ginkos went on a lending adventure.

We are on our journey to become a chapter of Babywearing International.  More and more moms are loving teaching and are excited about becoming Volunteer Babywearing Educators.  I expect to see another full parking lot at joust fitness center on Tuesday!

Springtime

 

I wore Lila azzuro linen indio in front of our lilacs. Spring is finally here!!

 

The kids live for the weekends with daddy

We took Lion to a birthday party at "The Urban Toddler" and it was a princess party!

 

The host family had someone there painting the kids up!

 

I love this pic!!!

Spider man hand!!

 

Castle Cake!

It was a wonderful party!

 

King Lion driving the fire truck.

Judah has been wanting to do everything Lion does and taking everything he touches.

We are all so happy to be playing outside

Judah has been letting me wrap her daily I always use Petrol Ecru Thick Fish wrong side out.

Old Weave Green Tea Girasol

I Love the Jade nino. It is my first Ramie/silk blend from didymos, and I love the thinness.

 

The Shame!!!

My new Kangala Wrap Bag made from a Deep Sea Fish Didymos wrap is awesome and bigger, for my new 3 kid lifestyle.

We love our deep sea fish doll ringsling. especially judah!!

Wearing your doll helps leave your hands free for kissing your brother!

For playing, wearing your baby on your back is much easier though. . .

Baby got carted around all morning Judah is going to be a great mama.

This week I Started a new babysitter, Tommy.  Look for him to show up soon!  Tuesday we were in a rush before the Ann Arbor Babywearers meeting and I forgot my camera!!!  I was even more devistated to arrive at the Joust Fitness Center and see over 15 cars.  It was a huge meeting.  By the end there were over 20 parents.  We were awesomely efficient and amazing at getting everyone broken up into groups and meeting their babywearing needs!!!

Lauren decided not to split ginkos, and now we have a long leafy beautiful wrap!!!

It is a beautiful tri color weave of lime green, gold, and petrol.

Lion is totally wanting to wear his brother every day.  We let them cuddle this way because it is safer than holding him.  He cant be dropped, so my mind is more at ease.

i hope wearing this small bit helps the boy foster some closeness on their own.

Utilitarian wrapping at bed time. PE fish thick kicks the jobs butt!!

I made up a new carry in december, and I finally tried it with Zephyr and made a video. I have to upload it still, and its more for the purpose of sharing and less about how-to, but I need to name it!! A side note, Zeph is the leg straightening-est baby ever!!!

I had to bribe a toddler into this wrap to review it on TBW'er! I'mnot ashamed to admit I will give a cookie to get a snuggle from my daughter

I came by this one honestly.

Lots of wrapping pics, kids of all sizes!!!

Mystery nino is soft and amazing. Its like an instant nap machine.

I have been getting to wrap Judah every day sometimes more than once. This wrap is made by the company Natibaby, the pattern is called "sweet place"

It is currently my only wrap by Natibaby, but not for long!!

Bebina Starsign in Judah's sign, Aires

My newest Natibaby wrap, designed by my sweet online friend. "Swallows" is a silk blend that has so much beauty I was stunned to be opening it.

My sweet little man and his sweet gummy smile.

Sleepy snuggles

The design wraps beautifully.

The supportive dense weave is wonderful. I am sure it would be wonderful with Judah as well, now I have to catch her!!

Rayna and Hux

Last weekend Zeph and I went to visit a client with a 16 day old baby! :hug: she had an old maya wrap and a dolcino woven wrap.

A ringsling is a perfect carrier for a days old baby. It forms to their naturally retracted bodies and allows them to stretch and move as well as sleep perfectly supported.

wrapping a baby brings them the perfect distance from the wearers body to study and bond with their face, the sound of their voice and the smell of their breath. This little one was so happy to be staring into his mothers eyes.

We worked on some "laid back" breastfeeding techniques and had great success getting them comfortable and happy.

Zeph was sleeping in kz in the sloppiest ruck ever most of the time. I am ashamed to post the pictures, but at least I was getting my work done and keeping my little one close and happy, and thats the most important thing.

He was such a wonderful baby, so fresh and new

post mothers day week :)

Almost 3 months old in Natural Silk nino

I cant believe my little one will grow up to be a big boy like this!!

Wednesdays home visit was to a sweet mama who was a beautiful artist and had a super sweet 6 week old baby boy. We worked with botht the ringsling and the moby wrap.

I seriously, could never have any other job, ever again.

A carrier is a good fit when it can mold to a babies body. A carrier should always support a baby all the way to the back of their knees and have their bum slightly lower than their knee bend.

Biggest boy had school on Thursday We all love his turtle shell backpack.

My handsome Lion Man.

This is a new to us old girasol. Girasol said it predated name or number It is a beautiful lemony yellow color with chocolate stripes on either side.

Old weave green tea is my favorite little boy workhorse wrap.

lion and i made a video about wrapping big kids together and we had so much fun.

peekaboo!

here is the video:  Wrapping a big kid in a double hammock carry.

copy and paste this link!

http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/morse_family/babywearing%20instructional%20videos/

At the end of the day on Friday I got to snuggle my goddaughter.  She is at the perfect wrapping age and size!!

Latemeria Fish

Earthy Rainbow Girasol

Ann Arbor Babywearers 5-10-11 SQUISH!

I;ve been working alot on twin techniques since z is about the same size as my teaching doll right now.

Love Vintage red pfau. Vintage wraps help me feel connected to mamas throughout time. It's really wonderful.

Judah being a good mama and playing in Vat Orkney.

Tuesday's meeting was amazing. Well attended and I love watching all the moms connect.

2 weeks!

twins being loaded in a hopp conversion. aubergine zara

Jade royal is thinking of leaving us, and I am wavering as I see this picture!!

Petrol/Ecru thick fish looks amazing with finn's eyes.

we all help each other, and support and company is a big part of it.

Ferris is such a treasured baby. I hate to play favorites (and I don't in real life) but I adore him!!!!!

Kinderpack love!!!

Me and my Z.

Some babies just sleep through anything!

Lets get caught up to mothers day.

Can you believe Zephyr is 3 months old tomorrow?  I am in shock.  Lets hope for a lucky friday the 13th today.  I could really use it as opposed to the traditional downer.

Lets get to the rest of those pictures!!

Traveling squishy wrap!!

Judah loves having Twan back in town to help mama keep things going as she works away on the computer

Busy meeting with lots of babies last week! Including a very new newborn.

geckos macchia

I love when Teffer comes to visit!

Panama Hoppaditz

Judah loves our Beautiful Go-Klompen Meitai with linen wrap straps. The embroidery is amazing and It is so comfy on front and back!

rastamama girasol is one of my only 5.2 meter long wraps that I can do this tandem carry trick in Instructional video link below.

http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo353/morse_family/babywearing%20instructional%20videos/

copy and paste this url into your browser and enjoy!!!  I used my teaching doll and zephyr to get a twins effect.

Judah really loves to touch her brother, and this carry allows them to be close, but safe.

I am loving making videos. Judah has bee helping me alot. This is Hoppadiz La Paz.

Green tea old weave is an amazing ruck wrap and just seems the epitome of little baby boy!

My one of a kind red pfau from 2007

nothing wraps like an '07 pfau. any color, any size.

Mothers day started out at my parents house.

Even the '10 '07 pfau wraps like a dream, and it was my choice for my mothers day wrap.

my mom got me this sweet babywearing mama for mothers day

My boys

My sweet big boy is the first to make me a mama and I think of it a lot on mothers day.

My joyful middle child. She is Laughter in motion.

Daddy is always important, even on mothers day.

Silly faces before the family photo shoot.

My family minus my husband. It was a beautiful morning.

The kids were sick of the picture by the time we got to our family alone.

4 generations

For the afternoon we went down to detroit and celebrated our god daughters first birthday.

Wrapping is great for helping your child feel safe in a strange place, and still getting to enjoy it yourself.

we got our goddaughter the only gift we knew how.

Closeness in the form of Love Girasol ringsling by sleeping baby productions.

kyle is wonderful. just plain wonderful.

April’s Weekend Ann Arbor Babywearers meeting. Dads dads dads!

Look at the beautiful group we had on Saturday.  I am so inspired by watching fathers wear.  It shows real hope for our future that the men in this generation are looking to pass on loving strength to their children.

I love to meet dads after knowing the mom and baby for a while, its so fun!

I also just love when people come to see us before their baby is born

This dad to be was amazing to watch with the doll, you know he is going to be an amazing father.

This handsome pair led the way for the other dads that day, as Kyle was wrangling Lion and ended up a bit late to the game. He was sure missed that day!

zephyr was worn by another mama which really helped me out.

Nati Bamboo-linen

Some spring Pictures :)

Malve nino with wool Sleeping baby productions ringsling.

Back wearing is now in full swing with Burgundy Pfau.

Ecru Pfau is an amazing big-kid wrap. the weave is dense, but the fibers are airy.

Out like a light

Zeph has a new nickname, Bubbles McGee

We were blessed enough to have the Murphy's join us for passover this year.

Beautiful, if only the big kids were in it!

forgot to charge my camera battery before babywearers. but I snagged this one shot of our fast growing super active group.

I feel my judah cuddle time slipping away.

The shine of the silk was beyond beautiful, but the wrapping qualities were too solid for me. Not enough give.

My gandma really loves my dog. I wish she could have a pet, but she is 92, and really to old to care for it.

Bike! Bike!

2 months

My amazing new dolcino at the Murphy's easter celebration

Our food crazy boys are a match made in heaven

Vintage Red/Orange Tom Didymos

Our 2 year old girls are beyond in love.

Everybody in that house LOVES Z!!

Goofy big boy! he asked me if there was dairy or wheat in the eggs

Big Sur Girasol is a long surviving love here

BROTHER OBSESSED!!!!

And I will have to finish catching you all up another day!!  Our life is so full right now.  I am writing classes, teaching, doing private consults by the handful, making instructional videos, designing a wrap colorway, opening an etsy store, http://www.etsy.com/shop/beccalionsmom?ref=si_shop , and being a mom!