Traverse City Babywearing http://tcbabywearing.com/ en-us Nucleus CMS v3.24 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://tcbabywearing.com//nucleus/nucleus2.gif Traverse City Babywearing http://tcbabywearing.com/ "Not All Slings are Created Equal" http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=35 The slings that were recalled are two models of a specific brand - Infantino - which are widely available in various discount and big box type stores.
Even before the recent reported safety issues they were not slings that babywearing groups/advocates would have recommended strictly due to comfort and ease of use issues.
I would encourage anyone who might be concerned to take a minute to read this article:
Not All Slings are Created Equal
and also feel free to download the "Correct Positioning" document available on our resource page. We have had this information from M'Liss Stetzer (she is mentioned in the above linked article) available and have included it in our presentations since the start of our group. ]]> General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=35 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:10:01 -0400 New additions under "Resources" http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=33 General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=33 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:51:35 -0400 Happy New Year! *** Meeting location change*** http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=31 General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=31 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:29:12 -0500 We are back in business!! Meeting this thursday! http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=29 We were able to work something out with the church and continue holding our meeting there on our current schedule!  We appreciate their willingness to work with us in the matter.

So the October schedule would be THIS Thursday, Oct 8th at 10am and Thursday Oct 22nd at 10am. 

]]> General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=29 Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:16:39 -0400 ATTENTION!! http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=28 Meetings are on hold for right now!  We will likely be changing locations and depending on where we end up we will likely end up changing days as well.  The first October meeting would have been this week, please spread the word!

Sorry for the hold up,

Krista 

]]> General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=28 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:03:50 -0400 Summer is coming! http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=27 Summer is coming.  No better time to wear you baby!  Festivals, outdoor music, Friday night Live, farm market, long walks, hiking, having your hands free to carry all those sand toys.....

June will have our regular 2nd and 4th thursday meetings but in July we will only meet once on the 4th thursday.  The 2nd thursday falls during Cherry Festival week and since we meet right downtown it makes it difficult to get there. 

]]> General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=27 Wed, 27 May 2009 09:37:20 -0400 Happy New Year! http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=26 Hope the holidays treated everyone well!

We are continuing now on the regular schedule of the 2nd and 4th thursday of the month at 10am.

That puts the next meeting at January 22nd.

Why come to a meeting?

Well, we can answer questions for you obviously...but we also have a lending library of carriers for people to try out.  We can point you in the right direction if there is something you are looking to buy.  

Our meetings are informal and fun.  We answer questions and demo carriers for a short time and then the discussion often wanders to many other topics and any older babies and children get some playtime.  At any given meeting we often have moms present who are knowledgeable about cloth diapers, breastfeeding, various nutrition issues.....all sorts of things!

We hope to meet many new families in the coming year! 

]]> General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=26 Fri, 9 Jan 2009 20:13:59 -0500 November! http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=25 General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=25 Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:14:57 -0500 Fall is coming...or maybe even here! http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=24 Sorry I got behind on this site this summer!  

As things change in our lives this fall, we will need to make some minor changes to the group meetings as well.  Starting this week Sept 11th we will start our meetings at 10am instead of 10:30am.   That will allow us to wrap up by 11:30am so I can go pick up my first time preschooler on time!

Meetings will continue to be on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.  Stay tuned as we get closer to November and December for because we often only have one meeting a month due to the holidays.

In October the Family Wisdom conference is hosting a very exciting traveling film festival at the State Theatre.  The Motherbaby International Film Festival will be Oct 15-17th.  Please see  www.tcmiff.org for details about film showing and ticket purchasing.   Film makers and panelists will be available after most films for discussions!

 

]]> General http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=24 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:20:28 -0400 New additions under "Resources" http://tcbabywearing.com/index.php?itemid=22 I've added some new downloadable files under the "Resources" heading.  There is a purchasing guide with tons of great information about all the different types of carriers availabe and how to choose the right one for you and also information regarding what is available locally.

There are also 2 PDF files, one for Babywearing basics and then another regarding correct positioning techniques. 

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