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In honor of Small Business Saturday, we post a plea: shop your local businesses, shop small businesses. Our communities are where we live, laugh and live our lives. It’s where we connect to one another and where we raise our children. Each and every small business in your community is owned and operated by a family. Many of the baby-related companies, whether it’s a small boutique, an on-line store, or...
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Does your soft-structured baby carrier (SSC) feel just a tad too tall for your baby? In the long run, that's a good thing. You'll be able to use your carrier for a long time if it has a tall body. You'll stay comfortable, too, since your baby won't be able to lean sideways or backwards and throw you off balance. But, f...
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When Letting Your Hair Down Makes a Difference A guest post about parenting by Mary Ann from A Cloth Life As parents, we want our children to be happy and confident in who they are, well-adjusted and down-to-earth. But sometimes, despite our best intentions, it can be easy to get caught up in appearances. We can be so worried about looking like we’re doing all the right things that we...
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When choosing a wrap, sling or soft-structured baby carrier, it’s important to keep your baby’s developing body in mind. Your baby’s spine begins naturally curved, much like a Fiddlehead fern, and slowly unfurls as s/he develops. Your baby’s hip joints sit in their sockets shallowly and will deepen as your child grows and their legs and hips straighten. There’s a great article with illustrations of a baby’s developing hip joints...
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So, we’ve been asked what features make an Onya Baby soft structured carrier different than other soft structured carriers, aside from its built-in seat? Over the course of its four-year development and testing, the creator – a babywearing mother – was very careful to not look at other similar carriers on the market in order to create a unique carrier. After the initial four years of development, Onya Baby teamed...
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