Attached to Baby News

On a spontaneous decision, we all met at Stacey of Karma Baby's house. Karen of Eesti Slings and myself, Angela of Attached to Baby. From left to right - Angela and Satori in a Chambray Oopa , Stacey and Elijah in the Karma Baby pouch , and Karen and Grace in a double-silk dupioni Eesti sling ! We had a great time and plan to do it again real soon! This time we'll try to get Carole of Sakura Bloom and Melissa of Nori Peekaru vest .

I finally added our Stretchy Wrap Outlet section to the ATB Outlet! These will go fast, Moby Wraps are one of our bestsellers. Snatch them up before I put the link live on the menu and the whole world knows how to find them. :) http://store.attachedtobaby.com/Categories/ATB-Outlet/Wraps-Outlet/Stretchy-Wrap-Outlet.aspx

We've been getting tons of inquiries about the Patapum 2.3 version. It is actually the same as 2.2, but it now comes with a free waist pack. They're also upgrading their packaging to be a bit fancier and have included instructions (we try to print off our own until it arrives). The packaging won't be ready yet, but we'll include the free waist pack! http://store.attachedtobaby.com/Categories/Manufacturer-Types/Patapum-Carriers.aspx Baby Patapums and Toddler Patapums The new 2.2/2.3 Patapums roll...

We are excited to introduce two new cool prints from Catbird Baby Mei Tai ! These Mei Tais are beautiful, comfortable, and very stylish, modern looking. A new feature that adjusts the bottom for forward-facing carries adds to its uniqueness. Catbird Baby is being featured in alot of magazines and promotions lately, so we are proud to carry it in Attached to Baby. Also new in our Baby Carrier shop are the new Bali Baby prints! Perfect for summer and deliciously colorful, is the Lalita Bali Baby Breeze...

We will be pruning down our community this week and this spring work on revamping the Community a bit. We've been a bit busy, but look forward to more fun and prizes this summer! This spring I'll be working on the community part of ATB (Attached to Baby) and sprucing it up. :) Membership will be a tad more strict, and will require moderator approval. This will crack down on the people who register for spam purposes only (luckily we don't have much problem with that, but we do want to only have valid...

Just a reminder, we've added tons of Hotslings retired prints! So many hard to find prints - Black and White Floral, Polka dot, Lotus Blossom, Antique Chic, Summer Bouquet, Lucky, Blue Bubbles, Morocco, Purple Floral, Reversible Berkeley, Eren, and Flashback!

I'm writing this post in thank you to all the mamas who have shopped with us, joined our little babywearing community, posted about us on their blogs. Thank you! Gracias! One of the most popular carriers we ship international is the ERGO Baby carrier . We've been packing up 3 at a time every few days to a mamas in Russia. I can't read Russian, but I want to thank this mama for linking to us - slingomamy ! Everyday we lovingly pack up baby slings and ship them to all parts of the world. Tonight I...

With our generous 60-day trial period, we get alot of items sent back for different sizes/prints/etc... So we offer these to you at a reduced price! Some like the ERGO Baby Carrier and Patapum Toddler Carrier will go very fast, so you may have to stalk the site for re-stockings. Others will be restocked every week, like Hotslings (we get alot of pouch returns in particular, with all their sizes). http://store.attachedtobaby.com/Categories/ATB-Outlet.aspx This weekend we expanded our ATB Outlet section...

Last week we held an impromptu contest in which our customers could submit an article on how babywearing has improved their lives. We have voted and the results are in! This was so fun, and we hope to do this again soon. :) =============================== I feel like an American Idol judge, lol! We all voted for our top 5 favorites, and here's the results!!! GRAND PRIZE with their choice of an Oopa Fuchsia Cashmere or $200 ATB Spree 8 votes Victoria R "The Magic Sling" SECOND PRIZE - very, very close...

Thank you all for your patience for our two days of downtime. We are now open for orders! A few things, please let us know of any quirks or bugs and we'll fix them asap. Let us know any feedback - bad and good. :) I also will be very busy adding products back to the site, it will take all weekend and probably the next few weeks. Have fun shopping!

As you may have noticed, we have closed our Shop portion of the site for approximately 48 hours while we upgrade to a new shopping cart. The new cart has many fun features and we hope you enjoy shopping on it. (We see those invoices, some of you shop here every week! ) Our goal is to launch on Thursday, February 1st with select products and we'll be adding products back to the site throughout the weekend. Of course, we are still available for questions via toll-free phone (1-888-628-2229), Live Chat...

Just got word that the Nori Peekaru babywearing vest was on the news yesterday. Melissa Radcliffe, from Denver, CO designed a fleece babywearing vest to go over your baby carriers to help keep baby warm. I've had a chance to speak to Melissa via the phone, but should be able to meet her in person at a local Boulder, CO babywearing meeting hopefully next week. You can check out the vests at Melissa's website: www.togetherbe.com Coincidentally, Attached to Baby will be carrying them starting this week...

One of the world's best-loved Mei Tai carriers - the Kozy Carrier is going to be carried at Attached to Baby! We have been waiting for so long for this moment. :) There will be some exclusive fabrics available just for distributors (Victoria, Windsor, Urbanna, and Countryside), and I'll also carry some all-time Kozy favorites, hopefully all will be stocked soon.

Just so you all know how busy I am here at the ATB headquarter office, I am laying a bit low lately trying to prepare for the busy holiday season. The babywearing industry I learned typically has a lull in the fall and then picks up in December, but it is not until January until it really takes off, and then is full-speed ahead until mid-summer. Mamas spend on other people this time of year mostly. At least that is what I have learned by my brief 2-year experience and talking with other babywearing...

October Didy Order Our next big 100+ Didymos order has arrived to Denver, CO! I hope it arrives to ATB Warehouse by Wednesday November 1, but for sure sometime this week. As it arrives, we will first focus on shipping out backorders (we have some from September!) and then let people know that their Limited Edition Didys are in. We did not get as many as we expected, and we will wait until they are physically in our hands to notify the mamas/dads that "preordered" so they can pay and get...