A big welcome to our Slinging Around – Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Panelist #4 – Hector Chang and 22 week old Joshua
March 23rd, 2011
Sling Around – Our Final Review Panelist
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March 23rd, 2011
Slinging Around – Our Third Review Panelist
Posted by Leah in Babes in Arms Review Panel, Slinging Around | 1 Comment »A big welcome to our Slinging Around – Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Panelist #3 – Bianca McKay and 4 week old Chris
March 22nd, 2011
Slinging Around – Our Second Review Panelist
Posted by Leah in Babes in Arms Review Panel, Slinging Around, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »A big welcome to our Slinging Around – Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Panelist #2 – Mel Abbott
March 22nd, 2011
Slinging Around – Our First Review Panelist
Posted by Leah in Babes in Arms Review Panel, Slinging Around | No Comments »A big welcome to our Slinging Around – Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Panelist #1 – Skye Bogdanovic and daughter Deya Pearl.
March 21st, 2011
Slinging Around – New Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Team- Entrants revealed
Posted by Leah in Slinging Around | 2 Comments »Our call out for a Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Team has now closed. Feast your eyes on some of our entries below and watch out for the staggered announcement of the panelists right here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Slinging Around: The Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Panelist Entrants
March 21st, 2011
World Down Syndrome Day – A Parent Perspective
Posted by Leah in Babywearing and Special Needs | 6 Comments »We met Jennifer through Twitter early last year when she approached us seeking information on babywearing safety for children with special needs. Jennifer and her husband had just become aware that the baby she was carrying had a high probability of having Down Syndrome. In May she gave birth to the divine Christa> Christa did indeed have Down Syndrome. From there we have never stopped our conversations about babywearing and special needs. Late last year, we invited Jennifer to become one of our guest bloggers and she has regularly provided us updates about baby Christa’s development and adventures. A few days ago, we again approached Jennifer to give us a little something for World Down Syndrome Day.
This is her post, from the heart:
2011 marks our first year of awareness of a lovely celebration, one whose subjects some eugenicists think shouldn’t be celebrated at all, but rather eradicated from existence, especially since technology and science will soon be able to detect them through blood tests, and terminate them while in utero simply because the universe gave them an extra chromosome.
The beloved Dr Seuss wrote “A person is a person no matter how small”. As parents, we know the truth of this simple statement. ALL babies are born beautiful. We are truly thankful to Babes In Arms for allowing us to share our babywearing adventures with Christa.
Her profile is completely different to what most Australian parents would consider “typical” – she was born of migrant parents, of Asian descent, born with Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome, and who had open heart surgery at the tender age of 3 months. Our little trouper Christa has shown us true strength and determination, for her right to live, to be loved and to be respected.
It is our honour to be Christa’s parents. The universe has chosen us, and both our daughters have moulded and shaped us and helped us to become better people. Our calling is loud and clear. We are here for a reason.
And we are proud to share, to raise awareness about Down Syndrome Day, the 21st of March.
Visit www.worlddownsyndromeday.org and local celebrations in Victoria can be found at www.dsav.asn.au
March 21st, 2011
World Down Syndrome Day
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Today marks the 6th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day. Every year on the 21st of March (21/3 represents the 3 copies of chromosome 21, which is unique to people with Down syndrome) around the world, activites and events take place to raise awareness and understanding and to showcase the accomplishments and talents of the many individuals with Down Syndrome.
Watch out for todays guest post from Jennifer, a babywearing mumma of Christa who has Down Syndrome.
Global Video Event
To celebrate the event, Down Syndrome International together with 45 countries around the world (including Australia) have created a Global Video Event titled “Let Us In!” which features a person with Down Syndrome from each country. Watching the video below will help towards creating a single global voice for advocating for the rights, inclusion and well being of people with Down syndrome on 21 March 2011.
You can find out more about Down Syndrome and support groups from:
Down Syndrome NSW
Down Syndrome Association of Victoria
Down Syndrome WA
Down Syndrome Society of SA
ACT Down Syndrome Association
Down Syndrome Association of Queensland
Down Syndrome Tasmania
March 17th, 2011
For Japan With Love
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On Friday our blog will be silent as we acknowledge the devastation going on in Japan. Whatever anyone can contribute will be appreciated. Please look at http://www.forjapanwithlove.com for some suggestions and spread the word.
March 14th, 2011
Babywearing in Korea
Posted by Leah in Korea | 1 Comment »Korea has a strong babywearing history with the tradition style “Podaegi” (often called a “pod”) still quite active today. The Podaegi is basically a medium to large piece of fabric that wraps around the baby and mother and is secured with two long straps that hold the baby in place. During the cooler months, the fabric was traditionally quilted to provide warmth. The Podaegi is best suited to high back carries with baby looking over your shoulders.
Korean Mother Carries Baby on Back While Doing the Laundy. Carl Mydans 1948
Washing Rice, 1945
Wondering how it works? Have a look at this:
(sorry about the background noise – if you have a video we could update this with, let us know community@babesinarms.com.au)
March 11th, 2011
8. The following conditions apply to the Babes in Arms review item:
Slinging Around – Wanted: New Peanut Shell Adjustable Sling Review Team
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Would you love to spend Autumn slinging around hands free? Say hello to the latest tool to help you do just that: The NEW adjustable Peanut Shell sling!
Offering optimum support for baby and maximum hands-free comfort for parents, the new adjustable sling is available in exclusive designer fabrics, combining stylish detail with flexible hands-free versatility. Now you can nurture your child wherever you are – at home, work or play.
The Peanut Shell offers 5 comfortable carry positions - cradle, kangaroo, tummy to tummy, back, & hip – ideal for premmies to toddlers up to 12kg.
With parents peace of mind our top priority, the adjustable Peanut Shell’s perfectly shaped pouch promotes healthy spinal development for baby. Its sleek, padded shoulder also features a heavy-duty buckle and safety strap for secure, fuss-free adjusting.
Want to review one?
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST:
To be considered, capture a facial expression of you and your baby that you would like to see reproduced (it doesn’t need to be a babywearing shot) when you are slinging around with the Peanut Shell adjustable sling as part of our review team and forward it to us at: community@babesinarms.com.au (or alternatively, you can upload it to your own Facebook wall and show us by writing a comment to us @babesinarms so we can grab it for you. **remember to disable security settings for the post so we can see it!) and tell us why you would like to review the Peanut Shell in 25 words or less. Please include your baby’s age. The images will be collated into a “Slinging Around – Faces Inspired by a Peanut Shell” collage on our blog.
We will upload these to our blog & facebook page to share BUT will not be judging the competition on “likes” or comments, Rather, it will be judged by us solely.
If chosen, we will use your EOI on our blog as your Bio. along with some other details we will take from you when you are contacted for your details (so we can send you your Peanut Shell Sling)
The review panel shout out lasts until March 20, 2011, with panelists contacted on the 22-23 of March.
