Beth Secrist - Babywearing Educator

12/18/2023

Educators, here is a fabulous opportunity to obtain a demo doll, and at a discount! Baby Carriers Provided is doing an order. See the linked post for details.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/7qkjL97xyxA6yqAr/?mibextid=qi2Omg

It’s officially Demo Doll Pre-Order time! As we announced last week, we’re holding a pre-order of weighted and non-weighted demonstration baby dolls! If you or someone you know is interested in demo dolls, please take a look at the pricing and order sheet here https://forms.gle/WAzS4Z3UXBtsnL5z7
Please note that this form is only an indication of interest. To confirm your order, you will need to receive a PayPal invoice and send at least the required deposit. Due to flat-rate shipping costs, it will be cost-advantageous for you to purchase multiple dolls at once.

















[Image Description: On a light green background are two circle pictures diagonal from each other. One has a masked Asian person sitting in a chair holding a demo doll to their chest while wearing another demo doll on their back. The second picture is of a Black demo doll strapped into a blue car seat. Around the pictures in brown font of varying sizes is the text: “PRE-ORDER DEMO DOLL 20% discount on pre-orders Read caption for details. The Baby Carriers Provided logo is in the top left of the image.]

09/03/2022

Hello everyone, and happy carrying! While I have not been doing much in-person teaching these days, I have spent the past 2 years serving on the board of the wonderful organization Baby Carriers Provided (a.k.a. BCP).

Do you miss the community provided by babywearing groups? Are you interested in connecting with other caregivers who also carry their babies? Do you have questions about carrying? BCP offers monthly online Open Houses that might be what you are looking for. :) They are also a great opportunity to learn more about BCP.

If you like, please consider putting these Saturdays in your calendar and plan to come when you can? I will create events for each of these dates as well!

Link for registration:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pce6vpjMpHtW3yW33T9xklFNhpZbPW8fe

Sessions are held the second Saturday each month.

In 2023: January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11, December 9

Virtual Open Houses: 1pm eastern / noon central / 11am mountain / 10am pacific

Free, online, and open to everyone. Baby carrier support on a different topic monthly.

ACCESS NOTES: We are meeting on Zoom. For now, they are in spoken English with automatic captions, though we are working to improve access based on demand. If you would like to attend and have access needs we are not currently accommodating, please let us know, so we can plan to meet them.

ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSES: The open houses are an hour long, open to all, and intended for the general public to gather and learn more about using carriers and BCP and the work we're doing. Each open house includes a 15-minute carrier lesson with some time for questions. Partners and educators are welcome to come observe our teaching methods.

Virtual Open House: 1pm eastern / noon central / 11am mountain / 10am pacific Free, online, and open to everyone. Baby carrier support on a different topic monthly. Roundtable: 2p eastern / 1p central / noon mountain / 11am pacific In-depth discussion and case review for our community partners. YOU....

01/07/2022

This is your last opportunity to buy a sling from Sleeping Baby Productions. 💔

I thought December was probably a bad time to shut things down -- music performance, my day job, and family all kept me too busy to make a final push on FB for slings.

Soooo January 19 is the final date I will be sewing slings -- it's my ASTM testing anniversary, and that's a hard stopping point from a compliance perspective. If you might ever want a Sleeping Baby Productions ring sling, please get your orders in before the 19th!

https://www.sleepingbaby.net/products.php?cat=In-stock+slings

Thank you for 20+ wonderful years of sewing for you and your family

02/13/2021

Just finished attending this month's Baby Carriers Provided open house with great meh dai instruction by Leslie Kung, and a great discussion afterward. After Leslie demonstrated how a meh dai could be used in a torso carry (brilliant! I had never thought to do that!), the attendees discussed the positioning of babies in back carries.

I remembered how comfortable a torso carry was for me using a woven wrap with my older baby/young toddler. Torso carries put the load closer to the pelvis, which is the body's strongest joint, and it certainly was a great carry for me with my lower back issues. In this photo, I am demonstrating a torso carry with a wrap. My baby was (and still is!) very long so the photo is deceiving - she was definitely positioned lower than she looks!

Have you used a torso carry? What did you like about it? How old was your wearee when you used it the most?

[image description: a side view, fairly close up view of a smiling white baby in a back carry in a woven wrap. Baby is in pink, adult is in dark red, and the wrap is white and navy blue with a pattern of interlocking knots.]

02/10/2021

Love these recommendations for Black-owned businesses selling stretchy wraps. (Wrapsody, listed below, also has hybrid wraps which I love!)