Just in today! A rainbow of Moby Wraps! This is an increasingly popular infant carrier choice, and no wonder! They’re only $34.95. They’re amazingly soft. They can hold baby to you in any position you prefer- face in or out, carry twins, baby on your back or front or hip. Nursing is easy, and covering baby as much as you need for nursing or feeding is as simple as pulling the wrap up, just like a blanket. There are no buckles or straps or fasteners. You do have to learn to tie it around yourself but the photo instructions are fabulous so that soon becomes easy, and after it’s on you, you just place baby inside and go! The lightweight stretch fabric is ideal even in warm weather, and though it goes up to 35 pounds you’ll probably want a more supportive, structured carrier about a year, like the Beco.

Zolo won the 2007 “excellence” award for their stretch cotton ring slings.

Well done.

Another ABC Kids photo here- this is the Beco company. I was so glad to finally see the owner, Gabby, in person. We’re both Californians but not close enough for me to have seen her office or sewing house before. She’s a fabulous woman and a true innovator, so it was fun to talk while we could.

You can see some of our colors there, also if you try, you may find a sneak peak at new designs not yet in production… don’t worry, we’ll keep you as updated as we can, and we will carry the new ones as soon as possible!

Last week I attended this huge juvenile products show in Las Vegas as a buyer in search of new product lines. That was successful and the exciting new arrivals will be posted here as they come in. My main objective was to secure new sources for top quality infant toys and dolls, and to personally handle the prototypes of new variations coming for our current lines.
As a bonus, we’re also bringing on board nursing cover-ups, an innovative safety product, an affordable and popular infant wrap carrier, better organic blankets, soft infant winter boots, another choice for cloth diapers and covers, breast pads, changing pads, and a luxurious sling line at a higher price point…

It was also nice to visit with our existing vendors and reps in person. Two of them have blogged already, here are photos of their booths. Both companies have good news coming, I’ll keep you posted.

Our most popular Zolowear sling has been the Java Lite Silk, and so we’re adding her two sisters to our store now, the Jade and the Black butterfly. These are single layer silk brocades which look amazing for special occasions but honestly, they’re ideal for everyday use because they’re so comfortable and much sturdier than you’d think. My Java Lite is my strongest sling yet, even though I’ve been anything but gentle with it and the fabric is soft and luxurious.

People sometimes ask if they’re hot, or is the fabric thick and hard to adjust. definitely not! Zolo used to make double-layered silk, and it had those issues and that’s why they switched to single-layered and now they call it “lite”.

We’ll start shipping them at the end of this week! yay!

edit: they are here, ready to go!

Mocca, Uchiwa, Little Windows, and On the rocks are left, marked down to $75 but it will end at noon Friday (pacific time)

  We discovered some beautiful soft organic cotton knits. You’ll immediately notice their amazing quality, it’s such a soft, flawless feel! To start we’ll have hats, socks, blankets and dolls. The company is the next project for the woman who made Burt’s Bees.