Today we restocked our BabyHawks in all the colors that were so popular they sold out!

There are 21 colors in stock now – half our selection is shown below. These are stunning in person.

Every carrier is suitable from birth to 40 pounds. Babyhawk mei tais are versatile to match your outfits and the places you go since each carrier has one side with a design and one side of solid color. This is really helpful when two adults want to share one carrier but have different preferences about the design.

Black strap Babyhawks that reverse to solid black

Chocolate, Espresso, and Olive solids are in stock as well.

New in the store – three BumGenius brand diapering accesories.

These are practically necessities no matter what type of cloth diapers you’re thinking of using. We just love these super-silky bamboo baby wipes, diaper pail liner, and a wet bag.

BumGenius makes other bestselling accessories that are already in our store, like the bottom cleaner spray to go with your wipes, the high pressure sprayer to clean diapers before they go in the laundry, and an odor removing spray you can use on diapers or around the house.

betterforbabies.com/BFBpresstrestria.pdf

The link above opens a PDF of a press release sheet for the popular Tres Tria cosleeping solution.  This bestselling baby item is all-natural inside with an organic cotton sateen cover.

The majority of parents bed share at some point in time – whether it be an occasional night or in the early morning hours. So, not only is the Tres Tria the product for full-time co-sleeping families, it is a wonderful addition to most any family’s sleep routine.

From the Toddler Whisperer article in the NY Times

If there is such a person as a “baby whisperer,” it is the pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp, whose uncanny ability to quiet crying babies became the best-selling book “The Happiest Baby on the Block.”

Now Dr. Karp, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, has turned his attention to the toddler years, that explosive period of development when children learn language, motor skills and problem solving, among other things. The rapid pace at which all these changes occur is nothing short of astonishing, but it can also be overwhelming to little brains. A wailing baby is nothing compared with the defiant behavior and tantrums common among toddlers.

TIME magazine tips its hat to the quickly growing cloth diaper population

Here’s the main of it:

But the new cloth diapers are different from the ones that your grandma struggled to get around her baby’s bottom. While approximately half of cloth users still rely on fold-and-pin diapers provided by laundry services, new designs with cutesy names like Fuzzi Bunz, bumGenius, Kissaluvs and Happy Heinys that are made to be washed at home have developed cult followings. Velcro, buttons and snaps have replaced pins, and the diapers are fitted with elastic around the openings to hold tight around flailing legs. In place of old-fashioned rubber panties, the new cloths use water-resistant covers made of merino wool, nylon or polyurethane laminate. “They don’t leak or sag or get stinky,” says Jenn Labit [founder of BumGenius].

And though cloth diapers cost from $6 to $18 each, parents can take care of their baby’s needs straight through toilet training for a total cost of less than $300, whereas disposables may run up to $3,000.

[see our related article "cloth diapers save serious money" and the cloth diaper area of our retail store]

The Pikkolo baby carrier’s maker has a blog with several shots of position tips.

good bottom position

getting deeply seated

checking the pikkolo sides

demonstration of baby’s bottom not well-seated

We took these photos as soon as the new Butterfly Duo arrived. This is the organic Beco with solid colors and owl design.

I was especially impressed by the soft feel of the fabric and the charcoal gray strap color rather than the usual black or brown. This is definitely the one I’d buy :)

These photos show the sleeping hood up in one photo and taken off for the other. The snaps are easy and more functional than the clips on older versions.

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Edit January 2010 – all Owl Beco designs are now sold out. No more are being made. 10 other colors are in stock including the newer fall and spring designs.