Did you Tender Cargo was recently honored as a Medela Certified Nursing Center?
Come visit our physical location “The Nurture Center” for shopping and breastfeeding support. This year marks our Eleventh Anniversary of helping local parents at this same location. Certified Nursing Centers have an especially large selection of Medela products, including breast pumps for sale and for rent,  pump accessories, and pump replacement parts.
We sell nursing bras by Medela and many other brands, including hard to find sizes like extra large cups or narrow band sizes, and we are happy to be your certified bra fitting experts! We have a trade-in program to take back old, broken breastpumps and give you credit to buy a new pump in style advanced. We have an IBCLC lactation consultant on staff and offer various support groups and classes related to breastfeeding, such as “preparing to go back to work” or “transitioning to solid foods”

Driving here? The Center is less than 5 minutes from freeway 680 as it passes through Walnut Creek. We are 15 minutes from most of Berkeley and Oakland, come on highway 24 through the Caldecott Tunnel. The Nurture Center is at the Central Lafayette exit.  Our next door neighbors are Wine Thieves and Jack in the Box. suit yourself! We are open 7 days a week so if you ever have an emergency where your power adapter dies or your puppy chewed up the pump tubes or maybe you lost your car lighter power cord or some  little valves and membranes, just come right over, we always keep those items in good supply. Of course we do ship nationwide, including express overnight shipments but really, if you’re in the California Bay Area, come to the local store and get your Medela parts even faster! Besides, there is a lot of great baby gear to browse while you’re here, and we have a cozy room to nurse and weigh your little one while you visit.

We know it is confusing that the TenderCargo.com store location uses a different name! See the official Medela.com link about our new status as a Certified Nursing Center, which shows it both ways. www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/for-expectant-mothers/certified-nursing-center-tender-cargo

Psst – sneak a look inside our store!

Visiting the San Fransisco Area? We’re open 7 days a week, click for the map.

These photos are from the front of the store, where the BumGenius diapers and Medela gear goes. We are a Medela Certified Nursing Center and pump rental station. And yes, we have Bumgenius 4.0, one-size organic elemental diapers, Flip, and Econobum diapers all for sale in-person at this location. simply handling the diapers should help you determine if you prefer snaps or velcro. Of course if you aren’t coming by, all the cloth diapers are all available online.

Unofficial photos of Medela sterile / special needs products. These are the specialty items suitable for preemies and infants with physical issues that prevent breastfeeding or use of standard bottles, including cleft palate, downs syndrome, or neurological dysfunction.

These are just our amateurish photos, but they should be large enough to really check them out. Click to zoom in and read the print on these packages. These are all available for ordering online in our Medela section. We usually do overnight shipping or other express options on these products. If you are in the San Fransisco / Oakland / Walnut Creek area, these are also in stock at our store location. We are a Medela Certified Nursing Center and have the complete Medela catalog at our physical location.

Medela sterile SpecialNeeds Feeder

Medela Special Needs Feeder - back of package

Medela Specialneeds Feeder

Medela Soft Feeder

Medela SoftFeeder

Medela SoftFeeder

Medela Starter SNS

Medela Sterile Starter SNS system

Medela SNS supplemental Nursing System

SNS back view with fine print

Medela Full SNS system - back view

Medela Full SNS system - front view

All Medela Special Needs newborn feeding items are for sale at this link

A Guinness World Record will be set this week for most cloth diapers changed at the same time – thousands participating worldwide in celebration of Earth Day and choosing reusable products.

Cloth diapers have come a long way in the past ten years. An event, called the Great Cloth Diaper Change 2011 is creating buzz in North America and all over the world, will take place on Saturday, April 23, 2011. The Great Cloth Diaper Change (http://www.greatclothdiaperchange.com) will set a Guinness World Record for the most cloth diapers ever changed simultaneously.

Link to the full Press Release

Each local event is unique, with many hosts planning fun family activities for parents, friends and older siblings, leading up to the specific “change” time. You won’t want to miss the local action in Lafayette! Organizer Christine Alonso of The Nurture Center is eager to be a part of setting a Guinness World Record and letting the world know that cloth diapering rocks. The East Bay event is hosted by the Nurture Center and being held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church at 1035 Carol Rd in Lafayette California.

Online registration for this and all other SF Bay Area event locations is available at this link .

Pre-registration is preferred but not required.