Thanks a bunch to Meghan for sending in real-life photos of her Beco. The toddler shown here in the front carry position is about 24 pounds and 32″ tall. The fabric color is Grace, a unique floral design that looks great on the Beco carriers.

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Whew! This is one of those log posts I put off writing just because I can’t tell where to begin! The annual show of all the new childrens’ products just ended and I flex back home with a bag bursting with catalogs and order forms, there is no telling when I’ll finally sort through all that material and in the meantime all the orders we placed for hot new products are going to start shipping over. yikes!

It is easy to point out two new colors for the Butterfly 2. They’re coming next week. Also 2 new colors for Pikkolo carriers and one for Scootababy. I’m so pleased with about a dozen new color choices from Aden + Anais muslin swaddling blankets and they have the most amazing muslin sleepsack coming soon.

Petunia Pickle Bottom

But there are some really BIG things coming out of Bumgenius and I’m not sure if I can say so yet : ) Also we grew so much in our car seats and strollers and furniture offerings … what’s that, you can’t see them on the site yet?    I KNOW!    until we find time to get these things online I can’t do much blogging and linking to anything in those categories, can I?   Oh well, the Nurture Center has plenty to show right now – check out the specials just right now on Dutailier, the instant rebates on the Britax strollers,  and the free shipping for Medela pumps

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New photo up today on the Beco Joey images page. Just a homemade photo to show the cool fabric print better.

The straps are espresso brown.  The baby carrier is $139 with free shipping and this is one of the popular winter fabrics that is not in production anymore so when it sells out it will be permanently unavailable to buy.  We have the biggest Beco Butterfly 2 store here.

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Fall/Winter Beco colors are on sale for $119 and moving fast! Free Shipping!

Sara, Andrew, Jacob, Pony Express, Trinity

We have the largest selection anywhere of the Beco Butterfly version 2 with Free Shipping. We have new colors, limited edition runs of favorite older colors, and exclusive prints you can only find here at Tender Cargo, and everything you see below is guaranteed in-stock for immediate shipment!

We just marked down a few discontinued colors to $119 while supplies last. These Beco Butterflies come from the fall/winter collection

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.

(update January 2010 – all the colors shown below are now sold out. 12 new ones are in stock)

Just in – Five limited Beco Butterfly colors custom made for our store and three hot new organics – and in all cases we kept the prices down so these don’t even cost more than the regular carriers!

Here are two of the organic Duo Becos – I’m loving the dad-friendly colors and simple owl design.  There is an orange one in the store as well, but here it’s the sand/brown and sky blue / charcoal gray combos.

Abby, Mia, and Aubrey Beco below

Custom made Olivia and Emma Beco below

Four of our most popular brands have authorized a very rare sale!

BumGenius!  3.0 diapers have a special 4-pack for $59.95  $71.80

Babylegs are $5 off $20 

Beco Butterfly 2.0 Carriers are $112 and the older version Becos are $99

both retail $139

Pikkolo Baby Carriers are $110 $129

Black Friday 2008 prices only apply to orders placed Nov 28, 29, 30 and are limited to the stock on hand.

All other discounted items are listed here  and the Holiday Gift Guide is here.

Free domestic shipping is automatic throughout the store on orders over $100.

User photos of the Avery and Jacob Beco prints just to show the colors better.

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Pardon the homemade quality of these photos, but we wanted to make this available right away even if the photography isn’t world class.

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Ok, here we go. Opening the Beco box

Unfolding the Butterfly 2 partway with the pretty side down and all the straps showing

Flip it over and unfold the headrest / sleeping hood.  It arrived attached with 2 snaps to the carrier body and a choice of snaps on each longer strip attaches the hood to each shoulder strap.  The sides of the hood are elasticized now, so this was really responsive of Beco and will make it much more usable in the real world.

Close up of the Emma print . Check out the exciting little “custom edition” label right above the usual Beco logo. The dots on each side of the custom label are where the sleeping hood snaps on, but I took that off for this photo.

Flip it over and unbuckle the carrier body from the shoulder straps to reveal the infant insert inside. It attaches at the top of the carrier with smaller buckles.  See both buckled, see one unbuckled and pulled back, then see both unbuckled to reveal all sorts of safety and proper use info

OK, this next picture leaves the carrier exactly as above, but the angle shows you how the bottom of the infant insert attaches. see the velcro?  There are two fat velcro strips running vertical under all that writing, and the base of the infant insert is a fat horizontal peice of velcro. Together, this means you can adjust the height of the Butterfly insert to wherever you want it, eventually pulling it out entirely.

But then, what of the little buckle on the carrier body? If baby is 15 pounds and you don’t need the infant insert, what becomes of the stray buckle?

You hide it in the stretchy little sleeve on the strap right next to it

Hope this helps!

The Butterfly 2.0 is here on our Berkeley shelves!

Shown above in their redesigned packaging: Jacob, River, Mia, Ethan, Sara, Ava, Trinity, Carnival.  Of course, we also have the solids, Olivia, Avery, and Emma.

Lots of Emma in the batch of photos I’ll blog next.

Edit Oct 5 – Arriving on Tuesday Oct 7 are more Avery and River, which had been sold out, and a new color, Anaya, which is now showing on the store page.