We are getting many questions about the Beco Carrier availability. Here is the latest information (November 1 2011 update):

last season’s colors of Beco Butterflies are now on sale – $125 each! The original Beco Butterfly is retired and was replaced with version “Beco Butterfly 2” with some noteworthy design changes! We have 16 organic colors in stock – solid black and brown and the new Fall 2011 prints : Niko, Nova, Foxie, Robots, Sienna, Cars, and Owls. All the spring/summer colors are now discontinued and sale price :  Ginger, Luna, Lucas, Paige, Natalie, and Tyler. There are summer season limited editions available for $149 $139, these are Ever and Duke. The spring/summer colors will sell out before long and no more will be made – there are only have a couple left in stock for each color and Becos move extra fast at sale prices, so we will run out before long!  The most recent choices before that for the Butterfly are Duke and Melody colors, which sell for a bit more than the standard carrier cost. Because the baby carriers are over $100, they all ship free the same day or next day after you order them.  The Butterfly carrier is not being discontinued – the new Gemini is a quite different product and these are selling side-by-side. Neither model is a replacement for the other kind.  The first collection of pictures here are all Butterfly models – there are many more colors available on the butterfly than the gemini. Scroll down past these pictures to hear more about the Gemini carriers.

In fall of 2011 Beco unveiled the Gemini carrier – Organic – colors are black, brown, Nova, Foxie, Sienna, Robots, Cars, and Owls. For Geminis, the discontinued colors are almost gone! Only one unit left in each color, and they are Ginger, Luna, and Carnival. Please note that the old colors have the print on the outside panel, much like the Butterfly does, while the new October 2011 Gemini carriers are “Gemini Insider” version, meaning that the print fabric is on the inside of the carrier body, on the fabric that is touching the baby, and so the print only shows when you have folded down the top of the carrier body or have folded in the leg opening area. The main carrier body looks like a solid color, with contrasting piping, even when you buy a print version.

Also, please note that our Lucas Geminis were produced in summer 2011, this set of Lucas Geminis are paired with espresso brown straps. Before this summer, Beco made Lucas print paired with khaki tan straps, but this combination is long gone.

discontinued colors of the Gemini are on sale for at only $105 each. The Geminis are listed in the same section of the website as the Butterfly, just scroll down to order the Gemini carriers. This is Beco’s new 4-position carrier, it does front, back, side, and forward-facing-outward. No infant insert, and price is $10 less than the Beco Butterfly. It is a quite different carrier, and the Butterfly is NOT discontinued. Call or email us if you want help figuring out which carrier would suit you best.  We have blogged specifically about Butterfly vs Gemini at this link.

The Beco Gemini colors are :

The automatic free shipping is FedEx ground. There is a new map on our policies page for delivery speed with Fedex ground service. You may find you live close enough to get overnight or 2nd day service at the Ground price.

Everybody is curious about how the Beco fabric prints look close up and in the sunlight, so we blog these whenever we can. Check the sidebar for the “butterfly photos” section. Our homemade close-up outdoor shots of Isabella and Olivia are here. Extra images of Abby Sara and Natalie are here. Our shots of the discontinued Scooters Becos are here. When we still had them on hand, we took photos of our custom-edition Aubrey, Ethan, and Emma – especially useful because you can clearly see the words in the popular Emma print.  The currently available Paige color has extra photos here.  The Butterfly 2.0 blog thread on colors and stocking is here.

Many people ask about the sold out colors – We have been with Beco since 2006, well before there was such thing as “A Beco Butterfly” and we do still get phone calls asking for colors that came and went long ago. I can confirm that the following colors are discontinued and not being made any more: Duo organic owls in sand, sky blue, or rust orange.  Aiden, Andrew, Anaya, Alison, Avery, Argyle Deer, Carnival, Ethan, Grace, Jacob, Joey, Hannah, Lauren, Panthers, Pony Express, Lenka, River, Ryan, Sara, Scooters, Trinity, Zoye.  That lovely photo above with the lady holding a coffee mug is wearing the Joshua print from an especially small production run from 2008.  Also sold out long ago are the Tender Cargo Exclusive fabrics : custom-made Abby, Mia, Audrey, Olivia and Emma.

Fathers Day Anyone?
Gender-neutral light blue design with black straps. This organic Beco carrier was last summer’s bestseller, a favorite of dads and parent carrying of baby boys. We have lots available in the store now to ship immediately, and there is no charge for shipping within the US.

Beco butterflies are $139, but this color is not being produced anymore so is on sale to clear out at just $119. Click to order online and see our other pictures of this carrier.
Californians, this item is in-store for pickup at 3399 Mt Diablo Bl, Lafayette CA

Re-published from Jan 29 2009

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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 baby 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.

The new spring designs just arrived yesterday from Babylegs. They always make the best fresh styles, you can tell why people never pick just one!

They are $12 each or buy two and instantly save $5

We marked down the Girls gift set, not shown above. 3-pack in gift box for $28 instead of $36.

These summer sun shades are flying off the shelves in store at on the Nurture Center website. UppaBaby brand sunshades for cars , see here. They’re award winning with their design, with the little turning knob over each suction cup, to keep them from popping off or being pulled by a toddler. the shades are big enough for SUVs too.

The popular Paige color Beco is back in stock and shipping to you immediately. This gender-neutral print is organic cotton and great for both moms and dads.

See this link for a Beco Carrier photo gallery of Paige color Becos in natural lighting and amateurish photography conditions

Click here to shop

After months of only having size large on hand, we are finally re-stocked with sizes small and medium in all colors.

Learners are absorbent underwear for potty training. Made of certified organic cotton to work like reusable  pull-ups.  pull on and unsnap the sides to cleanly get them off.  They are made by a cloth diaper company with material to absorb the wetness without getting the clothing wet, but they don’t have a waterproof layer the way that rubber or disposable trainers do.  This makes them a lot more like “real” or “big kid” underwear, which kids feel proud about.

Tender Cargo founding mama Christine used these personally with two of her children, in the stage where they had potty-trained for daytime but still wet during naps, car rides, or overnight. At $18.95 each Learner costs similar to a pack of pull-ups, and you probably only need 2-4 Learners so that you never need to buy pull-ups again.

I know I speak for a lot of people by saying I’m so glad that Beco brought back the Avery and Lenka colors!

These were bestsellers earlier in the year and once they sold out we received an endless stream of calls about these prints – they are lovely gender-neutral choices – and those phone calls and emails never stopped even until now.

What changed is that finally have a better answer to tell – that Beco did make more and that finally we have them back in our store for sale! Whew! Welcome back Lenka and Avery!

Today we have 6 new babyhawk colors in stock and 4 bestselling babyhawks are now here in the toddlerhawk version as well!  Every babyhawk and toddlerhawk in store is reversible to a solid color.

Babyhawk carriers are a long-established brand in comfortable infant and toddler slings. They’re actually a Mei Tai, meaning that they tie on to you with two easy straps, not buckles or snaps or rings.  Once you try once or twice, it is so fast and easy to tie the waist straps and then the shoulder straps and you’re done – and it is perfect for sharing the carrier with another adult of a different size, since there are no settings or buckles to change between you.  The babyhawk includes a folding headrest for infant head support and is also useful for older babies or toddlers who nap in the carrier. The two-shoulder design makes it effective and comfortable even for growing toddlers. Babyhawks are meant for front, back, or side positions and are quite reasonably priced at $80 for about 2 years of useful life with your child, longer if you save it for a future little sibling.

babyhawk mei tai baby carrier

front carry in a babyhawk mei tai

The Scootababy hip carrier is a popular new product in our store, though this quality company has been around for years, it is new for us and people are responding warmly. We brought them in with some prints first and now the basic solids are here. They’re all made in CA, $119, ideal for age 6 months to 3 years.