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We are closing for the bank holiday weekend and our next session is at kirkstall on Tuesday. If your carrier is due back this weekend it will be automatically extended for 7-14 free days of hire. If you hired from our WYSL Wakefield Outwood or Ossett venues, you’ll get a free week of hire untilContinue reading “Bank holiday weekend closure”

PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE Moortown Junktion cafe has closed today with immediate effect leaving us without a venue for tomorrow’s session. After two hours of frantic phoning we are happy to say we will be able to run the session at a local church. Venue changes can be tough to manage so we have madeContinue reading “Change of Venue Alert – Moortown”

When I work with parents with special circumstances, it helps our community to share carrying solutions that work. Recently I worked with a visually impaired family and the carrier which was selected was the Ergobaby Adapt. It has several features which made it work very well for parents without sight or with visual impairments. TheContinue reading “Carrying in Special Circumstances – The Ergobaby Adapt”

It’s our annual CLOSURE – after offering sling library services all year round we are due to close for two weeks over the Christmas period. We will close for enquiries, rentals and returns at 2pm on weds 21st December, after our drop in session at Tiny Toes Horsforth. We have already extended any rentals fallingContinue reading “Christmas is here!”

  This September sees us add a whole new chapter to The sling library in the form of our new Wakefield branch. The sling library name was always based on us sitting between Leeds and Bradford, but finding any amalgamation of those city names too clunky. So The West Yorkshire Sling Library was born, andContinue reading “Welcoming WYSL Wakefield”

As I type my youngest child is three. It will be her fourth birthday next week. I’m resisting the urge to refer to her as ‘four’ or even ‘nearly four’. She is three, and I will only be able to say I have a three year old for another week. I’m making the most ofContinue reading “Why it is important not to ’round up’ your baby’s age”

I’ve started to write this several times, and I’ve always used too many words. Instead I’ve deleted the lot and put down two definite truths. Here they are. As a sling library we first and foremost offer choice, and try to make carrying accessible to all. One of the biggest barriers to doing this isContinue reading “All things being equal, the baby carrier industry is sexist.”

Most carriers come with both lower and upper weight limits. In the sling library, we work for more often with the constraints of the lower limits, carriers suitable from 5lb, or 15lb, for example, work in very different ways. It is very important that a carrier is appropriate for the size of a child asContinue reading “Upper weight limits”

So that carrier comes in standard size, that one in toddler, that one adds a preschool size, who know what that’s about! That brand has all three but says the standard will suit toddlers, but if that were true why would they have a toddler size? What is a toddler anyway? A child who canContinue reading “Buckle Carriers and Sizing”

The website is being reorganised as I type to reflect our new systems and locations for 2016! The biggest news is the implementation of our computerised rental system – from January you will be able to register your details on a central site, allowing us to click rental items in and out at drop in sessionsContinue reading “News for 2016!”