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It always seems like we have to plan these things early in the sling library but ho ho ho! It’s only a little over four weeks until Father Christmas is due, your relatives are descending and we all disappear under a mountain of wrapping paper and sprouts! We close for two weeks over the festiveContinue reading “Christmas is Coming!”

So the lovely folks at Liliputi have sent WYSL one of their new and shiny soft structured carriers – after a redesign it is always good to get feedback and we liked the look of the Liliputi SSC as soon as it came out of the box. First of all, it is definitely pretty, theContinue reading “Liliputi Review”

Thanks to being so fabulously busy with all you carrying parents out there, our drop in sessions are moving to somewhere bigger and better. SCRAP  is a social enterprise based in Farsley, Leeds which reuses waste materials from businesses and industry as resources for art and play. It is a large mill shop, packed toContinue reading “An exciting new space for our Wednesday drop in!!”

We trialled the Saturday session in December and it was a success, so we are now going to run a Sling Saturday session every month, with drop-in session available in the morning, and one to ones or workshops bookable in the afternoon. Hopefully these will increase accessibility for anyone struggling to come in during theContinue reading “New Sling Saturdays!”

It’s that time of year again! It rolls around even faster when you have to plan four weeks in advance! Time to talk festive carrier rental – and my Christmas present to all renters over the next couple of weeks is up to two weeks of extra rental for free! The sling library will closeContinue reading “Christmas present!”

We’re encouraging everyone to try something NEW this November with our Newvember sling library sessions – offers include half price rentals, special library drop in sessions and weekend events. Try something NEW! We are offering half price rentals on all of our wrap collection – all woven and stretchy wraps – Every single day thisContinue reading “NEWvember sling library offers – come and try something NEW with us!”

We LOVE Halloween – and this year our Sling Social falls on the day itself – as well as half term for the older ones. What better way to celebrate than having a Spooky Social? We’ll bring along the dress up box for everyone to have a go with so even if you just dropContinue reading “Halloween Sling Social!”

We try to keep the library stock up to date and like to try new brands and carriers, and we have a few lovely new things to add to the catalogue. Here are two of the fabulous MADAME GOOGOO carriers, both great for bigger babies and toddlers. They are a very funky example of theContinue reading “Some lovely new arrivals!”

So many parents come to me wanting a carrier that will do absolutely everything. It needs to fit newborns and toddlers optimally, offer knee to knee support, head support, back support… It should carry front or back and either hip. It needs to be machine washable, fit vastly different shaped adults, be cool in summerContinue reading “Using a woven wrap doesn’t have to be complicated”

My littlest baby turns 2 on Saturday. Which is just crazy – the time has flown ridiculously fast, and just as I got started carrying her and trying all the lovely new slings, she started to walk and was off – or so it seems. It seemed a good time to rethink how carrying worksContinue reading “‘But she likes to walk now’ – how carrying works past first shoes and stamping feet!”