Summer Holiday with Squish, 5 year old and a Sa-Be......

We've just come back from our first holiday as a family of four. We braved it with absolutely no pram or buggy in sight and just with my red and white spotted Sa-Be sling! It worked wonderfully - we could fit so much more luggage in the car for a start!

Each morning before we left the cottage for the day I tied on the sling and that was it, it stayed on until we got back for Bubba 1's bedtime. It was easier to visit castles, the seaside and small boutique shops, etc.

We were in North Wales and I got lots of stares and even a few open mouths whilst carrying squish in the sling (one man nearly walked into a lamppost?!), which after a few days hubby wondered how I put up with it. Luckily I enjoy babywearing, having my baby close and I have self-confidence, but it isn't particularly nice....I sometimes found myself checking my trousers were fastened properly, lol! However, on the positive side, I was congratulated (!) on wearing by a lady at a medieval fayre in a castle and whilst there another said she liked my wrap.

I only saw one other babywearer in Wales (near another castle!), they were using a full buckle and inside the castle I saw 2 backpack carriers. One looked to be leaning backwards from the shoulders, so must have been pretty uncomfortable.

Funniest moment whilst using my Sa-Be was in a newsagents, I was chatting to the cashier and then squish turned her head to have nosey and the lady got a surprise, as she hadn't realised I was carrying a baby!!

I found going in the sea with my eldest was great using the sling. I could hold her hand easily and I'm not sure how comfortable I'd have felt with either leaving a pram on the beach or carrying newbie in my arms in the water..... We saw a crab and a jellyfish and lots of tiny darting fish, although we weren't very good at catching anything other than seaweed in our net!

Seaside Babywearing

We went on some steam trains which was fun and a lovely way to see the countryside and mountains. One of the trains wasn't allowing prams on that day, due anticipating large numbers of passengers, but we were okay with our trusty Sa-Be. No disappointed 5 year old here - phew!!

Steam Train Babywearing

I hope you have all enjoyed your summer - it's back to school next week, time flies!


I am friends with the owner of the company. We met when I was asked through a mutual friend to model for the initial advertising shots when the company launched in 2009. I was a babywearer already and was really impressed with the products and proceeded to use the stretchy Sa-Be daily until my daughter was 18 months old and on several occasions until she was 3 years old.
All the opinions about the Sa-Be slings in my blog are my own, but any factual information such as pricing, availability, safety testing, etc is checked with the company and accurate at the time of publishing the post.
 www.sabebabywear.com

Forgive me Babywearers, it has been too long since my last post.......!

One phrase explains why this post has been so long in arriving - the 6 weeks hols! Today I have the newbie napping and the eldest is at a friend's. So here goes.....

Week 1 - hubby was away with work and of an evening the Sabe was worth its weight in gold to both settle and soothe and allow me to bath my older daughter, get ready for bed, etc. I even managed to do some choreography for a children's dance workshop I'm holding!

Week 2 - football camp and using the sling for drop-off and pick ups was great as there was usually quite a bit of standing around whilst they were registered/dismissed and the car park was a bit of a trek from the meeting point. I was looking out for other Sabe babywearers and although I didn't see anyone else with a sabe, I saw a Connecta, a Baba sling and a Manduca, so a pretty good showing on the babywearing front there!

Week 3 - We've had the first immunisations (the sling was a life-saver!) and first trip to the dentist, both of them on the same day (am I mad?!) and both using the trusty Sabe sling, followed by a trip to a nearby park. We've also been on a family walk and the Sabe held up very well for longer distances too. Super comfy.

Week 4 - Good news for babywearing - I ended up giving an impromptu Sabe sling demo at my last baby massage class at our local Sure Start Centre! One of the mamas already had a Sabe, but wanted to try a hip carry. I haven't done the hip carry recently, but I showed her and then my Bubba fell asleep like that, so it was obvs really comfy!! She seems to like resting her head on my shoulder while she sleeps, lol! I would really only use it once she has full head control. Hers is particularly good, but for general use, I'll wait until she's a little older before using the hip carry regularly. The "session" ended up with the Sure Start centre asking for leaflets and posters to put up and talk about to the mums who use the centre. I was really pleased, as I'm never sure whether they can advertise businesses and products in the centres, although at ante-natal clinics it is being reported locally that the NHS are showing a promo video from Baby Bjorn about their carriers ( shame the NHS haven't done their research - is it any wonder most people don't realise there is a comfier and ergonomically better option.....I'll get off my soap box now!!).

Second REALLY exciting thing in week 4 of the holidays is a sudden family trip out to meet some friends and their kids to see a meteor shower.......it was absolutely amazing. I've never seen anything like it, after a while we lost count of all the "shooting stars" we were seeing, some were small flashes, some had huge light trails, some were tinged with red - magnificent! The Sabe was ideal to keep squish warm and snug with a snow suit on and my MAM babywearing cover, which also conveniently covered my knees whilst I sat on my deckchair watching natures firework display - wonderful! I felt like I was "extreme babywearing"!



I am friends with the owner of the company. We met when I was asked through a mutual friend to model for the initial advertising shots when the company launched in 2009. I was a babywearer already and was really impressed with the products and proceeded to use the stretchy Sa-Be daily until my daughter was 18 months old and on several occasions until she was 3 years old.
All the opinions about the SaBe slings in my blog are my own, but any factual information such as pricing, availability, safety testing, etc is checked with the company and accurate at the time of publishing the post.
 www.sabebabywear.com