Rockin' Baby Pouch

What THEY Say...

We started making Rockin' Baby Pouches with the help of our kids, Seamus, Finn and Tova. Both of us have used slings for a very long time, and loved them, but we realized that not everyone gets the ring sling concept. It took us a long time to get there, but we feel we’ve created a pouch that is easy to use, super fashionable (all of them are reversible), and incredibly versatile. We wanted our pouch to be adjustable so it could be as diverse and functional as our slings, which we did with a series of zippers. We also added a very thin rail of padding that doesn’t make the pouch bulky, but does provide a little cushioning at the back of the leg in the hip carry.

Rockin' Baby Pouches are a fashionable, hip accessory that you can safely and comfortably wear your baby in. They are available in a variety of fabrics in an assortment of beautiful colors with unique trim. The fabric and trim combos change regularly, so check-in periodically to see what's new.

The Rockin' Baby Pouch is usable from the time of your baby's birth, until he or she is a 35 pound toddler. It is incredibly versatile. You can nurse your baby in the pouch, wear baby to sleep, work in the home or office or go out and about with baby - for a walk, traveling out of town, to the supermarket, out to dinner, social gatherings - most people probably won't realize there is a baby in there. As baby gets older and bigger, you can change the carrying position to match baby's development. There are a variety of front carries where baby can sleep, nurse or just hang out, as well as hip carries and a back carrying position.

The slings are made in LA, and a huge range of them (LOTS of pretty fabrics!) can be got from SaSaSlings.

Email: sandra@sasaslings.co.uk

Website: www.sasaslings.co.uk

Rockin' Baby Pouch

What WE Say...

Baby pouches... well. I'm a big fan of the wilkinet, as you know already. Katy didn't like slings at ALL, was mildly converted by the wilkinet - but still preferred to pop Ben in the pushchair; him being a big ole bouncing boy she still found him a little heavy while she was walking the nursery run.

Then Sandra at SaSaSlings sent us a Rockin' Baby Pouch to try out. With a spirit of willingness, but really not convinced, I agreed, and waited for it to land on the doormat.

First impressions were great. The packaging is funky, and the sling itself was beautifully made from gorgeous fabric. The instructions were clear and simple (pretty much bung the sling on, plop the baby in and you're away), with great diagrams. So I gave it a test run the very next day - the toughest test I could think of. The School Run.

You know how it is. You manage to co-ordinate 3 boys into their uniforms, get them plus the baby into the car with 3 lunchboxes, homework, swimming kit, show-and-tell item, coats (blimmin weather) and hats.

You end up leaving 5 minutes later than you really need to, then hit the slow drivers and traffic lights (or tractors in my case) on the way, and you're running even later by the time you get to school. But if you hurry you might just make it for the Wake and Shake.

Now you have the choice - haul the pushchair out the boot, remove baby from car, strap into pushchair, co-erce other children out of the car and then push the pushchair one-handed whilst carrying rogue lunchbox/kit/small unwilling child with the other.

Or you carry the baby, juggling her with the aforementioned items.

But this time I had my Rockin' Baby Pouch at the ready. In the time it took for all the boys to exit the car, I had Ella in the pouch and ready to go. And best of all - I had two hands free! Really!

She was secure, comfortable - and smiling like mad, she just loved it.

So - the technical bit. There's loads of info on the web on the benefits of 'baby wearing' (using a sling to you and me), and almost as many types of sling. Thats where SaSa Slings excel - I spoke with Sandra, told her exactly how/where I'd use the sling, and she knew which one would work for me. Sandra and Sara at SaSa Slings both use their products regularly, and they're passionate about sling wearing - they have a font of knowledge which I'd advise you to make use of. They even have a hire service, so you can try-before-you-buy.

The Rockin Baby Pouch itself is handmade by a Mum somewhere in LA - the company only use local wahm's to make their products. It's kind of nice knowing that what you are wearing was made personally by someone, another Mum just like you. The choice of fabrics is amazing, they are reversible with one plain/one pattern side so your man can easily wear them too, and the padded rail that sits under your baby's legs is a stroke of genius.

Oh, I can't tell you how amazing this pouch is. Actually, I can. It's so good, Katy and I have BOTH ordered one from SaSaSlings.

Email: sandra@sasaslings.co.uk

Website: www.sasaslings.co.uk