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S+S '18

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True North Slings are high quality linen baby carriers made by Canadian moms for Canadian and US moms. With a modern and minimalist aesthetic, True North Slings are designed to fit with your personal style while keeping your baby cool, safe and close. From newborns to toddlers our ring slings are perfect for the mom who wants to create a special bond with their little one while having her hands free.

 
Look at that sweet snuggle!!! My friend @ndibambe and her perfect little buddy make toddler wearing look so good! The almost three year old ended up in the sling yesterday when he woke up from his nap and his arm was asleep. If you ask him his world was OVER. Slinging is still one of my favorite parenting tools to deal with those big toddler feelings. He was up for under 5 minutes and he was good to go. What's your best parenting trick? I'm collecting them!! 📷 @oursunshinejourney
Doesn't take much for this little cricket to melt my heart. His brother can turn me to mush too... Yesterday when I agreed to play with his train he bounced up and down and said "Oh hohoho! Fank you ma, you're so sweet to me! I very love you!" 😂😭 . So let's hear it - what was the last thing you've been turned into a puddle by. Let's get all warm and fuzzy ☺️ . I should also mention that Pines is coming back for a quick re-run this Friday at 10am MDT! It's my all time favorite sling, so it had to make a comeback.
We all think of babywearing as hands free cuddles, but there are so many things it's good for building. Obviously you and baby are building your bond, but you're also building strength and so are they! I haven't met many babes personally who were fond of tummy time in those early days, and around here it's just plain not safe with a wild toddler running around flailing whatever new item he's decided is a sword or a chainsaw... Thankfully babywearing counts for tummy time so Nicky has been building those muscles while he's up on me and safe from his big brother. He surprised us all by rolling on to his tummy this weekend? Um, excuse me baby, but who told you you could do that already?
It's time for a post about the hard babies. My easygoing Nicky played the part of a hard baby for about ten minutes this week and it brought back the memories of all the hard times with my first baby. My dragon baby, high needs, spirited, challenging.... Whatever you wanted to call it, it was the hardest year and a half of my life until we sorted out his troubles. I won't get into the details, but I have to put it out there every once in a while because that first baby taught me so much about not getting what you expected, about not knowing what others are going through or dealing with and this second baby is teaching me that it wasn't anything we were doing wrong - some babies are just impossibly hard. So here's to you weathering the storm of colic, or sickness or anything else. It can be so isolating and exhausting to live, and even harder to have your struggles brushed off by friends or family. If you need to vent, my inbox is always open and I promise not to tell you to suck it up and get on with it. Tag someone who's doing great that might need a cheerleader today. We'll send a Starbucks gift card to one kind comment!
Packing up a wholesale order today including a bunch of these adorable slings for littles. They're seriously just way too cute. What's cuter than babies wearing their babies? We've got 14 retailers in Canada and most of them are more than happy to ship orders out. Which makes them a great bet if you're on the hunt for any of our past season's colours. Like Great Lakes, last season's deep navy blue... Though my mom is running a solid campaign to get it added to our Core Collection. She's even taught Alex to tell me "navy blue is a timeless classic" 😂😂 it's hilariously adorable and I'll try to get it on the instastories here soon.
Sweeping declaration: I will leave myself more time to prepare next time we launch something new. Spoiler alert: I won't. The fabric shipment of 1.5 weight linen was delayed by almost a month when we put in our order so we had to cool our heels with the release, but it finally arrived this week and with some impressive help from @marley.felicia and these stunning models who came out at a moment's notice we've released them. I'm in awe at the power of community and the help that we've had. I'm also a little in awe that I'm still awake after so I many late night sewing sessions... But I've always been my best self under pressure so I guess it makes sense! Thank you to everyone who helped, you've brought my vision to life and made it look so so good. Also, how great is this #BrittanysRoseFinish with the thicker 1.5 weight fabric? 😍
The sophisticated one, the fun one, the calm one and last season's stormy one. Which one are you? 🌱 Doe, Violet, Saltspring and Niagara with all their glorious thick fibres and that texture that I could just eat up will be in the shop Friday morning. 1.5 weight slings are great for longer wears of bigger babies. All the support of a double in only one layer of linen. This will be our third season carrying them, and the second one with them being pre softened so they're ready to use straight out of your mailbox. 🌱