Traveling Family: Meet the Kuuhotti Family

You may recognize Ali, the mom from our latest family in our Traveling Family series, as the mom from past promotions for our  Boba Wrap and the Boba Carrier. Since shooting photos with our team, she and...

Building a Community With Babywearing

It's not unusual to find me swaying slowly in the grocery store while browsing different brands of crackers. Or bouncing slightly through the produce aisle. Or humming softly. Sometimes I just say “shhhhh” and rock...

Traveling Family Spotlight: The Adventures in Parenthood Project

Meet Meghan! She and her husband love to hike and climb around their *gorgeous* town of Banf, Alberta, Canada. They strive to continue this love and pass it on to their baby daughter. Their enthusiasm...

Boba Has a New Voice on Twitter: Welcome Emily To the Team!

hen we started the Boba Ambassadors program a few years back, a select few mamas stood out to us for their advocacy in babywearing, their love of Boba, and their possitive attitude. For us, Emily...

Sleep: Can't Live Without It... But Sometimes You Have To

Oh, sleep. The always sought after prize of adulthood. Somewhere along the line we stop trying to avoid sleep and realize it's pretty much the best thing ever. For parents, there just never seems to...

What a Mother Needs Most During Birth May Surprise You

Important preface: This article is written to bring more thoughtful dialogue to the issue of birth assistance for healthy pregnant mothers and their healthy birthing babies. It does not serve to slight any mother for...

Embracing Our Post-Birth Forms, The Fourth Trimester Bodies Project

Postpartum weight. Stretch marks. Scars. Changes in breast size and shape. Differences in sex drive and sexual pleasure. These are just a few of the body-mind-heart centered issues on the plates of new (and not-so-new)...

My Toddler Nap Hacks (Tips and Tricks For More Daytime Baby Sleep)

As I write this, my 18 month old daughter is taking a nice, long nap! Nap time is when I clean up the house for real and get work a bit of work done. Sometimes,...

Breastfeeding on Demand: a Cross-Cultural Perspective

I discovered the work of Gwen Dewar, Ph.D when ParentingScience.com covered her 2008 work on breastfeeding on demand, also known as "baby-led" and "on-cue" feeding. The basis of this practice is that baby, with the...