Southampton Sling Meet

Two custom made Melkaj mei tais join our library!

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:47:38 +0000

Thanks to a very generous donation by Agnieszka who makes Melkaj mei tais, we now have two of her custom made carriers in our library. They will both be available to try out and hire at our next meet on Friday 9th April, from 9.30 until 11am.

Revised meet dates for April and May

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:19:16 +0000

Due to the Bank Holidays at the beginning of both April and May, our meets for those months have been postponed until the following Friday morning. Therefore, our next two meets take place on Friday 9th April and Friday 7th May, from 9.30 until 11am. From June onwards, our meets will return to their usual 1-3pm slot on the first Monday of the month.

Apologies for any inconvenience or confusion caused.

More new slings have arrived!

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:01:56 +0000

Thanks to some very generous donations and special deals from sling manufacturers, we are pleased to announce some new arrivals in our library. The following slings have already arrived and will be available to try out (and hire), in addition to our previous new arrivals, at our March meet (Monday 1st, 1-3pm):

Mei tais

Ball Baby

Bamberoo

FreeHand

Unpadded ring slings

Neobulle Bulline

Soft Structured Carriers

ERGObaby Original Carrier

Stretchy wraps:

Cuddly Wrap

Woven wraps:

Ellevill Zara

Neobulle

To see a complete list of what we now have in the library, please click here.

Enter the Sakura Bloom prize draw and help us to get a Sakura Bloom sling in our library!

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:27:15 +0000

Sakura Bloom are holding a Sakura Bloom Spread the Love Benefit from February 1st until the 14th. Purchase a ticket for $10 and you’ll be entered in to a prize draw to win a voucher worth $100. The proceeds from the draw will be used to provide each of 60 babywearing groups worldwide (ours included) with a Sakura Bloom sling. In addition, the group whose members purchase the most tickets will win the whole range of Sakura Bloom’s slings – please make sure that you enter ‘Southampton Sling Meet’ in the comments box when you buy your ticket.

Thank you for your support and good luck!

New slings on their way!

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:09:19 +0000

Pouches

Rockin’ Baby

Unpadded ring slings

Nati Ring

Rockin’ Baby

Soft-structured carriers:

Woven wraps:

Stretchy wraps:

Hoppediz Elastic Sling

Other

We are expecting more new arrivals in the coming weeks, so please keep checking back for updates! We look forward to seeing you at our next meet.

Dates of 2010 meets

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:39:03 +0000

The dates of our meets for 2010 are as follows:

Monday 4th January
Monday 1st February
Monday 1st March
Friday 9th April (please note this will be at a different time: 9.30-11am)
Friday 7th May (please note this will be at a different time: 9.30-11am)
Monday 7th June
Monday 5th July
Monday 2nd August
Monday 6th September
Monday 4th October
Monday 1st November
Monday 6th December

All meets (except our April and May meets) run from 1pm until 3pm. For details regarding our venue, please see our ‘About Us‘ page.

Our birthday meet was a busy one!

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:27:30 +0000

Thursday 3rd December saw our 1st birthday meet and we were very pleased to welcome our largest ever number of families to join us for our celebrations. Many of these families took slings away with them to try out over the festive period – we hope that you all enjoy using them! We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you at our first meet in 2010, on Monday 4th January.

Southampton Sling Meet is nearly 1 year old!

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:20:01 +0000

Our December meet marks our first birthday, and we will be having cake and non-alcoholic bubbly to celebrate! Our first ever meet in December 2008 was a very quiet affair, with only one mum and baby coming to see us. Since then, our meets have grown well beyond our expectations and we now have up to 30 families visiting each of our meets, with many hiring a sling to take home to try out for a month. We are thrilled with how well-attended the meets are now, and are looking forward to an even more successful 2nd year!

Our December meet takes place in Thursday 3rd, from 1pm until 3pm. We hope that you will be able to come and celebrate our birthday with us!

October meet

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:34:52 +0000

Our October Sling Meet was a slightly quieter affair than our recent meets, probably due to our International Babywearing Week event two weeks earlier. The smaller number of people present meant that we were able to spend more time with each individual, trying out a wider range of slings and giving more advice. The weather was lovely, which allowed the children to play in the secure outdoor area whilst the adults talked slings!

Our next meet takes place on November 2nd, from 1-3pm at The Windmill Children’s Centre. Hope to see you there!

Happy International Babywearing Week!

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:42:21 +0000

Southampton Sling Meet joined forces with Portsmouth Sling Meet to celebrate International Babywearing Week 2009 with a special event on 21st September. The event was very well attended and we raised over £200 for our chosen charity, Best Beginnings.

We would like to thank our very generous supporters:

OnBag, DreamPod and Sling Jax who all donated prizes for our auctions

Tumbebe, Natural Nursery, Little Possums, Portsmouth Sling Meet, Southampton Sling Meet, Claire Westron and Sunvill Starzewska who all donated prizes for our raffle

And everyone who brought cakes along for us to sell!

Finally a big thank you to everyone who came along and gave so generously and helped us raise such a good sum of money. We hope you all enjoyed the event as much as we did!