September meet breaks hire record! September 10, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedOur September meet was another busy one and saw us loaning out the highest number of slings ever for people to try out at home for the month! We hope that everyone who took a sling home enjoys using it – please don’t forget to review it on here for the benefit of others who may not get a chance to try it out!
Our next meet takes place on October 1st, from 1-3pm at The Windmill Children’s Centre. However, don’t forget our special extra event in conjunction with Portsmouth Sling Meet this month to celebrate International Babywearing Week. We will be meeting on Monday 21st September, from 1-3pm at The Windmill Children’s Centre. There will be a chairty raffle and auction, with some fabulous prizes, and also a cake stall (do bring along some cakes to sell if you are able to). Please see our post about the IBW event further down this page for further info. Hope to see you there!
August meet the biggest yet! August 6, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedOur August Sling Meet saw us welcoming 30 families to the Children’s Centre and helping them to try out some new slings, as well as dealing with some queries about their existing carriers. There was a lovely social atmosphere and lots of babywearing knowledge was shared between the parents who came along. We also had a record number of hires, and hope that all of you who took a sling away with you enjoy trying it out over the next month. Our next meet takes place on Monday 7th September, between 1 and 3pm. Hope to see you there!
Southampton Sling Meet features on BBC Radio Solent July 23, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedFollowing the article in the Southern Daily Echo last week, publicity for our meets got an extra boost today when we were invited to join Charlie Crocker for her show on BBC Radio Solent.
You can hear what happened on the show by clicking on this link anytime in the next 7 days:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p003s4tz
Southampton Sling Meet celebrates International Babywearing Week 2009 July 21, 2009
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We are celebrating IBW with a joint event with Portsmouth Sling Meet. We will be meeting at our usual venue, the Windmill Children’s Centre, on Monday 21st September, from 1 until 3pm. There will be a cake stall (please do bring along cakes or biscuits for us to sell) and a charity raffle/auction as well as the usual opportunity to try out a selection of slings. Please note that we may not have all of our usual slings available to try out as some may have been hired out at our September meet a few weeks earlier.
We have had some very generous donations for the charity raffle and auctions.
The prizes which will be auctioned include:
an Onbag Classic (kindly donated by Onbag)
a custom made DreamPod (kindly donated by DreamPod)
a Napsack (kindly donated by Sling Jax)
And the prizes in the raffle include:
Baby Legs (kindly donated by Tumbebe and Portsmouth Sling Meet)
Sling View mirrors (kindly donated by Southampton Sling Meet)
and money off vouchers, kindly donated by Natural Nursery, Natural Connection, Little Possums and Tumbebe.
All proceeds from the auctions, raffle and cake sale will go to Best Beginnings.
We look forward to seeing you at our IBW celebrations!
Southampton Sling Meet is featured in the Southern Daily Echo July 14, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedFollowing their visit to our July meet, the Southern Daily Echo have today published an article featuring Southampton Sling Meet. You can read the article here.
If you have found our website as a result of the article in the paper, welcome! We hope you find the site useful and look forward to seeing you at a future meet.
Another busy meet today July 6, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedThe July meet was another busy one. This was especially nice to see as the Southern Daily Echo came along today to talk to the parents who were there and take some pictures. Look out for us the paper next Tuesday (14th July) and also again in September to mark International Babywearing Week. We are planning a joint event with Portsmouth Sling Meet to mark IBW – look out for more details nearer the time.
We hope that everyone that hired slings will enjoy using them this month and look forward to seeing you all again at our next meet, which is on Thursday, August 6th.
May and June meets both big successes! June 4, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedThe last two meets have been our biggest yet and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have joined us. The Children’s Centre is proving to be a lovely venue, with lots of toys to entertain the older children, and lots of space for us to try out the large collection of slings that we now have. It is also lovely to see people bringing their own collections to enable people to try out even more slings! Or next meet is on Monday July 6th. Hope to see you there!
June 09 Sling Meet
June 09 Sling Meet – babies chilling out!
New arrivals June 4, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedWe are delighted to announce some more new additions to our library. Thanks to some generous donations, we now have a Connecta soft-structured carrier, a Calin Bleu cool cotton wrap, a Wilkinet soft-structured carrier, a Tikamak padded ring sling, a Cuddly Cosy Carrier fleece pouch, a Kangaroo Korner fleece pouch and a Sleepy Toes cotton pouch. Try them all out at our next meet!
Dates for your diary April 21, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedThe dates for the rest of the meets in 2009 have now been confirmed as follows:
Monday 11th May
Thursday 4th June
Monday 6th July
Thursday 6th Aug
Monday 7th September
Thursday 1st October
Monday 2nd November
Thursday 3rd December
All meets take place from 1pm until 3pm at The Windmill Children’s Centre, which is situated between Bursledon Infant and Junior Schools on Long Lane, Bursledon, SO31 8BZ. Car parking is available on the road outside the schools, or in the car park at Great Down Park, which is on the opposite side of the road. The Children’s Centre is the white building, in the schools’ grounds, between the two school buildings. To get there on public transport, you need to get a train to Bursledon station (which is then about a 10-15 minute walk from the venue) or First bus routes 16A, 72, 78, 79 or 80 which all stop in Lowford (which is then around a 5-10 minute walk to the venue). To see the locations of the Children’s Centre, car parking, train station and bus stops, please click here. If you require further directions, please email us.
The Children’s Centre, as viewed from the road
April Meet April 21, 2009
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , comments closedOur April meet was the first one to be held in our new venue. Some people had trouble finding us, so we will be adding further directions before our next meet! The older children had a lovely time playing outside in the sunshine, leaving their Mums free to play with the large selection of slings that we had available to try out. Thanks go to Emily Light, The Family Support Outreach Worker at the Children’s Centre for entertaining the children during the session.
Playing in the sunshine
Trying out the Babyhawk
Learning to back carry in a wrap
The end result!
Trying out the Manduca
A front wrap cross carry
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Our current stash:
Soft structured carriers (SSCs), mei tais (MTs) and podaegis (pods):
Back row, (L-R): Rose and Rebellion SSC, NapSack MT, HugSnug MT, UhBoohBahBaby pod
Front row (L-R): Manduca SSC, EasySlings MT, Babyhawk XT MT, Mama Koala MT
Ring slings (RSs), pouches and wraps (L-R): Baby Sense RS, Sling-Easy RS, Huggababy RS, Zolowear Solarveil RS, Bara Barn Ring Shawl, Hotslings pouch x2, Bara Barn knot shawl, Girasol 4.6m, SAHM made 4.6m wrap (just pictured)
Not pictured: Didymos, Kari Me, Tinokis, Sleepy Wrap, Hugabub, Carry Me, Hippychick hip seat, Chicco Caddy Backpack Carrier