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Catch up on the monthly Babywearing Wellington news.

Our next Slingmeet

10am - 11.30am
Friday 4 May 2018
Trinity Union Church
Hall Avenue Newtown
(behind Lychgate Mall)

Cost: Free

New venue for 2018

New year, new venue. After seven years at the Southern Cross we're mixing things up and we will now be meeting at Trinity Union Church. A bigger space, (limited) onsite parking and a central location.

Please feel free to bring your own takeaway coffee and snacks, there are cafes near the venue if you want to pop in before attending the meet. With so many small children in attendance, we have some guidelines to keep your children and your morning tea out of harm's way. We ask that you keep your food and drink out of the reach of toddlers and those babies learning to walk, this will help us by reducing mess or breakages and keep children safe from scalding and unintentional exposure to things they may have allergies to.

Information on our Slingmeets

We hold one meet per month, on the first Friday of the month, at Trinity Union Church, Newtown. 

We kick off at 10am with an introduction of our Babywearing Wellington team, a run through of the different styles of carriers, how they are put on and what they are suited for. We will also go through some babywearing safety guidelines before allowing time for you to get help with fitting a carrier, hiring carriers, or catching up with fellow babywearers.


Sometimes our meets can get busy and we are able to provide limited 1-on-1 help at our meets, please be patient with us and those around you. We want to help as much as we can and it is easier for us to chat to a group so please make space for others to be able to join in and listen. 

We’re happy to answer any questions you may have about any aspect of babywearing or any type of baby carrier. If we can't answer your questions we can refer you to someone who can. If you're new to babywearing and this is your first meet please try to make sure you arrive on time for the intro and carrier demonstrations.

If you are attending and know a thing or two about babywearing, please don't be afraid to help someone else out if you feel able. We just ask that you advise within your ability and comfort zone.

Our meetings are open to the public, so please feel free to invite anyone you think might be interested - other mums and dads, friends, family... you don't have to have a baby to be a babywearing supporter!  Buggies/prams/strollers etc are all very welcome - you don't have to be babywearing to come along.
Babywearing Wellington carrier library
What's in our library
We have a pretty fantastic carrier library including:
  • stretchy wraps
  • woven wraps
  • meh-dai
  • onbuhimo
  • buckle carriers (soft-structured-carriers aka SSCs)
  • and ring slings. 
See what's available!

Membership costs:
Babywearing Wellington members can hire baby carriers from our carrier library. There is a one-off fee of $20 to become a member, with all proceeds going towards keeping our meetings running, managing and updating the library. You do not have to become a member or hire a carrier to come along, get help or try carriers on. 

Hire costs:
Once you are a Babywearing Wellington member it costs $10 per month to hire a carrier. Now that we have multiples of carriers in our library we are no longer running a reserves list.
Deals & discounts
Bubbabits
Babywearing Wellington members can get a 10% discount on all baby wearing related accessories (suck pads, hoods, reach straps, carrier bags) at bubbabits. Let Kylie know you have the code 'bwwgtn10' to receive your discount.  Check out what's available.
Woven
You can automatically get a 15% discount off any full priced item when you make a purchase at www.woven.co.nz by using the code 'bwwgtn'. You can now combine your Tweedle and Woven cart and points too!
Mountain Buggy Juno
If you hire one of our library Juno carriers and decide you want to buy one, email juno@mountainbuggy.com to let them know and they will give you a discount code for 10% off!
Local Babywearing news
Baby on the Move in Lower Hutt have a great range of baby carriers in-store available to hire and/or purchase.  You can find: agility carriers, moby wraps, beco ring slings, beco gemini, boba stretchy wraps, boba 4g, manduca, lillebaby.
Our local babywearing consultant is Penina Smith-Hitti.  Penina is based in Kapiti and will be helping out at our city meets.  If you would like to get in touch to organise a one-on-one consult with her you can visit her Facebook page Carried.
Our local Kangatrainer Hannah has been busy setting up classes throughout Wellington central.  Check out the Kangatraining Wellington Central Facebook page to find out when you local classes are on.
Want to know more?

More information about Babywearing Wellington can be found on our website or on our Facebook page.
Babywearing Wellington upcoming Slingmeet dates

Friday 1st June 2018
Friday 6th July 2018

Friday 10th August 2018
Friday 7th September 2018
Please note: The Babywearing Wellington Committee is a voluntary group of people passionate about babywearing, but we are not necessarily experts on everything to do with babywearing. At slingmeets we might not be able to get around to everyone, or have the wisdom within our group to assist with your problem. We'll help where we can and refer you to someone else if needed.
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