The Nighty-Night Nursing Light Is Back!

We are happy to announce that this product is again available and will begin shipping by the end of the month. I will be taking preorders through February 28, and will then place my order with the distributor. I will ship out your order as soon as I have the lights in hand. 

Preorder your Nighty-Night Nursing Light Now!

The Nighty Night Nursing Light is a small, multi-functional nursery night light that mothers can attach directly to their clothing, making nighttime feedings - and diaper changes - easier!

With just a push of a button, a soft glow illuminates, allowing for just the right amount of light. Once cuddled back in bed or eased into in a rocking chair with her little one, a mother can set the Nursing Light’s optional vibration alarm for the needed length of nursing time.

Preorder your Nighty-Night Nursing Light Now!

Nighttime Nursing With ConfidenceIf mom falls asleep, the Nursing Light’s gentle vibration alarm will awaken her so she can safely put baby back to bed and even perform another essential nighttime parenting task.

With the Nighty Night Nursing Light, dozing beyond the desired nursing time is eliminated, and mom can relax with confidence during her special time with baby.

A Must Have For Breastfeeding Moms!
This nursery night light helps tired moms breastfeed their newborns safely and confidently.

Preorder your Nighty-Night Nursing Light Now!

Quick Babywearing Reminders

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Babywearing Is a Family Affair

Nicholas, four months, and Mama Angie love their Wrapsody Bali Stretch.

As do big sister Helen, who is almost three . . .

. . . and Daddy Mark.

Pump Hands-Free and in Style with PumpEase

Mom and Baby Naturally is happy to be carrying PumpEase™, the world's only fashionable hands-free pumping bra.

PumpEase™ can be worn over any nursing bra/top/dress, or over nothing at all. It allows you to pump hand-free while working, caring for your baby, or even nursing on one side and pumping the other.

It also provides maximum coverage, just in case of an awkward oops moment with a coworker or your mother-in-law!

PumpEase™ products come in a variety of fun, fashionable prints, because as the manufacturer says, "women like pretty things, even when they're pumping."

The PumpEase™ Classic Collection features the fun and fruity Very Cherry, beautiful blue Stoney River, and for those formal pumping occassions, Tuxedo.

The PumpEase™ Fabulous 50s Collection offers retro polka-dots in T-Bird Red, BelAir Blue and  Galaxie Black.

PumpEase™ organic is made from a beautiful, unbleached and undyed knit fabric, and is the world's only organic hands-free pumping bra.

By purchasing the Best for Babes PumpEase™, you can help to support the work of The Best for Babes Foundation, which helps moms to beat the Booby Traps™ – the cultural and institutional barriers that prevent parents from making informed feeding decisions and moms from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals, whether that’s 2 days, 2 months or 2 years!

All PumpEase™ products feature patented, 'no-stitch' horn openings, guaranteed to accommodate any breast pump on the market, and fit moms sized from 32AA to 48H and beyond. Please visit The Fitting Room for more information.

Hygeia Pumps Are Here!

Mom and Baby Naturally is proud to be a retailer for Hygeia breast pumps and accessories.

Hygeia's pumps are truly multi-user, when each mom has her own personal accessory set. All Hygeia pumps feature a unique filter that blogs bacteria, viruses and fluids from entering the pump and causing cross-contamination.

Hygeia’s motto is No Pumps in Dumps™, and they are committed to keeping breast pumps out of landfills. When you no longer need your pump, just send it back to Hygeia to be recycled. (See the recycling instructions included with your pump.)

All of Hygeia's electric pumps come with a three year warranty, one of the longest for any personal-use breast pump on the market.

And Hygeia is one of the very breast pump companies that is compliant with the World Health Organization Code on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes (WHO Code).

In addition to electric breast pumps designed for frequent use, Hygeia also offers one-handed and two-handed manual pumps, and a hand expression cup.

I've used the hand expression cup myself, and it works much better than expressing into a regular pump flange and bottle, because the shape reduces the chance of spillage.

(And any mom who's ever pumped know that spilt milk certainly is worth crying over!)


This chart will help you to decide which of Hygeia's electric pumps is right for you. (Click to enlarge.)

Sunday Smile: Benefits of Babywearing

I ran across this on Facebook and just had to share :-)

(Based on some of the comments on the original post, I'll suggest that we all just assume that's a decaf iced coffee that she's drinking.)

Hurricane Sandy Update

We (and our inventory) are fine here in South Central Pennsylvania, but of course, many people, especially those closer to the coast, have not been so lucky.

Sheepish Distribution, our supplier for Fresh Moon Menstrual Products and Nursing Pads and Punkin Butt Teething Oil, is hosting an emergency fundraiser this week.

They will take 25% of all orders that come in between now and Sunday November 4, and put together emergency supplies to ship to affected areas, as well as donations to the Red Cross and other organizations that are providing emergency services. They are making first aid salves, sending real food, first aid kits, batteries, blankets and other supplies.

When you order these products from Mom and Baby Naturally, they are shipped directly from Sheepish Distribution, so your order through our store will count toward the fundraiser.

Please help us help them to make a difference!

New Connecta Carriers Now Available for Preorder!

All quantities are limited, so act quickly!


Connecta Solarweave Carriers
Solarweave is a sun-protective fabric which blocks 95- 99% of the suns harmful UVA and UVB rays. It is highly breathable and non-irritating, even to sensitive skin. The Solarweave Connecta is constructed to keep your baby cool in the heat of summer as well as offering protection from the sun. Solarweve is a very strong fabric but with a soft cotton like feel. It is very quick drying and is the ideal hot weather baby carrier.

Connecta Integra Carriers
In a redesigned carrier with some exciting new features we present the Connecta Integra. This new design retains all of the comfort, safety and security of the original design with a few changes. The Connecta Integra is slightly lighter weight than the original, packs smaller, and is cooler in summer.


It features a integrated sleeping hood that is a seamless addition to the top of the carrier. It also has the clever ability to tuck right away inside the carrier, which also creates a handy pocket for soft small items when the hood is not in use. You simply separate the front and back layers of the carrier and tuck the hood away inside!

Connecta Clearance
All remaining old-style Connecta carriers without the attached hood are now clearance priced!

EcoNuts in the News!

We carry a variety of EcoNuts™ products at Mom and Baby Naturally:

Eco Nuts™ Natural Laundry Detergent
Eco Nuts™ Liquid Laundry Detergent
Eco Nuts™ Linen Spray
Eco Nuts™ Baby-Safe Oils
Eco Nuts™ Spa Products for Adults

 

New Product Lights the Night for Mom and Baby

No matter where your baby is sleeping, one of the challenges of night time nursing is how to get to the baby and get it positioned and latched on in the dark - or without waking the whole family by turning on lights.

Many moms also do their night time nursing in a location or position that's not conducive to safe or comfortable sleep, and worry about dozing off with the baby.

My daughter Ellie has been in the family bed from birth, but it was several months before we perfected the side-lying position, and before she could latch without seeing what she was doing.

So, we slept with way too many lights on, and I usually spent a few hours each night dozing while sitting up with her on the Boppy. (Not a very safe cosleeping arrangement!)

The Nighty-Night Nursing Light solves both of these problems. This small night light clips onto mom's pajamas, and not only provides a soft glow right where it's needed, but it even includes a vibrating alarm, to wake mom (but not baby!) and remind her to move back to a more safe or comfortable location when the baby is done nursing.

Boy, I sure could have used this products a couple of years ago!

When Ellie was two months old (and had only been nursing for about three weeks, which is a whole other story) we visited my family for Christmas. The only night light available for our bedroom was a motion-sensitive one, which was plugged in right beside the bed.

When she was nursing on my right side, I could wave my left arm to turn the light on, but when she nursed on the left, I had to flap my leg around off the side of the bed, until I activated it!

My partner found my acrobatics pretty entertaining, but Ellie and I would've been much happier if we'd had a Nighty-Night Nursing Light!

New bumGenius 4.0 Diapers in Stock

Mom and Baby Naturally just received a shipment of the new bumGenius 4.0 One-Size diapers with snap closures, in all of the solid colors - including the brights, which have been unavailable for a while, and three brand new colors - Bubble, Sweet and Noodle!

The new Artist Series prints and hook-and-loop closure diapers are available by special order. Please contact us if you're interested in those. (Minimum order may apply.)

How are the bumGenius 4.0 Diapers "New and Improved?"

1. The bg4 now accommodates even larger babies!
2. The bg4 has all new hook & loop closures (also available in refresher kits)
3. The bg4 has accessible, easily replaceable elastic.  All elastic tack-points are now visible from the inside of the diaper.  To replace elastic, turn the diaper inside out, thread new elastic through the casing and stitch it down at each end.
4. Three new colors have joined our family - Bubble, Noodle and Sweet.
5. You now have your choice of bumGenius closures (snaps or hook & loop).

My Ellie is wearing two-year-old bumGenius 3.0s, which have been well-loved, and every time I see the nice, neat, stacks of shiny, new 4.0s in my store room, I have to remind myself that I've bought them for your babies, and not for her!

Of course, I did just fill a big order for a baby boy, so I am a little long on the "girly" colors, and she does wear a lot of purple, so maybe just one Bubble . . . .

We Still Got It!

While demonstrating some carriers last night, I grabbed my Wrapsody Bali Stretch and showed the customers how to tie it, and then put Ellie in just for old times sake.

We got this wrap when Ellie was about six weeks old, and weighed a little over six pounds. Here she is the first time I wore her in it. (Note - She's not in the safest position here. She should be more upright and less "folded up.")

She's now twenty-seven-and-a-half months old and probably about twenty-five pounds. How's that for versatile?!

She was just-up-from-a-nap sleepy at the time, so she lay her head on my shoulder and cuddled while I was talking with the customers.

I love the Connecta that we use these days, but it was so nice having her back in the wrap that we wore her in when she was brand new!

We Have a Winner!

Shana is the winner of the nursing necklace!

Please email me your shipping address at info@momandbabynaturally.com so I can send it to you.

Blog Issues

As soon as I posted about the contest, I found out that there was a problem with the blog's comments!

That's been resolved, and I've actually moved the blog from Word Press to Blogger, because I'm more familiar with it. I lost the old comments, but I think I got all of Kara's archived posts migrated without a problem.

It should all be working smoothly now, but if you see anything strange, please let me know.

Thanks for your patience while we work out some of the post-launch kinks.

And now you can go enter the nursing necklace contest for real!

Grand Opening Contest: Win a Nursing Necklace!

To celebrate our Grand Reopening, we’re giving away a beautiful nursing necklace in your choice of colors.


There are several ways to enter, and you can enter as many times as you like.

Just leave a separate comment below for each entry, letting me know that you’ve done it.

Please leave a valid email address, so I can contact you if you win.

Entries will be accepted through 11:59 pm EST on December 12. The winner will be chosen randomly and announced on December 13.

The winner will have 48 hours to respond with a mailing address, or another winner will be chosen.

How To Enter

1. Leave a comment saying which color nursing necklace you would choose if you win.
2. Look around the site and leave a comment saying which other Mom and Baby Naturally product is your favorite.
3. Place an order from Mom and Baby Naturally for TWO entries (leave 2 comments).
4. Follow us on Twitter (#MomBabyNatly).
5. Tweet this contest: Enter to win a nursing necklace from #mombabynatly: http://momandbabynaturally.com/blog/?p=71 (No more than once per day.)
6. “Like” our Facebook page.
7. Recommend our Facebook page to your friends.
8. Blog about this contest and link back to this post.

Good luck!

Mom and Baby Naturally Now Under New Ownership

As you may have heard, Mom and Baby Naturally is now under new ownership. We’ve been working hard to add several exciting new products to the site, with more to come over the next few weeks and months.

To celebrate our Grand Reopening, we’re giving away a beautiful nursing necklace in the color of your choice. I’ll be posting all the details about that very soon.

In the meantime, I want to take a moment to tell you a bit about myself.

Before the birth of my daughter Ellie in October 2008, I had a varied career, which included stints as a middle school teacher, summer camp director, website and database developer, political coordinator, and learning center director.

Since then, I’ve been a stay-at-home mom, which has been both more challenging and more rewarding than any position I’ve held before.

I met Kara, one of the founders of Mom and Baby Naturally, during my pregnancy, when my partner Kristi and I hired her as our doula. She helped us to have the natural birth that we’d hoped for, gave us invaluable breastfeeding support during Ellie’s early weeks, and introduced us to the joys of cloth diapering and babywearing.

When I learned that Kara and her mom were planning to close the store, I jumped at the opportunity to help others to access the same great products that we have used, while continuing to be at home full time with my daughter.

I’m look forward to serving you and your family.

Beth Shupp-George
Owner, Mom and Baby Naturally

bumGenuis 3.0 Cloth Diapers on SALE!

For a very limited time we are able to offer Bumgenius 3.0 One Size Pocket Diapers at a great savings!!  This is the first time we have ever had permission to have a sale on these diapers, so take advantage of this sale while it lasts!!  Our supplies are limited, so get them while you can!!!

Get 'Em While They Last

Thirsties All in One Pocket Diapers are being discontinued!!  We have them marked down to closeout pricing…So grab them while you can!!

Solarweave Connectas

=SUMMER IS ON IT’S WAY!=
-Keeping  Cool with a Solarweave Connecta-

The  weather is finally warming up and thoughts are turning to Summer.
Carrying a baby can be hot work in the heat, and we have the ideal solution!

The Solarweave Connecta is possibly the lightest, coolest carrier on the
market.  Made from Solarweave fabric, which is incredibly strong and tightly
woven,  whilst  still being lightweight, it also protects baby from UV
radiation from the sun.

The  fabric  has been tested by an independant laboratory and shown to provide  SPF30+/UPF 40+  protection even after 40 launderings (equivalent to 2  years  of  wear and tear), and 100 hours of accelerated ultraviolet
exposure.

The fabric is 100% non-irritating, even to sensitive skin.

Made to our winning Connecta Baby Carrier design, with the addition of the
integrated sun/sleep hood, the Solarweave Connecta provides all of the
comfort in wearing you would expect.  Featuring a wide seat to keep baby in
the anatomically correct seated position, well padded shoulder straps and
comfortable wide webbing.  Yet it folds up amazingly small,  perfect for
packing in holiday suitcases!

In addition to the sun protection, solarweave fabric is also extremely quick
drying, and the Solarweave Connecta can be worn in the water at the beach or
pool, and also in the shower. (Not for use whilst swimming.)

This year the Solarweave Connecta is available in four different colourways.
Blackberry, Khaki, Scarlet Red and Pale Blue. (Blackberry and Khaki in stock now, preorders for Scarlet and Pale Blue are being accepted)

bumGenius Baby

Here is a sweet photo we recieved from one of our very satisfied BumGenius customers enjoying her 3.0 One Size Pocket Diapers.

(Please feel free to submit your photos to share:)