Review Poewovens herringbone river ringsling

Review Poewovens herringbone river ringsling

100% Tencel® Light Green & Bright Blue, Approx 300 g/m2

This Poewovens ringsling came to me all the way from the united states and when Poewovens send you something it comes with a fantastic gift! Maple sugar candy, the most delicious candy I've ever tried! Such a shame I can't buy those here in France.
The ringsling arrived super soft and the color is just so pretty and basic at the same time. Tencel is such a lovely blend to have in a wrap as it's so soft and yet very supportive and also very breathable and airy to use here in France where I live where the summer can be really really hot.

I've been using this ringsling now for about a month or 2,3 and it has become my favorite ringsling, and with that also my sons favorite, he constantly asks to be carried in it, which, I'm not going to deny, I love very much. Which babywearing mom wouldn't love it when her 2.5 year old just comes over and 'asks' to be wrapped!
I have only tried this sling with my 2.5 year old but it's so so soft that I'm 100% sure this will be a perfect newborn sling. This one is without a doubt coming with me to the hospital in 3 months when our second baby is born, yay for a little squich close to mommy the first day of his/her life, right?

The fabric of this sling is like I already mentioned very soft and floppy, but at the same time very supportive, it is very mouldable to your baby's body whitout getting saggy to quickly, which I like a lot.
I have tried a lot of ringslings and some wraps are just not suitable to be used as a ringsling because the fabric just doesn't slide easily through the rings which makes it difficult to quickly tighten and loosen your sling, or just the other way around, the fabric is to slippery and doesn't stay in place, and who wants a sling you have to tighten every 2 minutes, not me that's for sure!
This herringbone wrap is to me the perfect ringsling, it is easy to pull through the rings and has the right amount of grip to keep the fabric from slipping back again.
I know, I'm bragging about this sling now, but well I just love it and it's the sling my son keeps getting of of the shelf so I'm pretty sure he loves it to, I just hope he is up to sharing when he becomes a big brother.

Now let me tell you a little bit about ringslings in general. (And this is my personal opinion about ringslings).
I love ringslings with older babies and toddlers for quick ups, it's so easy when you have a baby that is already walking or running around. They constantly want up/down/up/down/up/down, well you know how it is ;) A ringsling is very easy to just keep around you while on a walk to put your baby in, adjust the rings a little and there you go, if they want to walk again, just pull the rings down a little get baby out and off they go again. I also use my ringslings a lot to quickly go in to a store when I only need a few things and am not using a cart, it's just so easy and fast to put your baby in for those quick ups. You still have your hands free to carry what you need and don't have meters of fabric to knot for those 5 minutes you have to carry your baby.
But, I never really use a ringsling for longer then 15/20 min as it quickly hurts my shoulders, I have tried lots of different blends and brands of ringslings and they are just not for me for long walks. The most supportive ringsling I tried up till today is this poewoven one, thank you tencel!
I started using ringslings when my son was about 1 year old so I can't say yet if I like it with a newborn as I haven't used it often enough with a newborn, only a few quick ups with my friend's baby's. I will let you know in a few months if I like it or not.

If you want more info about how to use a ringsling, you can have a look at this great tutorial video from poewovens on 'how to use a ringsling', it gives you a great visual and step by step guide on how to use your ringsling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dAJeOEll8



Ok back to poewovens now.
Poewovens is an American based and machine woven brand. Poewovens was founded in 2013 by Nancy Sunderland who is still the sole owner of this lovely brand. You can go have a look at their site http://www.poewovens.com/ wraps and ringslings are sold here.

Also check out their official facebook page and facebook fangroup 'poe precinct', for more info and to stay informed about sales and new releases.

https://www.facebook.com/PoesieTissee/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PoePrecinct/

And off course, I have loads of pictures of this lovely poewoven herringbone river ringsling that lives with me here in France.


Detailed pic of the herringbone patern with the poewoven label.

And yes like I said a ringsling is perfect for when your baby is not being wrapped to keep yourself warm or just to have a a nice scarf ;)

 

 And yes this sling is very daddy approved here at my house. My husband doesn't really like using wraps as it is to much of a hassle for him, but he does use a ssc a lot and from time to time he uses a sling. I love how my 2 boys look together, all the love for daddy babywearing!!

Review Madalo mini diamond acuario blanco

Review Madalo mini diamond acuario blanco

This wrap was approximatly 4,70m, 100% coton approx. 360 gr/m

I had the chance to test out my first madalo wrap, when I first saw it I was stunned to see how amazingly beautiful the colors where. It makes me think of a cotton candy rainbow, and I looooove cotton candy, a cloud of pure sugar delight.

This wrap is a 100% coton handwoven, pretty heavy wrap, but feels not as heavy in hand as you would expect of this m/gr

I had a very busy week when I had this wrap at the house so we didn't have the chance to go out and get some nice pictures but we did get to use it on a few walks. I loved how supportive, soft and mouldable this wrap is, a real joy to wrap with. My 2.5 year old was weightless and the cush on my shoulders was just heaven! This wrap is very mouldable and has a lot of stretch which makes it an easy wrap to wrap with despite it's thickness, I tried single and double layered carries with it and all the passes slip so easily in place and don't move thanks to the texture of the wrap.
I think this is a lovely wrap for all seasons except high summer (here in the south west of France) the wrap has a blanket like feel to it which is great but to heavy to wrap with in our (usually) hot summer season.
I would recommend this wrap for toddlers and babies but think it would be a little to heavy and thick to use easily with a newborn.

All Madalo's wraps are 100% cotton, handwoven in Mexico and then shipped to the main office in Germany. All wraps are released in limited amounts and released on their facebookpage by draw to purchase and on the fanpages through fastest fingers.
Here the link to the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/MADALOhandmade/?fref=ts
They also have a site where you can go have a look if you want to know more about the weaving process and for more info about babywearing http://www.madalo.de/English

And off course here a few pictures from madalo mini diamond acuario blanco, I also added few pictures of an other of their wraps which is named frida rosa, Frida rosa is also an amazingly soft and supportive wraps.

                                                                            acuario blanco:

 

 

frida rosa:

review dolce contatto birthing mandala acquamarina

Review dolce contatto birthing mandala acquamarina,


This wrap is a size 5, 100% cotton, 280g/m²

So, who remembers my review of dolce contatto's first released wrap nautic bluette? I loved the thinkness of that one with my toddler and had the chance to test their second released design birthing mandala. This one is much lighter and much more suitable for newborns.

I love the design of the wrap and it's meaning behind it. The design was hand drawn by DeaLabs (Melissa Giovannini)
Mandala means 'circle' and 'center' it's circular arrangement is the harmony and the balance of nature, essence of life itself, the connection of all parties in the Mandala, is the immense natural resources in addressing th ehuman transformations, integrationg the new.
The Lotus flower connected to an umbilical card is meant to represent the birth and re-birth in all forms. As an infant passing through the experience of coming to light, a woman who goes through her own transformation during childbirth and becoming a mom. Also the lotus flower emerges from the darkness, from the murky watern showing itself in all its whiteness and purity, representing the life force capable of regeneration.
The sun and the moon are elements that are opposed, the first symbolizes the male energy: heat and light, while the moon is an expression of the feminine side of creations and darkness. untited in a drawing representing the complementarity needed for balance of the world. As the darkness of the night, the moon draws the tides, and then give way to the sunrise and the birth of a new day, a new life, a new baby.
Here is the link to the facebook page of DeaLabs don't be shy to have a quick look around https://www.facebook.com/Dea-Lab-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80-410172625849523/
I so loved the explication of this mandala and the look of it that this wrap will stay here with me to welcome our second miracle to be born in October.

But enough now about the design and let's have a look at it's wrapping qualities. birthing mandala was a little stiff when I first opened the packages but nothing compared with nautic bluette. After a first wash and iron she was ready to wrap a newborn with, very moldable and easy to wrap.
I tried a lot of different carries with this wrap as it's just such an easy wrap to knot and try new things with.
I think this wrap is perfect for new moms that just start wrapping as it's a very easy wrap to start with and to learn how to wrap, I got this wrap myself for my new baby and to use in babywearing classes.
For me this wrap has the right amount of stretch not to firm to still get a nice pass and not to stretchy the wrapjob starts sagging.
Overall I'm totally in love with this wrap and it will definitely stay with me for a while to wrap our new baby.
The color of this tester is acquamarina and this wrap is also released in the color coral which is also very very pretty.

Dolce contatto is an Italian based wrapbrand created by a passionate mommy. Wraps are woven and finished in Italy. Wraps are between 75 and 95 euro's, so very affordable.

You can go have a look on their facebook page for more info https://www.facebook.com/DolceContatto/?fref=ts
Or have a look on their site where they released the wraps and have a ton of info about wrapping in general. http://www.dolcecontatto.it/