Magic City Slingers maintains a library of baby slings as well as babywearing instructional materials. The main benefit of a paid membership in Magic City Slingers is the privilege of borrowing items from the sling library. We also have the sling library at meetings, where anyone can learn about and try on the library slings, and we use library slings when we speak and demonstrate for other organizations. These slings get a lot of exposure and a lot of use!
We have acquired most of our slings with vendor support in the form of outright donations, substantial discounts, or trades for photographs. We acquired 9 slings from Attached to Baby, an internet baby sling boutique, as the prize for winning a photo contest. Some of our slings have been donated by members. In addition to the slings listed here, we have quite a few slings circulating in the library that are on loan from leaders.
We still need library slings! We are growing rapidly and have new members join every month. For example, at our April 2008 meeting, seven new members joined, and even more new babywearers were in attendance. In July 2008, we had 27 carriers checked out from our library. (We’ve been busy having babies and preparing for International Babywearing Week since then and haven’t counted carrier action … but the library is still just as active.) We are averaging about 30 adults in attendance at each meeting. We are seeking all types of slings, but only those manufactured by established businesses that carry product liability insurance. If you would like to expose your product to the Birmingham market, please contact us through our main website, www.magiccityslingers.com.
Some of the slings in our library are:
Ring Slings:
Zolowear, Coco, size M.
Rockin’ Baby, Somebody To Love (Pink, Purple & Black on White Pucci-Style Pattern reversing to Carnation Pink with Black Aluminum Rings – 100% Cotton)
Li’l Peeper Keepers, chocolate 100% linen body banded with brocade.
Sakura Bloom, Hana Collection, stone/licorice.
Maya Wrap lightly padded ring sling, color 34, raspberry red.
Oopa Baby silk ring sling, chocolate brown.
TaylorMade classic cotton sling, size large.
Pouches:
We have almost the full range of sizes in Comfy Joey reversible pouches as well as a size S/M Hunur (embroidered silk) pouch. Here’s a photo of our reversible pouch stash.
Size S/M Rockin’ Baby Pouch, reversible and adjustable with zippers.
Sizes 1-5 and 7 in Hotslings pouches. We also have a size 3 Hotslings Deluxe Pool Pouch in soft pink.
Size M Baby K’Tan carrier in camouflage. (Not a traditional pouch; more of a pouch/wrap hybrid.)
Size 27″ Slinglings pouch.
Size XS Zolowear pouch in Zoe Loves Pink; size M Zolowear pouch in Peacock.
Wraparound Slings:
Hoppediz light wrap, Delhi, size long.
Wrap n’ Wear wrap, Holly.
Calin Bleu gauze wrap, teal.
Gypsy Mama Bali Baby Stretch, Fortuna. (The Gypsy Mama wraps are being rebranded as Wrapsody wraps. They’re still produced by the same company and are the same wraps.)
Gypsy Mama Bali Baby Breeze, 5 yards, Haumea.
Moby Wrap, natural.
Mei Tais:
MyPouch (similar to a mei tai, but the straps are secured by rings instead of knots)
Kozy Carrier mei tai, black toile.
BabyHawk mei tai, lavender swirls on natural straps.
Freehand mei tai, “Harriet” (avocado green with cream and brown flowers on natural straps). This is the current style, from TogetherBe. It is a “second” quality with some minor puckers in the stitching.
FreeHand mei tai (old style, fully framed panel), mosaic paisley on khaki straps.
AngelPack Traditional Twist mei tai, tranquility (black straps with blue asian print floral panel).
AngelPack mei tai, mother’s web (black straps and black body with white swirls).
Beco Obi, size 1, cinnamon meadow (not a mei tai, but it has straps, although it is not adjustable).
Active Mom mei tai, celery with black silk lining.
Buckle Carriers a/k/a Soft Structured Carriers:
AngelPack LX, grandiflora with plum organic straps.
Beco Butterfly, Avery.
Pikkolo Baby Carrier, Somerset.
Ergo Baby Carriers, 1 cranberry and 1 blue/green.
Bondolino Baby Carrier, navy (not a buckle carrier, but has a structured waist with hook-and-loop closure and is overall more structured than a mei tai)
Baby Patapum, navy.
iHosa chunei, size XL.
Scootababy hip carrier, black.
DVDs and Books:
Tummy 2 Tummy DVD
Tying Your Woven Wrap DVD by Children’s Needs
Ergo Baby Carrier DVD
Maya Wrap DVD
Zolowear DVD
Carrying Instructions for the Hoppediz Baby Sling (how to use any woven wraparound sling)
BB-Slen User’s Manual (how to use any woven wraparound sling)
