News about Portsmouth Sling Meets

Portsmouth Sling meets have sadly come to an abrupt end, as the Surestart centre has decided we can no longer meet there. While I have loved running the group and helping everyone for the last 3 years I shall take this opportunity to concentrate more on my family.

I am still happy to try and give advice via email, as much as I can. The closest sling meet is in Southampton, Southampton Sling Meet, they have an amazing extensive sling library and it’s in a great venue. It’s easy to get to on the train being only a 15min walk from Bursledon station. There is also a sling meet on the Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Sling Meet, if you fancy a day out to try out slings. You can check out the Sling meet site for details of other meets in Hampshire.

To find help online then www.slingguide.co.uk is a great site with lots of information about choosing and using slings. There are forums for slings users where you can read reviews, talk to experienced sling users, ask questions about slings, and buy used slings if you want a cheaper option. Natural Mamas is a UK based forum and The Babywearer which is an American based forum.

I shall leave the Babywearing Portsmouth & Southsea facebook group running in case anyone wants to use it to arrange meets with other local sling users.

Thank you to everyone who came to the group and has made it a special experience for me.

More sling meets

More sling meets are booked in for early summer:

Thursday 20th May
Thursday 17th June
Thursday 15th July

All 10am-12pm at the Kings Sure Start centre on Elm Grove, in the creche room.

Happy New Year 2010 meets

Happy New Year to you all.

The meets for Spring 2010 are:

Thursday 21st Jan 10am-12pm
Thursday 18th Feb 10am-12pm
Thursday 18th Mar 10am-12pm
Thursday 15th Apr 10am-12pm

all at the Kings Centre on Elm Grove as usual.

Slingguide website

A fabulous new website has been created to provide information about choosing and using slings, Slingguide.co.uk. It has been created for parents by some of the lovely mums at Natural Mamas a great babywearing and natural parenting forum.

The slingguide site has loads of info about slings as well as a great page of links to instruction videos for all types of slings and carries.

Please take a look.

International Babywearing week celebrations

We had a great celebration on Monday for the International babwearing week. There was a great turn out in Bursledon (home of Soutampton sling meet), and we raised over £200 for charity in the raffle, auction, and cake sale. Thank you to everyone who attended, I hope you had as much fun as we did. Photos can be seen on the Southampton Sling Meet site.

Pompey Sling meets

I'm happy to say that the Pompey Sling meets will continuing at least until Christmas due to a rise in the attendance. The next meetings are as follows:

Thursday 22nd Oct
Thursday 19th Nov
Thursday 17th Dec

Next meets

The August meet was busy then it has been for a while so things are looking up for the group continuing. I am still going to wait until after the meet on 10th Sept before I make a final decision. I have booked dates up until the end of the year in hope of the group continuing, so here are the provisional dates:

Thurs 22nd Oct 10am-12pm *to be confirmed
Thurs 19th Nov 10am-12pm *to be confirmed
Thurs 17th Dec 10am-12pm *to be confirmed

I'll confirm whats happening to the group after the next meet.