Consciously Parenting and FREE Teleclass

I can't remember how I came across the Consciously Parenting website, but I wanted to share it with you all. It's a great resource and at this time of year, with all the stresses and pressures of extended family, travel, excess consumerism and the like, parenting consciously can be especially challenging.

A special bonus is that Pam Leo, author of Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear is offering a FREE one-hour teleclass on Parenting Through Connection, on either Monday, December 15 or Tuesday, December 16. Connection Parenting is a book I highly recommend and I'm looking forward to tuning into the teleclass.

Store-Wide End of November Sale - Get 10-15% Off!

This weekend only (Nov 28-30) EVERYTHING in the store is 10% off!! Also, all instock Beco Butterfly II and Pikkolo baby carriers are 15% off!

Free Ship Day - November 17, 2008

We will have a FREE SHIP day -- on Monday, November 17th -- all orders over $50.00 USD placed between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. PST on that day will have the shipping charges refunded. Please note that this offer applies to orders shipping within North America only, but we will refund 50% of the shipping charges to international destinations. Please also note that this offer cannot be combined with any other specials or discounts.

Big in Japan

One of the things I love about having an online business is the opportunity to make contacts with people in many other countries. So far, I have had the pleasure of doing business with many European countries, Australia, and more recently Japan. In fact, this past month I had a surge of orders from Japan for some of my EC-related items such as our Continuum Family baby gowns, diaper belts, and split crotch pants. I found out through one of my Japanese customers that she is going to be one of the main presenters at an upcoming EC conference entitled "Babies do not need diapers -Quest for the lost physical abilities of human body" on November 2nd at Tsuda College and she wanted to have some of my supplies available for people interested. How exciting is that?! I was also able to facilitate a connection between this customer and Christine Gross-Loh, author of The Diaper Free Baby, as they both live in Japan. I had the song "I'm Big in Japan" by Tom Waits running through my head all day after that... :)

Update: Here's a picture she sent me after the conference of her makeshift EC store:

FREE SHIP DAY Extended

Due to some technical difficulties and power outages in our area, our site was unreachable part of yesterday and much of the day today. So, we have decided to extend our FREE SHIP day until 11:59 p.m. PST tomorrow (Tuesday, October 14th). All orders placed up until that time will have the shipping charges refunded. Please note that this applies to orders shipping within North America only, but we will refund 50% of the shipping charges to international destinations.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your ongoing support and business!

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving -- October Specials

Thanksgiving is an especially celebratory time for us. Our second daughter, who just turned 3, was born at home on October 9, 2005, the day before Thanksgiving that year. Continuum Family online was launched a year later, on October 3, 2006. We are thankful for two beautiful, healthy girls (and have a boy on the way, due in January 2009!). We are thankful for the great success of Continuum Family. We are thankful for the opportunity to be able to work and be home with our children. I get a lot of fulfillment out of being able to provide families with information and products to support them in their natural parenting journey.

So, please celebrate with us this month! We will have a FREE SHIP day -- on Monday, October 13th -- all orders placed between 12:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. PST on that day will have the shipping charges refunded. Please note that this applies to orders shipping within North America only, but we will refund 50% of the shipping charges to international destinations.

Also, we have new shipments of both Beco Butterfly II and Pikkolo baby carriers arriving later this month. Both are available now for pre-order. For the rest of October, with the purchase of either of these carriers, you can receive a FREE basic pouch sling in any size from our Everyday collection. Just let us know in the notes at checkout which one you want. Please note that this offer is good for a basic sling (without padding or pocket) but you can upgrade to these features as well as upgrade to one of the Designer/Luxury or Organic fabrics for an extra charge. Also, sorry but this offer cannot be combined with the free ship day on Monday, October 13th.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

New Beco Butterfly II Model Released!

We are excited to announce the release of the Beco Baby Carrier Butterfly II! This new model has the same great features as the current Butterfly carrier, plus several brand new features resulting from Beco design efforts and customer feedback.

Main new features:

• Removeable infant insert is adjustable in size (recommended for infants 7-15 lbs)
• Removeable head rest (hood) -- design changed from a square to a more complex shape with flexible sides which attaches to the body with resin snaps in a faux pocket. Hood/shoulder straps also attach with snaps.
• Webbing part of the shoulder strap is the same length as the current Butterfly; fabric part is 2" longer
• New retail packaging, DVD and printed instructions
• Butterfly 2 is proudly produced exclusively in the USA

Fabrics available for the Fall 08 season are:

• Avery
• Carnival
• Espresso
• Jacob
• Metro Black
• River
• Sara
• Trinity

We will have our first shipment in mid-October - they are available for pre-order now!