Mod Mum

I love posting about questions that I receive from my customers, as I am sure that many people have the same questions!

Here is a recent question from Allison about my Maternity Hospital Delivery Gowns.

Hi Lisa,

Could you tell me what material your hospital gowns are made of and whether they’re machine washable?

Hey Allison,

Thanks, Lisa
Here is a question from Jody about Baby Slings for older babies:

Hello! I am in the market for a sling and I came across your store. I love your fabric choices but I just want to make sure that the sling will work for us. My daughter is 21 lbs, 29 inches at 7 months old. Do you know the approximate height and weight limit for these? We recently switched to our convertible car seat so I am looking for something that will help me out when I need to run quick errands. Thanks so much for your time!

Hey Jody,

You will love your baby sling for quick errands! This is what I rave about to moms all the time. I could pop my son in and out of his sling straight from the car seat for all my running around. From the post office, to picking up takeout, you will love your baby sling! Parking lots were always my biggest fear with my son, as I knew how easily he could be hit. I loved having him safely at my side in the sling.

Your sling will be small enough to fit in your purse, so you will always have it on hand. My sleek leg padding adds to the comfort for your little girl. The fabric at her knees won’t be cutting into her legs, when you hold her for long periods of time.

Your sling can support up to 35 pounds. The height is not an issue at all, as you will likely carry her in the hip carry most of the time. Here is the instructional video for this carry.

How to use a baby sling in the Hip Carry or Tummy to Tummy
- Instructional Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vshtg4-mOJ

Why don’t you give me your average weight, height and bust size. Then I can tell you the perfect size for you sling.

Thanks, Lisa

Thank you to all of my wonderful customers for your great questions!  I am always available to chat.  Just call me at 303-910-2200.

Thanks, Lisa

The Shopping Mama

Soon after I discovered I was pregnant I made the decision that I was going to make an effort – I mean, a real effort – to look my best throughout the pregnancy. My theory was that looking better would make me feel better. It didn’t really work at the beginning and now it’s certainly a challenge, but it’s been fun trying to come up with stylish maternity looks. I also decided I wanted the look stylish, feel good theory to extend to the hospital for delivery. That’s why I’m so excited that my hospital bag is packed with a Mod Mum Delivery Gown.

About Mod Mum Maternity Gowns

After giving birth to my son, and loathing all of the photos from the hospital, Lisa wanted to design something beautiful that moms would be proud to wear on such a life changing day. She says:

“I have designed our hospital gowns to make your feel comfortable and also covered! The design includes snaps all the way down the back to ensure you will have full coverage from behind. I have also included snaps at the breastbone to help you breastfeed discretely and comfortably right after giving birth. Our ribbon sash can be tied in the back or the front to accent that beautiful belly. After you leave the hospital, use your gown as a nightgown. It is beautiful and comfortable as well as easy for breastfeeding in the middle of the night!”

Mod Mum Maternity Delivery Gowns

My two previous deliveries I wore the standard hospital-issue gown. It was fine, but certainly nothing special. Mod Mum delivery gowns are something special. Designed specifically for the needs of a maternity gown – Lisa’s husband works in Labor and Delivery! – Mod Mum gowns have all the function of a hospital gown with the style a modern mom wants.

Mod Mum Gown Features

• Snaps all the way down the back to ensure you will have full coverage from behind.
• Snaps at the breastbone to help you breastfeed discretely and comfortably right after giving birth. No need to have half of you showing when visitors pop in!
• Ribbon sash that can be tied in the back or the front to accent that beautiful belly.
• Designed with the hospital in mind. Your doctor and nurse can easily access anything they need, without you having to disrobe.

The gown is clearly functional and it looks great, too. I adore the fabrics and you an pick a coordinating ribbon color to customize the look you want. I’ll be wearing the Olivia gown pictured below with a gray sash. I pretty much squealed when the gown arrived because it’s really, really pretty. Certainly not a term that comes to mind when you think of hospital gowns! The gown feels soft and comfortable and I definitely appreciate the buttons up the back. I can’t wait to put this pretty gown to use in the hospital – stay tuned for personal photos and more info after I get to war this pretty thing for its designated purpose.

Mod Mum Baby Slings

In addition to Maternity Gowns, Mod Mum also offers gorgeous baby slings. How pretty is the Lola Reversible Sling pictured to the left? Mod Mum offers reversible slings, organic slings and slings designed for dads. You can even get a newborn support pillow to make a more appropriate fit for the littlest babes.

Shop! Mod Mum Designer Hospital Delivery Gowns are available in a variety of colorful, modern fabrics. The gowns are priced between $54 and $58. Baby Slings range in price from $24 to $64.

This great accessory for your baby sling is designed to provide extra support for the neck and spine of infants under 9 pounds. Made from amazingly soft organic cotton jersey, this specially designed pillow is made to slip into your baby sling under your infants back and neck to keep your newborn in the perfect position for those first few months in the baby sling. This design easily enables parents to ensure that their newborn is positioned correctly in the baby sling, keeping your infant’s chin off the chest in those first few months.
The best part is that once your baby has gained greater strength in their neck, just keep the pillow and use it as a their first toddler pillow when they grow up and start sleeping in a toddler bed!

Maternity Hospital Delivery Gowns

It is one of the most exciting days of your life! You are about to have your baby! Cameras start snapping from the moment you enter the hospital. It is probably the closest you will ever come to feeling like you are being followed by the paparazzi… well except that it’s your husband. Then you are handed the standard hospital gown to wear for the delivery. You look at the gown, and realize how awful it is. You think, “They sure don’t show these on that hospital tour I took”. They are so awful! It is slightly see-through, with gaps that don’t ever quite cover your behind. The strings keep coming untied and the shoulders keep slipping down. And the smell… antiseptic and … you don’t really want to know! All of the pictures of this momentous occasion, you will be wearing this?

Not for this Mom! You want to be comfortable and look stylish while giving birth!

I have designed a line of affordable and beautiful Hospital Delivery Gowns for your moment in the spotlight. This is your moment and we want you to shine! Now when that camera snaps, you will look beautiful and confident with that new little bundle in your arms. All your friends will wonder how you looked so great right after giving birth. So go ahead and post the hospital picture on facebook!
After giving birth to my son, and loathing all of the photos from the hospital, I wanted to design something beautiful that moms would be proud to wear on such a life changing day. I have designed our hospital gowns to make your feel comfortable and also covered!

The design includes snaps all the way down the back to ensure you will have full coverage from behind. I have also included snaps at the breastbone to help you breastfeed discretely and comfortably right after giving birth. Our ribbon sash can be tied in the back or the front to accent that beautiful belly.

Mom’s who have a c-section will love to continue recover in those few extra days in style after delivery!
After you leave the hospital, use your gown as a nightgown. It is beautiful and comfortable as well as easy for breastfeeding in the middle of the night!

Please select your size at checkout.

SIZING:

S/M (0-8)
L/XL (10-16)
Plus (18-24)
*maternity sizes are determined from your pre-pregnancy dress size.

Get the perfect gift of a baby sling for someone else, and get a free baby sling for yourself!  That’s right!  We are including our sale and clearance slings, and don’t forget about FREE SHIPPING through Dec 31st!    Don’t miss this sale!

When you purchase one baby sling on our website before Friday Dec 17th, you can select a second baby sling for free!  What a way to Christmas shop!  Make sure to enter the sling that you would like to receive as your free sling in the comments section at checkout.  If you would like the sling shipped to another address please include that as well.

Merry Christmas!  We want to give you the best gift of the year, which is a happy baby and your hands free!  Keep your baby cuddled in one of our baby slings, while you have your hands free to clean the house, do your shopping or give yourself that manicure you meant to do 2 months ago!

At Mod Mum…  We want you to LOVE your baby sling! Call or email with any questions you may have!

New giveaway from Diapeze.com!  Kristin is the wham behind diapeze.com! Here is a little bit about her life owning a business living just outsitde of Sacramento, CA!

I have one little monkey, Jayden – he is 15 months old and keeps me very busy!  While Jayden is sleeping I get to share my love for cloth diapers and all things momma with my incredibe diapeze fans on facebook.  It has been an incredible journey and I am so grateful to be able to help support my family by providing a ez cloth diapering solution!

Check out her review of our slings and enter to win a baby sling of your choice!  Givaway ends on 12/8/2010 so hurry over to enter!

Hurry and enter now!

Check out the latest great review of our slings from Thrifty Nifty Mom! While you are there, enter to win a sling of your choice!   I love the pictures of her decorating the Christmas tree with her daughter in her sling!  It is so wonderful to let your child be a part of all the fun, instead of sitting on the floor watching!  Hurry over to her blog and enter!

My daughter has hit the stage where she wants mommy or daddy to be within her site any time she is awake. It’s touching really that she loves us so much, but it certainly makes it hard to get anything done around the house! Lots of times being in the same room isn’t even good enough for her, she wants to be held!

This weekend we’ve been setting up our Christmas tree and decorations, as I’m sure many of you have been doing the same. My Mod Mum Sling arrived just in time! I was able to put Maggie in the sling and still decorate without having to worry about her crying. She thought it was great fun as we walked all around the house. I’ve also found that taking a sling along shopping is a great thing for when baby gets tired of being pushed in the stroller or shopping cart. Not only that, but strangers are less apt to approach you to touch baby when they are in a sling–this is definitely a plus in my book!!  I’m sure that Maggie and I will be taking numerous shopping trips this next month and my Mod Mum will be going right along with us! The sling is small enough to easily tuck into my purse or diaper bag which makes it very convenient!

This is my second sling (although I have many other baby carriers”) and this one is by far my favorite sling OR carrier yet! The print is fabulous. It fits my style perfectly! The fabric is so very soft and comfy for both myself and my daughter.  It is so easy to get on. You dont’ need to connect straps or buckle anything. You just fold it in half and lift it over you head–done! Maggie feels safely secured in there as I’m wearing it, which is most important!

The shopping experience you’ll receive at Mod Mum Slings is A+!  If you are like me, you will debate for a half-hour before deciding on which fabric you want (honestly, I want 10 of them!). These are the prettiest fabric choices I’ve ever seen! If you have any questions about your sling (sizing, how to breastfeeding with baby in one, etc) you can call the owner personally and she’ll help you out–honest!! She wants to help you! The slings should work for your child until they are about 35 pounds. With the rate my petite girl is picking up weight, she’ll be able to use the sling for a few more years! I even saw pictures on Mod Mum’s Facebook page of people using the carriers for their small dogs!

What’s better, http://www.modmums.com/ is having a Black Friday Sale right now that ends tonight! You can get 25% off plus FREE SHIPPING! This is a great deal, so dont’ delay! Just type in code, “GIVETHANKS” at the checkout. So go pick out the one you want, then give hubby the hint that you’d like to find one of those under your tree this year!! Or order now so you can use it while you are shopping til you drop this holiday season!

AND, Mod Mums is being generous enough to offer TWO of my fans a chance at winner the sling of their choice! One winner will be chosen during the flash giveaways this coming Friday night, Dec. 3rd starting at 8 PM EST on my Facebook page–make sure you’re there! And, here’s how you can enter to win from the blog!

Enter to win on her blog Thrifty Nifty Mom

Here is our latest and greatest giveaway with Katie from Dibs! We are giving away one baby sling to her readers.  She is an amazing mom who promotes beautiful “Green” products.  I applaud her for her story on how she was able to start a great business, while being home with her kids.  It is such a pleasure to work with her. Here is a little bio on this amazing mom!

I started Dibs! on a whim!   I had about 10 cloth diapering friends on Facebook, and I would find giveaways and tell my friends about them.  I happened to be friends with a retailer, and she thought I was doing a great job of spreading the word.  She asked me if I would be willing to help her do some more advertising for her store.  Dibs! was born! I created the page, posted a few giveaways, and invited my 10 or so friends and asked them to invite their friends.   I just started posting the giveaways that I was finding, and I now have 2,000+ Facebook fans in just over 2 months.  News travels fast about freebies!  Anytime a business asks for help, I tell them to have a giveaway.  Freebies grab attention – when people win something, they tell their friends.  When businesses are generous and donate an item, it creates loyalty!

For those who aren’t familiar with Dibs!, Dibs! is your one stop place to find all of the natural parenting giveaways going on around Facebook!  I am passionate about cloth diapering, baby wearing, and everything else that’s good for you and your family! I will point you in the direction of AWESOME giveaways on Facebook!  I mostly post about cloth diapering giveaways, but I throw in a few other ones that I think are fun!

I have also branched out into hosting giveaways on my blog.  My giveaways have included gift certificates for online natural parenting stores, cloth diapers, nursing covers, wetbags, natural laundry soap, just to name a few!  I have lots more coming up too!  So stay tuned!

I know how hard it is to take the plunge into cloth diapering.  I have been there.  It seems like a huge upfront investment, but it really isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things!  I wanted to make a place online where you can come and seek out free and cheap ways to build your “stash”  I also do reviews, which I think is SO important, so you can actually see a product in use.   Diapers fit babies differently,  it is nice to be able to see one on, instead of just a photo of the diaper.

I love that I get to showcase, promote, and become friends with the businesses.   I also love hearing that someone won a giveaway that I told them about.  I love that my fans come to my wall with questions and we get to discuss things, or help them find a certain product that they are looking for.  Through Dibs!  I have been able to bless so many people.  I just recently had a cloth diapering giveaway with over a dozen sponsors.  (There is one more giveaway on my blog in this series, it is open until Monday)  In the end I will have sent out 7 diapers, lots of wipes, cloth diaper detergent samples, a wetbag, and lots of other goodies!  Not only does it bless the winners, but it gives the sponsors lots of traffic!  Another thing I was able to do was put together a starter stash for a friend.  I gave her quite a few diapers, and all the little things she needs to get started – wipes, a wetbag, cloth diaper friendly cream, and wipe bits!  I am also working on a similar gift for another friend.  My grandma says that I want to  “cloth diaper the world”. 

I have been a cosmetologist for almost 4 years, and I work at a beautiful salon.  My boss is amazing, and lets me work very part time.  The rest of the time I am at home with my beautiful 16 month old daughter.  We want more babies, but are wanting to finish up our home remodeling project before we add any more pitter-pattering little feet!  We have been cloth diapering since she was 3 months old, and we have had a blast with it, and more importantly – have saved lots of money!  My husband loves it too, the other day I overheard him talking to a friend of ours who’s wife really wants to use cloth, but he is scared!  I think my husband convinced him to make the switch!  Speaking of my husband…he is where I got the name “Dibs”.  That’s what he calls me, and it seemed so fitting for what I do!

I would say I am pretty crunchy, and getting crunchier by the minute.  I want to be healthy – I want my family to be healthy.  I want be responsible with our planet.   I don’t know where Dibs! will lead to, but I am hanging on for the ride!  It has been so much fun so far, and I am excited to see what the future holds for my crazy little idea!

Make sure to like her Dibs! facebook page for deals a plenty!  Check out the details for the giveaway on her blog:  Dibs!

My cousin Jill posted this Ancient Chinese secret to getting rid of hiccups!  She is a mom of 7 kids, so I am guessing that she would know.  I thought it was hilarious, but everyone swears by it.  There is nothing more frustrating than when you get the hiccups and can’t get rid of them.  Mine usually occur somewhere weird like on an airplane or in the car!  I guess I should keep a spoon handy?  In the glove-box?

Ancient Chinese Secret

I want to share a very special treat with you. Mark’s brother Stephen learned this trick in China many years ago. It is the never-failed way to get rid of the hiccups. Seriously. I have never had this NOT work, and I’ve seen it work at least 100 times on many different people. Nobody believes it at first, but it honestly works.

The only tools you need are a medium-ish glass of water and a spoon or fork.

You put the spoon or fork into the cup of water.

Next, position the handle of the spoon so that it applies pressure to the very center of your forehead as you tilt the cup up and drink the water. By the time you finish drinking the water, the hiccups are gone.

Yeah, it looks stupid.

The size of the cup and spoon aren’t critical, but they just need to work together so that you can get the pressure on your forehead while you are drinking. Apparently there is an accupressure point triggered that makes the hiccups stop. Or maybe not. But who cares? It works!

Thank you Jill!

We were so please to have the opportunity to work with Beth from Steals, Deals and Life!  Check out what she had to say about our baby slings:

I’ve tried slings before but never have seen such a comprehensive website. It’s aesthetically pleasing but also is so good at teaching you how to wear the sling and use it properly. They have some really great how-to instructions and videos that really helped. I had to look at the video a couple of times to get it right, and my newborn was not happy when I first tried putting her in but once I got her comfortably put in it she went right to sleep!

I couldn’t believe it! This little one is most comfortable when she’s sleeping on one of us. It is nice bonding time but makes it difficult to get anything done, especially with a two year old around. The sling makes it possible to have that bonding time while still having both hands free to get my laundry and dishes done and even to (gasp!) eat breakfast.     I love it love it love it!

You can read more on her blog and enter to win a baby sling of your own! Contest ends November 3rd. Check out the details…

Steals, Deals and Life