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!

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!

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!

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

As they say “out with the old and in with the new!”  We are having a huge end of summer sale to make room for new products!  All of our baby slings are on sale from 30% – 50% off of our retail prices. Now you can get that baby sling you have been coveting at a price that anyone can afford.

Now, here is the secret… We will pick three moms and give them their entire purchase for free!  Yes that is right free!  At the end of our sale we will be picking the orders randomly, regardless of the total!  So stock up now on your Christmas and baby shower gifts.  As all deals, this one won’t last!  So get one while you can!

Sale ends September 17th!

If you didn’t win a baby sling with our facebook giveaway, here is your chance!  We are back with another giveaway with the wonderful Bridget from The Curious Case of Mommyhood!  Bridget is an amazing mother, who is always focused on green parenting.  Her blog is a wealth of information, and we are so pleased to partner with her.

Here is what Bridget had to say about our baby slings:

As many of you know, the invention (many many MANY years ago) of the baby carrier/baby sling was a lifesaver for moms, dads and caregivers alike.  Not only are carriers convenient for us and babies because of all we do on a daily basis, but the positive emotional and psychological effects baby slings have for us and our little ones are, to sum it up in one word, profound!

I seriously don’t know what my son and I would have done without a carrier these past few years.  Who wants to push around their infant in a stroller or carry a car seat everywhere they go?  My life was so much easier with our baby carriers.  I was able to continue doing so many of my daily duties with my child safely and cozy next to my chest or on my hip.  All the while my hands free.  Park never cried because he was right there with me.  It just makes sense.  I can’t imagine what I would have done without one.

Here’s another questions for you, what baby would rather be pushed around in a stroller or carried in a car seat instead of laying in a comfortable carrier next to their mother?!!!  I would say probably next to none.


Modmum, one of my absolute favorite sling companies, is giving away a free sling to one lucky winner!  The winner can pick any sling of their choice.  There are a great variety of colors, patterns, and fabrics to choose from. Something for everyone!  They even have a man sling which my husband rocked for sometime.  It is super handy..especially if you have more than one child.

Check out her giveaway for a Mod Mum Baby Sling of your choice at:  The Curious Case of Mommyhood

Mod Mum would like to thank Pregnancy magazine for their wonderful article on baby wearing!  It is a practical guide to carrying your baby in any baby carrier, and doing so safely.  We love that the rule that all babies should be “visible and kissable” that they mention.  “The visible and kissable rule applies when you put your baby in a sling, carrier, car seat or stroller.  We shouldn’t just put our babies in something and forget about them.”  You can read the rest of the wonderful article on their site.