During the past year I have been repeatedly asked by Babywearing
Mamas if I would be making an Ocah Mei Tai. My answer has always been
“let’s wait and see” ! As much as I love making Wrap conversions I do
understand that they are not to everyones liking. I had been playing
around with design ideas for an Ocah Mei Tai a long long time before the Wrap
conversions began but it had the design had to be put on hold whilst I worked on the wrap conversions but now the timing felt right to finally get the Ocah
Mei Tai made.
In February of this year I approached one or two, well O.K 14 to be precise ! very lovely Babywearing Mamas who came together as a group to act as my sounding board and testing group for the new Ocah Mei Tai. I have to say what a complete joy it has been working with these Mamas who have given their advice, opinions and time so generously. In addition to answering my endless questions on body shape and size (the carriers not theirs !) strap width and length, Sleep hood yes or no ? seat darts ? padding ? howmayn layers, curved or straight etc etc, we have also looked long and hard at the different type of fabrics that will be used to make the new Ocah Mei Tai.
The Ocah Mei Tai will be a Naturally made carrier with some very special, carefully selected strap and fabrics that have taken many months to source. All of our fabrics are 100% natural with the majority of them being organic and Fair Trade certified.
After all of this hard work I am really very pleased with the end result. With so many experienced Babywearers working on this one I think it is pretty special and from the testers feedback and the pre-orders taken from the group,it would seem that they think so too !
In February of this year I approached one or two, well O.K 14 to be precise ! very lovely Babywearing Mamas who came together as a group to act as my sounding board and testing group for the new Ocah Mei Tai. I have to say what a complete joy it has been working with these Mamas who have given their advice, opinions and time so generously. In addition to answering my endless questions on body shape and size (the carriers not theirs !) strap width and length, Sleep hood yes or no ? seat darts ? padding ? howmayn layers, curved or straight etc etc, we have also looked long and hard at the different type of fabrics that will be used to make the new Ocah Mei Tai.
The Ocah Mei Tai will be a Naturally made carrier with some very special, carefully selected strap and fabrics that have taken many months to source. All of our fabrics are 100% natural with the majority of them being organic and Fair Trade certified.
After all of this hard work I am really very pleased with the end result. With so many experienced Babywearers working on this one I think it is pretty special and from the testers feedback and the pre-orders taken from the group,it would seem that they think so too !
I
will explain all of the design features shortly. The Ocah Mei
Tai will not be available to purchase until 1st August when they will
be made available at a regular stocking. We will start to take custom
order on the Ocah Mei Tai in the Autumn. In the meantime as I
mentioned before this carrier is in production with the first orders
going to the Mamas of the tester group who very generously gave their
time and input.
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