The BabyWearers of Bozeman has four new group leaders!  We are all so excited to take on these new roles in helping out our community of parents and caregivers.

(From Left to Right:  Frannie Moulton & Truett, Rachel Palmer & Harper, Mikaela DiBerardinis & Gianna, Amanda Blouse & Emmaline)

So Heidi is one of my bestest friends (yes I know bestest is not a word).  She is the kind of person who brings milk to your doorway because you said you ran out and desperately need to make an iced mocha.  She also coordinates a team to help clean up your house when you have been down with depression and morning sickness.  I could go on and on, but in short, I love Heidi….and you should too.  Why should you love Heidi?!  Because she sells some awesome product called Norwex.

I am not gonna lie…I was super skeptical.  I had issues with the fact the line is geared toward people who use chemicals.  “But Heidi, I don’t use chemicals…I rock…I’m au natural”  Bwahahaha!!  What I failed to see is how much easier cleaning can be PERIOD with this stuff.   The microfiber cloths will knock your socks off.  Especially the window cloth (that you ONLY use water with!).  Read a little bit about Heidi and what her favorite product of the moment is.  Then click on some links, buy some products and fall in love with Heidi…I mean Norwex.

What exactly do you do ?
I’m a stay at home mom of 2 girls who are 5 and 3. I just became a Norwex Independent Sales Consultant in July, hoping to be able to earn a little bit of extra money and share these excellent products with as many people as I can.

Do you love it and why?
So far, I absolutely love it. Norwex treats their Independent Sales Consultants very well. There is a great commission, a fantastic incentive program for new consultants, and a monthly incentive program for all consultants. I love that I can share quality products that are helping to reduce the use of chemicals in our cleaning and personal care routines. Norwex is not just about making money, it’s about making a difference in peoples lives.

Do you babywear?
Yes, I’ve been babywearing for over 5 years! I started babywearing with my first child. She was born 6 weeks early and frankly, I was afraid to put her down. A moby wrap allowed me to not HAVE to put her down if I didn’t want to, and to still get things done around my home. Just two weeks ago, I wore her in my Ergo on a hike up to Beehive Basin! I also wear my 3 year old. Mostly on hikes, but also at the Farmer’s Market and other places around town. Yesterday I wore her at my older daughter’s Kindergarten registration, simply to keep her from causing a ruckus and getting into trouble!

How has it helped you in your business?
So far, I haven’t had to have my kids at a Norwex party, so I haven’t had to wear them in order to keep my business happening. But I will tell you that I LOVE babywearing! I would never have been able to function well as a busy stay at home mom without being able to wear my babies. Grocery shopping while nursing in the Ergo? Check. Vacuuming and mopping while doing a back carry? Check. Big sister to the playground while little sister sleeps in the wrap? Check. I think that being able to wear my babies helped me tune into their needs quickly and easily, to keep them close and comforted when they needed it, and it also helped me to simply get out and DO things that I always thought would be a nightmare to try and do with kids in tow.

Tell me about your favorite norwex product.
Right now my favorite Norwex Product is the Body Pack. A set of 3 coordinating Microfiber washcloths that come in 3 choices of colors: Vibrant, Neutral, or Vintage. Use the body cloth to clean your face and body without soap or cleanser! The microfiber cleans the gunk off and helps to gently exfoliate your skin, leaving you with clean healthy skin. They also make great face wipers for messy kids at the dinner table! These microfiber washcloths are super soft and have the patented Norwex AntiBac silver – which makes them self-purifying. There is also a Baby Body Pack, which is smaller, softer, and cuter – just perfect for giving baby a gentle bath without having to use any sort of soaps or shampoos.

Please go get your calendar and write this down: September 29th, 7 pm, Cindy’s house, Norwex Party, desserts and coffee to be served.  If you can’t make it, call me to put in your order.  View the products here at Heidi’s Norwex Page.  Call me to tell me you will be there or that you want to place an order 406-599-5111 (or email me, cindycindy@aol.com) .  Bring a friend, or two!! 

I have emailed the winner, but she has not responded yet.  I figured I would try to post her name here to see if she will be viewing the blog to see if she won!  Katie Sayre, can you email me at info@bwbozeman.com to claim your wonderful new Onya?!  Thanks!!!

Running a babywearing group is hard work.  You just simply don’t realize it until you are in it.  This past June marked 3 years for me running the group.   A wonderful 3 years.  In that three years I have had a few random helpers.  Gloria usually comes to clean up the mess after a meeting, Alisha visits me in times of need like after I have a baby.  Monique has come to both my Expos, because she is GREAT at getting up in peoples space to tell them the love of babywearing.  But in reality I do a lot of things on my own.   I buy new carriers, I contact companies for discounts on carriers, I research them and stew on which ones to purchase for the group (okay, not really stew, but dream).  I review other groups materials, decide what would work for our town and create!  Have you seen our pamphlets?  AMAZING!  That also entails doing LOTS of research to get new information on what the safety standards are and I have to figure out a concise clear way to represent them.  I take phone calls weekly from parents who already are members of the group who need a little help or tweeking, but also calls from parents who have never come but need help over the phone.  I even get questions on parenting because people know that I am similar minded and they need a bit of reinforcement that trusting their instinct is okay.  Let me be clear TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS, IT’S OKAY!    I also allow people to come to my home to exchange carriers or come for a Free consultation when they cannot afford it.  I email people youtube videos (when I remember!) and try to post here on the blog.  I even run the Facebook group and respond to any questions people may have on there.  All that doesn’t even encompass what running a babywearing group entails.  It’s SOO worth it though!  I am not sure I ever truly realized how worth it, it is until the other day a friend said “you’re so giving. really. i hope you’re getting a lot in return for all that you do.”  Yes, that’s a direct quote (thank you facebook message system).  And at the time I thought, well. . .umm. . .not really.  But then I started thinking about it.  The first time I ever got something was only a few months after I started the group, a friend I met through the group (no names will be given, Jana)  gave me some chocolates and card that made me cry.  I ate the chocolates but still have that card.  It meant the world to me.  There have been so many random acts of kindness from people in the group, that I cannot express my thanks to all of them.  Sometimes people bring me coffee (WOW, do they really know me!) and sometimes people send me things like this:

Yeah.  I opened the package and …I cried.  It blows me away that somehow, someone I have met only a handful of times, who lives across the country, had enough of a positive experience with MOI, that they were led to send me this beautiful print.  I LOVE it.  It’s going to be framed and put up in my house because it embodies so much of who I am right now in my life.  And it’s gorgeous!  Don’t forget to visit the artist Kate Berggren.  Amber, you are an amazing mama, thank you so much for your gift.  I LOVE it.  (if you didn’t catch that yet).

This post is just a heartfelt thanks to ALL of you, who have come to the meetings, who have called me, who have emailed me, who have dropped by my house, who have borrowed my carriers.  I LOVE having you in my life and I LOVE running this group.  Just keep bringing me iced Mochas and all will be well. 

Thank you SO much to everybody who came to the group meeting yesterday.  And a special thank you to those of you who purchased tickets to help me with materials for my upcoming trips to Billings and Anaconda.  I have a special goal in mind to create a large postcard with info on Safety and Babywearing tips.  I will post a picture when they are here.

Here is a special little video on pulling out our winner.  Although it’s upsetting that I cannot give everybody a sling, I am happy that it is going to a very special mama with a very special little boy.  Congratulations January!

After my wonderful hubby individually numbered each entry on our email list. . . .

I put the total into random.org – which was 113.  Wow, that’s a lot of people!

Which was Katie B!  Look at how jazzed this mama to be is!!  Perfect.

Thank you SO much Natural Baby Company for getting one more carrier out there for a baby to be worn in.