Beco Butterfly II Has Arrived

My office looks like I’m trying to build the Great Wall of China out of the new and improved Beco Butterfly II baby carrier boxes! I’ve only had a short time to play with it, but I’m very happy with the design changes that Beco has made. The Beco Baby Carrier retains its unique inner harness that helps take the fear factor out of doing back carries and enables one person to hand baby and carrier off to another, but incorporates some updates that make the Beco Butterfly even more functional:

• The sleeping hood design is greatly improved. It snaps on, rather than threading on with nylon webbing. Also, it’s contoured rather than flat, and should fit a snoozing baby’s head much better.
• There are two more inches of padding in the shoulder straps. This is a suggestion I (and others, I’m sure) had made to Beco to improve the fit for bigger people. I’m glad they listened!
• The infant insert is now removable. So if you’re wearing the Beco Baby Carrier with a bigger baby, you can just take out the infant insert and stash it somewhere safe.
• This isn’t really a functional issue, but the carrier is now made in the USA! Which is important to many consumers.

I’ve got the Beco Butterfly 2 available in Metro Black, Trinity, Sara, and Avery (all on black body/straps) and Espresso Brown, River, Carnival, and Jacob (all on espresso brown straps).

If you’ve got any questions about whether the Beco Butterfly II is the right buckle carrier for you, please ask away! You can comment here or email me at jane@quirkybaby.com

Oh and p.s. — if you’re looking for a toy carrier for your child or someone else’s, you’ve got to check out the Beco Mini — it’s adorable!

Now taking pre-orders on May Beco Butterfly prints

Due to popular demand, I’m opening for pre-orders on the May prints of Beco Butterfly Carriers, including Carnival, Allison, Natalie, and Isabella. I will also have more Metro Black in stock.

New Butterfly Prints Arriving 5/7/08 and Shipping 5/8/08

I will have a limited number of these super-cool new prints of the super-popular Beco Butterfly — Aubrey, Chloe, Emma, and Ethan. So get yours while you can!

New Beco Butterfly Pictures Are Up!

The April prints of the Beco Butterfly will be in stock at the end of the month. Please email me if you want me to add you to my list for notification when I open for pre-orders.

Beco Butterfly Demos on YouTube

Many thanks to Katie for permission to link to her very helpful YouTube demos on using the Beco Butterfly! These are a great adjunct to the official DVD that comes with the Beco Butterfly.

Beco Butterfly straps

Front and back carry

Putting baby on back in Beco Butterfly

Getting baby off your back

Using the stay-put strap

Endangered Beco Butterflys have been released into the wild!

I have listed 2 Ethan, 2 Mia, 4 Ava, and 2 Sophia. These are the last of their kind!

Beco Butterflys Are Here!

My shipment of Beco Butterfly Baby Carriers has arrived, and is available for immediate shipping (which is free in the US!).

My retrofitted Butterflys from the January and February print runs are back, too, after a detour via Europe (!) courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service. I’m not quite sure why the mail guys mistook Princeton, NJ 08540 for FPO AE 09840. I will be listing the retrofit prints I will have in stock (a couple of Sophias and Avas, some Mias, and POSSIBLY a Carnival and Joshua) after I hear back from people who had expressed interest in these prints. If they don’t want them….I’m releasing them into the wild!

March Prints of Beco Butterflys will begin shipping 4/12/08

My March prints of the Beco Butterfly will arrive April 11th and start shipping on April 12. I’ve opened up for pre-orders. I’ll have Olivia, Isabella, Metro Black, Espresso Brown, and a few Avas and Ethans in stock. Get yours while you can!

All Beco Butterfly carriers ship FREE in the US! International customers receive a $5 rebate on shipping costs.