Nakita Baby

So the Nakita Baby Prize Giveaway winner has not come forth and we still have this beautiful mei tai to share with a loving family! The new contest deadline is Jan. 31st! Scroll down to the Dec. 11th entry and check out the contest giveaway rules! (Comments can be submitted anywhere on this site for an entry to win!)

Look forward to finding a nice home for this intercultural mei tai!

We have a winner for the Nakita Baby Mei Tai Giveaway!!! We took each of the comments and created a tag for each person who submitted, hosting a random drawing from a hat!

And the winner is…… drum roll please…..
Melissa! Comment entry #17!

Congrats Melissa!

So we are in the final week of the Nakita Baby Mei Tai Giveaway!

It’s been so great to receive all of the feedback, comments and stories! I have even exchanged an email or two with some of you regarding your posts! Receiving a new post always puts a smile on my face. Not only am I thrilled that people are interested in this beauty of a Mei Tai, but there are so many great parents out there wearing their kiddos! It’s really awesome to see.

I am so excited to see who will win the giveaway! I am pretty certain that we will tape the random drawing and post the video for all to see!

Happy Holidays to all!
Keep those posts coming in!

Regards,
Nakita Baby

In my opinion, the way we choose to parent our child(ren) is largely based on if we are brave enough to follow our intuition. But in each our lives, someone or something has given us added gumption to truly follow our deep-seated instincts. Experiences in our lives show us the beauty of what evolves from parenting peacefully and respectfully with our child(ren).

For me, I’d have to say that the time I spent in the Gambia was more inspirational than I would have even known at the time that I had experienced it. My life there was no other than I had ever imagined I’d ever personally experience, and yet I don’t think I truly knew the impact that it would have on me lifelong.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I truly thought I knew exactly what I was doing and what I’d expect to happen, but after the birth of our first son, ALL of that was thrown out the window. What truly felt instinctively right for us was not how I had been raised, and not even how I had helped raise other children I nannied for years! It was that of how mothers in the Gambia raised their babies, and the beauty of true culture and tradition… attachment… that is impossible to alter in this amazing country.

Babywearing was most heavily introduced to me in the Gambia, and so I saw it only fit to create a set of Mei Tai’s made of batiks from an artisan in the Gambia, depicting mothers carrying their precious babes. I want to share this cross-cultural gift with a lucky winner/reader of Nakita Baby!

So here’s the deal….

I’m looking for readers to submit a comment about something special about their parenting. It could be how attachment parenting has impacted your lives, how you chose this parenting path for your family, what are some of your most special aspects of parenting peacefully, and/or anything else you’d like to add in your comment posting!

Be the lucky comment poster who will win this beautiful Mei Tai!

- In the spirit of the season and the nature of this post, I WILL accept International submissions and send this carrier out to you!

- Please include your email address so I may contact you for mailing information!

- Lucky winner will be randomly chosen on New Year’s Eve! (and shipped out to you as soon as I receive your contact information… so please add: mommy@nakitababy.com to your address book so I don’t default to spam).

I’m eager to hear from all of you lovely families out there!

Happy Holidays!

Get those creative juices flowing! This growing endeavor needs a LOGO! I am in search of the person who can read through my site, email me with questions (if they have any about me) and design a logo that fits my personality, my style, and my growing adventure…. Nakita Baby!

Here’s the deal:
Email me: mommy@nakitababy.com with your (one per person/email/household) logo submission for my business. Yes, I would LOVE that “Nakita Baby” be incorporated in your design.

I will be tallying the submissions from now (start date Dec. 1, 2008) through the deadline (Dec. 20, 2008 at 11:59pm). I will take a week to figure out my winning logo designer, and another week to make and send you out your winning prize!

And WHAT is the winning prize you ask?!?!
A brand NEW handmade ring sling OR mei tai. Your choice of carrier AND your choice of colors!

AND… that’s not all! I will link your site, blog and/or business through a banner ad on my site indefinitely!

Get those juices flowing and I can’t wait to see the submissions!

NOTE… This contest is listed at:
http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/

http://www.online-sweepstakes.com/, and

http://www.contestblogger.com/