I went to a baby expo today...
and it was PITIFUL.
There were only about 18 booths and over half of those were doctor's offices or hospitals. I mean, some of the agencies and booths were giving away feww stuff but mostly it was just a medical fair. Anyway, how this relates to babywearing is that there was NO ONE selling or promoting slings, mei tais or any kinds of carriers. There was, however, a booth that sold those horrid Bumbo seats and nebulizers shaped like trains and teddy bears. gah. How disgusting....they're trying to make asthma CUTE.
Anyway, I spoke to one of the organizers and told her I made (and used) baby carriers and had friends who made (and used) slings and we would have liked to have a booth, not just to sell stuff but also to pass on information! But I didn't find out about the expo until the day before. She was kind of bugged and said she had a hard time getting the word out and she would have liked to have more people there with different things. sigh. so maybe something might come of that....
There were only about 18 booths and over half of those were doctor's offices or hospitals. I mean, some of the agencies and booths were giving away feww stuff but mostly it was just a medical fair. Anyway, how this relates to babywearing is that there was NO ONE selling or promoting slings, mei tais or any kinds of carriers. There was, however, a booth that sold those horrid Bumbo seats and nebulizers shaped like trains and teddy bears. gah. How disgusting....they're trying to make asthma CUTE.
Anyway, I spoke to one of the organizers and told her I made (and used) baby carriers and had friends who made (and used) slings and we would have liked to have a booth, not just to sell stuff but also to pass on information! But I didn't find out about the expo until the day before. She was kind of bugged and said she had a hard time getting the word out and she would have liked to have more people there with different things. sigh. so maybe something might come of that....