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BF' ing mums, would you buy this?

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babyonboard · 19/04/2007 12:40

My friend (bf'ing her first baby) designed and made for herself a top that I really think she could market.
She made two long sleeved and two short sleeved versions of it.
It's basically a slightly fitted top with an inbuilt sling/pouch and drop down flaps for breastfeeding. Hard to explain, but I hope you can picture it.
She did it as she was sick of strapping him into the sling when she needed to do housewrork/ go shopping, and then having to take him out whenever he needed feeding. Also her sling got covered in reflux vomit, and took ages to dry.

If she can produce these n organic cotton at £20ish would you think it is worth it?

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WigWamBam · 19/04/2007 12:43

Not something I would have bothered with myself, but there's probably a market out there for it. £20 for organic cotton seems a pretty fair price too.

Megglevache · 19/04/2007 12:44

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babyonboard · 19/04/2007 12:55

Hard to explain, imagine a wide strapped vest top with a wrap cardigan on top, but all sewn together at the base, and corset style banding sewn into it for support , so the baby can lie in the bottom but when he isn't you can just tighten the ties on the wrap and it becomes a normal fitted top. Very odd I know, and maybe a niche market, but it did actually look pretty damn stylish and was sooo practical for a clingy baby who BF every hour on the hour.

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belgo · 19/04/2007 12:57

20 pounds sounds ok. I'd like to see it.

Tinker · 19/04/2007 12:59

I wouldn't. Sorry.

funnypeculiar · 19/04/2007 13:01

I wouldn't have done - but then I refused to buy any special bf tops .... TBH, I didn't have a problem with having to sling/unsling to feed that much anyway.
Wonder how many pg woman would expect to have a clingy baby that would need this?
Agree that £20 for anything organic sounds like a good price!

lemonaid · 19/04/2007 13:02

I can't quite visualise it still, but yes, I probably would if/when bfing another newborn. It took a while of getting the hang of bfing in a normal sling, so if this made that easier it would be a Good Thing, and "stylish" is a bonus.

I would be very surprised if she can make any profit selling at £20, though.

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babyonboard · 19/04/2007 13:04

I will ask her for pictures. She needs a confidence boost and a 'project' right now, as most new mums do! So I'd love to be able to faithfully tell her that it is a marketable design.
Sorry for my crap descriptions, only a photo will do it justice!
We are both lucky as a friend of ours produces her own organic cotton and wool, so we get friends discount

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lemonaid · 19/04/2007 13:07

PG women who had a clingy, constantly-bf baby the first time round, fp, and who are now pg with #2. I fully expect to have another one like DS next time round (in practice baby #2 might well turn out to be incredibly laid-back, but I'm not expecting that). And as they (I) will be thinking "how the heck am I going to manage a clingy and constantly bf baby while looking after a toddler", any revolutions in the sling/bf department look like a good thing.

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babyonboard · 19/04/2007 13:16

Sylish is important! I was really stunned, the first time I saw her in one it was a dark grey long sleeved one with slight ruching between the breast (which concealed the button flaps for feeding)
The little man was really happy curled up there, and when he fell asleep she just tightened it and it became a pretty well fitted top.
I understand it's hard to describe, and may not be for some of you but I know when mine were newborn I spent ages around the house with a sling on and didn't really care what I looked like, lol.

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lancarra · 01/05/2007 16:46

I would buy one I find it impossible to feed in a sling due to large norks! can you get pictures I could do with one now ds no4 is 3wks!

JaneAustenAllegro · 01/05/2007 16:53

I wouldn't have bought one but then I didn't use a sling very often and never bought any special breastfeeding tops - just wore a vest with a blouse over the top.

Maybe try talking to specialist suppliers, see if they think there would a market for it? eg Sasa Slings? www.sasaslings.co.uk

Chooster · 01/05/2007 20:16

Am 28wks pregnant and trying to think how I will go about breastfeeding a baby with a 3 yr old around... Anything that means my hands are free would be wonderful. I think it sounds nice, if its anything like my vision of it from your description. I'd probably buy something like that fo £20. I wouldn't spend any more in case it didn't work for me and the little one.

Chooster · 01/05/2007 20:17

By the way, whether she sells them or not, she's obviously a very talented lady to have even made them for herself!

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