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For parents carrying it all (literally).

Featuring: Hally Blake

Featuring: Hally Blake

You wear many hats including doula, midwife, business owner, and mom. How do you balance everything on a day to day basis?

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Meet the Artist: Phoebe Wahl
Meet the Artist

Meet the Artist: Phoebe Wahl

How did you get started with designs/illustrations? I’ve always been obsessed with drawing, ever since I was little, and I was unschooled which allowed me to really dig in and have a time intensive...

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A white straight size woman demonstrates how to use a ring sling in a front carry
Baby Carrier Tips

How to Use a Ring Sling: hope&plum's Tips & Tricks

Ring slings are versatile carriers that are quick and comfortable. They can feel hard at first, but you'll be slinging in no time with our tips and tricks!

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A BIPOC plus size woman wears her baby in a stretchy baby wrap
Baby Carrier Tips

How to Use a Baby Wrap (Tips & Tricks)

hope&plum's baby wraps are a popular way to carry your baby, especially with newborns. With some practice, you can snuggle them close in a safe and cozy wrap.

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Feature Friday: Kaytee Crawford
Community Voices

Feature Friday: Kaytee Crawford

Join us in getting to know Kaytee Crawford today. As certified birth and postpartum Doula, Babywearing Educator, Artist, and parent, she has the real life and professional know how on all things ba...

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A straight size BIPOC woman looks down at and embraces her baby worn in a stretchy wrap on her front
Baby Carrier Tips

Why hope&plum baby wraps?

All about our stretchy baby wraps: why they're great for newborns, the breathable and soft used for each one, and how our two lengths support everyBODY.

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A white straight size woman wears a baby on her front in a ring sling
Baby Carrier Tips

Why Ring Slings? hope&plum Tells All About Our Favorite Carrier

Babywearing is INCREDIBLE, and ring slings are no exception. This post gives you five reasons why ring slings are our baby carrier of choice!

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Postpartum Support with Lauren Harvey

Postpartum Support with Lauren Harvey

I’m so grateful to Hope & Plum for the opportunity to share my story and what Empowered Postpartum has to offer new and growing families.  We found out I was pregnant three weeks after my husba...

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A close up of a pregnant white woman's torso, featuring her bump and the hand and leg of another child worn on her hip in a floral hope&plum ring sling
Life Hacks

Postpartum Essentials!

Wondering about postpartum essentials? Discover hope&plum's favorite products to make those first weeks after birth comfy and cozy for you and your baby!

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A brown-skinned woman bundled up for winter stands in profile as she wears her brown-skinned, black and curly-haired baby in a  hip carry in a ring sling. The baby is also bundled and pointing off frame.
Baby Carrier Tips

Tips & Tricks for Cold Weather Babywearing

Winter is here, and it's a great time to snuggle up with your babe and keep them close with babywearing. One of the most common questions we get this time of year is: How do I keep myself and my ba...

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