The following names have been suggested for now. The name of the person who suggested the ring tai name is marked after each name. That was difficult to explain :) You can still send new name proposals!

Bilby Ring Tai (Annamaria)

Wallaroo Ring Tai (Annamaria)

Possum Ring Tai (Annamaria)

Ring Tai Possum (Alida)

Glider Ring Tai (Alida)

Koala Ring Tai (Sabrina S.)

Mammalia Ring Tai (Sabrina S.)

Sloth Ring Tai (Emilia)

Marsupiala Ring Tai (Emilia)

Rat-kangaroo Ring Tai (Emilia)

Rakas Ring Tai (Emilia)

Darling Ring Tai (Emilia)

Boomerang Ring Tai (Peg)

Joey Pouch Ring Tai (Peg)

Roo Ring Tai (Emilia N.)

Kowari Ring Tai (Sabrina)

Potoroo Ring Tai (Sabrina)

Sugar Glider Ring Tai (Iris)

Vervet Ring Tai (Milja)

Could you help us to find a cool name for our newest babywearing product a Ring Tai? Send your name proposition to me by e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it I will collect names until the 30th of November or as long as we have enough names gathered. You can vote for the winner during December. If we receive a lot of names, we will select the best of them for the voting. The person behind the winner name will get a great prize: the original Wearababy Ring Tai in the Girasol color of her choice!

We are looking for a first name for the product. The second part of the name will be "Ring Tai". The same idea as for example the "Wallabi Wrap Tai". The first name doesn't have to be marsupial but it can be that :) The name can also be other than English language but it should sound somewhat international.

You can find more information and pictures of the new nameless product from the previous message. I'm happily waiting for your name propositions :)

23.10.2011

Here we introduce to you our newest wrap conversion baby carrier: a Ring Tai! Ring Tai is a combination of a comfortable wrap tai, easy-to-use buckle carrier and the great features of a woven baby wrap. There are no plastic buckles or hard webbings that could feel uncomfortable. The soft wrap-like shoulder straps are fixed to small sling rings and the straps are incredible comfy.

The body panel of the Ring Tai is the same style as we use with our Wompat SSCs and also the cute sleep hood is included. The waist band is a meitai type and slightly padded. The shoulder straps are about 100-120 cm long, 20 cm wide and softly padded on top of the shoulder. The straps are made of double layer baby wrap fabric all the way. You can spread the shoulder strap over your shoulder and back and this makes carrying in front very comfy. When you carry the baby on your back, you can gather the strap on top of your shoulder to make it narrower and use it the rucksack style. The shoulder straps are attached to small aluminium rings on each side of the body panel and you can adjust the straps smoothly.

The Ring Tais are made entirely of baby wrap fabric. Soft layer of fleece is added to the waist band and shoulder straps. The body panel comes with darts so the baby's bom will settle in a deep pouch. There is also soft padding under the baby's legs.

The very first time that I came up with the idea of a Ring Tai was in June 2011. I wanted to make a wrap tai for my self with short wrap like shoulder straps that were adjusted with sling rings. I love the feel of the wide wrap-like straps and wanted something that could be used outdoors without the straps hanging in the ground while putting the carrier on. My original idea was to wear the straps crossed over the chest when back carrying. But unfortunately it was very difficult to get the carrier on like that and I decided to leave the designing work for now.

In September 2011 I received very interesting e-mail from a Finnish active babywearing mama who had been making the ring tais for her self and later on for her friends, too. Laura's Wohveliwraps Ring Tais or "rinksu" had become very popular among the Finnish babywearing community and she had done a great amount of work to make the Wohveliwraps rinksus as good as possible. Her product was something new and inspiring, yet extremely comfortable, ergonomic and distinctive. Laura generously offered her idea for Wearababy because she was about to start in another job soon and she couldn't make enough Ring Tais for everyone in the future. I got exited in the Ring Tais again and started to plan our own new Ring Tai carrier with Laura's help. You can find some more information and pictures of Laura's Wohveliwraps rinksu on her blog:

http://www.wohveliwraps.blogspot.com/

At the moment we have finished our own prototype Ring Tai and it has been tested by our own family and also by Laura and some of her babywearing friends. We still need to make some changes to the model to make it as perfect as possible. We'll try to have the new Ring Tai ready on the market by January 2012.