Bianca C. Fehn
Joanna McNeilly
"I had a rough start finding a baby carrier that would work for me after my son was born in 2003. Finally successful, I dived into the wonderful world of "slinging" and founded the Slings in the City group. The goal was to help and find other parents that had the same passion like me: "babywearing". The group took off and the natural progression was to start selling baby carriers: First from my home, then on the web and finally Metro Minis was born in 2007. Voila!
When not spreading the babywearing love, you can find me at Hot Yoga class or obsessing about the newest Apple products. I graduated from Pure Yoga Teacher Training and currently in the process to train in PreNatal and PostNatal Yoga.
Want to connect? My Twitter @bibi26
When not spreading the babywearing love, you can find me at Hot Yoga class or obsessing about the newest Apple products. I graduated from Pure Yoga Teacher Training and currently in the process to train in PreNatal and PostNatal Yoga.
Want to connect? My Twitter @bibi26
"I came to babywearing out of necessity! I had a baby that needed to be held and I wanted out of the house, so the hunt for a comfortable carrier began. It turned out to be an overwhelming hunt and luckily I found the Slings in the CIty group in 2004 which helped me tremendously. Fast forward to late 2007 and you find me at Metro Minis happily sharing what I learned from wearing two kids to other new moms. I have continued to educate myself about babies and babywearing and attended Die Trageschule, Dresden to get formal training. I founded the Center for Babywearing Studies in 2011 and am a board member of the Baby Carrier Industry Alliance. As a Licensed Babywearing Educator (LBE) I teach and share on a daily basis and it brings me great joy to see new parents find the love of babywearing that I found as well.
In my spare time I spend leisurely evenings with my amazing husband, and friend, of 15+ years and we expound on the politics and policies of our time."
In my spare time I spend leisurely evenings with my amazing husband, and friend, of 15+ years and we expound on the politics and policies of our time."
Tiffany Kapri Johnson
Koyuki Smith
Tiffany is our store manager and joined Metro Minis in 2010, but she's no novice to babywearing.
A mother of two, Tiffany has been babywearing for over six years. Her favorite styles for carrying her children Xavier and Sahara include ring slings and woven wraps.
Tiffany's hobbies include knitting, reading and going to concerts. She also loves to picnic in Central Park.
Visit Tiffany any weekdays here at Metro Minis for excellent advice on baby carriers!
A mother of two, Tiffany has been babywearing for over six years. Her favorite styles for carrying her children Xavier and Sahara include ring slings and woven wraps.
Tiffany's hobbies include knitting, reading and going to concerts. She also loves to picnic in Central Park.
Visit Tiffany any weekdays here at Metro Minis for excellent advice on baby carriers!
I feel as though I fell into this particular rabbit hole backwards! Before I got pregnant in 2007, and even through my early pregnancy, I wasn't particularly interested in alternative approaches to the birth and parenting process. For the birth, I just picked a doc at random from my insurance provider's website. As for transporting the baby, I bought that same carrier that everyone else buys from the big-box baby store, as well as a big, unwieldy stroller. Cloth diapering seemed gross - and the idea of a diaper-free baby? Not even a speck in my mind.
Slowly, though, I began to do more and more reading, and my mind began to soften. I changed care to a midwife, replaced that big-box-store carrier with a ringsling, and ordered a small number of cotton diapers. By the time my son was 9 months old, I was a changed woman: I owned 5 baby carriers, I never used the stroller, I used cloth diapers and practiced elimination communication, and had already attended my first birth as a birth doula!
I am now a certified birth doula, lactation counselor, childbirth educator, and babywearing consultant."
t is a true honor to be a member of the Metro Minis family and work with so many amazing parents and babies here in our beautiful city.
Learn more about my work at www.KoyukiSmithChildbirth.com
Slowly, though, I began to do more and more reading, and my mind began to soften. I changed care to a midwife, replaced that big-box-store carrier with a ringsling, and ordered a small number of cotton diapers. By the time my son was 9 months old, I was a changed woman: I owned 5 baby carriers, I never used the stroller, I used cloth diapers and practiced elimination communication, and had already attended my first birth as a birth doula!
I am now a certified birth doula, lactation counselor, childbirth educator, and babywearing consultant."
t is a true honor to be a member of the Metro Minis family and work with so many amazing parents and babies here in our beautiful city.
Learn more about my work at www.KoyukiSmithChildbirth.com
Amy Takemoto
Eric Peterson
Amy is a mom of three, can you believe it? She is one the leaders of Slings in the City and runs the meetings in Brooklyn. Under the week she is full time mom and even home schools. On Saturdays she is at Metro Minis to share the baby and cloth diaper love as our natural parenting product expert.
Eric comes to Metro Minis from the corporate world of Conde Nast. After working in the Consumer Magazine Industry for 14 years, he is happy to bring his expertise to the niche market of babywearing. Eric wore both his children throughout their early childhood. Even today, when they ask, he is willing to sling ‘em up on his back!!! The importance of wearing is still very important to Eric, as he feels it offers a bond with his children, that strollers do not provide. He has been married to Joanna McNeilly for 14 years and has two beautiful children, Keller, a seven year old boy and Fionna, his 5 year old girl.