Learning from moms

Yesterday Corina and I packed up my dad’s truck full of the best of Better Baby Bums gear and our new display (beautifully designed by my husband), and headed for the Baby Purity conference in downtown Vancouver.

This was the first year of the conference and it was fabulous. They had great speakers on allergies and how they relate to food, plastics, and lowering our daily exposure to toxins. To top it off, there were lots of great booths with natural products available, great food and great atmosphere! We look forward to seeing the conference grow in coming years.

Because we run an online business, we don’t often get to communicate directly with our customers, namely moms like ourselves. It was fantastic for us because we got lots of great feedback on our products, which products moms would like us to carry and why and which products (namely g-Diapers) they didn’t like so much. We would like to thank you all for your feedback as we want to be able to have great stuff and only great stuff on our site.

It was exciting to see all the interest in our favourite brand of diapers, Nature Babycare. We handed out a lot of samples and sold several cases worth as well. Being at the conference, and seeing other products out there really made me realize how superior Nature Babycare really is. A 99% plastic free diaper (except for the tabs and they are working to eliminate this), compostable, complete with biodegradable packaging that uses soy-based inks, and a non toxic- cellulose-based absorbent gel. WOW. No one else can come close to that in the disposable department.

Networking is always a great part of going to these conferences. We met a few great, new Canadian companies that have some exciting products we are hoping to add to our line in the near future. Stay tuned for more stainless steel food containers, and possibly another brand of alternative disposable diapers.

Be sure to come next year!

Jen