Behind the Scenes of "Baby Mamas"

My friend, Stephanie Marshall, recording the vocals for the "Baby Mamas" video while her son Makai snoozes in their Ergo.

Wow, I am just incredibly amazed, thrilled, and humbled by the response to my Round Three entry to the Sakura Bloom Triathlon! Thank you for all the enthusiastic and lovely comments, and for spreading this video around by sharing it with your friends. I am so excited that it is resonating so much with baby mamas (and daddies!) everywhere. And of course a huge thank you to the Triathlon judges for selecting Baby Mamas for the round three win :)

I also want to publicly thank the incredibly talented and creative people who helped me to put the video together at the eleventh hour (we shot the whole thing on my Flip camera on this past Saturday and Sunday, and edited in the wee hours of Monday morning!): Stephanie Marshall, Shirley Rumierk, Naudia Jones, Taro Alexander, Everett Bradley, and Liz Rubincam.

Several people have asked for the lyrics, so I wanted to share those here. They were written by my amazing husband, with a tiny little bit of input and tweaking from me ;) Here they are, for your singing (and slinging) pleasure:

All the baby mamas (all the baby mamas)

All the baby mamas (all the baby mamas)

All the baby mamas (all the baby mamas)

All the baby mamas

Now get your slings out

Up in the house

We just woke up

I'm lookin' at your pretty face

Figurin' out

Which nice sling

To put you in today

You're up on me

Get you comfy

I know this will make you happy

No more tears

When you're in here

A sling’s good for you and me

‘Cause if you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

The Kangaroo carry

Or a baby on my hip

We're ready to rock the playground

We laugh and play

Have fun every day

So safe and cozy you’ll stay

I need no stroller

To take him or her

Anywhere we want to go

Just pop ‘em in the sling

A ring a ding-ding

Let me hear all the baby mamas sing

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

If you love 'em then you should put a sling on 'em

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh