BUT .... I was also getting tired of the fabric. One is a light blue and the other is dark blue denim looking. So, when I realized they both were probably no longer serviceable or safe for baby, I got very excited about being able to replace them with a much cooler and hipper fabric sling.
EXCEPT .... I didn't realize how many new types of slings have come on the market. The selection is staggering!!! And while they are all pretty, I really wanted my same ol' sling. I was thinking I was going to have to get a Maya but I was sad that they don't have the padded rail or padded shoulder. I had finally decided on getting the old sling from before since they had worked so well for me when, lo and behold, I found these!!!!!!!
This is the website my new ticker is at. I never bothered to look through this website but today they had a picture of slings that caught my eye. If I could do cart wheels I would!! I'm so excited and now have to decide which color/fabric. I'm just glad I'm getting my same old sling, except it'll be new!!
Other things on the to do list for baby:
** Get a new woolie. After Catherine had a bad diaper that dirtied the woolie, Craig was kind enough to wash it BUT didn't hear me say, "Whatever you do, DON'T.PUT.IT.IN.THE.DRYER!!!" He did and it was ruined. I bought my woolie 2 weeks before Isabelle was born. It was a treasure I passed down to all my babies. And they slept so peacefully on them. I have had WONDERFUL sleepers. They pretty much sleep all day the first 5 months of their lives. I think the woolie has something to do with it. I was so sad when I found it in the dryer. Time to find a new one.
** Order California Baby. All my babies have used this body wash/shampoo for their first year of life. I discovered it after Isabelle broke out in the worst case of eczema my pediatrician had ever seen. She was only 5 weeks old and it lasted for over a month. Poor baby had to be slathered in Vaseline a couple times a week. It eventually went away after I switched her to California Baby. I've used Dove before, but prefer the scent of California Baby. And I don't have to worry about her eyes.
** Take baby clothes out of storage. Wash. Fold.
** Order some breastfeeding tops. Just a few.
** Get baby one new outfit. Just one. I've done this for every baby after Isabelle.
** Decide on a sling for baby and me.
** Finish baby blanket I'm crocheting.
** Transition current baby into a room. The new Baby will be sleeping with us for the next couple of years. We've ALWAYS practiced the family bed. A space in one of the kids' rooms is earned after being kicked out by mom & dad. That usually happens when another baby arrives. Guess who's transitioning into a room as we speak? LOL!!She's actually doing great and enjoying terrorizing her sleeping siblings. She thinks its fun to sleep with them. The trouble has been finding the right sleep partner to accept her. So far, she's been rejected for various reasons (peeing in their bed, throwing up on them in the middle of the night, asking for chocolate milk at 3am, etc.) We have finally found the right set up. KOLBE. He's been needing a sleeping buddy and ignores all her requests. Actually, she never asks him anything. Only the girls. So far so good.
That's all I can think of right now.
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I saw a tiny one nestled down in one of these this past weekend at Church and she was just a cozy as could be. Thought you might be interested.
Those slings are tres chic! I has an OTSBH...but the padded rails were too much for me, and in the hot central TX heat...I couldn't take it anymore and got an unpadded sling from kissasling...but they're no longer made...and so I took it apart and learned to make them myself. I like them with a paddes shoulder, but no padding anywhere else...but you've got to get what you like best. Those fabrics are lovely!
We've got woolies too! Our first one is rather felted, but the second one is still lovely. Felicity puked on it the other night and I just took it outside, put a few drops of euclan wool wash on it and hosed it down with a garden hose. Left it out over a lawn chair and it's was totally dry and still soft in the morning. I love those things!
Laughing out loud here, Lillian! We are SO alike! I have a woolie, too, and my favorite sling has always been the Sling-Ezee. I have ordered stuff from Nurtured Family since they opened up shop; great company!
All my kids still sleep together, too, and my husband doesn't hear my laundry instructions either! It's like we were separated at birth! LOL!
:)
Michelle H.
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