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Co-Sleeping Update
Matt and I realized that our Summer Infant Rest Assured Sleeper is great right next to our bed (since our bed is a platform MALM bed from IKEA and is low to the ground), but it’s a little too bulky to fit between us on the queen bed. Further, it’s up on little legs, which means we would have to go up and over to see the baby.… Read MoreI decided that I wanted to have an in-bed co-sleeping option. We don’t feel comfortable having the baby directly on the bed, primarily because we have a pillow-top pad that we don’t want to remove (it makes sleeping heavenly!), so we went
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DIY: Baby Pants and Hoodie
I really, really don’t want to get into the habit of sewing a lot of baby clothes. They grow so fast; it just doesn’t seem worth the effort!However, when I saw a picture of a baby boy in elephant pants (which I cut out and included in this collage), I knew that I, too, wanted a pair of elephant pants for my little boy.I turned to Spoonflower for an elephant fabric, and, lo and behold, I found a nearly identical fabric. So awesome! I added a fat quarter of their organic, knit fabric to my registry (which cost $14). While I was there, I added several… Read More -
Why a Midwife and a Homebirth Make Sense for Me
When Matt and I were planning our wedding, I would go through phases of insecurity related to blogging about the experience and sharing it with others. I would write a post about how we were doing x, y, and z, and then I would stop and wonder, “But what if it totally fails? What if the event feels completely ‘budget’ and ‘tacky’ because we did x, y, and z? Maybe I shouldn’t be putting any of these ideas out into the universe until I know they actually work?”… Read MoreI think I’ve been feeling something similar about our home birth experience. I haven’t talked much about it because if something
