EJ, I bought my sister's Christmas present on Etsy last year... just went back for a look as well as madeit. For the sake of my bank balance I should avoid them both for awhile! I'm not signing up to it officially, but I'm having a crack at "buy nothing new month" in October. So no new nappies, baby-proof necklaces, or cute clothes for Millie for a whole month!!! (I'll try, anyway!) $25 for 5 patterns is a great deal though.
We tried to go gradually with the wrap - unzipped it halfway etc but it wasn't going well. One week I forgot to pack it in her daycare bag so they used muslin wraps, which she was able to get out of but still slept okay. Then the weekend Millie had conjunctivitis we were putting her in a fresh wrap after every sleep as she kept rubbing her mucky eyes and she only has two wrap-me-ups in the large size so we kept those for nights and put her in stretchy flat wraps during the day. In the wrap-me-up, she was rolling herself onto her tummy after 45 mins and then waking up and struggling... so in the end I just ditched it for an afternoon sleep and hoped for the best. She rolled over after about 45 minutes... and resettled and slept for another 45mins. Tried it again that night and tah-dah! she now sleeps unwrapped. Huge relief - she had such a strong sleep association with the wrap that I didn't know how she'd go without it.
MadB, when are you off on your trip? I hope the preparations are going well. As DH reminded me when I was a bit frantic before we went away, we could always get what we needed where we were going. My big issue was Millie's bottles and feeding - breast feeding would have been sooooo much easier (obviously!) so that's one great thing for you.
Something is better than the ergo?! Woah!
Oh Georgi, I'm so sorry you've got sick little ones again. I hope they recover soon. Gee you're good getting to the gym. I haven't been in weeks!
We're doing okay. Millie has just got over a cold and is her normal sparky self again, crawling everywhere and getting into everything. She's making friends with the cat, which is very sweet. I have a voice again now, but a niggly cough and a very swollen gland in my throat which I'm ignoring in the hope that it will go away. DH has had a cold for a couple of days and of course he's dying of the man flu. Riiiiight. I've put Millie in daycare while I'm on holidays - we have to pay for it anyway and I've been able to do fun stuff (not) like go to the dentist and optometrist. Also got a mani and pedi today, whoohoo! Haven't done that since the day before Millie was born
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