Celia has gone over to the Kozy side!
The new shipment of Kozy Mei Tais arrived yesterday (always a time of great excitement in our house!) I always get a spare for demo so I had a play with it and Celia. When I took her down after her brief ride on my back for the first time in her entire 20 month life she cried to go back up again! She wailed "More ling!" and put her arms out to be flung back up again! So back up she went. I folded up the washing with her chattering to me from my back!
I get a feeling we could be using a Kozy a lot now, it's a good job I really like it too!
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Monday, 24 May 2010
So stylish!
Walking past a car today I caught sight of my reflection. I realised that not only had a co-ordinated mine and Celia's outfits but the wrap we were using matched nicely as well!
I think I need more slings to match all my other clothes!
I think I need more slings to match all my other clothes!
Saturday, 22 May 2010
Oh no! Birds!
Yesterday I did some more sling washing.
The Pouchling Ring Sling was the victim of a 'milk expulsion incident' so it went into a pillowcase for a bath in the washer! It washes really well, there was a little dye leakage so the pillowcase is now a very very very pale pink but nothing significant.
I also gave Storchenwiege Leo Red a bath, again a tiny bit of dye leakage but nothing to write home about (hardly something to blog about!). He really softened up after his turn in the washer, I was really very impressed! I hung them both out on the line and stood back to admire a job well done...
... and spied the bird poo on Leo red! So he's booked in for another bath today, I may have to rig up a scarecrow!
The Pouchling Ring Sling was the victim of a 'milk expulsion incident' so it went into a pillowcase for a bath in the washer! It washes really well, there was a little dye leakage so the pillowcase is now a very very very pale pink but nothing significant.
I also gave Storchenwiege Leo Red a bath, again a tiny bit of dye leakage but nothing to write home about (hardly something to blog about!). He really softened up after his turn in the washer, I was really very impressed! I hung them both out on the line and stood back to admire a job well done...
... and spied the bird poo on Leo red! So he's booked in for another bath today, I may have to rig up a scarecrow!
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Wash Day!
It's washing day today so of course it's all cloudy and threatening rain!
I washed the Ironwork Connecta I've been using. Obviously I didn't doubt Hannah (the lady who makes Connectas) for a moment but I was still rather relieved when the black bit came out still black and the white bits still white!
I washed the Ironwork Connecta I've been using. Obviously I didn't doubt Hannah (the lady who makes Connectas) for a moment but I was still rather relieved when the black bit came out still black and the white bits still white!
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Wrapsody
So, back in the mists of time, when Celia was no'but a wriggling lump in my tummy I attempted to pick a sling! After seeking advice from the ladies at the Liverpool sling meet I settled on a Wrapsody stretch wrap (Well, they were called Gypsy Mama then but that's beside point!)
What appealed to me was the Wrapsody's 'hybridness'. It's stretchy but not like elastic, so it's still very forgiving for the notice wrapper and easily poppable: so you can tie it on and then put the baby in (a very handy thing indeed!) I used it constantly until Celia was um, about nine/ten months I think (I swapped to a mei tai in the summer for a bit of air flow!). I even tried my giant toddler in one today and it's still really quite comfortable! It's currently with my friend snuggling her little one and generally finding a new fan!
The wraps that arrived today are utterly beautiful, the photos simply don't do them justice! I honestly would be happy to wear any of them (and I kind of wish I could!).
Here's a picture of Celia when she was four months old sleeping on Daddy in our Wrapsody Mauri (they now discontinued this colourway, I'm gutted!). We'd pulled it open a bit to get a picture she wasn't normally quite so uncovered!
What appealed to me was the Wrapsody's 'hybridness'. It's stretchy but not like elastic, so it's still very forgiving for the notice wrapper and easily poppable: so you can tie it on and then put the baby in (a very handy thing indeed!) I used it constantly until Celia was um, about nine/ten months I think (I swapped to a mei tai in the summer for a bit of air flow!). I even tried my giant toddler in one today and it's still really quite comfortable! It's currently with my friend snuggling her little one and generally finding a new fan!
The wraps that arrived today are utterly beautiful, the photos simply don't do them justice! I honestly would be happy to wear any of them (and I kind of wish I could!).
Here's a picture of Celia when she was four months old sleeping on Daddy in our Wrapsody Mauri (they now discontinued this colourway, I'm gutted!). We'd pulled it open a bit to get a picture she wasn't normally quite so uncovered!
Monday, 10 May 2010
My back
Today I went to see my business mentor lady, she told me she wished she'd known about slings when her children were small but that she didn't think she'd be able to carry them for long. So I told her the story of my very silly back.
Before I was pregnant I'd occasionally get spectacular back pain. All the muscles in my back (and consequently in my chest) would cramp up and just stay like that sometimes for three days at a time. It was so painful even a double dose of painkillers (this was prescribed by my doctor btw, as a one time thing to get me through my wedding! It was not fun!) didn't make a dent in it.
Then I had a Celia. And I've only had proper back pain once since she was born and that was before I'd started wearing her! I really beleive that babywearing has helped my back.
I do look after it though, I almost always do two shoulder carries and I pick my slings carefully to provide the most support. I started with a wrapsody, (which I loved and still miss using!) then moved to a mei tai very similar to a Kozy. Now I generally use a Storchenwiege for long journeys and a Connecta for short. So far, touch wood, my back has been ok! I best keep everything crossed now though!
Before I was pregnant I'd occasionally get spectacular back pain. All the muscles in my back (and consequently in my chest) would cramp up and just stay like that sometimes for three days at a time. It was so painful even a double dose of painkillers (this was prescribed by my doctor btw, as a one time thing to get me through my wedding! It was not fun!) didn't make a dent in it.
Then I had a Celia. And I've only had proper back pain once since she was born and that was before I'd started wearing her! I really beleive that babywearing has helped my back.
I do look after it though, I almost always do two shoulder carries and I pick my slings carefully to provide the most support. I started with a wrapsody, (which I loved and still miss using!) then moved to a mei tai very similar to a Kozy. Now I generally use a Storchenwiege for long journeys and a Connecta for short. So far, touch wood, my back has been ok! I best keep everything crossed now though!
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Anyone got a newborn I can borrow?
The Slinglings pouches arrived and they're beautiful, soft, silky and so very pretty. I'd love to get a newborn in one, I reckon it'd be lovely!
I'm settling for putting my large toddler in it instead and I'm utterly converted! She's very much in the up and down stage, I want to walk for two minutes, then be carried, then walk, repeat ad finitum! I could just leave the pouch on, it was so quick to get her in and out and really very comfy!
Nana and her bad neck had a try with one as well and I have another convert! Although Celia did insist on taking a book up into the sling with her so there was a small amount of 'book in face!'
I'm settling for putting my large toddler in it instead and I'm utterly converted! She's very much in the up and down stage, I want to walk for two minutes, then be carried, then walk, repeat ad finitum! I could just leave the pouch on, it was so quick to get her in and out and really very comfy!
Nana and her bad neck had a try with one as well and I have another convert! Although Celia did insist on taking a book up into the sling with her so there was a small amount of 'book in face!'
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Waiting, waiting...
Today we're waiting in for the Slingling pouches to be delivered. Celia is grumpy about it, she likes to go out! She has however adopted a pet potato so at least she's keeping busy!
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
And so it begins!
Well, Kangarinos, the babywearing website is up and running, it's all bright and orange and lovely!
The Storchenwiege woven wrap slings arrived just over a week ago and I've been using Leo Red ever since. I've found it so supportive and comfy even when quite badly wrapped over a wriggling 19 month old!
The Connecta baby carriers arrived the same day, I really like them for quick back carries, even my dh has been converted to back carries thanks to the Connecta!
The Storchenwiege woven wrap slings arrived just over a week ago and I've been using Leo Red ever since. I've found it so supportive and comfy even when quite badly wrapped over a wriggling 19 month old!
The Connecta baby carriers arrived the same day, I really like them for quick back carries, even my dh has been converted to back carries thanks to the Connecta!
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