Nappies!

I'm a bit late posting this but Munchkin is visting her Grandparents so I finally have more than two and half seconds peace!

On Wednesday I went to the inaugral Warrington cloth nappy meet. I can tell that it's going to be very bad for my bank balance! (Not as bad as the sling meets obviously but still enough to make my bank manager weep a little into his Christmas bonus!) Celia made a new friend who she followed like a little puppy, I got to talk slings and nappies and breastfeeding (plus tending to bumped knees, spilt sandwiches and bruised egos!) and a lovely time was had by all!

Plus, I made a new friend too! Lisa, from birth 2 potty, she is to cloth nappies what, well, a very clever person is to the subject they're being very clever about! She's opening a shop in Leigh selling cloth nappies, (hopefully I'll shoehorn some of my slings in there! *beam*) and is planning on holding a sling meet in there! Perhaps I should write to my bank manager and warn him now... ;-)


She's been instrumental in persuading Wigan and Lancashire councils to offer a good cloth nappy scheme, hopefully we can persaude St Helens council to do the same!

Oh yes, this is a slingy blog, on Wednesday I mostly used a Slinglings pouch sling, I nearly didn't take one but I chucked that in as a just in case, and was very glad I did as the walk from the car to the venue involved rather a busy road!

Sleeping in a Connecta

I was given this gorgeous picture and wanted to share it. It's courtesy of my first ever customer Gwen, and her ridiculously cute daughter Isobel. They took their connecta (Integra in Ironwork) on holiday with them and it would appear Isobel is quite comfortable in it because the picture shows her fast asleep!

Gwen is a fan of the connecta too and since she seems to be on a mission to own every type of sling there is that's quite an acheivement! ;-)

I'd like to compliment Gwen on the nice use of the chest belt there. All Connectas are supplied with a chest belt so you can pull the straps in if you find it more comfortable. I don't use them myself but I know a few people who do find them very handy :-)

Reluctant napping at the zoo

So, what do you do when you have a very tired but very over excited toddler during a scorching hot day out at the zoo?

Tie them in your mei tai but loosen the straps so they shuffle down to milk height, provide milk, keep away from interesting things that may cause a distraction to the toddler (MONKEYS!). Wait until the toddler has given in to sleep then have a sit down in the shade and eat an ice cream!

The following photo is evidence of the effectiveness of this technique! I didn't bother readjusting the sling after milk hence why it's all gappy and dodgy but I was planning on just sitting there until she woke so it was ok :-)

After her nap a more cheerful toddler was then able to recommence hurtling around the zoo terrorising the monkeys while the sling folded up neatly and fit in a bag! A win win situation I feel!