Mini Mei Tai

Anyone who has been around since N was born knows that we have always used some sort of carrier with her. Moby Wrap, sling, Baby Bjorn and Ergo (our favorite!) to name a few. Not only do I enjoy the closeness with the baby/toddler but it saved my sanity while having a high needs baby. I learned how to nurse in it, hold my baby and still manage to go grocery shopping and occasionally make dinner.

We still wear Norah often, many times it is easier and more convenient than a stroller. Norah seems to enjoy the view, also. We anticipate wearing Baby G a lot (and still probably N, too).

I haven't decided if I'm going to give N this as part of her big sister kit or if we will wait until Christmas, but either way I couldn't wait to see how it looked before I wrapped it up. She will never remember, right? Haha.

I cut and sewed this in about two nap times (long ones because N has had a bit of a cold...). Honestly, it would have taken less time if I wouldn't have been too lazy to go find a crochet needle to turn the straps right side out. I used this tutorial.

I hope she continues to enjoy this! She seems to be just getting into playing with dolls and stuffed animals. I'm optimistic she will want to put her babies in it while we carry Baby G.

Birth Plan

Whoa- haven't kept up with the blog thing lately. I feel like we have been moving really fast just trying to keep up. Right now, both N and I are sick. Seems like a nasty cold is circulating. Hoping to be feeling better quite soon. In the meantime, Norah has been taking long naps (today was nearly 3 hours!) once I got her sleeping and all propped up so she didn't get congested while laying down. So I took the opportunity to write a birth plan.

Last week, I had an appointment with my midwife and she suggested that I write down my birth plan. I had been considering it anyway and it was just the push I needed to put everything into writing. It's also helping to get my mind of off the fact that we have about 7 weeks to go and baby G isn't head down yet (more on that later).

Let me preface this by saying that I had a relatively ideal birthing situation with N. Everything went very quickly, relatively smooth and with little to no complications. Although, I didn't have a plan. I went in mildly educated about a wide range of things and I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I would breastfeed. That's it. Looking back, I wasn't really prepared for some of the decisions we would have to make in a stressful and frightening situation.

Here's what I have. I'm shooting for a natural hospital birth with little interventions. I know it's possible and right for our family and situation.