tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37049770435385869932024-03-13T11:18:50.012-04:00Barefoot ButtercupCelebrating the simplest pieces of cloth. Sharing our babywearing moments and DIY wrap babycarrier educationCandace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704977043538586993.post-33519697854203753022012-10-19T08:24:00.001-04:002012-10-19T08:24:40.100-04:00Its bullying no matter how you look at it<div><p>This will most likly come off sounding condeming or rude and finger pointing but its really bugging me. <br>
In light of suicide caused by bullying, Amanda Todd has made the country talk. People are standing up and police are cracking down on people who like to pray on people verbally and physically.<br>
However, it doesnt stop here. Way too often I have noticed how careless we can be not even 24 hours after we hashtag #stopbullying or share a young girls last words on YouTube, sharing our discust with the people who tore her down. Then we turn around post passive agressive or just plain aggressive posts about our political leaders, wifes, ex-wives, husbands, ex-husbands, friends, family, neighbors. Now I know families, friends, teachers, kids, neighborhoods and politics (politicians get a lot of negativity these days) can be difficult and full of all sorts of not so nice things... But do you honestly think it helps to bash them constantly? Is this not bullying too? Do I need to go on? Is this not all bullying? Yes everyone is entitled to their opinions and yes people can make us angry or frustrated. But to belittle and bash is seriously not going to make it better. Society rips people who displease them a new one and then cry out because a girl killed herself because of bullying...come on now tell me how this makes sense? Its all the same. I do not care if these people being bashed ever see what is being said or not, others do and it sets forth more negativity into this world and haven't we had enough? </p>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had an idea to make a winter jacket for babywearing our baby this fall/winter/spring and I decided to give it a try.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Let me tell you it is a lot of work and now I know why the women who create the beautiful dresses on Etsy charge so much money. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mine didn't turn out the way I wanted. I posted it on Facebook very dissapointed with how it turned out and everyone seemed to actually like it. Its definatly not warm enough for winter even with the lining. I wore it to the bus stop with the kids the other morning when it was raining and I was chilled coming in. Guess that means I have to make another jacket for winter ;)</span><br />
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<br />Candace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704977043538586993.post-80415607294525216012012-08-08T10:49:00.002-04:002012-08-08T10:49:50.241-04:00Shes here and all wrapped up.<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>So yesterday I got to dye another wrap I made for baby number four. I decided last minute due to an illness rampaging our house to do it low water immersion since its a very simple "leave it be" type of dying. I just had to go in every once and a while and add more dye and such. I mostly sat on the couch with the sick children. It got to a point in the evening where I couldnt even deal with dying and let it sit all night before rinsing and washing this morning. <br /><br />I am very pleased on how it turned out. Now hopefully tonight I can get started on her last one (still debating on ringsling or shorter wrap</strong></span> )</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">This Sunday I needed to spend the morning home with a sick seven year old. We were homebound and as the boys headed out to church we decided to get some sewing done. We got one wrap done for baby number four. Plans were to sew the two we planned on doing, but I busted my last sewing needle finishing up the first wrap (figures! LOL) We made a quick makeshift dying center amongst the dishes in our kitchen and decided to do the yellow/turquoiseish wrap today. We started with the yellow, in total the yellow took two hours. I wanted to do a slow gradiation process, I wanted it to be smooth, slow and steady wins the race. My daughter (as well as me) had to practice our paitience. By afternoon we were able to start on the turquoise. Alexis was very excited for this as its one of her favorite colours. <br /><br />Terror struck me when finishing the turquoise side... the wrap slipped out of my hands and back into the bucket. A <strong>HUGE </strong>blotch of turquoise dye hit the yellow side and stuck like glue. I stood there in horror and just wanted to cry... then I took a big breath and dunked the whole thing into the dye (so glad I didnt dump it all out) and let it sit for a few minutes then took the sucker to the washing machine praying it would turn out okay... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">I love how it turned out! The yellow wasnt effected nearly as badly as I believed it was! I cant wait to get started on the others I have planned :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we paitiently await the birth of our fourth child, and my sewing machine and fabric dyes get antsy to start making up wraps again. My wraps have been folded and refolded, *sigh* I cannot wait to start babywearing little ones again.<br />Only 15 more weeks....</span> </div>
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I just wanted to share that we are really loving the double hammock torso carry, this totally relieves my shoulders. Zayden is over thirty pounds, so my shoulders arent too in love with him anymore <br />
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Today after having it for the duration they needed it for, she returned it and this afternoon I was quite surprised to see our youngest who it was made for get very excited to see this old friend. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He never even showed a speck of concern of its whereabouts when it was gone, but I think it was just something he was like "oh yea! I remember that wrap!" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">While he's getting a little big to wrap in it since it is more narrow, he was determined to wrap his dinosaur in it. It was beyond cuteness today as he brought the wrap over and his "long neck" to wrap up on his back.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tH91JhejUYk/TcMJKKcLfcI/AAAAAAAAArk/3_Y_6xEoTXo/s1600/dinowearing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tH91JhejUYk/TcMJKKcLfcI/AAAAAAAAArk/3_Y_6xEoTXo/s320/dinowearing.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div align="center"></div>Candace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704977043538586993.post-63614751083161269872011-04-16T19:53:00.000-04:002011-04-16T19:53:49.700-04:00Ring Slings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMC19mtEt28/Taorsm2KBiI/AAAAAAAAAp4/uaauah9Za3Q/s1600/slings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lMC19mtEt28/Taorsm2KBiI/AAAAAAAAAp4/uaauah9Za3Q/s320/slings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I got an email today regarding the learning curve with wraps and the person was looking to learn how to make their own ring sling. Since I used to sell them, they figured I would give instruction, but I decided to pass this person along to Jan Andrea since she is very much the expert on DIY ring slings. Her </span><a href="http://www.sleepingbaby.net/jan/Baby/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">webpage</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> has all the information you will ever need for making ring slings. A lot of people do like ring slings more than wraps. For one reason, they are much more easier to use when you are starting with babywearing. I think it took a day or so to learn how to really get the ring sling where I liked it, where as the wrap it took a few weeks of trying different things, and sometimes frustration trying to get it just right. However with an older kid I would rather a wrap because there is more support over your entire body, but for wee squishes, I'd take a ring sling. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So for those looking for information on ring slings, I do sudjest checking out Jan Andreas webpage. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After you have <span id="goog_549969229"></span>found your perfect fab</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">ric<span id="goog_549969230"></span> the first thing you need to do with it is wash the fabric.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2rXKXlCgNYw/TZuBCVL86QI/AAAAAAAAAmY/OHOENDsNKeY/s1600/DSCF3249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2rXKXlCgNYw/TZuBCVL86QI/AAAAAAAAAmY/OHOENDsNKeY/s1600/DSCF3249.JPG" /></a> This is very important because the fabric may shrink a little and if you wait till you are finished sewing it to wash, you are going to have a mess. Your fabric should come with washing instructions, if it does not, ask one of the people working in the fabric shop the best way to care for your material. </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My advice for you is, if its going to be a challenge to wash it every time, you may want to consider another fabric. Babies spit up, poop, pee, etc. Wraps can get dirty, so washing usually happens time to time. For the most part, natural fabrics are easiest to care for, so usually dont cause problems.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now you will need to hem your wraps edges. Some people like to iron their seams first making it a bit easier at the sewing machine... I am too lazy and I dont do it. As far as thread goes, get the colour you want- most people like to get a colour that is the same colour as their fabric. If you are dying your wrap (I will have instructions soon on how to dye a wrap soon), then you can buy a white cotton thread and it will dye up nice. I always use Gutermann's 100 percent cotton threads. They are very strong good quality threads.</span><br />
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next in the series ~~ Dying your wrap</div>Candace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704977043538586993.post-58487138694689821052011-04-05T11:16:00.000-04:002011-04-05T11:16:21.839-04:00A strrrretchy morning<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>I wanted to gift a darling wonderful friend of mine a baby carrier for her and her wee little baby. Her daughter is on the smaller side, so I figured a ring sling or a stretchy wrap might do her best since they are both new to babywearing and I always found ring slings and stretchy wraps easier to use when first starting out. I happened to have a beautiful blue stretchy material up in our closet so I pulled it out and it was the perfect length and perfect width. And now that I knew my sewing machine had a stretch setting on it, I was giddy with excitement. Ofcourse, you do not need to hem a stretchy wrap if you dont want too since it doesnt fray.. but it does add that nice finished look to it. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Did you know that your local fabric store, thrift store or even department store could very well have the wrap of your dreams inside? The only problem is, its not quite a wrap yet! But it isnt hard to do! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The great thing about making your own wrap is that no one will ever have the exact same wrap as you. It would be your unique carrier for you and your child. It is something you can look at and say "hey, I made that!" And I think that is a terrific feeling! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What should you look for in a material for making a woven wrap?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I sudgest using a cotton, or something made with natural fibers. They breathe better. You want it to be a relaxed fabric too, something flexible and not stiff, you dont want to wrap a baby in canvas or leather!! Think, "would I liked to be wrapped in this?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another thing to conisder is, does "the sun shine through?" When holding the material up to the light, can you see the light peeking through the weave? If so, thats good! you dont want a very tight weave (like in quilters cottons for example) ..that doesnt help it be comfortable. You will most likley end up with pressure points. If the sun is shining through this means more comfort and breathablity... think table cloth like... and btw, woven table cloths make excellent shorter wraps! For a woven wrap, you dont want a ton of horizontal or vertical stretch like jersey would have. You want it to be able to be used with your child through the time you are wearing you child, and that means even when they are toddlers, maybe even preschool age. Stretchy material is fantastic for wearing little ones who dont weigh a ton, but will sag with a bigger child and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diR1jNS7Vmg">are not reccomended for back carries. </a> (click link to see why)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here are some examples of what I have found in hopes to better help you find the right thing. First lets take a peek in the fashion section of your local fabric store</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> -dont go for fabrics such as quilters cottons, shiny polyesters, or satin. Although yes you CAN wrap a baby in them (because face it, you can wrap a baby in almost anything!) , it isnt as comfy as openly woven, natural materials that also go on sale quite a bit, so in the long run is better and cheaper! :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lets have a look at cotton gauze. Gauze usually sell for about 7$ a meter CDN, so 7 x 5 meters =35$</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">100% gauze or crinkle cotton is an easy and practical choice. Crinkle cotton is slightly heavier than 100% cotton gauze. It is very breathable for summer, dyes easy . I reccomend buying at least five meters of the gauze or crinkle cotton. If there is too much, you can always shorten it. Better to buy too much than too little. with a wrap that is going to be thin like this, I reccomend cutting it to be around 32 inches wide, that way you have more shoulder padding. Gauze, I find you have to wrap more careful when your children get bigger. By this I mean you have to wrap them slower so its as tight as possible..no sloppy wrap jobs with a gauze wrap because then it can be not as comfortable. But get a good nice carry with it and you're good to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sometimes when browsing the fabric store you will come across amazing woven materials that are cotton or cotton blends or a blend of another natural fiber. The one in the picture shown below is a 55% linen, 45% cotton blend. It is a tiny bit thicker than gauze, and is breatheable, moveable, and has no stretch to it. This type of fabric will make an excellent wrap. Needs a bit more breaking in due to the linen, but works wonderfully. I would reccomend a material like this be hemmed between 27-32 inches wide and again, 5 meters long. osnaberg, woven hemp/cotton blends will work amazing as well, but like linen, they need to be broken in a bit more. I dyed this wrap with Dylon Cold Water Dyes, which are safe for dying and are widley available in Canada at Fabric Land stores as well as other stores such as Walmart and craft and fabric distributors. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some upholstry fabrics are treated with things like a stain gaurd, or are permanant press. They can be made of synthetic fibres just like you would find in other departments. Make sure you read your fabric label carefully. You do not want to purchase something that is treated with chemicals.. remember, you are wrapping precious cargo in your wrap. If you are unsure ask an employee of the fabric store. They will be able to assist you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The upholstry section can be a gold mine!!! You can buy some amazing jaquard fabrics, that have no wrong side, are 100% natural fibres and are absolutly beautiful. Some can be very heavy, like in this example of a upholstry material I purchased. A<span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="color: black;">s thick as this is, it is a very very comfortable wrap, in all honestly, the most comfortable wrap I own. Even though it technically has a "wrong side".. which would be the lighter side, it is still quite beautiful on each side. So it can be worn either way. It is not 100% cotton, however, it was an <strong>"unknown fibre"... </strong>but for the price I got it for, which was about 4$ CDN a meter, I grabbed it anyways... I did a<a href="http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Reference_Charts/free_reference_charts_fiber_content_guide.html"> burn test</a> when I got home, discovered it is most likley a cotton/rayon blend. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Get down and really look and take your time especially in the upholstry section. Usually the bolts are stored in such chaos in some stores that a hidden treasure could be burried. My blue woven wrap material was like that. Hidden at the very bottom of the shelf, almost collecting dust. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Next post will be about sewing your wrap. Stay tuned and Happy Babywearing! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember bring these things home thinking this was going to be a peice of cake... and if you were like me bringing it back after 24 hours of being sick from nervousness from failing your parenting class, and luggin the car seat around, lugging the stroller on the bus, bringing the big huge diaper bag etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I would have kept the doll for as long as I was supposed to. Instead I wrote an essay about why I knew I would never be a parent...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I just sit here laughing because if I just had a sling, or a wrap, heck even a snuggli carrier I would have been soooooo less stressed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I kinda got excited tonight too because I know full out that if my children do have to use these simulator dolls during parenting class I am TOTALLY going to be pulling out the stash that I know I will probably never be able to part with.</span>Candace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704977043538586993.post-50189613132769926262011-03-31T19:22:00.000-04:002011-03-31T19:22:24.295-04:00Christina's Ruckless Back Carry with a Mei Tai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/a3O14Y9MdtY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A real sweet mamma on thebabywearer.com was tinkering around with chest straps while wrapping her child. She created this way of wrapping her child, and at the same time, I was trying to find a way to wear my son in his mei tai without the straps slipping. Strap slippage has been a problem of mine with wraps, mei tais, pods... I guess my shoulders arent built for babywearing perhaps, but never the less, this has really made it comfortable for me to wear my son in his mei tai. Above is a video I did before I even knew what it was called and then edited it afterwards. Sorry for any confusion. Maybe sometime when I have a good quiet moment we will re do. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like I said this can be done in a wrap as well as<strong> it was designed for that!!</strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While digging in my linen closet this morning I found an old friend. My snowflake podagei I started to make when I was pregnant with Zayden, and then finished while he was literally on my back watching the sewing machine finish the quilted wonder. While it never was our most comfortable carrier, it is definatly the warmest...and I had forgotten all about it. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took a long time to make. I have never done any sort of pattern like this...not even patchwork really at that time, and to do a snowflake, that was just insane. Its far from perfect, but it really is pretty to us!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today while we were out I wrapped our son up for a long walk to Tim Hortons and the pet store in our area. Getting him in the carrier was hard enough. I knew there was no way that he could walk both there and back so I knew babywearing had to happen. He seen his wrap and went "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and took off into the kitchen. I grabbed our mei tai which has been a hit for him latley and he shook his head a bit less enthusiastically but none the less he was making it clear he wanted to be FREE today. I got him on my back anyways, and we headed out, after about thirty seconds of complaining he gave up and was content the rest of the way. On the way home however he was furious and wanted to run with his older brother. So I let him down. </span></div><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--L1PiRLjztk/TYjxW-ljsrI/AAAAAAAAAj0/F2uJxtqAD1M/s1600/149033_468605453185_512383185_5571560_4221061_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--L1PiRLjztk/TYjxW-ljsrI/AAAAAAAAAj0/F2uJxtqAD1M/s320/149033_468605453185_512383185_5571560_4221061_n.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes he would start to go up on peoples lawns or near the side of the road. "Do you want to go up on Mommy's back?"... he would say "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" and behave. I would say "then I hope you are going to stay on the sidewalk then where its safer."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my goodness I am using babywearing as a threat now!!!!!????????? </span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like I hardly know what it feels like to not have a child "strapped on" to me somewhere while I am out LOL. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a lot of people tell me that I'll manage, and I know I will, and that it is a new journey ahead, that there is far more to parenting than babywearing... that I know too. But when its been such a routine, its going to be a difficult one to let go of. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WJMYqmHMJkY/TW0YkHd1ZgI/AAAAAAAAAgw/k2SKeQai1Y0/s1600/sling2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" l6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WJMYqmHMJkY/TW0YkHd1ZgI/AAAAAAAAAgw/k2SKeQai1Y0/s1600/sling2.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have wanted to share this with everyone since I got it finished, but Im not giving it to the Mom till today so I couldnt post it incase she may have found out. LOL</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Its for one of my sons Sunday school teachers and her newborn baby and who couldnt use a free hand now and again right? </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I just love the rich colour of this sling, and the material I am telling you I am just in awe of. Its so nice. It was a nice find!! </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nkOueemWaNw/TW0YgiGTCTI/AAAAAAAAAgs/JCMYVhuuHDw/s1600/sling1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: undefined; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" l6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nkOueemWaNw/TW0YgiGTCTI/AAAAAAAAAgs/JCMYVhuuHDw/s1600/sling1.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am not sure if this Mommy has done any babywearing before, but when I look back at my many years of babywearing I know that there is always a time when it comes in handy</span></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When trying to "name" this sling, I started looking at flowers with a rich colour similar to this, and came up with <em><strong>Agapanthus</strong></em> which is found in rocky grasslands on the southern and eastern fringes of southern Africa</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: black;">My younger sister gave birth to premature twins in October of 2010. They went through a lot of illness, struggles, tears, these tiny wee dudes are tough, and are now home with their Mommy and Daddy. I havent seen them since they were in incubators but this month I have the honor of going to see them again. Both are around the 10 lbs mark and are smiling and full of joy!</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Since they are fighters, and both Mommy and Daddy are avid hunters, I had to do them in camo. </span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong><span style="color: black;">I dont know if I have come up for an official name for them but Im thinking one "Elmer" and the other "Fudd" ???</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Candace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704977043538586993.post-72336158804346263272011-02-28T18:01:00.000-05:002011-02-28T18:01:39.474-05:00Gettin a wee big for being on the front dont cha think?<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q7_3wwMaZvA/TWwnZjYvLgI/AAAAAAAAAgU/DSYuvOmaa00/s1600/waytobig.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><strong><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q7_3wwMaZvA/TWwnZjYvLgI/AAAAAAAAAgU/DSYuvOmaa00/s320/waytobig.JPG" width="188" /></strong></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Today was the first time in a very long time that I have had to wear our two year old on my front. We have been doing back carriers for what seems like eons now, but today he was just so tired of being out and about (fabric shopping *squee!*) the he just wanted to nurse and go to bed, so I had to put him in a front carry in our wrap. He was very very happy then! But Im telling you, its very hard to do things when you have a thirty pound kid on your front! Trying to pay for things, getting into my purse... to any woman who wears their toddler on their front still even 50% of the time, I tip my hat to you. It wasnt easy. </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YDerfmGsI4w/TWwneMZiC9I/AAAAAAAAAgY/YDQLJHq7H8s/s1600/toobig.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: purple;"><strong><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YDerfmGsI4w/TWwneMZiC9I/AAAAAAAAAgY/YDQLJHq7H8s/s320/toobig.JPG" width="250" /></strong></span></a><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"><strong>The looks I got with him on my front were quite different than the looks I get when he is on my back. People were like "wow you are brave"... my back was telling me the same thing ... wearing that big of a baby on your front no matter what kind of carrier takes guts I think. But I would rather him be on the front of me and being a bit uncomfortable for an hour than have him scream out loud "BOOB!" every two seconds...yes we are working on table manners STILL. (he signs it at the same time, does that count?)</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Its bitter sweet. We figure this is probably the last year of babywearing in our house unless I do find that ingenious way to wear our husky or cat... (Im kidding..or am I?). I remember him just being born and being all cozy breastfeeding while in the carrier and me being able to do laundry or whatever I needed to be doing. It can still be done, but it requires a bit more paitience and space LOL. But we will cherrish these moments still with a few laughs :D </strong></span></div>Candace Novakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13872745391134995655noreply@blogger.com0