I've found a new friend. One that helps me immensly. In an unexpected place, I might add. You see...I am not "crunchy" (see definition #2). At all. On those little "How Green Are You?" quizzes, I generally get about 2 points, one for recycling (which is probably the easiest, most accessible (read: lazy) way to be any shade of green) and one for packing my kids' lunches in reusable containers (which I honestly do only because it costs less money). So that's the sum of my crunchiness. Except for this:
(not actually me. or my baby. but it is the same color as mine.)
This is a Hotsling...and I feel special wearing it. Now, babywearing is generally a crunchy thing to do--it keeps you attached to your baby, promoting bonding and happiness...or something like that. Truthfully, I bought this thing with one image in mind: a Wal-Mart shopping cart. Imagine me, pushing my cart with my cute, talkative 2-year-old in the seat; my wandering, equally cute and talkative 4-year-old walking beside (or more likely 8 feet in front of) me; my brand-new infant in his humongous, high weight infant seat taking up the entire basket of the cart; and my groceries, sitting...where??? Exactly. This became my biggest worry at about 7 months pregnant, so I found a workable solution. Workable, of course, meaning relatively cheap (Ebay, my friends, Ebay) and easy to use.
Fast forward a few months and we find a new level of weirdness--Mark. Does. Not. Like. A. Pacifier! Maybe it's just me, but this is a huge big deal. I mean, how else do you get a baby quiet at the drop of a hat (or in this case, a piece of silicone)? Paci's have always been a welcome, loved untensil in our babyworld...until now. Enter the wonders of the sling. Baby's sleepy and we're going into a store (church, doctor's appt, park, etc...)? Hotsling. Baby is almost ready to nurse and I need 10 minutes to make lunch for the rest of the tribe? Hotsling. I've actually decided to actually try grocery shopping without leaving the kids at home with Daddy? Hotsling. Oh, and the Museum of Life and Science? Hotsling ALL the way.
You know that feeling you get when you've conquered a little piece of the world?
Yeah. I gots it.
4 comments:
Haha! Great post - glad you found something that works for you. The grocery shopping with one in the front seat and a carseat taking up the inside of the cart was my greatest fear when I was pregnant with Kerri! :)
Ooo I think I need one of those!!
Funny you should say that...the striped one I posted about is actually a bit too big now that Mark's growing and I'm (slowly) shrinking. He hangs down a bit further than he's ideally supposed to. I'll add it to the pile! :)
Slowly shrinking my butt! By the time I saw you next after you had Mark you were already back to tiny!!
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