Sling recall

Just wanted to help spread the word, there has been a recall on certain brands of baby slings due to infant suffocation and fall hazards.  I know we have one of the slings,  the Infantino Sling Rider, although thankfully we hardly used it.  We almost exclusively use the one I made myself.  Here is the link to the CPSC recall site for info on the Infantino recall and a link to Parents for info on other carrier/sling recalls.

H.W.

Help wanted, ask Mama

Today Mojo is 4 weeks old! It seems like it went by in a blink, but at the same time she folded herself into our family so easily our life before her seems blurry. She did not, however, fold herself right into my Mama routine. This may sound strange, but I want to clean my house, I want to cook an actual meal, I want to get the weeds that are taking over outside pulled, I want to get the rest of the diapers sewn. I cannot do them, however, at least not completely or to my satisfaction, because of the gravitational pull of my sweet baby girl. I can get some housework done w/Mojo in the sling, and my husband helps a lot, but I think it's just that I can't do it that makes me want to. I actually got a lot done today, and one unexpected side effect of cloth diapers is I keep my laundry caught up because I am always aware of it. But then Mo wakes up and needs Mama, and I sit in the chair to change/nurse/hold her and do not get up for an hour or two. I love those hours, don't get me wrong, having gone through it once w/Jiji I know how sweet this time is and how quickly it is gone, but then I put her in her bouncy seat or back in the sling and plod along through house work that is slipping steadily out of my ability to keep up. Worse, the Hubs goes back out on the road Monday and I will be on my own again as far as the day to day. It is worth it, the housework will be there when I have time and a year from now I will be remembering sweet baby smiled and coos, not that all my laundry is clean but we are living out of laundry baskets, or that I can't run the vacuum yet until the Dr OK's it, so instead I just pick up dog-hair-dustbunnies when they get really big. At least I am getting really great at blogging while I breastfeed,opens up time to snuggle after diaper change.
H.W.

lazy day

I have not gotten to the sewing machine yet, have had to wear a cranky baby all day, and although I can get a lot done w/Mojo in a sling sewing is not on that list. Right now, I am nursing as I blog one-handed. I have been, once again, obsessively researching cloth diapers and have decided on the details I will be changing to solve the issued we had w/the 1st try. Here is the pattern I am using http://fernandfaerie.com/sewing_fitteds.html w/a few tweaks I will try w/elastic and aplix. Hopefully I will get something done tonite!
H.W.

1st harvest

OK, if you don't count the salads I made from my lettuce/spinach bucket I picked my 1st harvest from our garden today. Small but mighty, I have 1 pepper, and a handful of Roma and yellow pear tomatoes. My hands smell wonderfully of tomato now! I had gone outside w/Mojo in the sling to walk Jiji to the neighbors house and decided to take a lap around the yard, mostly to check on flowers. There, waiting for me in their buckets were the beauties pictured above. Mo and I grabbed a pail and scooped them up and into the house before the rain. I must now amend dinner plans to include them, or I will make a tiny batch of salsa! lol
H.W.

Granola Tally

OK, kids, here is my Granola, Hippie Witch list for baby preparation---all made by H.W. for baby Mojo!

fleece pocket diapers

ring sling

nursing cover (for Mamas comfort, not the publics, boobs I will show, but my fat rolls are private!)

all other 'big ticket' items borrowed or freecycled and will be passed back or on later

on the project list...

cloth wipes/solution

any suggestions for my next project?

H.W.