Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Baby Wearing
Ok so recent news tells us that baby carrying causes death. While the article states that it is NOT the carrying that causes the death but the postion in which the baby is carried. I suscessfully carried Charle bug in a sling or wrap for 14 months!!! Carriers/slings are VERY important I think. When Charle was sick it helped her sleep, when she was first born it helped us bond. Charle and I were not like Rachel and I. When I had Rachel I had an instant connection with her....with Charle I can honestly say I had to warm up to her. I suffered from what is called
gender disapointment, it was carrying her in a wrap that I feel caused us to truly connect with eachother. I carried her everywhere in that wrap we didnt even OWN a stroller (for her at least I had a umbrella stroller for Rachel.) 2 days after Charle was born we went trick or treating. Rachel was dressed up as a dead bride and Charle was safely tucked away in a moby wrap. Now of course being 2 days postpartum I was in pain after not to long but it wasnt because of the wrap!! Babies are carried in your womb (sometimes more sometimes less) for around 9 months (in cases of adoption this obviously not the case) they expect to be carried longer!!! Bag like carriers like the one in the article are NOT safe. It is NOT safe to carry your baby front facing so babies chin is on his/her chest. Wraps/slings are GREAT if used correctly! Baby MUST be postioned in a safe way. It takes practice, its an art! I am no expert on baywearing and I will not pretend to be so. But I do KNOW that it is one of the reasons I bounded with Charle bug, the other being extended breastfeeding. But that is for another blog another day. If you choose to babywear YAY for you! But please be educated about it find the right carrier for you and your baby. Bag slings are always a NO! And also when carrying your baby make sure you learn how to postion baby correctly first. In closing I want to say BABYWEARING IS SAFE! Don't let the news fool you :)
Yes in the above picture I am bottle feeding Charle she was a few days old and hadnt gotten the latch down. It was a bottle made for breastfed babies AND it was breastmilk. As you can see I was still able to care for Rachel and carry Charle at the same time! We are using a moby wrap here.
Here Charle is at 13 months old (maybe older Im not sure:P) in a pouch style carrier that my good friend Whitney made for us.
gender disapointment, it was carrying her in a wrap that I feel caused us to truly connect with eachother. I carried her everywhere in that wrap we didnt even OWN a stroller (for her at least I had a umbrella stroller for Rachel.) 2 days after Charle was born we went trick or treating. Rachel was dressed up as a dead bride and Charle was safely tucked away in a moby wrap. Now of course being 2 days postpartum I was in pain after not to long but it wasnt because of the wrap!! Babies are carried in your womb (sometimes more sometimes less) for around 9 months (in cases of adoption this obviously not the case) they expect to be carried longer!!! Bag like carriers like the one in the article are NOT safe. It is NOT safe to carry your baby front facing so babies chin is on his/her chest. Wraps/slings are GREAT if used correctly! Baby MUST be postioned in a safe way. It takes practice, its an art! I am no expert on baywearing and I will not pretend to be so. But I do KNOW that it is one of the reasons I bounded with Charle bug, the other being extended breastfeeding. But that is for another blog another day. If you choose to babywear YAY for you! But please be educated about it find the right carrier for you and your baby. Bag slings are always a NO! And also when carrying your baby make sure you learn how to postion baby correctly first. In closing I want to say BABYWEARING IS SAFE! Don't let the news fool you :)
Yes in the above picture I am bottle feeding Charle she was a few days old and hadnt gotten the latch down. It was a bottle made for breastfed babies AND it was breastmilk. As you can see I was still able to care for Rachel and carry Charle at the same time! We are using a moby wrap here.
Here Charle is at 13 months old (maybe older Im not sure:P) in a pouch style carrier that my good friend Whitney made for us.
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Beach
This is where the good Lord has blessed us to live! Beautiful views like this are very common! The girls and I like to walk the whole block down to this. What torture for us :P On a partuclar sunny day we did this.
We took a took a lot of pictures and found some really interesting things. Including this broken plate! When I was younger I found a toilet on this same beach! We also threw rocks in the water and flipped rocks over rocks trying to find baby crabs. We didnt find any but it was sttill fun to hunt! We had fun playing on the beach and enjoying the sun. Our dogs really liked it as well!
At least until Charle had to pee then we had to run home :P Here Charle is telling Rachel she needs to pee and Rachel is telling me :P
We took a took a lot of pictures and found some really interesting things. Including this broken plate! When I was younger I found a toilet on this same beach! We also threw rocks in the water and flipped rocks over rocks trying to find baby crabs. We didnt find any but it was sttill fun to hunt! We had fun playing on the beach and enjoying the sun. Our dogs really liked it as well!
At least until Charle had to pee then we had to run home :P Here Charle is telling Rachel she needs to pee and Rachel is telling me :P
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