Well, here I am, a little drowsy, but awake. I’ve been struggling with my little resolution that I made in my first blog post, but I’ve managed to get up earlier a few days last week and this morning. I think 7:30 is just right. I can spend some time studying, and get a few other things done, and then get the kids up about 8, although they aren’t up yet this morning. I’m enjoying the quiet too much, but I definately need to get them up by 8:30 or my 3 year old will be extremely difficult trying to get him to take a nap later.
Studying God’s word and prayer time in the morning is a must. It definately helps get my mind on track and really helps me to get through the day. This morning I was going over our lesson for the adult class on Sunday evenings and guess what it’s about- Study. We’ve been hearing alot about that lately in the preaching too. I think God knows what we need! Anyway, I know I tend to underestimate studying the Word, but I know that the times that I’ve made it a priority and spent time doing it every day, my life has been much easier. God gave us his word for a reason. It’s not just a good book to read every now and then. It has to be our life. It is our instruction book for how to live our life.
Well, I’ve got to get the kids up and the baby is waking up, so I’ve got to go for now!
I really thought I should do a review on the Sleepy Wrap baby carrier that I bought in November. I am not affiliated with the Sleepy Wrap company in any way, and I bought my sleepy wrap in November 2009, off of Ebay. The price was approximately $36.
So I had high expectations for this long piece of stretchy fabric. I had read tons of other reviews and the consensus seemed to be that this wrap was the greatest thing since,, well, sliced bread. LOL
I have another baby carrier that I got with our first baby,, you know, the kind that goes over your shoulders and you awkwardly lift baby up high so you can slide him down into the carrier,, and then after only a few minutes, your shoulders are killing you and you don’t feel like you can do anything that requires bending over even slightly, for fear of baby’s head falling backwards and toppling onto the floor(ok, ok, that was a bit of an exaggeration). And then there’s trying to get baby out of the carrier which is a whole other awkward situation, especially if he’s sleeping! Needless to say, I never used that carrier very much.
sleepy wrap baby carrier
Now for the Sleepy Wrap baby carrier. I absolutely love it! I wish I had known about it with our second child and I definitely wish it had been around with our first, but I’m so glad to have it with our third. It came with clear instructions on how to wrap it and it didn’t take but a few times of practice to get it down so I can wrap it in about a minute, probably less.
It is stretchy fabric and very comfortable. The Sleepy Wrap is definitely one size fits all and you can either tie it in front or wrap the extra around again to the back and tie it. There are no pressure points, so you and baby are very comfortable. I loved the fact that you don’t have to re-wrap it in order to use the different ways you can carry your baby. I had thought that for each different carry, you would have to re-wrap it, but not so! You do the basic wrap and then you can stick baby in several different ways. The Sleepy Wrap carrier is perfect for both newborns and older babies. Want to go grocery shopping? Just put on the wrap before you head out the door and if you’re self conscious about wearing it without baby in it, you can just put a jacket on over it during the winter anyway, and no one is the wiser (-; Then just slip baby in the sleepy wrap before heading into the store.
I really don’t need to use it around the house too much since the Lord blessed us with a very good baby this time around..LOL but it is nice to have for those fussy times right when you’re trying do some cleaning or late at night. I also love the fact that I can go for a walk if I want to and wear baby and put our 3 year old in the stroller and then our oldest can keep up with me fairly well. I wore my baby all day one time trying to get ready for a birthday party for my 3 year old and my back and shoulders did not hurt at all!
sleepy wrap up close
So that’s the Sleepy Wrap baby carrier review. It is a great priced, wonderfully comfortable carrier and comes in several colors. I would recommend the Sleepy Wrap carrier to anyone with a newborn or older baby. I even put my just-turned-3 year old in it to see if it would hold and it held him too!
Just wanted to say that I did survive Christmas this year. I know I haven’t been on here since earlier last week and I didn’t want anyone to think that I suffered fatal wounds from all the Christmas preparation. Christmas Eve almost did me in and I seriously thought I should just sit down and quit! But, thank the Lord, because I know He helped me through, even though I complained the whole day and even had a few meltdowns. The cookies got made, and placed in thier proper bags along with the candles and other things, and the bags made it safely to thier Christmas recipients that evening. We had a fun, relaxing time with my husbands side of the family and the kids got to play with thier cousins while the baby got passed around so I got a nice break! I gave up on trying to wrap presents untill we got to my parents house and my mom and I were up untill 4am. She had some wrapping to do too, so I wasn’t alone! Christmas day was so nice and relaxing. The kids played with thier new toys they had recieved that morning while I helped my mom get ready for dinner and took care of the baby. We had lots of fun with the family that evening and then everyone slept in late Saturday morning. Overall, it was a very good Christmas and everyone really enjoyed the cookies and candles I made, so I think I’ll be doing that again next Christmas, and maybe think of some other things to add to it.
I hope everyone had a wonderfull Christmas and have a happy, safe New Year!
I really feel like I’m running a marathon this year to get ready for Christmas. Part of me would just like to sit down and quit, but obviously I would regret it if I did! I had decided to make Christmas presents this year instead of buying them, at least for those outside our immediate family. And, somebody tell me, why does it seem like you can never buy enough presents for your kids? We’ve got plenty of presents for them, but everytime I go to the store, I feel like I’ve got to pick up one more thing. I have been restraining myself though, but my goodness, can you imagine if we had a larger budget for Christmas! Though, I think next year things are going to have to change in the present department. Our oldest boy has a birthday in November, and then the second ones birthday is in December and our youngest is in September, so this year the two oldest have been having presents trickling in even after thier birthdays and they just think that they need more, more, more! It’s the same with candy around Halloween time. Now we don’t celebrate halloween, but they still get candy from family and friends, and for a month afterwards they are constantly asking if they can have some candy!!
Anyway, so I’ve got my work cut out for me this week, although I’m feeling at peace about it. I need to make some candles and cookies to give as gifts, and then wrap presents, make a chinese dish for Christmas eve, and make my moms present. I’m making her a photo album of the boys from birth till now. She doesn’t have a computer so I know she won’t read this and find out about it..LOL I think I’m going to do the same for my mother-in-law too. Oh and today we need to put up our Christmas tree! I did get our other decorations up on Saturday, so that was a relief. I just love putting up our lighted houses! I bought one house every year since my husband and I got married so now I have 10 houses. Well we’ve only been married 9 years, but I bought a couple at a time one year.
Ok, I feel like I’ve been in one big stress ball all week (don’t ask how I came up with the term “stress ball”,, I don’t know). I haven’t been able to get up early except for about 2 days this week because either baby keeps me up late or one of the other boys wakes me up in the middle of the night or both! I’ve had a truck load of candles to get done. Trying to think about Christmas presents,, thinking about decorating, which I haven’t had time to do yet,,, the birthday party on Monday where my house was all nice and clean and now it is on the verge of disaster again already! Kids fighting continuously, probably feeling my stress. Aghhhhh! Yesterday I had had it up to here(holding hand aproximately at forhead level) and probably yelled at the boys way too much, plus I had a huge headache that felt like my head was going to explode…
Oh yeah, and today I have to get some more candles done and take them to the store that I have a display at, and then I have to go work for my brother for a couple hours at his espresso stand at 5:00. I’ll have to take baby with me so I’m a bit concerned about that, but he said it would only be for a couple hours, so hopefully baby will sleep the whole time!
The upside is that I do feel a bit better today. I set my alarm for 7am, but of course certain children did not think I should get any sleep last night, so I ended up resetting it for 8am and I did pull myself out of bed. I started a batch of candle wax melting and then sat down and had some prayer and study time. Kids are still asleep at the moment, although I do need to wake them before 10am,, I take that back, my 3 year old just got up and is now sitting on my lap (-:
So hopefully my next post will be more pleasant, but I just had to vent a little! (-:
Well, I didn’t quite meet my goal today of getting up at 7:30 am, but I have a very good excuse! Caleb, our 3 month old baby, decided to be wide awake from about 12:30 am to 2:30 am. He was a pretty happy boy most of that time, so I was able to finish a candle I had been working on and I got started on a christmas present I’m making for my mom. At some point in there, I was holding Caleb by the bathroom mirror so he could see himself and he loved it! He smiled and cooed at himself,, it was so cute! He’s been smiling alot lately and even laughed for the first time when daddy tickled him the other day. I just love babies. I’m pretty sure we’re done having kids, but it’s hard for me to say absolutely no more…….. I know DH(dear hubby) is definately ready to be done but I just can’t bring myself to make it permanant yet.
So I woke up at 11:00 am this morning and had to jump out of bed to hurry and make DH his lunch. He comes home for lunch every day which is a blessing and a curse…lol. But I am going to jump into doing the FlyLady babysteps starting tonight with shining my sink. I’ll explain a bit more probably tonight, but for now I need to get some more candles done and I have a crying baby strapped onto me. He doesn’t like it when I sit down (-:
