Baby Sewing

I’ve been busy sewing for baby lately! Rather than double post, if you’re interested you can see the goodies that have been posted over on the Monkey Stitch blog, by clicking here.

The best piece of baby furniture we own...

... an excercise ball. We discovered this accidentally when I sat on one with my fussing baby. Jack has always been a "bouncing baby" as opposed to a rocking baby. So one day when he was fussy, I sat down on the exercise ball at Allison and Kenny's house and started bouncing... only to find that Jack calmed down immediately. (I made Mike go to Kmart on the way home and buy one.) Not only does it work when he's fussy, I sit on it nearly every night with Jack and his pacifier to put him to sleep. My mom was so impressed that she got one for us to use at her house. Need a baby gift idea? I would recommend this- although you definitely want to put a note in explaining. You wouldn't want a new mom to think you were trying to suggest it as a way to get back to her pre-baby body!

The Mobile- Everyone should have one

One of Jack's new favorite activities is laying under his mobile. He loves to talk to it, kick, and smile at the animals. Almost every morning when we get up I let him play under it for 20-30 minutes while I get ready, fix coffee, etc. It also works great for calming him down when he's fussy!