No More Babies

I spent a fun morning with some fun girlfriends! My friend, KV, is expecting soon and I went to her baby shower. I didn't do a great job with wrapping my gift, but I did get to hold another friends baby.

I am a baby looker. I am a baby lover. I love BABIES! Baby Girl is 8 months old, and she was just delish! She was a little bit sleepy, so I asked her Momma if I could hold her and rock her to sleep.

Baby and I sat down with a binky and a baby doll and I rocked. Momma was busy hostessing, and Baby Girl really wanted to fight her nap! I got her to sleep with some shuuushing, binky tapping, and butt-patting. It was heavenly.

This Momma is not having any more babies. On Sept. 14th I will make sure of that permanently. I could EASILY trick my mind into thinking another baby is a fantastic idea. I know that isn't true, as I really only want to hold and rock a baby.

I have assembled a nice list of things that I think are essential for a new baby.

1) Disposable Wash Cloths: These are great for newborn babies before they can have their first real bath. You can get a bowl of warm water and use this for their sponge bath (which I call a Spongebob Squarebath). You can even use it to wash their hair, too. I think it's great because you don't have to drag a bunch of stuff out, just the water and the wash cloths. My friend, Sasha, says to cut them in half- and she's right. They are way too big! 2) Leachco Safer Bather: This can sit in the tub and it keeps your baby nicely positioned for bath time. You hang it up and it will be dry before the next bath time. This would be great to put on the kitchen table or bathroom counter for the Spongebob Squarebath!

3) Miracle Blanket- This was a miracle for us! It is a magical swaddling device. Baby's arms are kept down and that prevents them from slapping them self in the face and waking up. (This was our issue with LLM's sleeping). We got this when she was 7 weeks old, and she slept 7 hours the first night we used it. We used it until she was around 17 weeks old and she was already sleeping great. This thing is worth about $1000, but they are priced around $27.

I'm a really good baby momma. It is a shame that I won't have any more, but it is for the best. I'm a grumpy pregnant lady. I always have gestational diabetes and I don't recover from c-sections well. I always have post pardum depression, too. Always= two times.

Older, mobile babies wear me out. I like it, but they start getting into stuff and then they start talking and talking and talking. Then they talk some more. Then they learn demanding tricks, like having to have cereal and a video before bedtime no matter what.

If anyone has a new-ish, not-yet-mobile, formula fed (so I can feed!) baby that needs some rocking- give me a shout. I would love to be able to take care of your baby for one whole night so a new momma and daddy could get a full nights rest!