All posts tagged: Baby

to swaddle or not?

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  Sleep has been a main concern when I gave birth to Chloe. Our initial plan was to transfer V to a bed of his own so baby can sleep with me in bed (as I did with V before) but that didn’t happen. On our first week at home, Chloe slept in her crib but she would wake up every 30 minutes and with my C-Section it was hard for me to stand-up and get her in and out. With lack of sleep and discomfort on the surgery I decided to co-sleep with her in bed with me. I would get 3 to 4 hrs of sleep when she’s beside me and easier to breast feed her at night as well. One scary night came when I fell into a deep sleep and I woke up to a crying baby beside me with a pillow on covering her! Scared the life of me that I didn’t get any sleep that night. I decided the following night to let her sleep in the crib . …

Baby wearing: The BabaSling

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We are slowly discovering the joys of baby wearing. I had a chance to wear Vierte when he was about 3 months old and became a must have whenever we went out since he didn’t like to stay in the stroller. For V I used the baby pouch and ring sling. Before Chloe was born I was already searching for the best carrier available and was already interested in buying the Moby Wrap and BabaSling. Just before we were about to purchase either a surprise came when Grace and her daughter Pristine came to visit bearing gifts and one of them is a BabaSling.     I’ve been watching TheBabaSlings how to videos and been reading the instructions for days and finally managed to wear Chloe comfortably in the sling, even managed to breast feed her in it.   Worn her twice while we were in the mall and we’ve got a few stares and praises on how cute she is inside, once I heard someone commenting that the baby might be having a hard time …