Babywearing Pictures!!

Here's some of my favorite pictures of us babywearing!! To learn more about why we love baby wearing click here. Enjoy, and happy babywearing!!

And just an FYI Jillian from pax baby is having a 10,000 fan giveaway!!! This would be an awesome prize for a fellow babywearer!! Check it out!!
http://paxbaby.com/10000-fan-giveaway-at-paxbaby-facebook-page/

Baltic Amber

Hey guys! I'm (finally) back! The last few months have been really hard in my person life, and I'm finally starting to see the light through all of this. My life has a purpose and every trying thing I've gone through has happen for a reason. It's time to pick myself up, brush off the dirt, and move on. I'll eventually share my whole story after I've figured out how to fully deal with it. I want to thank the followers that took the time to email me asking for more posts and wondering to see if I'm ok. I (hopefully) wont be disappearing again anytime soon!

This post I wanted to talk about something called Baltic Amber and what's its used for. I'll go over what it is, how its used, the benefits of it, and how you can buy it.

Baltic Amber is a fossilized resin that consists very large amounts of Succinic Acid, which has proven to be very beneficial to the human body. Baltic Amber has actually been referred to as one of the leading medicines of all time. When the Amber is worn on the skin, your body's warmth heats the amber to where it can release oils into the skin, and then absorbed.

Some of the many benefits of wearing Baltic Amber:
Teething Pains for children
Restoring Energy
Maintaining overall Wellness
Pain Relief
Chronic Inflammation which can help cure allergies, asthma, arthritis, Alzheimer's, some cancers, digestive disorders, fibromyalgia, heart attacks, MS, and lupus (the last of which has been incredibly helpful for me)

I'm not saying Baltic Amber is going to cure you, however I something as simple as wearing a piece of jewelry could help ease some everyday pains, then why not give it a try? I've noticed a considerable less about of pain in my hands and my son doesn't seem to suffer from any type of teething pain while he is wearing it.

Some common places to buy Baltic Amber:
truebalticamber.com
hyenacart.com/stores/inspiredbyfinn
Earthybliss.com (who actually has all her amber on Clearance for the holidays!! She also sells a ton of natural parenting products such as woven wraps, Mei Tais, ringslings, cloth diapers, etc)


Hope this was helpful! And expect to see a lot more of me now!

The love of my life <3

Just wanted to share some recent pictures of my little man =) I've been going through some very stressful events the last few weeks and Jackson has kept me pushing on with his unconditional love. I don't know what I would do without him.

A letter to my breastfed baby

First time Breastfeeding

Jackson,
The whole time I was pregnant people hounded me with advice. Don't co-sleep- you'll smother the baby. Do co-sleep- baby needs mama close. Get this stroller- its the best one on the market. Look at these bottles- they prevent baby from getting gassy. The list went on and on. I felt so overwhelmed. Well your great aunt told me that I better breastfeed you. She said it so matter of fact, like it was a law and I would go to jail if I didn't do it. Me being the researcher that I am had already decided that I was going to breastfeed, which I told her. I then had to sit there and listen to horror stories about clogged ducts, sore nipples, engorgement, and (oh god) don't forget about mastitis. When it finally came time for you to be born I had myself all worked up about the complications that come along with breastfeeding. Something that had seemed so simple and natural now terrified me beyond belief. I was setting myself up for failure.
Once you were born we immediately put you to the breast, which you took like a champ. The overwhelming feeling of love inside of me for you was incredible. I have never felt that way before about anything. Breastfeeding started an amazing bond between us that I wouldn't trade for the world.
Like all breastfeeding moms we went through the hard times as well. Poor latch (you 'clicked') which lead to sore nipples, engorgement, feeling uncomfortable nursing in public, and eventually mastitis which almost ended our breastfeeding days. The thing that kept us going through all those tuff times was the look on your face when I nursed you through the pain. Your face was filled with love and contentment. Almost like the only thing you cared about was being held close to me and nursing. Even through the times where I cried nursing I was in so much pain. You were always a booby boy lol.
I will breastfeed you as long as you want. I will take the nasty looks and the criticism for however long you need me to. Because I know that I am doing the right thing for you, and that's all that has ever mattered to me. When you are ready to not need my breast to comfort you anymore, and when you don't ask for it anymore, we'll end our nursing experience. Even though it will be so hard for me. We will do this on your terms just like we always have.

Wet bag tutorial

Sorry guys for being MIA for a while. We have had a lot of things going on. Getting ready for baby Jacks birthday party, school, work, death in the family, and a ton of other things. I would like to thank all of my loyal readers who have been stopping by to look for recent posts.

Ok, so now lets move on to our post for the day, a wet bag tutorial!! This is my very first sewing tutorial so be easy on me! If I didnt make anything clear please feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email and I'll be more than happy to help!

Wet bags are super easy and fun to make! Plus they can be used for so many things. Eco friendly snack bags, used for wet towels or swim suites, and for dirty diapers in the diaper bag. The one I'm going to make today is pretty small so it would be good for putting dirty mama cloth in or used as a snack bag (I carry cheerios in ours).

What you're going to need:

Two pieces of PUL fabric, Two pieces of exterior fabric the same size as your PUL, a zipper longer than the length of your fabric, and a sewing maching. For my bag I had my fabric 6 inches long and 7 1/4 inches tall. My zipper was a 7 inch zipper.

Now you are going to lay the right side of your PUL up (the shiny waterproof side) and then lay your zipper even across the top of it. The zipper will also be right side up. 

Next you are going to line your exterior fabric on top of that right side DOWN. Make sure to very carefully line your ends up (PUL is slippery) and then pin them in place. 

Then sew along the top of in. I just use a plain old single stitch. It should look like this after your done. 

Now to make it lay flat sew along the zipper line over both pieces of fabric

Repeat all the steps for the other side. It should look like this when you're done: 

Now open the zipper about half way

Lay the right sides of the exterior together and the right sides of the PUL together

 Sew along all the edges leaving the bottom edge of the PUL open

Now very carefully sew along the bottom of the edge because there id useally some extre fabric that didnt line up right.

I cut the extra fabric off. This is a cosmetic option that you dont have to do if it doesnt bother you.

Now stuff the PUL into the bag.

You're finished!! Enjoy your nice new wet bag!!
Im asking everyone not to make these to sell, as i am going to be selling them very shortly on my etsy site. If you would like to but one before they are up for sale please feel free to email me at odonnell2324@gmail.com thank you!!