honestly? i'm shocked. i don't know why exactly. i guess i was starting to feel entitled to having all my kids come early, but that's not exactly what i want, nor is it what i deserve i guess. so here i am, 39 weeks and gettin' large. large and in charge! my poor feet and ankles are having swelling issues. in the last week they've not swelled up maybe once. and i honestly can't contribute that one-day success to anything inparticular. yikes. it's weird to see the flip-flop imprints on top of my feet. i'm like a putty ball.....for real. stephen pushed his thumb into the top of my foot last night and after five seconds of pressure i had a thumb in the top of my foot for minutes. i remember that happening with chloe too, but it's like a whole new experience this time. it's not, but you truly do forget. pregnancy is funny.
question: to those of you who have, currently use or have previously used a moby wrap, i'd like to hear the good and bad things about it (if there are any bad things). i'd like to get one, but before i spend that kind of money on a wrap, i'd like to know that they're really that great. i found some on amazon for $40-45. should i buy?
following are a few more pictures from our sunday dinner with my grandma, who was visiting her friend marv, who has been recovering from a broken femur (OUCH). it's always fun to see grandma and to catch up. unfortunately the only pictures i'd taken of grandma her eyes were closed...thus i won't embarrass her by posting them. your welcome grandma!
oh, the faces of sienna!
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I hope your baby comes soon! I am wishing I was 39 weeks today instead of 26! Hope the swelling goes down...this baby will be a charmer! Any names?
Loved loved loved my Moby. It worked wonders when I needed to roll ny laundry cart across the complex or when Sean was a crying mess. The bad things are it takes a while to get the hang of it but once you do it's a piece of cake to get it on. The other thing was when he was really little and needing to nurse all the time it was a pain to get on and off. You are supposed to be able to nurse with it but I couldn't ever figure that out. It really saved my life the first 9 ish months of his life though. Really comfortable and handy to have.
Loved the Moby... but I think you either love it or hate it. Not a lot of in between. I loved wearing my babies to church in it... they'd stay asleep, and all the little grubby nursery (and grown up) hands couldn't get to him. It does have a learning curve, but as long as you stick with it for a little while it should be fine.
My friend makes and sells the wrap (same as Moby wraps). It's just a huge piece of knit fabric. I'm sure you could whip up a cute one for much less than the real deal!
I LOVE love LOVE my Moby! I got the hang of using it right away but that was because I had someone show me, rather than reading the guide. I have breast fed the baby in it while at the movies before and you wouldn't even know I was doing it!. As long as you dress knowing you will be feeding in it and don't want to take it off it works great. The only drawback I hated was how long it took to get on if we were out and about. Plus we live in a rainy state, so I would make sure I put it on at home because I didn't want it to land on the ground. It's a great little investment.
I know so many people who love it. I've never used it, but I think I would like it too. Anyway, like Brandy said, I'm sure you could easily make one for a fraction of the cost.
Hey Brooke I saw this tutorial on pintrest for a "moby" it's literally yards of knit fabric cut down the middle and then you have two! Here's the link:
http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/make-a-baby-sling.html
I loved my moby wrap, I used it for all three kids, it was a life saver for all three, but especially my first, she was a super colicky baby, but the moby would put her to sleep right away, it was so nice! Good luck!
I liked the Moby, there were some definite perks with having it (all stated above). The drawbacks:
-Hard to get on. Maybe if you have a Moby expert SHOW you, then it might be easier. But, boy howdy, that thing was kind of a pain to get on.
-The fabric stretches too much. I found that when out and about, the fabric would start to stretch and droop and I felt like I was constantly making adjustments. This may also be due to my earlier point, maybe I wasn't putting it on right. Although, I followed all the directions and stuff. It just tended to sag after a bit. try hiking Torry pines with a saggy wrap. No Bueno.
Other than that it was great. We would both use it. It also could hold 2 babies, which helped us, but won't matter to you. In the end, we tended to use the baby bjorn more, especially once they got older (over 6 months). Although, I have heard great things about the ERGO carrier. Also, one of my friends had both the Moby and a Moby like product that was easier to get on. She like the Moby-like one better. She said there was less stretch in the fabric too.
I have no opinions on the Moby since I've made it through four kids without a colicky baby :-) I did use some kind of carrier that I got as a hand-me-down but I didn't use it as often as I thought I would. (Maybe I just always had people begging to hold my babies?)
Hope that little boy decides to make his entrance soon. Nothing seems longer than that last week, in my opinion!!
really? I thought Chloe came passed 40 weeks?
Moby - never had one. I used the NOJO sling and the Rockin Baby Ring sling and also a Bjorn.
They have way more carriers now and I wonder what I'll use if I have another baby. Although slings rock for many many things. Sooooo versatile and you can use them up passed age 2 which i did.
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