Allergies, Moby Wrap and Outdoor Fun!

My allergies have been ruthless! I just want to claw my eyes out and rip off my nose!! I have had seasonal allergies since I was eight years old. Living with them for almost 20 years, I have been on every medication out there. Each springtime you will see another new commerical on tv advertizing a new allergy medication because most people (and if you're like ME) will build a fast tolerance to the medicine. So what worked last year - doesn't work this year! Being pregnant - my options are very slim! I have been taking the generic brand of zrytec which is a preventive, meaning you have to get into your system before it starts doing its job. And when you have a bad attack - this isn't going to immediately fight it. (That's where you need a Benadryl). These meds needs to be taken every morning and every night. I don't like taking 2 pills a day for my allgeries when I am pregnant. But if you have never had them... you have NO idea!

Lately, even this medicine isn't cutting it. I don't know what's going on with the pollen/trees/grass, but it's horrible! That irritating itch behind your nose that feels like a sneeze is approaching... just lingers and lingers and is impossible scratch! That past few years haven't been that terrible (and believe me, I have a high tolerance to allergy irriatation) but this week has gotten me down! UGH!

Enough complaining....

A few days ago my new Moby Wrap arrived in the mail! Sweet Melinda sold me her gently used cream colored wrap and I can't wait to start practicing with it. The weight limit is 35 lbs, which is just crazy for me to think I could carry Jackson in it LOL Thanks Melinda!

More exciting things for us... I was in the market for hitting the rummages this spring for outdoor play toys for Jackson. This year will be quite a bit different than last year because he just sat on a blanket last summer. My neighbor had told me that I would really need to keep an eye out for those rummages advertising slides and sandboxes because those items are hot ticket. Low and behold - over Easter my mother in law gave us the outdoor play equipment that she had gotten from a rummage sale a few years prior. She had purchased them at an awesome deal for our nephews but they have out grown the toys. So this Sunday I spent a few mins cleaning them up. What's the point in purchasing these items at full price in the store when they just get beaten up and weathered? I am so happy to have something for Jackson to play with now!

Baby Wearing Recap

I really want to thank everyone for your great input about the baby wearing topic. I really like the idea, and I don't want to be over thinking it. I suppose if its something that I do, even just while baby is an infant - it would be worth the investment. Another thing I considered - baby will be born in September, so that will only leave me with about month of great weather to actually wear it outside. I know I would wear it inside too, but I just see myself in it more outdoors - at the park, lounging in the yard. I am not big on holding a baby around the house.

I watched a tutorial online on how to wrap the Moby and I just fell in love with it! I love the stretchy fabric and the security of it. Definitely something I am willing to give a try :) Now - if only I can find one at a discount ;)

Is Babywearing For Me?

I will first start off by mentioning that I did not haul Jackson around in a carrier very much at all when he was a baby. (Listen to me - when he was a baby... sadly, he's not one anymore!) This was mainly because the front carrier I have is so stressing to my upper back that after about 25-30 mins, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I have seen quite a few moms recently raving over the Mody Wrap and this has me reconsidering a few things.

I am considering babywearing with my second child. I know it's so much easier to get around especially when you have older children. It's a natural thing to hold your baby close. But here is my concern...

Am I going to be creating a baby who is dependant on motion sleeping?

I am not talking about infancy - newborns don't care much about where they are when they fall asleep. My experience with Jackson and his sleeping habits - was a successful tale. He started taking regular naps at 3 months which is when I started putting him in his crib for all naps. My soothing routine at that age [3 mos and for several months thereafter] was diaper change, swaddling and a song or two while I rocked him. He always went into his crib awake and fell asleep on his own - not motion dependant at all. He never liked the swing and after 2 months old - he never fell asleep in my arms again. While that made me sad to a degree - I was proud that my child was independant sleeper at such a young age. He was sleeping through the night at 2 months old.

If baby #2 gets used to falling asleep in the carrier - won't I be creating a hard habit to break? I understand that many moms will take their babes (again, not speaking about newborns here. Rather I am refering to 3 mos+) out of the carriers when they have fallen asleep so that the child can sleep with no motion and get better rest. But I know there some children out there who will wake up as soon as the motion stops. And this can cause much stress on both baby and mommy.

If I am mother who finds non motion sleep beneficial and regular nap schedules an important tool for child rearing - is babywearing not for me?