Baby Sling

The baby sling did come in the other day and I got the chance to try it on, I'm very happy. I thought I'd just share this photo of me trying it out, using Abel as a stand-in for William, as he's not here yet.

I look terrible as I was in my pajamas and not ready to see people or be photographed, but whatever.

Oh, for anybody looking for a baby sling, I ordered this one from Sevenslings.com. I'm a size 22/24 currently (including with my baby weight) and they had a size to fit me, so they carry reasonably big sizes and have a lot of cute patterns (if I had had a girl I can only imagine the trouble I'd have had picking out which pattern I wanted, I still had a bit because I debated between gender neutral or all-out boy).

And if anybody is wondering, I have a pretty big cat. He's at least 12lbs, I'd say. I was excited by how well he fit and how comfy it was (my hand is only holding on to him because I didn't want to risk him escaping while we were outside).

Unrelated, but I still have not found my wedding rings and I am not happy about it!

I think my sling may come in today (or tomorrow, but I hope today since I ordered it over 10 days ago) and I cannot wait to get it out and try it on/force Abel to ride around in it. I don't think Abelard suspects anything yet. Poor boy, always forced to do things he doesn't want to do (mostly receive love).

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Of course, Lupe isn't much bigger than Abel, so if Abel refuses to cooperate I may use her. She just acts like half my interactions with her are me punishing her or me looking at her means she's in trouble (because she's gotten in trouble a lot because she misbehaves a lot and I don't let her get away with it).

I'm thinking I may finally order some tummy sleeves. I've been doing the rubber band trick but I'm sick of it. Depending on the day and time sometimes I can button my jeans fully and zip them but other days I just want to leave them fully unbuttoned (in all fairness, a lot of it has to do with what I'm sitting on/doing). Either way, I've been wanting to get some but I'm nervous because I can't buy them in stores locally as far as I can tell. I was hoping to find ones with more support for my back but as of now I think I'm just going to go with the Motherhood Maternity ones since I think I can at least return those in-store. Since I've barely gained any weight yet and I'm 24 weeks I don't have back issues yet (well, my back aches from standing up more, but since I don't have to work right now it's not a huge problem). I guess if I like the ones I get I may try to invest in one that's more back-support than just helping keep my jeans up while not fully zipping or buttoning them. 

We are 24 weeks as of Sunday! Yay! Patrick is my baby belly photographer and it's hit or miss, so here's my not so great photo (of course, I was also not wearing makeup, so it's partially my fault).

24 weeks pregnant!

I really never feel like I look any different than pre-pregnancy (because I'm still in my pre-pregnancy clothes and all I do is measure my waist, which fluctuates about 2-3 inches from when I started) but then in photos I start to realize my face is thinner, my stomach is shaped differently. I'm really interested to see what my body looks like post-baby. 

I have yet to start really buying anything for the baby. Partially because I figure I should wait 'til we have a baby shower, partially because we have nowhere to put most of his stuff until August 1 (which I am not happy about, I thought our lease was up mid-July but apparently they give you the whole month so it's August 1... and that gives me a month (that's assuming I don't give birth early) to get a room ready for him. Not happy at all.). Well, I'm sure my mom would store some stuff at her house for us, but there I have to worry about her cats getting on it/spraying it.

Yesterday we did go ahead and buy a nursing pillow and a sling. I figured I might as well because as much as I'd enjoy a boppy, this pillow doesn't look that much different (I think it's thinner) and I got the pillow for free--just had to pay shipping (while I know likely somebody would have given me one at a baby shower, I figure either they'll get something else when they see I'm not registered for it OR I can return it and use the money to get something else I'll probably need. I also liked this pattern more than the boppy patterns I saw at the store).

You can get this at nursingpillow.com

 Then they gave me a code to get the sling for free, so yet again it was just shipping (and I paid extra so that if I have to exchange it once William gets here if I find out it doesn't fit right then I have no issue changing it out). I had had one at one point but it was before I knew what I was having so I hadn't wanted to buy one because while I liked a more gender-neutral one alright, I wanted to go based off gender, or at least know to have that option. But it worked out because they had new patterns so we got one that's very boyish that I think is super cute.

You can get it at sevenslings.com

I'd wanted to get his name personalized on it but I don't plan to call him William when he gets here, though that may be what we do end up calling him, so I figured I'd wait. Also, it'll be easier to give away to somebody if it's not personalized, or to use if we happen to have another boy ever.

I can't wait for them to get here and for him to get here so I can use them.