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02/26/2005 Archived Entry: "slings and diapers"

We are in cloth diapers, finally :) Now all those onesies that were far too long fit just right over her big ol' cloth bum. I still need to order more diapers so I can go a few more days in between washings, but we're fine with what we have right now.
So, when Tabitha was 10 months old, she got too big for me to carry in the front carrier comfortably. I bought a sling so I could do the hip carry and all was well. Now that I have a newborn, I'd like to use it with her, but for the life of me I cannot figure it out. I've been to every website out there that gives instructions and I still don't "get it." Tomorrow we're tentatively planning on going to Disneyland and I'm going to take my sling and I'm going to keep my eyes open for someone using one and then I can accost them and implore them to help me out. Goodness knows I'll never see anyone in my neck of the woods using one. Most advice I get on it is to go to a La Leche League meeting. I'm sure that'd go over real well when I pulled out a bottle to feed my kid, I'd probably be stoned, lol. So, here's hoping I find someone using one tomorrow.
Turns out my kid really likes Hawai'ian music. Not the one who's taking hula classes mind you, the little one. I had to set her down today for a few moments so I could quickly get something done and I played a Hawai'ian song on the computer for her. She didn't make a peep, until after the song ended. I guess it reminds her of being in utero when I would sit in on Tabitha's hula class. Now we just need to get more songs so we don't have to listen to the same one over and over.
Tabitha and I are working out how lessons are going to go from now on. I get them set up relatively early, and we just do a little at a time as we get a chance. There just isn't a block of time for us to do them all at once unless Chris is home and Tabitha doesn't seem to focus very well if Chris is here. Probably because she wants to be with him once he's home from work, which makes perfect sense. We may not always fit everything in, but at least we're doing something.