liking everything to be pretty, I really didn't like the car seat cover that came with the pram we got ... it was a stiff waterproof material ... which I know a lot would say is very practical, but sometimes prettyness has to come before practicality!! (trust me it does!)
so I figured I would have a go at making a new cover ... I took the old cover off and made a pattern from it (a little fiddly as I decided not to take it apart to do it)
I picked greens and browns as the pram is brown and I love the soft green (my mum pointed out that the green spotty is just like my kitchen table cloth ... yes it is! what can I say, I love it!)
I am really pleased how it turned out and even used his other car seat to make a pattern for the head rest as this one didn't have one.
and of course I had to make a little blanket for it! nice chunky wool so it grew quickly!
in the last week or so Billy-boy seems to get comfort from the muslin squares I use when breast feeding and mum said that now is the time to give him something if I want him to have a favourite soft toy or blanket to cuddle. I don't really mind what he has, but I thought it would be a nice thing to make him a knitted toy. So I took a simple teddy pattern and made it, but added ears and a tail, so it looks a bit like dilly-dog ... but being a boy, billy needs a boy toy so its digby-dog (dilly's dad was called digby)
having a baby means you suddenly need to carry around a lot more than the kitchen sink and your changing bag becomes your handbag ... this is fine, but sometimes you do pop somewhere and don't need to take everything or when you are out with your big-kitchen-sink-changing-bag but need to just take your purse/phone/sunglasses into a shop or something it is a pain not having a smaller bag. So over the last week I have made myself a little drawstring bag that will fit in my baby-changing-bag, but that I can grab out easily and have the essentials of what my 'pre-baby- handbag would have!
I made it up as I went along, but am really pleased with how it turned out ...
I lined it with a bit of calico so strengthen it ...
... I am now just thinking maybe cream wasn't the most practical colour!!
Being pretty much house-bound through my pregnancy since Christmas meant I couldn't do the fun bit of pregnancy ... buying stuff for baby! We have been very blessed though with everyone giving us bits and bobs ... the only thing I managed to get myself was a set of tiny white baby grows to bring him home from the birth centre in, but as I ended up having him at home, it didn't matter anyway!! ... but I really did want to pick out some clothes and bits for myself ... after all when they are tiny babies they are really an extension of yourself (I'm not taking away from him being an individual, but by style and likes are important to me and I didn't want him dressed in just anything!)
about a month ago Steve, Billy-boy, myself, a friend and her wee-little-lass went to a carboot sale ... it was a hot and busy carboot ... in the first half and hour I lost Steve and Billy-boy and then Steve and I had to pop back to the car to feed and change him (babs, not Steve!!)
there are always lots of baby clothes at carboots, but how people display them can really make a difference when you are feeling stressed and hot (which we were by that point) but there was one stall in the corner where she had packaged the clothes up beautifully and put them in plastic boxes for sizes and it was so exciting (for me!) to look through ... most were £1.20/£1.50 for the set and all in excellent condition and some I don't think had been worn at all!
the top on this little set he has grown out of already, but the trousers are still ok!
I just L-O-V-E this woodland top!
ummmm .... cute!!!!
he lives in these 2 babygrows ... I am sure they had never been worn.
these little shorts were 50p from another stall.
a few weeks before the carboot I went to a tabletop sale and bought these ... little dungarees and top - £2.50
and 3 lovely babygrows ... they are still too big for him, but I love them! - £1.50 each
and I also got this ... you can't really see it but its like a little cocoon ... he is too big for it now, but I used it when billy-boy was smaller ... it was £2.50
we were been given some great gifts for billy-boy when he was born, but this one made by my brother and sister-in-law is one of the best!
she made it with nappies, muslin squares, bibs, a bottle, a toy and some socks!
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