Woo Hoo!

At least once a week we get emails from customers requesting items we don't have for sale.  We love these emails, because that's where most of our greatest new ideas come from.  But every so often they provide us with a challenge.  And while we're all for a challenge, sometimes they can drag on and on and on.

Case in point.  Our elastic toddler belts are still one of our most favourite products.  We've been making them for over 2 years now, and just recently overhauled them to be even better.   And while we love our polka dotted ones, we CONSTANTLY get asked for ones that are fun but plain.  Up until now, we've only had plain black. 

But finally, FINALLY after two years of looking, we think we may have found a supplier of some fun, colourful elastic that is PLAIN!  It just showed up in the mail yesterday, so we're going to test it out on our peanuts over the next week or so and make sure we're happy with them before they hit the shop, but here's your little sneak peek (and yes, we know we won't be winning any photography awards with the picture - my camera is TERRIBLE at night with or without the flash). 



The Magic Bag

So, my baby is a month old.  A MONTH OLD!  How does this happen?  We've learned a lot about each other in this month (having a 3 year old, you sort of forget how the newborn stage goes :).  One thing I've learned is that she LOVES her cuddle wrap. 

My 3 year old is an infamous thumb sucker.  My infant seems destined to be the same.  The only way she will sleep is with her hands by her face (but with her soother in her mouth until she can get this thumb business figured out).  But she NEEDS to be swaddled up tight.  She startles SO EASILY.  I'd swaddled her up in big receiving blankets the first couple of days and it didn't go well.  Her arms easily got out the top, she startled and she was AWAKE.  So I had to buck the trend of the ol' shoemakers' kids never having nice shoes, and I made her a cuddle wrap.  I've since made another for laundry days. 

My Mom was over the other day and was trying to settle Macy down for her nap.  She had the soother and a blanket, but that wasn't cutting it.  I convinced her to listen to me.  She put her in the cuddle wrap, popped the soother in the mouth, and she was almost instantly asleep.  Grandma was impressed. 

Now, it's like she just knows.  This picture makes me smile because I just checked on her in the crib and this is exactly how she looks.  If you've never been sold on swaddling (or just generally curse the blankets when you try and wrap them up tight yourself), you just might be impressed by our cuddle wraps.

Of course, every baby is different.  But if you think of how tight and cramped the space they came from was, it really does make sense why they want to be wrapped up so tightly.  All I know is we're a month in and I'm getting a good night's sleep.  :)