Baby Beach Tent

When we went to Hawaii, Charlotte was five months old. Daniel's coworker lent this baby tent to us: KidCo PeaPod

It was great for laying Charlotte out on the beach without having her in the sun. If she were a better napper, she probably would have slept in it on the beach. But alas, she loves looking around, especially at people.

We also used it as a "crib" for her in the hotel room. The hotel was kind enough to provide a real crib, but she wasn't having it. The pod also came with a self inflating mattress pad, like the ones you take camping.

Mom's hair falling postpartum

I read somewhere that after giving birth, the thick hair that women enjoy during pregnancy starts to fall out as levels of estrogen (the hormone that lengthens the time of the growth cycle of hair) drop. I think mine just started to fall out last week. Baby was five months and one week old. I'm still breastfeeding exclusively, but she has started to eat fewer times and has gone for longer stretches of sleep at night. For me, the hair didn't come out in chunks or handfuls. I just noticed a little more in my brush and a lot more tangled in my hair ties when I pulled them out. So long thick hair...

What does let down feel like?

I described what let down feels like to my husband the other day. The closest feeling I could think of was pulling a length of dental floss through the v between two fingers plus imagining the area tingling like a blister tingles, but not so painful. It took me a month or so to really be able to feel when I was letting down, so it's not something painful.

New High Chair!!!

Charlotte is getting close to six months which means she'll be eating solids soon. We have a Fisher-Price Healthy Care Deluxe Booster Seat 
that a friend gave us, but it seemed to be too big for her right now. Yesterday, we went to Babies R Us to just check out the high chairs, but ended up taking home a green Inglesina Zuma.
It's the most high tech looking piece of furniture we have. We looked at Baby Bargains best rated chair, the Graco Contempo - B is for Bear, but decided it wasn't exactly what we were looking for. Plus it was about the same price ($119) as the Zuma ($120 - online return item).

I love scoring deals in the clearance section at Babies R Us.