I went with a simple color scheme and the hilarious curly cues for my son's hat. I get so many compliments on it wherever I go, and I tell everyone where I got it. Many inquirers are grown women wanting one for themselves. It can be thrown in the washing machine for easy cleaning, and it seems stretchy enough that it will last us several seasons at least. Definitely a great buy with a look and quality that's really unbeatable.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Hat's Off to Cute Hats
I'm pretty big on finding unique items for my baby. There's not a whole lot of fun in having him look just like everyone else. Even when it came time to purchase a winter hat, I wasn't satisfied with what I found in department stores. They were boring or ugly or featured Disney or other cartoon characters. He's 1 - he doesn't know who Dora or Diego are so why should he wear them on his hat? After several brick and mortar and online searches proved worthless, I went to the one place I can always find something unique. Etsy. com, once again, pulled through for me. After some carefully selected search terms I came across the vendor Once Upon a Hook. Working out of her pet- and smoke-free home in Brooklyn, this gal comes up with some truly adorable lids for your little one. Animals, flowers, berries, monsters, stripes and more, you can be sure no other kids at daycare will have a hat like these! 
I went with a simple color scheme and the hilarious curly cues for my son's hat. I get so many compliments on it wherever I go, and I tell everyone where I got it. Many inquirers are grown women wanting one for themselves. It can be thrown in the washing machine for easy cleaning, and it seems stretchy enough that it will last us several seasons at least. Definitely a great buy with a look and quality that's really unbeatable.
I went with a simple color scheme and the hilarious curly cues for my son's hat. I get so many compliments on it wherever I go, and I tell everyone where I got it. Many inquirers are grown women wanting one for themselves. It can be thrown in the washing machine for easy cleaning, and it seems stretchy enough that it will last us several seasons at least. Definitely a great buy with a look and quality that's really unbeatable.
Just Say "NO" to the Nosefrida!
If it's made in Sweden, it has to be good, right? The Nosefrida...oh, where to begin? I decided to give this unique nasal aspirator a try after reading all the great reviews on various websites and blogs. Everyone was raving about how effective it was. At $17, I think it's a pretty expensive booger extractor, but, hey, everyone else seems to love it! Once it arrived, I wasn't sure I could go through with it. You see, the way the Nosefrida works is you place the cylinder just outside of
baby's nostril. Then you put that flexible tube IN YOUR MOUTH. Yes, you read that correctly. You put it in your mouth and SUCK the snot! There is a filter between the cylinder and the tube so you can be sure nothing green reaches your lips. Ewww! This was a huge leap for me considering I gag and heave over just about anything. I guess when it's your baby, you just find the courage somewhere. I waited until he had a stuffy nose, whipped out the Nosefrida, put the cylinder in place, the tube in my mouth and sucked with all my might. Then I did it again.
I sucked until I almost passed out, but I couldn't get anything out of that little stuffy nose of his. Plus, he kept trying to put the cylinder in his mouth. This thing doesn't work. I even tried Saline to loosen up the stuff first. Sucked 'til I was blue in the face and the mucus hadn't budged. So, I pulled out my trusty bulb aspirator and out it all came. Baby could breathe clear again. My advice, when it comes to nasal aspirators - save yourself the $17 and take the hospital aspirator home with you. The one they use when baby is first born - that is the best aspirator you'll ever find. They're going to charge you for it anyway (probably more than $17, though!) so you might as well keep it. No other aspirators work as well as the one the pediatrician uses on your baby in his or her first minutes of life.
baby's nostril. Then you put that flexible tube IN YOUR MOUTH. Yes, you read that correctly. You put it in your mouth and SUCK the snot! There is a filter between the cylinder and the tube so you can be sure nothing green reaches your lips. Ewww! This was a huge leap for me considering I gag and heave over just about anything. I guess when it's your baby, you just find the courage somewhere. I waited until he had a stuffy nose, whipped out the Nosefrida, put the cylinder in place, the tube in my mouth and sucked with all my might. Then I did it again.
I sucked until I almost passed out, but I couldn't get anything out of that little stuffy nose of his. Plus, he kept trying to put the cylinder in his mouth. This thing doesn't work. I even tried Saline to loosen up the stuff first. Sucked 'til I was blue in the face and the mucus hadn't budged. So, I pulled out my trusty bulb aspirator and out it all came. Baby could breathe clear again. My advice, when it comes to nasal aspirators - save yourself the $17 and take the hospital aspirator home with you. The one they use when baby is first born - that is the best aspirator you'll ever find. They're going to charge you for it anyway (probably more than $17, though!) so you might as well keep it. No other aspirators work as well as the one the pediatrician uses on your baby in his or her first minutes of life.
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