Mommy Urban Legends

I really need to call and schedule an appointment for my back. It's getting pretty bad. Twice now, I've woken up in bed and not been able to move from the pain. Like it's seizing up or something. I have to move very slowly to work it out.
I should probably stop toting two 13lb+ babies up the stairs at the same time too.

And carrying them out to the car at the same time. (In their carriers...)


It's just so much easier and quicker, ya know?
I found a different handmade diaper bag on Ebay that I really like. It's big and has a ton of pockets, but the best thing is that it has stroller straps too. (Can be attached to the handle of a stroller.) The down side is that it's very pricey. But there is a cheaper one she makes and I may email her and ask if she'll add the stroller straps to that for an additional fee. Can't hurt to ask. The second down side to using her is that I don't just love any of her fabric choices.
I'm a solid, plain fabric person. I prefer most things in black (easy to match) and without a lot of flare. She doesn't have any solid fabrics.
I haven't found any of the handmade bags that do.
I'm beginning to think of the perfect diaper bag in the same boat as the perfect stroller- Urban Legend. Simply does not exist.
But I also know that the very small tote that I've been using isn't going to work much longer. (It holds 2 diapers, a small thing of wipes, a burp cloth, Jay's puppy, and Rea's bunny. If we need bottles the puppy and bunny have to ride in the car seats. And only 2 bottles fit. And it's a very tight fit. It's okay (barely) for a quick run somewhere but becoming just impractical.

And I really want a bag that can double as my purse so I don't have to carry yet another bag. This means I need outside pockets for my cell phone and keys and some sort inner pocket that's easy to access for my wallet/cards.

I don't like bags that LOOK like diaper bags. Absolutely no cutesy crap. No characters. I've looked at all the usual best sellers- Diaper Dude, Skip Hop, Carter's. No luck. And I don't like messenger bags. So many of the more trendy styles are messenger bags. Or backpacks. I don't like backpacks either.

And I don't like super pricey crap because I'm cheap. (I love it when Today or The View or any talk show displays the top [insert item here] and they say it's a bargain or something and then they tell it's a pair of jean for ONLY $200. What?! Are you f*ing kidding me? My Levi's are $30 from Kohl's. Thanks. This happened with a diaper bag on The View when Elizabeth was pregnant and I was in the hospital. I looked at them later on the website. $400. FOR A DIAPER BAG. These people are nuts.)


It's a Urban Legend, the perfect diaper bag. I just hope to find something I can live with. Which is pretty much how I feel about the perfect stroller. I'm so excited about the Combi coming Tuesday (yay!) but I also know that it's not 100% what I'm looking for.





This morning I had my first up-the-back-and-in-the-jammies poop experience. It was Jay. And let me say, what a boy. We were playing in the living room. He was smiling and laughing without a care in the world. Then I smelled him. The bark on trees would've peeled away had we been outside. He did not care. Not one little bit. Rea would have gone crazy. I mean, poke the lip out and get seriously offended that she had poop on her.

Even while changing him, he just did not care. He was just so happy to be playing and talking to me. Rea cries until the new diaper is in place and she's had a hug to recover. (Granted for girsl there are places it can get squished into so I understand. I'd probably cry too!)


In other baby news, Jay has a new soother. (Let the angels sings!) He's never taken a paci. There have been so many times that I've wanted him to, but he hates them. But in the past week or so I noticed that he really likes to chew/suck on whatever cloth is near him. So I've let him go to sleep with either a (clean) burp rag or washcloth and he's sleeping even better. (Quit waking at 3am.) I usually find him with a corner in his mouth or at least the cloth in his hand.
Hey, whatever works.


I'm also on the quest for an overnight diaper that does not leak. I'm so sick of washing their Miracle blankets and sheets every single day. They wake up and are both just soaked. I've tried a size bigger in the Pampers (but haven't tried the Baby Dry yet) and I've tried the Huggies (not the Overnights yet because I haven't found them in a small enough size) and I've tried Luvs. It's been suggested that we try a size bigger, so right now we are using size 3 (they are in a 2) Luvs and last night was just horrible.

Another Mommy Urban Legend? Diapers that don't leak overnight. Yep.


This turned into one huge Mommy Mess! Oh well. Such is life these days. (And I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.)


I really love that they smile and laugh so much. I love to see and hear them. I love it when it's because of something I did or said.

Being a mom rocks.



Gina