Projects for Baby Girl

Baby girl is basically fully supplied with all the necessities:

-clothes for the rest of her life
-toys and books

-crib
-changing table

-bouncy chair
-pack n play
-high chair

-bumbo

-car seat

-stroller

I have been thinking lately about things she stil might need. Call it nesting, call it whatever. I call it preparation!! Like, when we moved from Rexburg, we gave away the baby tub. So, a baby tub is on our list. But now that I've learned through Brinley, we need a simpler tub like this one, instead of a hard plastic tub that are big and bulky. We had that with Brinley because we were desperate, and I hated using it!

We plan on getting a brand new coming home from the hospital outfit. Like this one...adorable. Love that sleeper! 

I am motivated again to bust out my sewing machine! Sewing those blackout curtains was an exhausting process, and since we reorganized our bedroom once again, the desk is open for use so I won't have to put away my sewing stuff every time. 

Project #1

Gauzey Swaddle Blankets

The light gauze fabric is perfect for Florida swaddling. I plan on making 3 or 4 swaddle blankets in a rainbow of colors. I am excited to get this project started! I found gauze fabric here, which is half the price than at Joann's! 

tutorial by MADE

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Project #2

Dying baby white onesies

We have soooo maaaany white onesies size 0-12 months it is crazy town. Brinley was wearing 2 layers or more the first 6 months of her life, so I'm thinking now that we live in Florida, this baby won't need to double up as often as Brinley needed to. The majority of them are milk stained so the perfect way to liven those babies up is to dye them! 

tutorial by MADE

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Project #3

Jazzing up burp rags

I am not about to reuse Brinley's old burp rags, especially taking in consideration how much Brinley spit up. Eeek! She was a constant leaky faucet. We never used the Gerber cloth diapers as burp rags for Brinley like maaaaany moms do. I was jealous of them, that's for sure! They looked much more absorbable than the ones we were using. So, my plan: Jazz Up Burp Rags.

tutorial by See Kate Sew

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Project #4

Binky Clips

These babies saved my life with Brinley aka the child who would constantly spit her binky out at random moments in random places ie public restrooms, airports, church, grocery store, out on walks, etc. I didn't catch on until she was about 4 months old! I am determined to be more prepared this time around!! Of course we will be using the NUK binkies :-) they are the best!

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Project #5 

Special Blanket

To this day, nearly 3 years later, we still use the special baby blanket Auntie Kristine made for Brinley (you can totally see in that video that Brinley already started twirling her hair! She was only 3 weeks old! We weren't lying that she came out of the womb twirling!!).  It is usually my go-to blanket for trips. It has gone from being the best playing on the floor blanket, to an outdoor swaddle blanket on winder days, blanket to cover up a window to make it darker for naps, a lap blanket in the stroller, and now we use it as the perfect crib blanket on chillier nights. This blanket meant the world to me when we got it, and now that I can sew a bit myself, I thought I would try it out and sew up a special blanket for this new baby!