Leg Warmers...Cloth Diaper's Favorite Accessory

Ever since I started researching cloth diapers, I've come across A TON of pictures of babies wearing leg warmers with their cloth diapers and became curious. After trying my first couple cloth diapers I realized why Mom's used leg warmers...

#1 - the bulkiness of the diapers causes Mom's to have to put a pants size up on their babes and sometimes the length of the bigger size becomes a hassle when you constantly have to roll the pant legs up.

#2 - it makes changing diapers a BREEZE! You don't have to constantly take off or unbutton pants at every diaper change.

So, I started looking at leg warmers from Baby Legs...I'm completely ADDICTED!! I just ordered about 6 pairs from their site and then my FAVORITE boutique Bella's Bowtique has a sale on leg warmers for $6.99 a pair!! I ended up getting 4 from them. I JUST got mine today...here they are....

Sorry for the sketchy photography, this was taken with my phone ;-)

Not only do leg warmers make diaper changes a breeze...they're SO SO SO ADORABLE! (If you couldn't already see that from my picture above haha)

Dear Teeth.....

Dear Teeth Hibernating In Miss K's Mouth,

Could you possibly make your appearance within the next day or so? Our family would love to see you in person. This whole, interrupting Miss K's sleep schedule thing you got going, not liking it so much. The poor girl isn't sleeping well at night and her nap times have been cut in half during the day. Our poor baby is restless and teething tablets only work for so long. Don't get me wrong, we're handling this just fine, but it's not very fun watching the babe go through it.

Can't wait to meet you! :-)

Love,

Caty

HELP MIKE KING FUND RAISER/CONTEST! LAST DAY!

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know that today is the last day to enter for a chance to win a $55.00 shopping spree at Made With Love By Caty! Click HERE for all the details!

Thank you all so much for your support! Winner to be announced tomorrow!

DAY 2 - HELP MIKE KING FUND RAISER/GIVEAWAY!

For those of you that aren't aware of this yet, please take a couple minutes to head over to my other blog (link below) and check out this fund raiser I'm doing. It's for a great cause and your help is VERY much appreciated! Thank you so much!

CHECK OUT THE FUND RAISER/GIVEAWAY AT MY OTHER BLOG - MADE WITH LOVE BY CATY!!!! THE WINNER GETS A $55.00 SHOPPING SPREE FROM MY SHOP!!! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS!

HELP MIKE KING FUND RAISER/GIVEAWAY (Sponsored by Made With Love By Caty)

CHECK OUT THE FUND RAISER/GIVEAWAY AT MY OTHER BLOG - MADE WITH LOVE BY CATY!!!! THE WINNER GETS A $55.00 SHOPPING SPREE FROM MY SHOP!!! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS!

Cloth Diaper Update #2

Hey All!

Sorry I've been kind of MIA lately! I have a lot going on with my little business Made With Love By Caty! There's something AMAZING that I'm working on, so if you're not a follower of my other blog, I suggest you become one SOON! www.madewithlovebycaty.blogspot.com :-)

Anyways, I'm SUPER excited to tell you that I have just ordered two gDiapers! I can't wait to test them out because I've heard both extremes when it came to people's reviews about these diapers. I've heard a lot of people say that they're great and more trim than most cloth diapers out there and then I've also heard that people have had a lot of leak issues with them, so I will keep you posted by doing a review on them once I get them. Wish me luck!

I'm also VERY excited about the fact that we will be ordering EVERYTHING we have left to get to cloth diaper FULL TIME! WOOT WOOT! I've been waiting for this moment for a long time and I'm so excited! Every site that I'm ordering diaper products through, I've already got the items in my cart and just waiting for my husband to say I can click "CHECKOUT"!! :-)

For those of you already cloth diapering or starting to get your items purchased to do so...Nicki's Diapers has free shipping on all Planet Wise hanging pails and wet/dry bags!

Have a fantastic weekend!!

Facebook Like You Back Wednesday!!

Are you looking for new Facebook pages to follow and new friends who like your page? Then join us!
 
1. Add your Facebook page to the MckLinky (you only have to add it to one and it will appear on all).


2. Click on the Facebook link for the five hostesses and "like" them on Facebook. Leave a comment on their wall and they will like-you-back.

3. Like as many more Facebook pages as you want, leaving comments with links so they'll know where to like-you-back.


Want to help spread the word and add this MckLinky to your blog?


Write your own post telling your readers about FLYB. Below the linky box, you'll see "Want to be a part of this Blog Hop? Click here for instructions and code". You can also find the code for the Facebook Like-You-Back Button on the sidebar at the right.

The Facebook Page of the Week is Stash Mama! 

She takes the #6 spot on the linky and will get a shout out on each of the hostesses Facebook pages! Next week's page of the week will be drawn from all of the entries from this week's hop.


Thank you for participating and let's have fun!

Made with Love by Caty

As a new Mom experiencing all the new things that motherhood brings along with it, I came up with a couple ideas....

For those of you that are breast feeding or have breast fed, did those disposable nursing pads drive you crazy, or seem uncomfortable? For me, not only were they uncomfortable...I was tired of throwing my money away every time I used them. This brought on idea #1 - why not make my own REUSABLE nursing pads!? SO, I DID! :-) Here are just a couple of the ones I made for myself...

Not only was I not throwing my money away anymore, these reusable nursing pads turned out to be SO comfortable!

Then I got to thinking, I have all this time at home to do things and I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that doesn't like wearing disposable nursing pads or hates the idea of buying another box of them every time they run out so why don't I make more and sell them?!

And then....Made with Love By Caty was born! :-) (That sounded corny, but it made me giggle! LOL!)

Of course, my wheels in my brain kept turning and I wondered what else I could make to go along with my nursing pads....NURSING COVERS! WOO HOO! Here's one that I just made yesterday...

I also make burp clothes, such as these...

One of my newest products (just added to my shop this week) are BABY BOOTIES!! Right now I'm only selling size 0-6 months and size 6-12 months. Bigger sizes coming soon!! Here are a few booties I've made and sold so far (will hopefully be posting a bunch in my shop this week, fabric sneak peeks on my Facebook page)...

 

 Most of these items are available on my Etsy site. You can find the link to it below!

If you have a Facebook account...you can click (HERE) to go become a fan (once I reach 300 fans I will be doing a giveaway, so tell your friends and spread the word!) OR you can visit my website (HERE) on Etsy.com where I sell my products. I'm VERY excited to get things going with it! I'm eventually going to add reusable wipes  and wipe case cover/carriers to my inventory.

With all that said....if you know anyone who is pregnant, or just had a baby and need a gift...these would make great gifts for any breast feeding mother! Just send them to my Facebook page or have them call me directly! (I just had to do a pitch! LOL!)

I also have a blog for Made With Love By Caty so I can do contests and giveaways! You MUST be a follower in order qualify for the giveaways! So, go HERE to follow!

4 Month Checkup and Round 2 of Shots

The dreaded 2nd round of shots at the 4 month check up was this week...let's just say that I was a complete mess!

Last time little miss got shots, just a few hours after it happened she SCREAMED like someone was gutting her with a knife for HOURS and nothing helped relieve her pain :-( The worst feeling in the world is watching your child writhe in pain and there's absolutely NOTHING you can do to take the pain away from them. It's the most helpless feeling in the entire world. I basically cried the entire time she cried. No one could've EVER prepared me for that whole day! Thank God my husband was there to help with her, and help me keep it together to be there for Kaelyn.

So this time, we prepared ourselves to deal with the same situation. We put damp wash cloths in the fridge to have them as cold compresses when we came back, had the medicine ready and on hand just in case! (I don't give it to her unless it's a last resort!)

Off to the doctor's we went. It felt like a eternity before the nurse brought us in, the doctor evaluated her and then for the nurse to come back in to give her the shots. This time she only had to get two injections and one oral. I was so excited to see that Kaelyn didn't even feel the first shot happen, but she felt the 2nd one and started crying...we immediately got to pick her up but this time it took her a little longer to calm down in our arms. When she finally calmed down, we loaded her up and brought her home...a couple hours came and went, and she was still happy as a clam...maybe some hope?!

A couple more hours went by, and she was STILL smiling and giggling like a happy little babe! WOOT WOOT! I just kept thinking that it was only a matter of time! So, bedtime arrive, still no fussy baby! SHE DID IT! She got through this round of shots like a champion and they didn't bother her AT ALL! I was a VERY VERY VERY happy Mama! And my husband was quite relieved as well haha!

The only little bump we ran into was a fever that Kaelyn ended up getting when we woke up the next morning. I ended up giving in to giving her medicine because I was terrified and wanted it to break ASAP! Her fever dropped within the hour! I was very excited!

I really hope that this is what happens every time from here on out!