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Attached, Yet Free

sleepywrapbobajaydenIt’s funny how parenting perspectives shift after becoming a parent. When Jayden was in utero, I had all sorts of ideas of how we were going to care for our new addition. In the end, we applied a go with the flow approach, doing what felt right. Many of these things are associated with the Attachment Parenting style. At the time I had no idea Attachment Parenting was thing. All I cared about was accommodating our growing family of three.

We had plans for a nursery. Since we planned to move a few months after having Jayden, we didn’t set anything up and we co-slept with him. Once we moved, we had no desire to set up a nursery. Co-sleeping was far more comfortable and easier on me since I was breastfeeding. Speaking of which, I thought it would be a great idea to pump and let Greg bottle feed Jayden as a way for them both to bond. After realizing how difficult and painful pumping was, I decided to do away with that idea.

Oh and let’s talk car seats. The infant “bucket” seats with the handles. We received one and used it all of once. It was far too much work carrying that clunky thing in and out of stores and establishments. I found it much easier to just wear Jayden instead. When Jayden was an infant, I was introduced to the Sleepy Wrap, now called the Boba Wrap and it made life as a new mom SO much easier. Not only did I wear Jayden out, but most of the day at home. He was so content wrapped up and burrowed in mama’s bosom. With the Boba Wrap, I was able to work and complete daily tasks around the house hands and tear-free because baby Jayden refused to lay alone.

We still apply these same concepts with Jaxon. We co-sleep, breastfeed, and babywear. We’ve since added more essentials from Boba. Most of our babywearing has been done in Boba’s structured carrier since he liked to wiggle out of the wrap. On crisp spring days, we wore the Boba vest which kept us both snuggly warm. Our parenting style has allowed us to bond with the boys in a way that feels right for us. Attached, yet free.

Boba Vest

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Boba. The opinions and text are all mine.

Stacie

Saturday 28th of September 2013

My daughter could really benefit from baby wearing. I ll be sure to tell her about Boba.

I love those twists on you too.

K.O.

Thursday 26th of September 2013

Your hair looks beautiful! I love it. Are you wearing them in twists? Or starting your locks over?

Sheena

Thursday 26th of September 2013

Thanks, the first photo was from when Jayden (my oldest) was a baby. I had twists. They had actually started locking later on. I panicked and took them out when I could have just left them in. Shortly after, I started my locs with twists (not as neat as the first set). Makes when want to start them again though since the parts were neater with the first set of twists.

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