Homemade.
I used my nice sewing machine and rudimentary sewing skills to make something for the nursery this past weekend. After finding I was not satisfied with any of my choices of ready-made changing pad covers, I decide to make my own. I found tons of great fabrics in fleece and flannel to use. I bought two printed flannels that I thought were really cute. The first one I made was using this frog print that says “Little Prince.” I thought it was extremely cute in the store, but Matt thinks it is really ugly. So, he has deemed “Little Prince” as the backup cover. The other one is a jungle/safari print that has colors and a theme that go with the nursery. This was the second one I made, so it is higher quality sewing and Matt likes it better. Anyway, you can check out the photos below of the covers in action and close ups of the fabric.
As I am writing this, I have headphones pressed against my belly playing The White Stripes for the baby. This is the first time I have tried this, after hearing someone on a pregnancy podcast (Pregtastic) mention that she started doing this for her baby. It was easy to choose what I wanted to be my baby’s first music to hear. I mean, why not get him started early with loving The White Stripes, right? At first he didn’t seem to be responding much, but he has been moving around like crazy since the second song or so. Who knows if that means he likes it and is mentally stimulated or if he is moving around trying to get away from the terrifying noise. Let’s hope it’s the former. I like to think he is rocking out in there.
