Nuby Snack Keeper!

Want to see the best snack keeper ever?  Nuby sent me this awesome snack keeper recently.  It's great because Maura has been eating a lot of snacks, and I get to take them with me now!  

It makes it really easy for me to hand to her so she can use her fine motor skills to get snacks out without spilling them all over!  It does a pretty good job of keeping them from spilling all over the floor or my car!  The top is easy for her to get her little hands in, as you can see.  She doesn't get frustrated!  

It's a decent size, holding a little more than a cup of snacks!  I really love this snack keeper!

You can find your own here:

 I did not receive any compensation for this review, however I did receive samples from Nuby to review!

Nuby Infafeeder! Success!

One of Maura's biggest challenges so far, oddly, has been using a cup of any sort. Yes, I know, you can tell me I did it to myself.  I remember distinctly telling the doctors at CHOP that she had no need to take a bottle, that I would be solely nursing her anyway, but here we are at 15 months, and guess who is still solely nursing that dear child?!

We've tried quite an array of sippy cups.  She's very resistant to them!  So when my Softflex Infafeeder arrived from Nuby, I was very excited to give it a try!  After all, they also sent me a variety of interchangeable tops for it!! The top it comes with is a spoon.  It's actually wonderful to use with baby food because it's soft in her mouth.  I wish I had this earlier in our difficult days of feeding purees!! It's shape is so natural that Maura just know what to do with it!

We also use it for learning how to drink from a cup.  There are several other tops to choose from, so we went with the spout.  So far, Maura has taken to biting sippy cups.  Having a vast array of cups from Patrick to try, I feel like we've tried them all.  When I handed this one to Maura, she had no problem grabbing it and getting it to her mouth.  The soft sides of the Infafeeder make it easy for her to pick up.

The other day, our speech therapist came out to see Maura and she LOVED the cup!  She hadn't seen it before, but there were a variety of things we liked about it:

- It's assistive - The bottle itself was made of silicone.  As Maura drinks, I can help her along by squeezing the sides of it to get a sip to her when she tries to "bite" it.

- The valve is soft - muchlike a breast, it has a soft wide valve.  This helps Maura get the idea of "latching" on to it.

- A variety of nipples and tops can be used for it! Starting with a bottle?  No problem!  It easily transitions to a soft spoon that feels familiar on gums, as well as a variety of sippy spouts!

- The shape is a familiar shape that transfers eventually to regular Nuby sippy cups.  I love how everything transitions so seamlessly!

We won't be going anywhere without our Nuby cup.  It's really been the one that's worked best so far.

You can pick up a Nuby Infafeeder right here:

Finn and Fern

So I've been keeping a little secret.  I mulled it around in my head quite a bit and started secretly sewing and making.  I decided I really wanted to try to get my Etsy shop off the ground.  It all began so simply, really...with those two children I have and love so dearly...We'll call them Finn and Fern (their middle names that work so nicely together!)  Well needless to say, I'd love to make some extra cash in my time home with them, and maybe even extend it longer than I had anticipated.

So I've been working hard to make that happen.  While we were away at Phish, we met some new friends.  My friend Maria opened up a shop selling her patterns for Waldorf dolls.  It all hit me.  I could really do this.  I make dolls!  I've been making dolls since the dawn of time! I was, after all, called the Esther Girl for a reason!  It was a doll that started it all!

These dolls are quite a bit different, but none the less, they are just as beautiful.  Each one is a combination of machine and hand stitching.  Although there is more hand stitching than machine.  They are stuffed with wool, which is known to take on the scent of the home, making it a comforting companion for any little one.  Their faces are sculpted by hand and sewn by hand.  Their hair is all wool and also attached by hand.

Each dress is lovingly handcrafted from the finest calicos I can find.  Sometimes, I love them so much, I don't even want to cut into them, but I really love how they look as dresses for these little friends!

Anyway, I've opened shop.  There are four dollies in there now, and two more are currently in the works.  I hope you'll take a minute to check them out, like us on Facebook, and Favorite our shop!  I'll also be updating a blog specifically for them here.  You might even want to take home one of my lovely dollies too!  I'd love that!!

Blogging for Nuby!

Having a second go round at this baby thing, I feel like I've honed my baby gear skills.  I know what I want this time.  I don't just go into the store and settle for the first thing I see.  Maura has posed me with even more challenges developmentally, with both play and eating.  So when the opportunity came along to be a Nuby Mommy Blogger, I was eager to jump right in.  I mean, why not take a look at some great products and tell you all about them?  Who wouldn't want to do that?

The other day, we got a box filled with Nuby goodness.  Can you tell Maura was quite stoked?  So right now, we are taking some time to try things out, and we'll be reporting back to you in the next few days on the goodies we got!

In the meantime, take a minute to check out Nuby over on Facebook and also on Twitter!


I did not receive any compensation for this post, although as part of this program I may receive items to sample or review.