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| Letting grandma care for my baby for an overnight | | | | it. |
| visit was intended to provide me rest. I had never been | | | | It was our plan to use cloth diapers for our little one. |
| away from my daughter for any length of time in her | | | | Cloth diapers were used with my older siblings but I |
| short four month old lifetime. Since my mother had | | | | was a disposable diaper baby. She thought my |
| been asking for over a month to keep my baby for an | | | | decision was like going backwards. my mother had a |
| overnight visit, I could not put it off any longer. Preparing | | | | hard time understanding how much cloth diapers had |
| everything to get her to grandma's house made me | | | | improved since her days of diapering me. To show her |
| feel like I needed a vacation. Add to all that the stress | | | | how simple they were to use, I was going to bring |
| of being away from my baby for the first time. | | | | along my Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers. So, in addition to |
| Mother had already purchased some baby items to | | | | everything else I packed a few cloth diapers and a |
| keep are her home, but she did not have everything | | | | wet bag and planned to show my mom how to use |
| necessary for an overnight stay. My mind started | | | | them. |
| going over the possibilities. If she needed to go | | | | By the time I was done packing my mini van I needed |
| anywhere, the baby travel system with the car seat | | | | a rest, but it was time to leave. My mother and I spent |
| and the seat base was a necessity. To be useful, it | | | | over two hours going over everything after heading to |
| would need to be installed in her car. I knew that she | | | | her home. When she asked me if I thought she had |
| was not planning to go anywhere, but you never know | | | | ever taken care of a baby, I realized it was time to |
| what might come up. The stroller, car seat and base | | | | leave. I had taken everything I could to make the |
| made their way into my vehicle. | | | | overnight visit easy on my daughter and on my mom. I |
| My baby rarely falls asleep in he crib, so even though | | | | then went back home to prepare for my dinner date |
| my mom has a play pen which could be used as a | | | | with my husband. The dinner was stressful, as I could |
| crib we did not need it. I usually have to put her in one | | | | not stop thinking about my little girl and I called my mom |
| of my ring slings and wear her around the house until | | | | about ten times in just the first two hours. All the worry |
| she falls asleep. After she has fallen asleep, I carefully | | | | was for nothing; the visit went very well. |
| move her to her crib. I brought along one of my ring | | | | |