{Photograph: Michael Bell 20th March 2011}When I was preg with my first I decided against the capsule for the $ factor. Same when pregnant with my second. But when it came to my third I wanted one, I needed one, I didn't want to imagine life without one.
My second child was a handful (or two), a runner, a squirm, a wriggler and NEEDED restraining every where we went. I viewed life without a capsule as pure chaos.
But we 'broke' our extra-wide-will-fit-3-baby-seats-along-the-back-seat wagon into a stronger-than-us-tree at around 35 or 36 weeks gestation and with no insurance and no savings ended up with a teeny-weeny-fit-two-baby-seats-and-squish-a-kid-in-the-middle-with-no-car-seat. ((relax... it was legal that year))
Bye bye dream of capsule-carried-bubby. Fortunately I was involved with people that had arms to cuddle, eyes to admire, lips to coo & hearts to adore my precious baby boy.
[This is the part where I say going from 2-3 kids was an absolute BREEZE!!! Or rather 3-4 as I was ALSO babysitting a 10mth old Prince 3-5 days per week even before my baby reached his 7 day mark. - It wasn't until we moved house that things turned the other way for me]
THIS last pregnancy with Michael out of work for 6 months I decided that the capsule was happening NO MATTER WHAT and onto layby it went with no discount *gasp*
It has been one of the best purchases we've ever made on baby stuff!!!! I RECCOMMEND BUYING A BABY CAPSULE!!!
I can take bubby shopping and put her in the capsule on top of a single trolley and still have hands free to shop, control other children and play games with other children while they sit in the kiddy seat (For when I DO go grocery shopping without 2 extra people helping me)
I can take bubby into church and know that bubby won't be passed around :) *bliss* because she will be fast asleep in her capsule and when she wakes its feeding time anyhow
When we are about to leave a designation and bubba starts stirring/crying I can pick the carrier up and lightly swing it backwards and forwards and she will settle back to sleep =]
Actually anywhere I go I can take her in the capsule and still have that ability to chase the other kids, squish the other kids, annoy the other kids and know that bubby is safe.
I would love to use the sling carrier a lot more but unfortunately my back doesn't allow it for long periods at a time, and using the sling means the other children need to be careful not to squish bubba so the capsule is an option that I am in love with.
[[Now to get good value for money: I would LOVE LOVE LOVE another bubba PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Hun xx]]
5 Things I am Thankful for:
1. $$ that came in just in time for her birth
2. Work that provided the $$ for the capsule (plus extras)
3. That I do not regret spending so much $$ on something that 'lasts' 6-8months
4. The ease and peace that the capsule has brought to my life
5. The Capsule
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