Friday, February 27, 2009

My Review of Fisher-Price Power Plus Plug in Swing

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The power plus swing is the first swing to feature a plug-in option to save mom money on batteries. It has 6 speeds and 10 soothing songs, plus a 3 position recline to accommodate even the youngest baby in comfort. As the swing moves, the three plush toys on the overhead mobile sway. The mobile eas...


Love my Fisher Price Power Plus Swing!

kristanoelle Cedar City, Utah 2/27/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Lightweight, Stable, Good Support, Easy to Clean, Visually Stimulating, Holds Baby's Attention, Easy to Assemble

Best Uses: Naptime, Infants

Describe Yourself: First Time Parent

I LOVE that this swing doesn't require batteries! I also love the appearance of this swing...it is cute cute cute and the colors will work for our little girl as well as any boy babies we might have someday! I read lots of reviews before making this purchase and some people had expressed being disappointed with the speeds on the swing. My husband says it's true that the high speed isn't much faster than the slow speed, but really, how fast do you want your little baby to go!? My baby LOVES the music on the swing and the mobile on top. People also said it's easily outgrown, but really, what don't they outgrow in the first year of their lives!? This swing is the best one I've found, and I looked at LOTS of swings! I recommend it to anyone! (The only problem I have is that my baby's head slumps over when she sleeps so I wrap a folded blanket in a U shape around her head...it would be great if the swing could come with something like that...like the ones they make for carseats!)

The look on her face says it all!

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My Review of Fisher-Price Power Plus Plug in Swing

Toys R Us

The power plus swing is the first swing to feature a plug-in option to save mom money on batteries. It has 6 speeds and 10 soothing songs, plus a 3 position recline to accommodate even the youngest baby in comfort. As the swing moves, the three plush toys on the overhead mobile sway. The mobile eas...


Love my Fisher Price Power Plus Swing!

kristanoelle Cedar City, Utah 2/27/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Lightweight, Stable, Good Support, Easy to Clean, Visually Stimulating, Holds Baby's Attention, Easy to Assemble

Best Uses: Naptime, Infants

Describe Yourself: First Time Parent

I LOVE that this swing doesn't require batteries! I also love the appearance of this swing...it is cute cute cute and the colors will work for our little girl as well as any boy babies we might have someday! I read lots of reviews before making this purchase and some people had expressed being disappointed with the speeds on the swing. My husband says it's true that the high speed isn't much faster than the slow speed, but really, how fast do you want your little baby to go!? My baby LOVES the music on the swing and the mobile on top. People also said it's easily outgrown, but really, what don't they outgrow in the first year of their lives!? This swing is the best one I've found, and I looked at LOTS of swings! I recommend it to anyone! (The only problem I have is that my baby's head slumps over when she sleeps so I wrap a folded blanket in a U shape around her head...it would be great if the swing could come with something like that...like the ones they make for carseats!)

The look on her face says it all!

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Life with Corelle in it...

We are finally starting to get back into the swing of things. After all the traveling and the surgery a month after having Corelle and not being able to do much after that (housework or otherwise!), I am feeling great again and have started to get into a routine again. I am TOTALLY loving being a mommy! And it's not some fairytale period like people might think it is. I truly love it, I don't mind poopy diapers, I don't mind spit up, and I don't mind nighttime feedings. They say every baby and mommy have a hardest time of their day, and ours has to be about 11 at night. Corelle gets fussy, she won't fall asleep (or should I say stay asleep) even if I rock her to sleep and try to put her in her bassinet (having fed her and changed her, of course). She cries the second I put her down. And won't stop if I let her lay there. She gets tears and turns red, the whole works. So, I sit and hold her for seriously one or two hours at night until she is in a deep sleep. If I am lucky, it's one hour, but usually it's two.) That is when I write in my journal and play on Facebook. What else am I supposed to do until 2 in the morning? (It is presently 1:30 and I have to get up for church at 7 and she is still laying on my chest, the sweet little thing). So, I get a little tired at nights and then I don't want to wake up bright and early in the mornings, and I sleep until about 10. (Admit it...you know you'd do the same thing if you went to bed at 2 and needed your 8 hours!) I am grateful I set my own work schedule. I currently do 4-6:30 on Mondays and Thursdays and 6:30-8 on Wednesdays. That is PLENTY of time away from my sweet little one for now. I find myself unsure of how to create a balance between spending enough time with my baby and getting things done around the house. I am such a perfectionist that when people tell me to enjoy every minute with her because she will grow so fast, I take it literally. So I hold her, most of the day. She has gotten a lot better at letting us put her down for 15-20 minutes at a time now, but I do that the bare minimum! As a result, I don't get my house cleaned the way I'd like to, but in 10 years I won't care that my house was untidy (never unclean, like dirty toilets and sinks...we are talking clutter from stuff being out)...I will care that I held my baby. I always think to myself the saying I heard when I was quite young..."Settle down, cobwebs, dust go to sleep, I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep." It is such a beautiful thing, being a mom and holding your baby and singing to her and reading to her. She is smiling and cooing a lot now, and brings a lot of joy to Corban and me. You should see the way Corban is with her. If I thought he was sweet with out bird, I could only have imagined how much sweeter he'd be with a daughter. I love to see him talk to her and play with her. I am grateful she will have that kind of special relationship with her daddy! (Oh, the update is, at her 6 week appointment she had gained 2 pounds and 1 ounce and grown 3 inches, making her 9.1 pounds and 21 inches long. At my 6 week checkup, the doctor commented on how calm Corelle is...I told him that's how things are around our house! She is definitely a calm baby and I am so grateful she doesn't cry much!)