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[ocelot]

By popular request, I have uploaded new pictures to http://www.ansible.org/~jess/leif/. Enjoy!


Mom! I'm trying to work!


Leif and his train table. Yes, he's wearing both rainboots and sunglasses indoors.


Leif in the pouch I made


Leif and his umbrella


Leif and Grandpa

Comments

[figgy-newton.livejournal.com]

Hey, do you think it would be possible to make a pouch for twins? If so, would you be willing to either A) send me a pattern or B) let me pay you to make one?

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Lots of people use pouches and slings for twins. Many use one pouch when the babies are small (replicates being in the womb), and then one on each shoulder (or carrying one baby at a time) when they get too heavy or awkward.

Here's some pages with pictures and directions:

http://www.thebabywearer.com/articles/HowToO/Twins.htm

I wouldn't make one for someone else at this point unless they were right here in front of me, especially not for pay. They're really quick and easy to make, but the hardest part is the sizing. This one has a six inch folded over bit in the shoulder, and that's after I cut it down some!

I used this pattern, along with any other patterns I could find by searching for "baby pouch pattern", but really, they all say basically the same thing.

The good thing is that they really are cheap, quick, and easy. I had a little trouble wrapping my brains around the directions at first, but that's really because explaining a simple process in detail makes it complicated :) It probably took me an hour total, including figuring out the directions and the various refittings. If you get two yards of 45" wide fabric, you'll get two pouches out of it. If you get two yards of a lighter weight fabric (so that you could just fold it in half and not have to hem the edges), you could probably even hand sew it within an hour or two if you don't have a machine.

If you do want to buy one, the lady who runs http://www.hotslings.com/ is apparently really good at figuring out sizing.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Wasn't he just a baby yesterday?

(And please tell me you're finding a way to frame/display the umbrella photo.)

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Wasn't he just a baby yesterday?

I ask myself that frequently.

And yes, that picture is definitely one of our savers.