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And now for my postpartum CVS mojo…

Tonight I had to go to CVS to get my Motrin prescription refilled.  Because really, I am off the narcotics but I still need something to take the edge off! I just had a giant hole cut in my belly 11 days ago.  And, I’m a total wimp. SO. While I was there I of course needed to pick up some necessities.  Here’s what I got:

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Tide HE free & gentle $5.97

Charmin Ultra Strong $4.99 (this I had promised to my brother BUT we are almost out of TP and I am not dragging three kids out of the house to get more so….sorry Andy.  I will hit you next time!  You ungrateful hairy man.)

Bounty $6.99

Tone body wash$3.88 (finally! a women’s body was on sale! THANK YOU. My husband has 4 million and I had to BUY ONE two weeks ago. )

Prescription $3.40

total = $25.23

coupons:

-$1 Charmin (from coupons inside package of Duracell I bought at Rite Aid)

-$1 Tide from this Sunday’s P&G insert

-$1 Tone printable

-25 cents Bounty from this week’s P&G insert

-$20 ECBs I had from earlier transactions

total =$1.98 + tax = $3.51 and I got back 6 ECBs, 3 for the Tone, and 1 each for the Tide, Charmin, and Bounty.  The pharmacy tech was muy impressed. 🙂

That’s all I am planning to get this week…I’m still mostly staying at home and resting.  What did YOU get!?

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Oh, how I love thee: TrueWomb Swaddler

When I was about 34 weeks pregnant, I got an email press release about the TrueWomb swaddler.  At first I was like, “eh, I already have a really great swaddler I like..” but THEN I watched the TrueWomb video and I was sold!  Check it out below:

Cool, right? I couldn’t NOT review that after watching the video. So TrueWomb sent me a swaddler to review, and I LOVE it.  My husband loves it, too, even my mom (who like me, is um…mechanically challenged) finds it very easy to use.  AND it keeps Jonah very snug.  He CANNOT get out of it, and he loves being in it.  Here’s what I like about the TrueWomb:

  • It has pockets for baby’s arms and legs to keep them secure
  • It has giant, really strong velcro closures which do NOT come loose
  • It’s really easy to use, even in the middle of the night after you are cross-eyed from sleep-deprivation

I will be reviewing a couple of other swaddlers, and I will let you know how they compare!

The one “drawback” I can see to the TrueWomb is that it comes in different sizes – this is actually good AND bad.  It’s good because you can swaddle your baby longer, it’s bad because you have to purchase an additional swaddler as your baby outgrows them.  BUT, I can say that so far, the TrueWomb is well worth the cost.  They also offer a daytime “weaning” swaddle to help get your baby weaned off of swaddling as he or she gets older. I am really interested in this as well as we had to cold-turkey un-swaddle Sophie when she outgrew her swaddler at about 5 months and it was pretty much the saddest day of my life!

So: my review: this is a GREAT product – well done, TrueWomb!

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TrueWomb sent me a swaddle to review.  They did not edit this post in any way and all opinions are mine alone.

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Dudes, this is tough!

Gratuitous cute baby picture!

I know like, many of you have more than three kids and what-not, but daaaang. I’ve never had three before.  And today my husband went back to work and my big kids are still on Christmas Break from school and it was a little crazy.   I had a good friend from out-of-town coming over at 11-ish, and it was all I could do to have the kids and myself all dressed and with clean teeth!  Fortunately, my mom came over later to help, but we were both still hopping much of the day.  She helped keep us going in the dishes and laundry department (I’m not really supposed to be doing stairs right now, much less carrying laundry up and down the stairs and our laundry is in the basement,) (also, my mom luurves our Frigidaire washer and dryer, BTW!) and we both played with the big kids, I nursed the baby, we shared diaper duty, and *shew* it was just A LOT.  I let my kids play far more Wii than they usually do (although most of it was Nickelodeon Wii Fit which TOTALLY ROCKS so at least they were getting exercise, right!?) and just tried to relax and not stress.

I am really looking forward to the big kids going back to school.  Because although to be honest, they have both been GREAT on break, it is HARD to keep them entertained all day in a way that is not a total drain on their brains.  And, they both love school and their routines.  And I need to figure out how baby Jonah fits into those routines!  How am I going to get a baby and Sophie out the door in time to get Sophie to preschool 4 days a week?  Do I carry the car seat with me when I walk her in or get him out and put him in the sling?  I guess there is going to be a lot of trial and error involved.

We’ll figure it out.  I just hope I can feel recovered and kind of figure things out before it’s “GO” time.

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