Baby Bling

I love accessories. I'm a bling whore, from headbands to keychains, rings and necklaces, as long as it's shiny, I love it. Madelynn is all girl (or all diva, whichever you choose), and she also loves anything that shines, sparkles, and glints in the light. So I had to buy my little princess a bracelet, but I just could not fathom paying fifty to a hundred bucks for a three inch sterling silver, swarovski crystal, whatever else they put on it, bracelet. It's only going to fit her for like two months! I entertained the idea of just making my own, but the plastic nursing necklace was about the extent of my bling making skills, and I just couldn't make her wear something so, so preschool.

So I bought one.

Look how little!

This whole bracelet thing just oozes cute, so much cute that I would gag if it weren't my own baby looking so cute.

So if you're looking for a baby bracelet, but you can't afford to spend a weeks worth of tip money on it (or your boyfriend is too cheap), go here and you'll find a billion different bracelets by Trendy Tatters. It's all sterling silver and she even makes custom designs.

I love etsy.com. I can't believe I had never heard of it before, but this is like the third thing I've bought from that damn site. I even bookmarked the necklace that I wanted for my birthday so all Jeffrey had to do was put in his card number (romantic, I know), and I absolutely love my "Madelynn" necklace.

Alright, I'm done plugging.

Nursing Necklace

It's damn near impossible to feed Madelynn. She's all waving arms and kicking legs, pulling my hair, yanking on my cheek, pinching my free nipple, and just all around making the nursing experience slightly less enjoyable for the nurser. And that's if I can get her to pay attention, usually she's craning her neck to find the cat, coming back, craning, ugh. I searched the internet for the solution and found all these wonderful nursing necklaces. They are supposed to keep your child from getting distracted, giving them something to play with while they booby suck. Brilliant! $29.95? Are you fucking crazy? These necklaces look like they were made by preschoolers in summer camp and they want thirty bucks from me? I think not. I'm way too practical for that, so I made my own.

I'm not sure if it works yet, Mady is sleeping and won't get to try it out until tomorrow. But even if she hates it, I'm going to wear it anyways because it's super cool.