Baby Pouch

For the longest time I was contemplating on getting you this baby gear. You see my boy, you still love being carried around esp. when we go malling. At 18 months, you now weight 12.2 kls. And my back's been killing me all these time. I've always been a believer of attachment parenting & had been advocating it to friends even. Apart from breastfeeding, cuddling you, my son is the single most fave activity of mine. I love smelling your freshly washed hair & the creases & fold of your chubby neck too. Ahh, heaven for mommies like me!

But you see my love, I am scoliotic. In fact, lately I've been to my doctor twice already for a lengthy 10-day physical therapy sessions due to my aching back...and the single culprit is you... my carrying you often, my little boy. Dra. Grace told me that she could not believe that I had been able to deliver you via normal means considering how bad my curves were. I had been her patient since more than a decade ago and I trully believe in her capabilities & expertise...but I totally put my trust (even more so!) in miracles too. And I know there are such in my life. Way before your Daddy Marlon & I got engaged, the kindly doctor gave my then-boyfriend (now my loving husband and your Daddy) a heart-to-heart talk explaining that I may not be able to bear him a child. When I think back to that day, I always say a short prayer of thanks bec. not only am I scoliotic, recently we have discovered pa that I also have a case of polycistic ovaries. So it's nothing short of a miracle that you, our Benedict were conceived immediately during our honeymoon. Our miracle & prayed-for baby...trully a blessing, as your name suggests.

Anyway, a few months back...I was really thinking of purchasing a baby sling for you. In fact I had been checking out R' Jellybeans then and was able to exchange a few emails with an online buddy of Mommy - Jen CC Tan (who bdw, is a very gracious lady who offers free advices)...She told me to check with my doctor first. Unfortunately, Dr. Grace was giving me the stern look when I asked her if I could use the baby sling. I know she only means well. That motherly doctor...but I also heed her advise then and didn't push through buying the sling from Jen. Now what made me purchase this baby pouch instead? Aside from defying my doctor you mean, my boy? hehehe...I was after the price. It's the most affordable one I have found in the market so far, cheaper but still done with great style and does not sacrifice good quality too. This is trully just to test if baby pouch will still work with us, me and you, my Benedict. I personally think this will only last for a few months if we are lucky. Most likely, a few weeks (i hope!). But sometimes, we just have to take the risk. Wont really know 'til we try it out if it's gonna work right? But I am crossing my fingers that it will serve its purpose. After all, the price I paid for the baby pouch is a small fraction of the PT session fees I will shell out to cure my aching back.

And I trully wish that this will work for us. If it is any indication though, (I am totally hopeful about this), when I put you, my Benedict on it when my package arrived this afternoon, you instantly take on to it. And in fact you felt sleepy while I was wearing you & dancing around. Less than 3 mins. (promise this is no exag!) you were off to dreamland na. I had to take you down and ask yaya to handwash the baby pouch & have it machine-dried as well as under the sun. Had to take advantage of the scorching heat of the summer time sun so we can use it sooner.

And voila! barely 3 hrs. after, it had been washed and pressed na. All ready to go malling with us later. Can hardly wait to try it out. Hope I wont forget to ask your Daddy to snap some pics of us - me & you, my little munchkin on it later. These are some of the mommy stuffs which excites your Mom. Thanks to these lovely ladies, Monica & Denise, yummy mummies of Indigo Baby for bringing in these stuffs into our lives. Looking forward to sharing more bonding momments with you on it, my love.

P.S. Mommy loves you very much.