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Pretty present in the post

16 January, 2009 by halfpintpixie

I feel crap today, I have an icky cough and my eyes are so bloodshot that they ache, and I am cranky and I’m not sleeping because of my cold and my head hurts and……

Wheeeeeee, the post arrived with a present for me, hoorah! It is my Filiokus Sjaltai that I won in a raffle back in November at the Babywearing Ireland Conference. The Norwegian & Irish postal systems conspired to abduct my original Sjaltai, but the lovely Filiokus maker kindly sent me a new one!

So today while I was being cranky and very mopey, a little ray of sunshine pierced my gloom in the form of this parcel which was wrapped up in brown paper (I love, love, love brown paper parcels)…

sjaltai package

Littlepixie is having a “No” day today so she kindly declined my request to help me try out the Sjaltai, so I ran around the house for a while with a teddybear in it. It is really comfy, like a Mei Tai but with wide straps so it looks like a wrap once it’s tied up, you can either tie it like a mei-tai with the straps tight in a twist or spread the wrap straps wide under as another layer over your the baby’s back & bum, snuggly. And it’s got a sleepy-hood too. It’s baby-sized (no I don’t have any news!!) but it’s good and big so I think LP will get a few goes out of it first!

What do you think… isn’t it gorgeous (please excuse the messy tying, the bear was very squishy!)

sjaltaibear

Yay, that has cheered me up now

Posted in Attachment Parenting, Babies, Babywearing, Children, Family, Mothering, Parenting, SAHM, Toddler | Tagged filiokus, sjaltai, slings | 7 Comments

7 Responses

on 16 January, 2009 at 15:58 Kirsty

I hope you feel better soon. That is a beautiful carrier! I’m off to look them up and spend the day drooling over them.
on 16 January, 2009 at 16:17 jumbleberryjam

Wow! So cool. Sorry about the on-going cough and general yuckiness, though. Feel better soon m’dear!
on 16 January, 2009 at 16:29 River (Wing-it Vegan)

It’s just lovely! Sorry about your icky cough, I hope you feel better soon!
on 16 January, 2009 at 17:05 Danielle

Beautiful! I need to check them out!
on 16 January, 2009 at 20:35 Isil

What a lovely present to cheer up a day
Sorry you still feel crap,hope you get well soon.
on 17 January, 2009 at 12:43 jenitreehugger

That is just GORGEOUS!!
And it’s purple too!!
What a nice surprise (ish) to cheer a cranky pixie up with.

Hope you’re feeling better.
on 19 January, 2009 at 09:17 halfpintpixie

Yay, I think I’m on the mend now, still a bit cough-y but feeling heaps better, thanks for all your good wishes