I want all mothers to know

This has grown to bother me but more so has concerned me about the lack of research for new moms. I really have felt for the past month that I want for mom's of babies to know this. When Joey and I found out we were going to be having a baby I really wanted to research things to find out if they were necessary or not to the baby. There are a few things that I know for sure that big No's for babies and that is what I want to talk about. Please follow the link I have posted from Consumer Reports and watch the video:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-kids/baby-toddler/eating-and-sleeping/sleep-positioners/sleep-positioners-for-babies-305/overview/index.htm

At the end of last year I was looking at facebook at some pictures of a friend of mine's new baby. One of the pictures I noticed the baby had a sleep positioner. I instantly felt compelled to write her and let her know of the danger for using this. When I wrote this I was scared of her thinking I was a know it all mother; of which I am not. I am still learning. She wrote me back and was so very thankful that I informed her of this and they immediately got rid of it. My inside feeling was...if something were to have happened to their little baby because of this sleep positioner and I had not have said anything...I would have lived with knowing that I knew all along. The same thing goes with crib bumpers (and even stuffed animals). I understand that new mom's are very excited about making the crib look cute. I was that mom too until I did my research. Bumper pads have no point but to make the crib look cute. Some think...well I don't want my baby to roll over and injure themselves but we have to think too; do babies really roll over so fast in their bed that they can really damage themselves. No...The concern is if they roll over during sleep into a bumper pad...they can suffocate with the lack of oxygen. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen pictures, or have seen a friend or family member who have these things just in the past year. So I have decided to post this because most of my friends and family are on facebook and I can really feel at ease of knowing I have told them all at once. I know you are probably thinking...we have those in our bed and our baby is just fine. Ok...but what if....take the precautions so you don't have to find out the hard way that they don't work. Research other things as well to find out if they are necessary or not. If you find something new let me know so I can take these precautions in the future.
Now as I said before I am not a know it all mom but I have done my research and I took these precautions...I think they are great to take.
Now that Hayden is old enough we have him in his own big boy bed with a bed rail. Since the crib is still up....I just might make it look cute now.
Thanks for you time in reading this...I do feel better that I have done my best to inform my friends and family of this.

Pumpkin Patch Time

This post won't be to long.....because I need to head to the church soon to sale more books! Joey, Hayden, and I went to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch for the morning. We wanted to take lots of pics...which we did but there are only a handful of them that turned out great or what we were trying to do. It's really hard when you have a very observant child to go to something this big and new to him. Here a few of the pics that we captured.....I'll post more at another time. Love you all!

Check out the pictures of our booksale. This is what we have been up to all week. It was a task....let me tell ya. The Book Sale is going on right now but its like any sale....we just kind of sit and wait on the people. So far we are doing great. Had 2 people waiting up here at 8am for the sale. One guy right now has about 30 books or so put off to the side he plans on buying.....One guy found our Theology books and just started stacking them with his pile before reading the back to find out more about it. This is huge stuff. I have two other men (who are pastors) that have boxes filled already with books. Pray the people keep coming. We have a wonderful friend,Shelby who is in love with Hayden who is watching him today. (our Children's minister's daughter who is in college) We like to say Shelby is Hayden's girlfriend. They have so much fun together. Please continue to pray for the sale!!! So far things are going well. Come see me friends if you are in Fort Worth to buy books!!!

Katy