Meet Saskia

Saskia writes one of my all time favorite blogs.  As soon as I see that she has updated, I quickly scoot over there to see what she's said.  I think I like her blog so much because it's so real, down to earth, and raw.  She kindly opens a window into her world and I feel very refreshed every time I go over there to visit.

Saskia has an Etsy shop where she sells the most adorable Waldorf Inspired Dolls.  She is also selling some adorable baby shoes.  I haven't tried those shoes, but you can check out this blog for a review of them!  I've wanted to get something from her shop for awhile, but it just didn't fit into my budget.  So I was delighted when I won one of her cute little dolls--well two, actually-- from the Nifty Nappy blog!

I really hoped that the dolls would arrive before Easter because I wanted to add them to Bunny's first Easter Basket, so when they came last Saturday, I was delighted!!!

Okay, so I couldn't wait to give her the doll until Easter, so I let her have it as soon as I tore the package opened.

She, of course, decided that the best way to enjoy the doll would be to experience it in her mouth!

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It's SO soft, and just the perfect size for her tiny hands! She loves it!

The Waldorf inspired doll also came with a "root baby,"  a tiny, baby Waldorf inspired doll.  It is really a bit too tiny for her yet (Saskia even warned me so on her business card), but I let her play with it anyway under my watchful eye.

That, too, went right to her mouth! Right now, her mouth is the vehicle through which she discovers the world!

The root baby really is very tiny and adorable.  

She's so excited about the doll! I love the movement in this picture!

I love the tiny features of her face.  Well, I love the features of Bunny's face, of course, but I was referring specifically to the doll :-D. It's so soft and delicate--perfect for tiny fingers to explore.

Even though I'd already given it to her, I added it to her Easter basket on Sunday.

She had brought it to church that morning and played with it in the nursery during both services. 

I think you'd love these dolls too if you could just get your hand on one.  She has dolls from as small as 5 inches up to 8 inches--and of course the tiny root babies :-D Go check them out and support a WAHM while you're at it! You won't be sorry! They're SO adorable!!!


Disclaimer:
This post is wholly my opinion and I was not compensated in any way for this review.  I just love Saskia and her dolls!

After too many stained shirts...

Well, I pretty much prefer cloth for everything. When I was shopping for last minute items in the weeks before my daughter was born, I went out and bought a pack of breast pads, assuming that they were cloth. I only got one pack because there were 40+ pads in the pack and since I knew nothing about breast feeding at the time it didn't occur to me that 40+ breast pads would have taken up much more space :-D. I got them home and realized they were disposables and I was so frustrated! So back to Target I traipsed, and replaced the Gerber disposable breast pads for Gerber cloth. The cloth breast pads came in a little six pack and were the only option for cloth breast pads in the whole breastfeeding aisle. I couldn't believe that there weren't more options!! Surrendering myself to Gerber and wanting to make sure I had plenty, I bought a couple of boxes of them. I was proud of myself as I left the store giving myself a little pat on the back for saving myself the extra expense of buying disposable breast pads week after week. A couple of weeks later I had my daughter and eagerly began using the pads and promptly discovered that my breasts had been converted to faucets and the Gerber breast pads did absolutely nothing to contain the gushing fountains of milk. Yikes! I put up with one after another wet shirt, and even waking up in the middle of the night to find myself sleeping in a puddle of milk during the six weeks of my maternity leave. But I realized that when I went back to work to teach high schoolers for a couple of hours every morning, breast-shaped milk stains on my shirt wouldn't do anything to promote learning, so I caved and bought some disposable breast pads. They did the job all right, containing the mess but it was like wearing a maxi pad on my breast. Like a diaper--a disposable. They got all heavy and weird feeling and after a couple of feedings they bunched up so badly. I just couldn't take it anymore. I went on a mission to search for a waterproof breast pad. I looked at lots and lots of different cloth sites. I read one review after another, but even on my favorite cloth diaper sites, finding breast pads with a waterproof layer was difficult. And then I discovered that Knickernappies makes breastpads with a waterproof layer! Now, I may not be a big fan of the way Knickernappies diapers fit my daughter, but I LOVE the layer of fleece inside them that wicks away moisture and I especially love the microfiber/hemp insert. Now, imagine that against tender nipples and you're starting to get the idea of how much I love my Knickernappies breast pads! Plus, they're a generous 5 inches across. Five as opposed to about three inches that Gerber gave me. Now, for a girl with DDD's, Gerber barely covered anything anyway, but these babies give me full coverage! As soon as they came in the mail, I ordered six pairs from another online store (I would have ordered more from the first except that they only had one in stock), and proceeded to wear the first pair for the three days between when I placed my order and when it arrived. Not once during that time were my nipples damp, cold or wet. I'm sure I leaked because I always do, but I was never reminded of it. I am now hooked on my knickernappies breast pads. They're truly the best thing out there that I've seen! I have the wonderful softness and gentleness that my daughter feels against her most sensitive parts, against mine and I have to say I'm quite pleased!!!