Posted on 07/15/2004 7:20:55 PM PDT by Tax-chick
I like Dr. Sears, too. Try secondhand stores for Motherwear clothes, too, or their website for the "clearance rack." I make skirts and wear their shirts, or I wear dresses that button at the front with their *extremely practical* undershirts. And I have one winter and one summer church-nursing dress.
Their sizing is funky, unless you're very tall, but you can return everything, no matter what. I bought one dress, when I was nursing Sally ... in Extra Large, it trailed on the ground. In large, the hem was off the ground but the waist was below my hips. In Medium, it was too tight in the chest. I sent them all back, AFTER washing, and got my money back.
If you think people with garage sales are nuts, try the Goodwill and Salvation Army stores if you are in a metro area. I have a Burberry raincoat ($12.00) with a zip out wool liner, Cohl-Haan shoes (brand new for $5.00), brand new with the tags on Dockers ($3.00 a pair) and vintage Corning ware like Grandma had for $1.50, and my kids had brand new Carter's clothes for like 75 cents a piece.
I have bought vintage damask curtains and hand crocheted lace too. You just have to be patient. Auctions are great for furniture. I have a girlfriend who has gorgeous antiques throughout her whole house that were bought at auctions.
I go to the local Salvo and Goodwill about once a month. I have never found Burberry! What a great deal! We go to auctions for firearms mostly, all our furniture comes from family! I have found a few things at auction, but they always go for out of my price range, except the few times I drove out to Zanesville. Zanesville is great for antique furniture and knicknack shopping!
That is wonderful, I hope Chris, my nephew turns out the same! He is 6 and starting in a normal Kg next year. He has been in special needs schools since 3. We knew there was something wrong at about 2, he wasn't speaking or interacting. After his diagnosis, my sister found every PDD/Autism group and resource in Pittsburgh and got involved. I hope his future is as bright as your son's!
One of the reasons I am nervous to nurse in public is because I have read and heard stories of people being harassed for it, even though they are well covered up. Have you ever had anyone approach you for breastfeeding in public? There was a lawsuit filed against Walmart here in Ohio because they asked women to nurse in the restrooms, and walmart one the case here.
I have been to the outlets in Zanesville once or twice. If you all are ever out towards Lancaster or Berks County, you should try the Green Dragon Market in Denver PA. It is full of bargains including antique toys. It isn't run by the Amish, but they have a lot of booths there with beautiful quilts and hand-crafted items.
You need to lovingly of course, explain to hubby that the antique child's rocker that Evie will rock her baby dolls in everyday is just as necessary as that new shotgun that he will use about as often as he uses his (insert name of expensive Man Toy here). I went through this with my husband. "Darling" I explained, "I use the mixer a dozen times a week. I want a KitchenAid." He saw the sense in not buying another drill.
I've never had any problems with nursing in public. If possible, I turn my back on people, or sit on the floor in a corner ... obviously you can't do that at Wal-Mart, though. I'm not sure where I'd nurse in a Wal-Mart, so I guess I've never done it!
I don't think there is much harassment regarding breastfeeding any more, as long as you're making an effort to be covered. A few incidents get nationwide publicity, is all. I can understand that you'd be concerned, though, if you're going to be out by yourself with the baby. Can you do some "trial runs" with your husband or a woman friend? Rude people usually won't approach if someone is with you.
A useful phrase: "If it bothers you, please don't watch. Thanks."
LOL! He was at an auction this morning looking at a M1 carbine (didn't get it, was in bad shape). He swore up and down it was going to be for Evie! She already has a lot of family heirlooms (including her future bedroom which was her great great great aunts).
My Inlaws live near Allentown, PA, we go through Amish Country all the time for shopping and fun! Haven't been there in a while, my favorite part is the family style restaurants!
Agreed. My eldest was about 6 weeks old when my best friend from childhood days was married. He was matching the soloist who was beautifully singing "Ave Maria" when I had had enough of trying to cuddle and rock and said WTH and pulled up my sweater as my husband handed me a blankie.
My mom went into catatonic shock when I related this tale to her. "Well! You should have left!" I retorted in my charactaristic sweet fashion that weddings and funerals that are attended by babies are God's best reminder that life ain't perfect but babies are.
Since I grew up in CA, it was rather a shocker to me to order "Chicken Pot Pie" at Zinn's diner (the one with the talking Big Amos out front) and get served a bowl of soup.
I learned. That and the mashed potatoes with bread in them.
I think it's less disruptive just to nurse the baby, unless he won't do it quietly, than to get up and leave a function. Of course, the really little ones often have diaper disasters right after eating, so it's a judgment call ...
He was fine. Our pew members were a little disturbed, but he wasn't the one to have disasters during feeding. He was just displaced since we had to travel a long while and he had overfed and then barfed at my aunt's home prior to our going to the wedding.
He slept in his car-bed (a very cool thing that folds up to about the size of a lunch box) through the whole very noisy reception.
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