Northwest Moms

Nine or ten months.  That’s how long most twin moms said the Double Snap n Go would be useful.  Knowing my propensity for producing very large progeny, I backed it off to six or seven months.

Wrong.

How long did my boys fit in their baby carseats?  Well, technically, Jesse still does–but Jonathan outgrew his at three months old.  Goodbye, carrier carseats.  So long, cool stroller frame.  Adios, ease of transport.

The new carseats are ginormous.  The new stroller is awesome–for the street and the beach, that is.  But definitely not for the library, fabric store, two schools and Super One.  It’s big, it’s heavy to load and unload, and it doesn’t fit through the doors.

So today I made a mei tai.  It was a somewhat frustrating project, as (in my usual style) I couldn’t just go the simple route, but had to combine four different patterns/plans in an attempt to get the best of each into a single carrier.  Also, despite all the warnings to use heavy fabric, I think I should have gone with something lighter.  Not lightweight…but lighter.  I used a soft denim, but it’s not *soft* soft…just soft for denim.

Add the very basic machine on which I sew, two intermittently fussing babies, three nights of limited sleep and four absent or only semi-helpful older kids, and, well, it’s amazing that I even got the thing done. 

But it’s done, and it will do.  I can put Jesse in it and push Jonathan in an umbrella stroller on those days when my errand list means getting in and out of the car several times.  Maybe it would have been better just to buy one, but hey, I saved at least $40 today by making the dang thing myself.