My Guilty Mommy Pleasure

There is this website that I discovered before Charlotte was born.  It's called Mama Bargains.  The people who run this site get ridiculously good deals on trendy things for babies, kids and moms.  I'm not a huge shopper by nature, but the stuff they sell there is so cute!  B.C., I bought a pair of cute Mary Jane shoes that supposedly are good for new walkers.  They normally sell for $32, but I bought a pair for $10 on this site.  I can't imagine spending $32 for a pair of shoes that Charlotte will undoubtedly outgrow in a week, but it was $10, so score!

Okay, so we all know that SIDS is a real threat, which is why you're not supposed to put babies on their stomachs to sleep, nor are you supposed to put blankets or bumpers, or anything that might pose a suffocation risk.  I admit that I've kept the bumpers intact because I figured Charlotte moving and scooting all the time posed a greater threat, and until recently, blankets were a nonissue since it was so flipping hot here.  But now it's freezing outside (freezing for Sacramento, that is), and our house is not well insulated.  Solution?  The Grobag!  It's European!  It's a wearable sleeping bag!  It keeps baby from flipping over!  Okay, the last one is supposed to be a plus (and one of the main selling points for me), but the Grobag I bought on Mama Bargains is for 6 - 18 months, so Charlotte has some room to grow, and hence, flips over very easily. And I bought it for like 500% off!!!  Because you know, you have to spend money to save money, right??? :)

Anyway, I just thought that Charlotte in her Grobag was too cute to not capture on film.

The funniest aspect of the Grobag is that it comes in varying "Togs" from the 0.5 Tog to the 2.5 Tog.  Tog, apparently, is British for warmth?  I bought the 2.5 Tog for the winter (for rooms with temps under 70 degrees Farenheit) and a 0.5 for the summer.  As you can see from the picture, Charlotte doesn't quite fill out the chest of her "Oops a Daisy" Grobag.  As such, she's just too little right now to be a proper Grobag-sporting baby.  Plus, we're still using the SwaddleMe blanket as she has some room to grow there. We also put her quilt over that for warmth. She doesn't flip over, nor does she wiggle to the end of the crib anymore so I feel confident that she can actually have a blanket with her. 

So there you have it.  I've become a crazed online shopping mom.  I check MB quite often because as soon as one item sells out, they post another.  ACK!  Luckily, I've only bought these two items. Thus far.