Happy Monday!!

Just a quick little update until I have some more time to write a real post.

***THANKYOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR WELL WISHES AND PRAYERS*** it is most appreciated!

I have been an emotional wreck lately, although the last couple of days have been a bit easier. This is the most difficult experience I have yet to go through, not to mention the most painful. (both physically and emotionally) I have had to lean on our Heavenly Father immensely, I am so thankful for His mercy.

Breanna is doing wonderfully! She is such a pillar of strength and an amazing little blessing. There is a slight possibility that she might be able to come home this weekend!! Or at least sometime in the next two or so weeks. Right now, she just needs to be able to take all her feedings through the bottle and not need the nasogastric tube at all for a full 48hrs. She has been having trouble with doing back to back bottle feeds as she still gets pretty tired. I think over the next couple of days she'll 'get it' and go crazy and not look back!
Praise the Lord sh nurses beautifully, great latch and will nurse until she is full. I could not ask for anything more! I'm hoping that once she is home and attached to my body that it will come together. I'm very confident it will!!

So after we reach that goal, then we will give the carseat test a go!! I am really confident she will do good. You have no idea how nice it will be to be able to hold her whenever I want and to be her caregiver and not have to ask before touching her........I am soooooo looking forward to that!
I managed to get some preemie clothes off of Kijiji, Bill will be picking them up on Friday! I also made enough from the boys stuff to get two of the swaddling blankies I wanted. Next I am saving up for a diaper bag (I want a pure cloth one with no vinyl stuff) I am hoping to make one, but haven't found the perfect material. I also have my wrap on the way it is a loooong one, so I may hem it and use the fabric to make a bag. We'll see! Then I need to get an organic mattress cover for Breanna's bassinet...the playpen ones. Then of course some yummy bath stuff, I use this stuff on all the kids, so that will be easy. I also need to get some woolies made for her, the newborn one I made will be a little big....mind you all the cloth I have will be big. I may just pick up a pack of organic cotton facecloths and use those for her dipes until she grows a bit!! I will also need to pick up some cloth lined baskets to hold her stuff, hopefully I'll heal up here soon so I can get over to Value Village!!:o)

Well, my time is up on here, breakfast is over and it is time to get the day going!!
PLease pray that I can bring my sweet blessing home this weekend!!!!
~Penny

Announcing our newest arrival.......

Breanna Isabel Faith
born Oct.25th
weight 4lbs
length 17"

Breanna decided to come early!!lol She is doing good, still in NICU, but hopefully only for a few more weeks!!

I will type up an official birthstory eventually....I endured my very first c-section! Go figure! I suffered a placental abruption which triggered labour to begin and my water to break. Praise the Lord my water broke and Breanna didn't have to be in a womb filled with blood.

Here's kind of a breakdown on what had happened.
Went to bed around 12:45am of the Friday night(oct.24th). A few minutes later it felt as though I was peeing myself and realized quickly that it could not be pee. I jumped out of bed and screamed when I realized that the spot I was lying in was soaked with bright red blood (we have white sheets and I could see in the darkness of our room) Bill jumped and flicked on the light and there I was standing there pulsating blood all over the floor trying to find something to soak it up. Called 911. Paramedics arrived and quickly get to work since I am feeling a little light headed. Off I go in the ambulance, it's 1:25am. (We praise the EMS team for arriving so quickly!!)
Get to the hospital and sent to triage. At this point, the bleeding has slowed and it seems like I am just leaking amniotic fluid and having mild contractions.Within a few minutes it is decided that I will have an emergency c-section and will have to go to the regular OR because of how much blood I had lost (they figure by this point I am close to have losing 3-4L of blood....4cups of that in my bedroom!!)3:15am I am downstairs and getting ready to head in....we are terrified. 3:30am, the alarms start going off as my blood pressure plummets down to 40....38....34....25.....I hear them yell all sorts of codes as my vision and hearing go weird and the anesthesiologist looks over me and says he will give me something and to hold and stay with him. I remember telling God in my head "I promised him I'd be coming out (meaning my hubby) don't you dare take me now!!!! over and over again. Suddenly I feel normal again and I stabilize. Bill comes in just as they're making their cut. 4:01am the yelps of my baby girl echo through the OR!!! I cannot see her, only hear her and I can't believe she's here, exactly 2mos early!!! Off they go with her and my hubby to the NICU. I still have so much they need work on and the freezing begins to wear off (for some reason I metabolize freezing at a crazy rate) the docs don't believe me, but the anaesthesiologist does and tells me he can give me something good to take away the pain and 'remove' me from the situation. I say yes, and WHOA!!! I don't remember too much until the recovery room, where I can feel the worst pain I have every felt before. After three shots of morphine, I can kind of get my head around things. All I want is to see my baby and my hubby, but apparently I wasn't stable enough. Finally, I get wheeled to a room and see my hubby. At 7:45am I climb into a wheelchair to go and see my baby!!
I got to hold her at that time too.

The next few days are the longest I have have ever endured. I looked as though I had been beat up as a hematoma develops in my stomach which causes sever swelling and bruising (my skin was completely purple from the belly button down...my girlie bits were 10 times their original size....all of this without a word of a lie) Slowly but surely I kept walking and getting up (like I wanted to hang out in bed anyways!!lol) My haemoglobin dropped down to 58 (normal is 140) and they want me to have a transfusion. I decline on the basis that I am asymptomatic (my vitals were perfect!!) we agree that I can try to raise my numbers on my own with food and supplements. Then my incision decides to bleed and not stop (like I had any blood left to lose!!!) it just slowly trickles. They can't figure out why and decide that it's from the hematoma and the fluid is just escaping through the closest opening. Then I get severe edema in my legs and feet and develop a rash on them....more cream and stuff. Then I get impetigo on my face (I think from all my crying and nosewiping!!lol) I'm an emotional basket case and cry at anything. The nurses keep joking and saying I should enjoy my 'vacation' away from ALL THOSE KIDS!! UGH!!! I happen to love and enjoy my kids and have never been away from them like this before...I miss them so terribly bad, I can't even talk about now without getting a lump. My family is my life and no one in that hospital seemed to understand that, it was so lonely. I felt as though I had been transferred into a time warp where AP did not exist and everyone relied on medical stuff rather than their bodies. Pump at this time, take this medicine, sleep (but we'll be in here every 10mins for something) eat our disgusting non-nutritious food to get better......unbelievable!!!

I had hubby bring fresh high iron juice from juicer and all my Greens+ supplements including an iron supplement and my Emergen-C. As well as a bag of flax seed bread (THANKYOU to whoever sent that....I was soooooo happy to have that for my pumpkinseed spread toast!!YUMMO!!) the staff poo-pooed my little collection but I knew that my body needed wholesome food to recover, not processed, wilted, crap!

So I am now at home and getting better....so happy to be able to have my juice whenever I want and snuggle my kids. I miss Breanna terribly and hate their protocols, but my goal is to get her home and that seems to happen quicker when they can all have their numbers and volume and all that jazz, so we'll concentrate on breastfeeding when she gets home and I can get her back ontrack. I plan on wearing her topless in a wrap for the daytime and sleeping with her on my chest at night. Hopefully we can re-establish a good latch and she won;t have to have any bottles though. I'm hopeful!!

Thankyou for your prayers!! Also those of you who had emailed me requesting my paypal address it's pennyandbillATshawDOTca (changing the words AT and DOT to the symbols) and I can only accept funded paypal (Nancy, that is why yours wasn't working, try with funded xoxox) since we don't use credit cards ourselves and don't have an American bank acct.

Thank you so much for everything everyone has done. All the blessing we have received have been so very much appreciated! Friends my AP group dropping off meals. a wonderful Friend I met through my mom dropped off yummy meals too. Another sweet friend came by (I swear God sent her that day...I was having such an emotional day) on Monday bearing more good food (she even made sure to include vitamin c and iron rich foods...isn't that sweet?!?!) and the most adorable preemie girl outfits as well as some clothing that her little girl has outgrown. It just totally lifted me, so much so that when Bill had called he said "WOW, you sound so much better. What did you do?!?" LOL!!! Just our heavenly Father taking care of His daughters! ;o)

Time to make my way back to the couch!!! Gotta rest, especially since my incision is still oozing....ugh...I don't have blood to spare! ACK!

God bless,
Penny
PS. I will post pics soon...just have to upload them to the Flickr!

Freaky Friday

Okay not really, although switching places with my oldest wouldn't be such a bad idea.
Today is crazy, I am pulling from all of my internal resources and prayer. The children are SOOOOOOO grumpy...this is totally not like them. Yes, they fight and argue, but this has been non-stop since 7:42am! They have screamed, yelled, stomped, fought...you name it!
Hopefully things will come down a bit now...I told them all to snuggle up on the couch and order a movie...although I am certain there will be some rumbling over WHICH movie to order...oi!

Tonight I am going out with my Mom. It's her birthday today so I wanted to take her out for a coffee, but first I am going to hit Value Village. The kids would like something for Halloween and I want to scope out some wool and cotton and maybe a pair of maternity pants...since I've discovered that I have no pants!!!lol All I have are capri's!! I have two prs of cotton ones, but they no longer fit!!lol I've posted some stuff for sale on various sites in the hopes to be able to earn some paypal to buy the stuff I need...but the economy is so sad right now and then the exchange rate...ugh! It's awful!!!
I am selling and have sold all my wraps and carriers...(I have two for sale if you're interested!!!) I have sold and am selling cloth diapers (I have a beautiful Berry Plush diaper lot for sale!!) Bill is taking all my itty bitty baby boy stuff to the consignment on Sunday....so hopefully I get a bit back from there!
I am trying to make as much as much as possible, but my time frame is slipping away!!lol
So here's my TO GET FOR BABY LIST:(or rather, a wish list of stuff I *hope* to buy!!!lol)
-clothing (the extent of this list, I don't know...a friend of mine is passing down some of her little girls items...Have I mentioned my love of second hand things?!?!)
-I am hunting for an all cloth Diaper bag, preferably Mama made and girlie
-more wool sweaters for mitts, longies, breastpads etc...everything!!lol
-Aden & Anais swaddling blankies (saving up!!)
-Organic mattress pad for the baby's bed (saving up!!)
-Maruyama wrap (should be able to get her at the end of the month!!)
-more cloth pads for me
-Babylegs for baby
-wash cloths (I was going to make these, but this turned out to be too time consuming without owning a serger)
-a couple receiving blankets
-herbs for labour and postpartum
-Emergen-C vitamin stuff (for labour and PP)
-1-2 prs of good mat jeans for me (brrrr, it's getting colder around here...capri's don't quite fit the bill!!)
-2-4 more Kissaluvs or AMP's in NB size, but will see.


This list is just some random thoughts.......we'll just have to see what I can come up with!! some I have already got and am awaiting to arrive!!!
I will post pics and stuff when they arrive as well as links to where I got it!!

Well, I'm off to post a long overdue update in the Habitat blog!!!
If any of you Mama's are interested in seeing pics and knowing prices...send me a line!! I accept funded paypal only, but all my prices include shipping (to USA and Canadian addresses only) and all prices are USD if you're in the US and CAD if you're here in Canada!! If you're on my Flickr, you can see pics there!!
email me at:
mama26blessingsATyahooDOTca (changing the DOT and AT to the symbols!!)

So Do You Wanna Know?????????????

Because I know what we're having!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First here's a couple of pics:


*two little eyes and two little fists*



*right foot*


*side profile of the face*



*fingers and thumb*

Welllllll, I suppose I could tell ya'll..........................

It's............


a.........................


G-I-R-L!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely, without a doubt!!!

Sooooooo, I have been cleaning out all the BOY stuff I had put together and organized!!LOL I decided I will have Bill take it to a consignment store and the money I receive from that I will in turn go and get some girl stuff I need. Since I had only kept a small box of cute little girl sleepers and had over 4 large boxes (the 77L Rubbermaid bins, I think) of BOYS stuff. So I was right in the very beginning...DOH!!! Should've stayed with that gut feeling....but the morning sickness totally through me off this time around.

The bummer part.....my placenta is still within 1cm of my cervix, so I will have to go back in 5-6 weeks again to see if it has shifted upwards with some growth occurring in the uterus over the next few weeks. I'm a little concerned because although this has occurred with all my previous pregnancies, it has ALWAYS been far up and away from the cervix by this point in time. If it hasn't moved at my next scan....it's c-section. Ugh, I am really praying hard on this one. I really do not want to be healing from a c-section, having Christmas, packing and getting ready to move, AND all the typical newborn/postpartum stuff. Please pray if you feel led...I really want to have a nice, easy normal natural birth. Really, really badly. I don't want to be stuck in the hospital for 3 days and dealing with nurses and doctors.

Well, time to get back to tidying the kitchen and getting ready for Thanksgiving Dinner....pies to bake and dishes to wash!! It's going to be just us, with us fighting this stupid cold/virus thing I just felt it was best to have a quiet dinner.

~*HAPPY THANKSGIVING*~ to all my Canadian friends and family!!
May the Lord continue to bless us all!!

It's Tuesday.........

My brain is a little warped so I couldn't think of a better title....other than the obvious!

Sorry I haven't updated for awhile, it has been so busy around here that the days are gone before I can blink!
I will update house stuff in the other blog sometime this week.

As for other doings around here:
We seem to have a chest cold floating around (like the rest of the city!!lol) so far it has hit Bill and Alex, both whom cough and hack all night...as if I didn't have enough trouble sleeping! Finally at four this morning I gave Alex the jar of Vicks and told him to cover the soles of his feet with it...voila!! I really should've done that earlier. Man, does that work like a charm! If only I could get Bill to do that!!lol I'm hoping this virus steers clear of me!! I have not one spare second to waste on a virus!!

Oh, I had some fluffy mail arrive the other day!! I ordered some Unbleached Indian prefolds for both Matthew and the new babe. I also ordered a couple tiny ones for the baby and some Bummis wraps in newborn size. Here's the pic:

I already have a good stash of newborn/infant dipes, but I wanted to try out some different fitteds and needed a couple more covers.

Here's my latest food loves...(gimme a break I'm preggers, food is a very big part of my life right now!!!LOL)
NEWEST SMOOTHIE CONCOCTION:
*~Berry Blaster~*

The Final Product:


My Twice a Month Treat:

~Baked Potato Supreme!!

I have been busy doing crafts as well, trying to see what kinds of things I can make with recycled materials. Here's what I have thus far....

~Matthew needed a bigger blankie for his bed so I used up some wool sweater material, an old flannel sheet and some pantlegs from some corduroy pants that didn't fit Bill. I still have a bit more to finish on it, but this gives you an idea!

Next is my Mama sized cloth pads. I refuse to use disposable pads after the babe is born and wanted to make something big and absorbant for me, especially during the first week. Blech!! I have been trying all different types of patterns, this is what I have thus far:

I am hoping to make at least 9 more and then some smaller sized ones as well.

Also on my crafting and sewing list to do:
~Felted Wool Bag
~Felted wool mitts and socks
~More wool longies for new babe
~finish up new babes recycled blankie (I'll post picks asap)
~get started on Christmas presents (I'm making each child their own pillowcase and then filling it with handmade treats for them.(jammies, a book, soft wool doll for the littles, felted wool hairclips, I-Spy travel bags etc)
~Make each child their recycled Denim stocking

In other words, I really need to hit Value Village ASAP!!!! I need some old jeans, old flannel sheets, old wool sweaters and glass jars.

Well time to get moving...laundry awaits as does various science projects and a good book (Alyssa is really enjoying her Little House on the Prairie books). I also need to get another belly pic done....I'm already 29W3D and I haven't done my 28W pic yet..(too busy taking pics of food!!!lol) Oh YEAH!!!!! Ultrasound is this Friday!! WHOOHOO!!! 3 more sleeps!! We decided that since no one is allowed in there with me (we'll have three little ones with us and their rooms are just too small) I am going to have the technician write the gender on a piece of paper and then I will open it when we get home so that we can all find out at the same time as a family!!!

Have a blessed Tuesday!!
~Penny

Recipes, Answers and Updates!!

UPDATES

Went to the drs on Friday, here's the stats!
weight: 131 lbs (total:31 lbs)
Blood pressure: 107/64
measuring: 29 weeks
babes HB: 142
I go for my second ultrasound on October 10th....maybe this little bean will co-operate!! Although, I have been going along as though it's a BOY!!lol
She mentioned that I should start booking my appointments for every 2weeks...I told her nope. I said that if I felt something wasn't right, I'd be sure to come in. In the end, she said alright. I also haven't gone for my Gestational Diabetes test yet....got a teeny lecture about that since they're sticky about it and want the test completed between 26 and 27week and no later than 28weeks. I'm not going to be losing sleep over trying to get there to get the test done.

RECIPES
*Honey Blemish Treatment*
1.soak a cotton ball in a saltwater solution and then hold on blemish for around 3min
2.dab honey onto blemish and let sit for about 15min
3. rinse with warm, then cool water
The saltwater will gently dissolve the tip of the blemish and allow the honey to penetrate and do it's work!! Honey is soothing and antibacterial!

*Vinegar Toner*
1 tbsp of APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
1 cup of distilled water
I use this as a toner after a shower or if my face could use a little pick-me-up
Store in a glass container and do not rinse. Depending on use this amount can last about 2weeks.

*Parsley Splasher*
1 large handful of fresh parsley
2 cups of boiling hot water
put the parsley into a bowl and dump the boiling water over it. Allow to cool and then strain. Pour the lovely green liquid into a glass jar with a tight fitting lid. Keep in the fridge if you like for a WAKE UP in the morning!! Apply to face with cotton pads or put in a spritzer container and spritz on your face whenever you'd like!! I haven't had any issues with the greeness!!lol


*MAC 'n' CHEESE*
I didn't use any measurements so bear with me!!
-in a med sized pot add:
about 1/4 cup of butter, 1/4 cup of flour and some diced onion and garlic (or just use powder if you have people who do not like chunks of onion)
mix on med-high heat until you have thick, gooey mixture...don't burn it otherwise it will have a bitter taste!!!
-then add to the mixture about 1-1 1/2 cups of milk (or cream, the higher the fat content the richer your sauce will be..I use 18% and I've also used 2% milk with no real difference in taste)whisk until you have a thick white sauce.
-add about 2 handfuls of your favourite shredded cheese and stir until it is all melted and you have a yummy cheesy sauce!!
-add your pasta of choice and coat those noodles in the yummo sauce.
You can add roasted veggies sliced or diced, ham, tuna..whatever!! have fun creating a yummy dinner!!
WARNING: this is a very filling meal, especially if you use whole wheat pasta, but it is delicious!!

*SMOOTHIES*
ahhh, the nectar of health and wellness.......
This is where you can be ever so creative!! There is no right or wrong way!!
The one in the pic below was
4 lemons
4 oranges
1 small handfull of parsley and spinach
tbsp of Raw Honey (to sweeten it a bit)

You can whisk a raw egg in there, I love that...I just don't do that while I'm pregnant. I simply just wash the eggshell before cracking and throw it in. I have been doing that since my early teen years!
You can add soy protein powder, yoghurt for some calcium as well. I typically just stick with fruit and veggies because I drink a lot of milk (I can make rice, almond and soy milk with my juicer too!!!) and eat a lot of yoghurt regularly already.
Thus far, my favourite is berries, spinach, carrots and parsley...YUMMO!!
If you add a banana, the taste takes on a totally banana flavour and thickens a bit.

BTW, you can do all of this in a blender...I just really wanted a juicer because I am a wimp and HATE pulp and really thick drinks!!LOL


Cloth diapers........
Ok here's the ultimate wash method I have found...
first, take all your diapers and wash them in HOT water until the water looks fairly clear after swishing. You m ay need to do this a few times.
Dry as you normally would (high heat in the dryer or on the line)
Now in your diaper pail, sprinkle some baking soda and some Borax in the bottom. I use a combo of a wet/dry pail. The night before it's diaper wash day, I fill the bucket with cold water (my diaper wash days are about every 2 days) and let 'em soak all night. I then dump the bucket into the washer and put it on spin.
I then put it on regular wash, on hot, and add a small scoop of
Claudias Choices and let it go!
Here are some tips I've learned along the way...
*do not use any soap that has any type of plant based oils in it. This will put a coating on the diapers and not allow them to clean.
*If you're having trouble with homemade stuff, switch to just baking soda for awhile. You can add a cupful of white vinegar to the rinse cycle if you'd like. See if that helps. Baking soda and the odd scoop of Borax will do the trick just fine!
It's what I've used when I don't have any Claudia's Choices.
I typically do a strip on the dipes about once a month or so or sometimes I just skip any soap and just use baking soda every few washes to prevent any buildup. It's buildup that will cause them to not works as well, clean as well or smell most of the time!

Well time to get back to cleaning and organizing and the dailies around here...it smells as though Matthew has a treat waiting for me in HIS dipe!!lol
Have a blessed Monday!!

Mish Mash of Mush 'n' Muddle

I'm still working on the other blog, I was hoping to make the switch over there by the middle of this month, but of course as per the usual...that hasn't happened!lol

We have been just so busy lately. I have been cleaning out like crazy and have a donation pickup coming next week. Which is great, however that is a week away!!!lol My house is a disaster with bags and boxes everywhere! I was originally going to Freecycle it all, but honestly it is just too much and I don't have time to deal with people who can't be bothered to show up or whatever.

Anyhoo, onto to other happenings....
We had Kayla's birthday celebration on Sunday evening. She had requested that I make her cake and was very specific as to how it should be! I used vanilla pudding/custard mix for the center to cut down on the sweetness. I figured everyone would be on a food coloring rush and didn't need the added bonus of excess sugar too!!lol!! Here's the pic:



Speaking of food.....
Here's what was for breakfast yesterday:

Refreshing and high in vitamin C...I also put some ginger and garlic in there as well!!
Here's what was for dinner:

Tuna casserole with a twist!! I made a yummy cheese sauce from scratch (I'm trying very hard to eliminate the fluorescent stuff from our diet) and mixed in tuna. We also grilled up asparagus, tomatoes, green and red peppers, and carrots. It was DELISH!!

Next up....
In my Babywearing group a gal posted this link all about babywearing in 1963. It was just so cool to see a glimpse of what it was like back then and that YES babywearing truly has been in North America for quite some time and is not something new!! :o)

Last on the list of updates...
The Used Toy and Clothing sale was on Saturday and it was good turnout!! I managed to sell a lot of outgrown stuff and stuff that just doesn't get worn. Now, with the money I made (well some of it...I *did* buy a carseat and a ton of baby BOY sleepers, two blow up beds for the little ones, and a few other things) and the money I am hoping to make from selling off a wrap, I will be getting some stuff for the boys who need some clothing and some winter stuff.

Oh and also for an update...
I have been on a mission to rid myself of chemicals and have been trying out more natural methods. So here's a list of what I've done thus far and then a list of what is next on the list.
NEW METHODS
-I've gone completely *NO POO* for myself and Matthew (and the baby will be too)!
I'm still trying to figure out the best method of keeping my ends from drying out.
I've started this in the past and then chickened out, but now I'm fully on board!
I found this over at
Crunchy Domestic Goddess it was the post that actually got me back on track!!
-No skin care products. I haven't ever been one to really use much on my face. I went through a Dove phase a couple years ago.....but, for the most part I never used much of anything because my skin would freak out. Now, I've found a method!
-baking soda scrub every few days...typically my hair wash day
-Honey Blemish Treatment on whatever little blemish rears it's ugly head
-Parsley rinse every few days
As a daily treatment...NOTHING!
-No toothpaste, just good 'ol baking soda, been doing that for awhile. The kids aren't too fond of it so I get them a fluoride free (much to my dentist's dismay..hehe)cinnamon paste
-No deodorant. I'm a lucky one and have never been a sweater and when I do, it rarely smells, so this is an easy one for me. If I am going out, I will use a chemical free deodorant (as do two of the kids who have obviously inherited their fathers perspiration) or a light dusting of baking soda!

in all honesty, baking soda is a lead star in this house now. I use it in laundry, cleaning, on my skin (you should try it and see just how beautifully soft your skin is after a Baking soda scrub!!!)...really, it can replace almost any chemical!
The lead supporter is vinegar, for cleaning and laundry it's top notch. Don't use it in your hair though.....only use Apple Cider Vinegar on your hair!!

So, baby steps!! It's such a long haul eliminating unnecessary stuff from your home, diet and life. Bill wants us to go even further and eliminate Made in China products....I haven't got that far yet on my list!!lol On the other hand, I am very excited to see him on board and showing interest!! He's still not quite ready to give up his deodorant or toothpaste and is thoroughly disgusted over my love affair with my juicer...but he's doing well! I just have to remember that this is a complete overhaul and it will all take time, some adjustments are easier and other's are more difficult.

I'm off to do a quick update at the Habitat blog and then I am off to get laundry going and hopefully make some newborn sized wool longies!! If anyone would like the recipes from above, leave a comment and I will post them!!!