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December 30, 2007
Magic Bags
Tim: Someone gave us a sling for the babies, and we bought ourselves another one. We've been able to do all kinds of things with the babies because of them. We recently went to our local coffeehouse carrying Ian and Elanor in baby slings. With our kids inconspicuously ensconced, we slurped our coffee and hot chocolate, and heard not a peep from them. They seemed to enjoy their first coffeehouse experience. Actually we accomplished this baby hiding feat for the first time a couple weeks ago when we had dinner at a little pizza joint. Our ruse was well executed and no one looked suspiciously at us until a couple from a nearby table tip-toed over and asked us if we had babies in our slings. The jig being up, we confessed and gave them a peek.
Joanna: These slings are our magic bags. For one, they almost completely disguise the fact that we have twins, which keeps strangers out of their faces when they're so little (and yes, we're finding that having twins attracts a lot of attention). It just looks like we're carrying a large handbag, or our dog, as Aunt 'Stina realized. The other thing is that when they're fussy--especially little Ian--dropping them in the bag and walking around for awhile calms them down when almost nothing else will. It blocks out light and sound, and they love the motion of walking. It's the kids' sensory-deprivatory-pseudo-womb-therapy. (It is also good therapy for us – no screaming kids in public…yet!)
deux bebes | By Tim and Jo | 05:12 PM
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