The Battle Of The Bottom

AH...the battle of the wills, the need for autonomy and independence showers over any logical train of thought...thus introduces the 'battle of the bottom'....diaper changing fits that is. Figuring out how to get my one year old to lay still long enough for a diaper change is one of the biggest challenges I face on a day to day basis. He hates it! I have recently changed the 'battlefield' location from the changing table to the floor for safety reasons. He flips, he turns, wriggles and cries. It's as if getting a diaper change is the end of the world! I understand that, at this age, sitting still long enough to get anything accomplished is a task within itself and the urge and need to continue discovering and exploring the world takes a back seat to nothing. I am running out of ways to redirect and occupy his attention. (open to suggestions LOL)
We will get through this challenge, and I'm sure there will be more up ahead.

He said 'DUCK'!!

No way! My one year old just crawled up to me with his little rubby ducky toy and said 'A Du'... He has made sounds before that have resembled words, but only immediately after he hears them. He did this entirely on his own. Pretty soon he will be parrotting everything he hears! It's so exciting to hear him start communicating with words. He definitely understands more than he can say, I think it's amazing how babies pick up the human language in just a few short years. Their brains are like little sponges, just saoking up all the knowledge they can take in. They can learn pretty much anything. That's why it's so important to instill good values into them at an early age. I once heard that people's characters are shaped more in the first few years of life than any other time. Even though we can't remember the first few years of our lives, I believe our subcouncious always keeps a record of what we were exposed to.

3 Different Ways To Offer My Designs

I opened my Etsy shop about a month ago, and I have to admit I have been slow at adding new items. Since I only have about 5 birth announcement name print designs completed, my shop isn't going to look full anytime soon. At first, I planned on only offering my designs in a frame as a wall hanging. But not everyone will want to hang their print on a wall. So I have decided to offer each of my designs in 3 different ways.

The first is, as stated above, the name print in an 8x10 glass format frame hung by braided ribbon and jute with a pretty bow on top. (As seen below)

Click On Photo Above To See This Wall Hanging On Etsy.com

This same baby name print is also available unframed, as just the print, as pictured below.

Click On Photo Above To See This Wall Hanging On Etsy.com

And finally, this same name print will be offered as a high resolution JPEG file, emailed to my customer for them to print at home or their local printing lab. (I recommend Costco printing labs for quality color)

I hope offering a variety of choices to my customers will help them feel more comfortable buying from me. That first sale will be very exciting! I know people are always skeptical from buying online from a new seller, so I hope by offering lower priced versions of my wall hangings (the print and the JPEG), it will entice buyers to take that leap and purchase a name print for their baby, or a friend's baby from the Etsy shop Featuring BABY!

Check out my shop to see all the great baby name art designs! Oh BTW, we always offer FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the United States!

Baby Name Print Made To Match Max Crib Bedding GREAT SHOWER GIFT

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Celebrate your new bundle of joy with this nursery baby name print!
This 8x10 unframed birth announcement name print is made to coordinate with the popular crib bedding Max.

This eye catching design looks great with any nursery bedding with coordinating colors and makes a wonderful baby shower gift! The combination of traditional polka dots and stripes is showcased in the modern color scheme of blue with chocolate and caramel brown tones.

Your print will be professionally printed with baby's first name in lower case letters, date of birth, weight and length, and will go nicely with any frame.

Check out www.FeaturingBaby.etsy.com for more baby name print designs!

Just Listed Baby Name Print Made To Match Maya Crib Bedding GREAT SHOWER GIFT

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Celebrate your new bundle of joy with this nursery baby name print!
This 8x10 unframed birth announcement name print is made to coordinate with the popular crib bedding Maya.

This eye catching design looks great with any nursery bedding with coordinating colors and makes a wonderful baby shower gift! The combination of traditional polka dots and stripes is showcased in the modern color scheme of pink with chocolate and caramel brown tones.

Your print will be professionally printed with baby's first name in lower case letters, date of birth, weight and length, and will go nicely with any frame.

Check out www.FeaturingBaby.etsy.com for more baby name print designs!

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Textured Double Sided Baby Flash Cards

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These baby flash cards are really neat, and they have helped Domynik alot with word association. He is such a smart kid! I showed him a couple flashcards in the morning and by evening he could point them out for me when I asked him. They are a really fun learning tool because they are textured, so not only did Dom like to look at them (and of course put them in his mouth) he liked to feel all the different textures on each flash card. They are double sided and the back of each card has an interacive activity for parents to help their little ones learn. There are probably lots of different flash cards out there for babies, these are just the ones we ran across and we really like them. I included an image link at the top of this post for more information on how and where to get them.