Check out the eyes!

Please, people, no pictures!

At 9 months, I took my dear son to see an optometrist. Why? Well, no reason, really. I had read that it was highly suggested that an infant's eyes are checked at around 6 months, but my pediatrician made no mention of this so I didn't really sweat it. And then one of the ladies at the parent education class I take mentioned that she was referred to a free program to have her child's eyes checked called InfantSEE. So I figured if it's free, why not?

I took him to see Dr. Wang at the South Pasadena Optometric Group, and she was amazing with him (and me). I found it extremely interesting how she examined his eyes -- baby versions of an adult eye exam. Lucky was really sweet through the entire thing and even let them dilate his eyes and put sunglasses on afterwards with no issue. And the exam really was free. I had an amazing experience. I would highly recommend all parents take advantage of this program, which is offered to infants from age 6 months to one year.

Revisiting Babywearing

With the Infantino sling recall, I thought I would revisit the subject of babywearing. In the beginning we used a ring sling and the Moby Wrap, which cradled Lucky quite well and he really liked it, but the sling in particular didn't free my hands because I was always so worried that he would fall out. The Moby Wrap was awesome because I really felt that he was secure in there, but it took SO long to put it on, and then he got heavy fast so we stopped using it because we started wearing him the same way we did in the Belle Baby Carrier, and it was so much easier to put him in the Belle. I absolutely LOVE the Belle Baby Carrier. We got it for 50%, which was even sweeter. Here's a pic of the very one we bought (yes, we got the Cheetah):

There are two buckles and an adjustable ring belt, and that's it. We mostly wear our son facing out, but every now and then he gets tired and we can easily just turn him around in the Belle and have him face in. I do wish that I had gotten the organic version, which my friend has, as it seems softer and on the whole more breathable, but it wasn't 50%. I think since I started with the Belle that when I tried to put the Bjorn on it seemed counter-intuitive, but definitely he loves it.