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WFMW: Motherhood’s sleeping bra

I just noticed that 2/3 of our posts thus far this week have been about bras, lol.

Several weeks ago, I went to Motherhood Maternity to buy a couple new nursing bras. The saleswoman suggested I get a sleeping bra too, and I went ahead and bought it, even though I didn’t think it was a real necessity.

Well, necessity or not, I love it! It’s so comfortable, yet it provides the support I need while sleeping. I had been sleeping in nursing camisoles, but this is way more comfy.

Here’s the link.

Motherhood’s sleeping bra works for me! Karen Neuburger’s infant socks also work for me – to read more about that click over to Reviewin’ It Up, and for more Works for Me Wendesday fun, head over to Rocks In My Dryer.

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If only I lived in a treehouse down a sunny dirt road.

So I just finished reading Kate her bedtime story, The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Stuff (not to be confused with The Messy Room), and it occurred to me that we are having the very same problem as Mama, Papa, Brother and Sister Bear. We have too much crap.

Wayyyy too much.

We have too much in our closets, too much in our garage, too much in our basement and too much in our storage areas. There is stuff everywhere! (ok no need to call Dr. Phil, I am not a freaky hoarder or anything – this is just a run-of-the-mill too much crap problem.)

And unlike the ever-resourceful Mama Bear, I can’t seem to take care of it in 12 pages one afternoon. In fact, I spent all last week trying to clean out the garage, and except for about 45 minutes when Sam napped on Monday, I couldn’t find the time to do it. And if I can’t find the time to do things like that while I’m on maternity leave, when will it ever get done?

I need to figure out a way to make this happen. I need to get rid of a bunch of stuff! But I don’t know how. So once again I turn to both all of you readers for help.

How do you deal with having too much stuff? How do you make time to go through and sort everything? What do you do to get rid of what you don’t want? Goodwill, garage sales, Ebay, or something different? And, once you’ve dealt with the problem, how do you keep from accumulating stuff all over again?

I eagerly await your ideas, because I am striking out!

And yes, Jenny, I know what can be done with all of our girl clothes… you’re not going to need to shop for Sophie for a long, long time. You can pay me in toothpaste and pizza rolls.

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Does anyone know how to freeze time?

Today, Sammy is six weeks old. Six weeks!! How did that happen? We just weighed him, and he’s up to 13 pounds. Where did my little baby go? Last night our pastor commented that he’s not a little newborn anymore and I about cried.

My sadness over his growth doesn’t make any sense to Andy. He looks at it as proof that Sam is healthy and is thriving, and that is great. And it is, I know, but it’s just going by so fast. So fast.

As I wrote that last paragraph, it reminded me of when Sophie turned one – Jenny was feeling the way I am, and Bobby told her that he wasn’t sad at all… turning one meant she was that much closer to turning three. Men.

They have a point, really, I suppose, and day by day things are already getting easier with Sam. Last night he slept the best yet, and hopefully that will continue. He’s so aware of what’s going on around him now, and he’s starting to think about smiling at us (I don’t blame him for taking a while on that front – we’re not very funny.) So while there is and will continue to be a bright side to his growing up, it still breaks my heart.

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