Recall on Rock N' Play and Transitioning to the Crib

I'm sure everyone has heard by now about the recall on Fisher Price Rock N' Plays. I am torn on this recall personally.

With H, we used our Rock N' Play after the first couple days home from the hospital. She LOVED it. It fit perfectly beside our bed and was so easy to travel with. It was easy to move from room to room, wherever we were. I loved it.

I will admit, it saved my sanity. She hated sleeping in the pack n play and her crib, she hated flat, hard surfaces, and she hated being swaddled. She would fall asleep in one of our arms and trying to put her down in a bed, was like a ticking time bomb. Until we finally started using the Rock N Play.

In the beginning we used all the features. The automatic rocker, the vibrations, and the music...she loved it all. Eventually we got to the point where we didn't use all the features, she would just sleep in the rock n' play herself.

Once we started hearing about the issues people were having with the rock n' play, we got a little nervous using ours, but H couldn't roll over from back to belly yet and she was always right beside our bed or in the same room that we were in, so we felt confident in the way we were using it to be able continue using it.

Once they officially recalled the product, we decided we wouldn't continue to use it and transition into her crib. This was not as easy as we had hoped for, but also not as hard as we imagined.

The first few nights in the crib as soon as she would move, she woke herself up. We had a few rough nights the first week, but we got through that week and didn't give up. When she would wake up and cry, we comforted her and gave her the pacifier. Very rarely we would take her out and rock her, we tried to keep her in the crib as much as possible so she would get used it. We also used the crib for nap time as well.

I'm not happy with the recall, because I still believe the Rock N' Play is an awesome product..the recall did force us into the crib transition earlier than we had planned. I have sympathy for anyone who experienced one of the incidents that lead to the recall and I am thankful that nothing happen during our time of using it.

**I still believe it is very important to pay attention to every product you use and follow all the safety directions and precautions.


Until the Next Dash,

Momma Spice

H: 3 Months

I'm not sure how it's possible, but H is officially 3 months old!

 1Month            3 Months

She is weighing 13lbs and 2oz and is 24 inches long! She is growing so quickly! One night she went to be in a 0-3 month sleeper and the next day she was too big for it! She is always super smiley and is starting to laugh a lot. She is a little stubborn, she will be smiling and laughing but as soon as the camera comes out, she is stone cold.


She loves to watch sports on TV with her daddy. She still loves to be rocked to sleep & loves to be soothed by singing. Baby Shark is her favorite song, which is an upgrade from Havana... Bath time is her favorite part of her nighttime routine.

 She loves to eat her hands & is starting to grab and play with more toys.She's enjoying the weather starting to get warmer so she can go outside more. She likes to always be able to see someone when she isn't being held. She loves to make all sorts of noises. She is rolling over from belly to back! We are working on back to belly now. Some day I'm sure she'll get an attitude about all the pictures we take, so we will enjoy it while it lasts. 

She is such a good baby. Very rarely cries or is fussy, she normally always has a reason. She for sure loves her sleep, she sleeps all night and we sometimes even have to wake her up in the mornings during the week.

She is Austin & I's pride and joy and we couldn't imagine our lives without her. We love her so much & can't believe she is 3 months already! Seems like yesterday we were just coming home from the hospital. 

  














Until the next dash,

Momma Spice*

It is Not a Lie, It Takes a Village

I have always heard things about how it "takes a village" to raise your kids. I had always been one of the people who thought..How? and Why? I always thought to myself, I could do it on my own..I wouldn't need help. I always associated asking for help or needed help as a weakness. I didn't want to ask anyone for help because I didn't want people to look down on me or think I couldn't handle it. 

...but now I just sit back and laugh at myself and wonder why I ever though asking for help was a bad thing? Why did I associate it with weakness?

Becoming a mom has shown me even when I ask for help..or a break..or if I have an emotional breakdown. I am okay and I am for sure not weak.

H is going on 3 months. I won't lie, in the beginning I was reluctant to ask for help, to admit that I was tired or that I needed something. I would get mad when people gave me advice or offered to help me. I worried what people would think if I had a babysitter so I could go do something, I worried what people would think when I went back to work full time, I was worried constantly how people would view me.

It took me a little bit and I wouldn't say I am completely there but I know now asking for help is not a weakness. The line "It takes a Village" is not a joke. We don't have to do all this alone. We have the most amazing village behind us. We can always depend on all our people.

I have learned that it's okay to ask for help and to admit that I need it sometimes. It's okay to be overwhelmed, but I have to know my limits and know when I need to ask for help. It doesn't make me any less of a great mother to my child or a wife to my husband by asking for help or needing a break. I have learned that while some people may have other intentions with their advice giving, my village does not. They do not mean any thing in a malicious way. I have to learn to accept the advice, I do not have to follow the advice if I don't agree with it, because I am still the parent, but I have to be willing to accept the advice and the help. (I'm still working on this one)

I fully understand why it takes a village and that it is not a weakness to need help or want the help.  Some kids aren't blessed with their grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins being so involved in their lives. I am thankful that my daughter has the opportunity to get to know her family and them get to know her. More people to love her.

From watching her while Austin and I are at work, picking her up from the sitter's when we have to work late or just coming to our house to watch her for a few hours while we get some work done. Helping with laundry and house work and cooking meals for us, it all makes a huge difference and we wouldn't want to do this journey without any of our family members or friends. 

I am thankful for our village.

So to all the other Momma's out there. It is okay to ask for help. It is okay to admit you're tired. It is okay to need your village. You are not weak. You are a great mother. Give yourself a break every now and then. Take a deep break, relax. YOU GOT THIS!

Until the next dash, 

Momma Spice*