Better late than never (or so I hear....).  Back in July I wrote about our new Nursery Bedding Sets we offer and down at the very bottom, mentioned I'd blog about bumper pads at some point.  Well, the time has come!  According to Health Canada (among other sites such as First Candle / National SIDS Alliance) the use of plush or cloth bumper pads is not recommended for a number of reasons: bumper pads decrease the oxygen rich air flow to a sleeping infant bumper pads that are not form
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Baby's nursery is all set!  When I was pregnant with daughter number 2 I had no trouble deciding what I wanted her bedding to look like: hot pink and damask!  It had to be the right damask however and the right pink.  After searching for sheets, curtains, and crib skirts, I came to the conclusion I would have to make my own.  (You would think this would dawn on me BEFORE as obviously I sew, but the thought of sewing more than for incoming orders was not something I wanted to do with my
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Well, it has been a very long wait for our family to move into our new digs.  A year.  May 24 of 2010 we moved from our home in the west end to a teeny tiny condo on the southside while we waited for our house to be built.  My husband and I thought, this 2 bedroom should be no problem for us, our 7 year old, and new baby due in a few months. Well, that was a bit of a stretch.  Our second daughter was born and she shared our room with us and I have never held my breath for so long in an
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I think for my first blog a little introduction is necessary!  My name is Katie Monilaws, I am mother to 2 incredible beauties, wife to my handsome husband of almost 5 years, and creator of Winifred Babies.  My husband and I met at "Chapters" ten years ago when I was studying for my BA at the University of Alberta.  My mind was not focused on starting my own business, having a family, or even staying in Edmonton long but needless to say, along came beautiful Sydney and life was
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