I myself am a quagmire of sorts. By the day time (and sometimes night time), I am a fifth generation oil and gas well driller in Eastern Kentucky; and at all other times I am a frivolous "waste not want not" kinda gal! The way my family lived was always off the Earth. We gained our monies from what the Dinosaurs gave us, and understood that in the good times you must store up for the bad times. You may be asking...what does this have to do with making for baby. Well, now my identity is not only fifth generation oilfield worker and wife, but we have added... you guessed it.. BABY! My husband and I welcomed our first, and potentially only child, Carsyn Bella Sturgill, on November 30, 2012.
Through the past 9 months, I have found that the things your baby needs are both expensive and of poor quality. For instance, baby food jars are 52 cents at Kroger and 50 cents at Walmart, but I can make the apples in the applesauce jar for 16 cents. Growing babies rarely stay in one size of clothing very long, and the fortune I spent on clothing has been astronomical for the amount of times she has actually had the outfit on. Not to mention all of the really cute clothing is CRAZY expensive! This need to stretch my dollar has brought back my traditional raising. Needless to say, this is my journey of making for baby..."waste not want not!"
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