How many broken slings does a girl need?


Did you know I have 5 baby slings in the house? Only one is really useable, and I don't like it. Here's the inventory:

• One functional one - navy blue and white, but WAY too long (the tail hangs almost to my feet) and disproportionate. The first one *I* ever sewed.
• One functional but ripping one - my purple one, after many years of use, is giving up, the material itself is wearing where it's tightened, and is ripped. I am concerned that it would rip too much with a baby in it, and I suppose I should retire it ... although it's been a key factor in being a famous unknown at our huge church - as in: "Oh, you're the lady who always has a baby in a purple sling!" (oh, and it's not inside out in that pic, I just have the tail flipped back up for extra warmth for baby Tobi-Wan)
• One flannel one, the rings are too small and the flannel is too puffy, so it doesn't really tighten and loosen well
• One beautiful denim-blue patterned one ~ with a popped ring. I'd have to un-sew the entire shoulder pad to replace the ring.
• One lovely turquoise and green one ~ also with a popped ring. Same issue as the above one.

I used to own some others, but the pink one I gave to Angie, and the heart-and-ticking one I gave Thayon, and the blue one I loaned to someone who never used it and never returned it :( I guess I shouldn't complain, since most of them have gotten good use, I'm happy to give them away to people who use them, the blue one is the only one that really makes me sad. Plus my purple one was a gift, and the turquoise and green was also a gift, both from my sister and both well used, and the denim-blue patterned one was a hand-me-back that I made for someone and was returned to me after ... 4 babies? 5? So it's been well used, too. I'm sad that the ring popped, though.

I tried Gorilla Glue , which is supposed to bond ANYthing, on the rings, but they didn't work. Bummer.

But here's the best news, my good friend Christine has two slings she is not using, and said she would be happy to have someone use them. So until I can get mine fixed, which I still hope to do so I always have loaners and back-ups (can't have too many FUNCTIONAL slings, can you?) I will get to use hers AND be reminded of her friendship. But I do need to decide if I can fix the others or not; I guess there's no reason to keep a stash of NON-functional ones for a long time ... right?

Posted: Fri - April 29, 2005 at 05:26 PM          

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