At the risk of looking like some kind of weird DwellStudio junkie by posting about them twice in one week…So, you know how I am like totally a junkie for DwellStudio?
Well…lately, Crib Bumpers have been a big topic of discussion in this household. It’s a bit of a hot-button topic in the whole e-mom community actually, (to use, to not use, to go the breathable route…what have you) which I’m not going to get into here because I’m not educated enough on the topic to issue a real opinion. Which is sort of what prompted this post.
See, as it stands, we’ve been bumper-free. But the more times we find Dee in her crib like this: (or y’know, less cute versions of this…)
…the more we think it might be time to break down and buy one.
I tweeted as much this morning, asking for practical advice from the trenches. (Ask and ye shall receive – thanks to @alexandrawrote @Melaina25 @babyrabies @heirtoblair @ChiPumpkin @angie608 @emmie_bee @NiciBent @tmbarnes @KristiMaristi @RaisingMadison @becca7903 @jennamariebee & @Jen_Schoeph for all of your great responses.) The overwhelming majority seemed to be using breathable bumpers
…But then I also tweeted this:
And a minute later, something totally embarrassing happened to me (yes, more embarrassing than the fact that I spelled “a’ la carte” wrong.) I got a little bit star struck on Twitter. Because Christiane Lemieux (Creative Director of DwellStudio, and DwellStudio for Target) of whom you guys already know I am a huge fan, tweeted back.
Be still my beating heart. What excellent news! (And maybe even a scoop! A nursery-completing, dream-coming-true scoop!) Naturally, I RT’d (with grandiose enthusiasm):
Which prompted the beautiful and talented Jill of BabyRabies to respond:
To which Christiane responded:
C’mon. That is freaking awesome. And if DwellStudio does come out with breathable bumpers, you can bet your ass I’ll be first in line to get one.
Christiane also blogs regularly at: http://www.dwellstudio.com/blog and you can follow her on Twitter @DwellStudio.
, so I’d just be popping those [few and far between] bottles in there for cleaning/drying purposes, right? WRONG. [I was a fool. A FOOL.] (There was a third-of-all that involved me not wanting bottles out on my counter all the time, but the person who had the energy to care about bottles sitting out on the counter no longer exists, so I’m not even going to address it.)
(which cost three-hundred-fucking-dollars, by the way) has parts (bottles, and other small parts) that require immediate washing after use (okay require might be the wrong word, but…ew.) And we don’t use the pump bottles to feed her. No, no, no…because that would be way too straight forward. We use the 
(which also break down into small parts) because after buying all sorts of 
to try and avoid nipple confusion which Dee never had a problem with any way ::knock wood:: it was determined that the basic, old school, glass air flow bottle caused the least fussing (for us) and we should have just stuck with that in the first place. And then there are the pacifiers (Dee is pretty partial to the fancy 
one that we got as a shower gift.) We’re a two dog household, so when paci’s hit the floor, they’re liable to get scooped up in a beast’s mouth, or stepped on with poop-paws, or at very least end up with some puppy hair on them, and, again…ew, so those end up on the list of things that might need hand washing and air drying on the counter at any given moment.
on sale today (as well as some of their super sweet office furniture) of which I am a huge fan. Unfortunately they don’t have the drool-worthy and multifunctional 
I’ve been eyeing for Delilah’s nursery, or their adorable 
that everyone always seems to be sold out of in white, but thanks to OKL you can outfit your child’s entire room with their Plywood BeBe collection, pictured above, for about half price.
recall that we used two massive 
