Hit Me Baby One More Time

Since I received such positive "user comments" from my little crafting experiment in baby gifts, I made some more. ("Burp clothes are a hit," say Joe & Ellyn) These are for a couple of simultaneously expecting coworkers.

These things are so darn easy, and apparently useful in multiple ways I'd never thought of, according to the new parents I know.

What a wonderful soft fabric flannel is, I think as I pick out the fabrics in the store. And does it seem softer when it's pink or has nursery rhyme characters all over it? Yes, it does.

Babies are kind of lucky, perpetually snuggled in softness. So why do they cry so much? (Oh, maybe it's because they often end up stuck in soiled diapers and can't change themselves. Yuck.)