DIY Hallway Photo Gallery

Whenever we come from a major family trip - something annual hopefully - I print pictures from the trip for Brie to enjoy, and to help her remember. I especially want to help her remember other family members who live pretty far from us.

I originally just used painter's tape because it doesn't mess up with the walls but they're also not very sturdy and pictures kept falling off. So I decided to get some scrapbook materials and now we have a changeable photo gallery along our hallway.

Very easy to set up with just a few materials:

I ordered the pictures printed from Shutterfly.

I made sure to put the photo gallery on Brie's eye level. That's why I got command hooks, because those are easy to remove and re-place when Brie grows taller.

I actually have big plans on that wall. I want a gigantic whiteboard right there and we can have even more fun then!

Comments

TinkerBell slippers

Look at this bargain! I got a pair of TinkerBell sandals from the Disney Store last weekend for $4.99! I got the US size 18-24m. My Brie is already 28 months and these slippers fit her perfectly. They would probably last until Fall this year, then it will be too cold to wear them around the house anyway :) These TinkerBell slippers were almost perfect. They were just missing a small touch; very easy to fix with some needle and thread and a pair of large white pompoms! There you go! It's not sturdy, but it makes do when Brie is in the mood to feel like a fairy :)

11 wks: every 2 hour night feeds

We're definitely back at feeding every 2 hours at night. I'm not so bad off because co-sleeping is working for us really well. I only have to flip our positions to change from boob to boob every feeding. Brie's a pretty angel at night, she'd wiggle to wake me up when she's hungry but we'd both fall right back to sleep while she feeds. I don't think we're in a growth spurt, that's normally on 12th week. I hope we can go back to getting 3 hours of sleep after that. No hurry though, I know I have it much easier than other moms :)

17 wks: Are we slowly saying goodbye to nursing to sleep?

It has been a few days now, if not more than a week, that Brie refuses to feed to sleep. I have always preferred to nurse my baby to sleep because it was the least stressful and also the fastest way for her to sleep - especially since she still feeds every 2 hours, spending a long time helping her to sleep often makes her wake up too early because she's hungry (again). However, lately she's been changing the routine herself. Maybe because she's getting more efficient in feeding, and she doesn't want to keep nursing when she's already full (so much for comfort nursing!). So what she does when sleepy (and hungry) is feed for a few minutes then unlatch and wriggle and eventually look at me and chat - more like whine. That's when I pick her up and rock her to sleep. If she's tired enough but not overly, painfully tired, it will take 5-15 minutes before she sleeps. This is very timely because I've been wondering if I should gradually stop nursing her to

Brie and Me

Search This Blog