or... do you never put baby down at all?
maya likes to be held a lot, obviously, being that she's a baby and all, and we are more than happy to oblige. she is worn in the moby frequently in front carries. neither of us have been able to figure out the back carries, and tbh i'm not really that comfortable with them because i like to check her breathing pretty often. i feel like a back carry would be overly anxiety-inducing for a neurotic mama like me.
but sometimes i need to do stuff that i cannot be holding/wearing her for. well basically, cooking certain things that involve a risk of spattering hot oil or splashing boiling water on the baby. or dropping pots and pans on her head when i go to grab them out of the cabinet. no matter how careful i am, i don't like the idea of the baby being right there in case an accident were to happen, you know? i used to lay her down in a playpen bassinette thing right by the kitchen and she'd just chill out, cycle her legs, hang out, and then fall asleep - but now that's not working out so well. she will play, squeal, and have fun for 5 minutes... and then get lonely and fuss or cry. same with her little playgym thing. i have a crappy old bouncy chair and travel swing, neither of which has batteries yet (stupid husband), but she isn't too happy about being left in those for more than 5 minutes either. i wanted to buy a new swing, but the ones at BRU were way too fancy-pants and expensive. i just want one of those crappy old swings from like the 80s, but everything at the store was low to the ground and just, i dunno, i didn't like 'em.
anyway, so far we've been able to make it work out okay for the most part, but there have been two times that i burned things in the kitchen pretty badly because of trying to deal with both her and cooking. it would be easier if i could just not have to cook, but that's not really plausible, lol. and while i *could* just let her fuss for the 10 minutes i'd need to get all the unsafe stuff done, i really don't feel comfortable doing that.
so i'm wondering what you do when you're doing stuff where holding the baby or babywearing in a front carry isn't a good idea.
maya likes to be held a lot, obviously, being that she's a baby and all, and we are more than happy to oblige. she is worn in the moby frequently in front carries. neither of us have been able to figure out the back carries, and tbh i'm not really that comfortable with them because i like to check her breathing pretty often. i feel like a back carry would be overly anxiety-inducing for a neurotic mama like me.
but sometimes i need to do stuff that i cannot be holding/wearing her for. well basically, cooking certain things that involve a risk of spattering hot oil or splashing boiling water on the baby. or dropping pots and pans on her head when i go to grab them out of the cabinet. no matter how careful i am, i don't like the idea of the baby being right there in case an accident were to happen, you know? i used to lay her down in a playpen bassinette thing right by the kitchen and she'd just chill out, cycle her legs, hang out, and then fall asleep - but now that's not working out so well. she will play, squeal, and have fun for 5 minutes... and then get lonely and fuss or cry. same with her little playgym thing. i have a crappy old bouncy chair and travel swing, neither of which has batteries yet (stupid husband), but she isn't too happy about being left in those for more than 5 minutes either. i wanted to buy a new swing, but the ones at BRU were way too fancy-pants and expensive. i just want one of those crappy old swings from like the 80s, but everything at the store was low to the ground and just, i dunno, i didn't like 'em.
anyway, so far we've been able to make it work out okay for the most part, but there have been two times that i burned things in the kitchen pretty badly because of trying to deal with both her and cooking. it would be easier if i could just not have to cook, but that's not really plausible, lol. and while i *could* just let her fuss for the 10 minutes i'd need to get all the unsafe stuff done, i really don't feel comfortable doing that.
so i'm wondering what you do when you're doing stuff where holding the baby or babywearing in a front carry isn't a good idea.
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Without all the extra hands to help me- I don't know how I'd keep it together right now! 
. A friend lent it to us and I can get Olivia to sleep in it for a short while during the day, and sometimes an hour or two at night. I do run the white noise sounds on it at full blast, tho, and often it takes running the vacuum first to stun her to sleep. But when I need a shower or she's inconsolable fussy, ya do what ya gotta do.
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