by Whitney
Yes, I’m talking about your baby’s other grandparents.
It seems like there are only two ways to go: the high road and the low road.
High road: Become bff’s with your mother-in-law and never ever put your husband in the middle. Learn how to defuse even the most irritating situations with your good humor and self esteem in tact.
Check out the new book The Daughter-in-Law Rules: 101 Surefire Ways to Manage (and Make Friends with) Your Mother-In-Law! for ideas on that path. Heather read the whole book in one sitting and is eagerly awaiting Carol’s next visit to kill her with kindness.
Low road: Bitch to your girlfriends and turn to the Internets for anonymous support. I might be inviting criticism here, but may I suggest that one way to deal with someone who annoys you is to complain about them to others who do not know them.
Either way, venting to your partner is a really bad idea when it’s his parents you’re bitching about. That’s, as Dionne Warwick would say, what friends are for. And today, that’s what the Internet is for.
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by Whitney
This has got to be one of the fastest projects I’ve ever done. And this time, I made it for myself. Well, for my new baby; however, since babies don’t know what they’re wearing, it’s truly for me.
In short, the instructions go like this: cut a front and back of a hat from the bottom portion of a t-shirt and sew them together.
For those who need more details than that, here’s the tutorial.
1. Select an appropriate shirt. (This one is going to be too tight for me for longer than I care to think about.)
2. Fold shirt in half length-wise to save cutting time. If your scissors are poor, you might not be able to do this. Outline half of a bunny-rabbit head shape along the fold. The bottom hem will become the hem of your hat. You want the hem to be about 7″ wide, so 3.5″ from the fold ought to do it.
3. Cut along the line you’ve drawn and see what you’ve got. This is the front and back of your hat.
4. Pin the right sides together and sew. Perfect symmetry is not critical because you will be tying the rabbit ears into a knot.
5. After sewing, turn right side out and you are done! For a super-cute gift, make a matching pair of pants out of the sleeves of the same shirt. (Tutorial coming another day :-)) And, of course, a little zig-zag stitch along the bottom would be a nice touch.
If you make this, please post to flickr with a tag for rookiemoms! We want to see!
