Chad decided that we should create hand and foot moulds to remember how small Grace is.
On one hand, that sounds kinda sweet. On the other hand, it sounds kinda hard. Being the lovely partner I am, I ordered a mould kit.
The directions to create a mould of your child's hand involves sticking it an alginate mix and then filling that with plaster. Sounds simple, until you try and manoeuvre a small child and get them to stay still enough for the alginate to set. As I have learnt, babies are never still, even in sleep.
It also looks like you are inflicting some sort of mob punishment on your child involving concrete shoes.
There is a moment of panic when you go to remove your child's hand or foot and it feels like it is stuck. Luckily some wiggling allows it to be gently removed. Grace slept through the whole process unaware that get parents where going from giggling to panicking at each step.
And the results? Well I can't decide if they are cute, or creepy. What definitely was creepy was when some of our first attempts broke and we were left with a collection of tiny plaster fingers.
There was also an option to create a mould of her bum. Both Chad and I agreed that was taking memory making a step too far.
On one hand, that sounds kinda sweet. On the other hand, it sounds kinda hard. Being the lovely partner I am, I ordered a mould kit.
The directions to create a mould of your child's hand involves sticking it an alginate mix and then filling that with plaster. Sounds simple, until you try and manoeuvre a small child and get them to stay still enough for the alginate to set. As I have learnt, babies are never still, even in sleep.
It also looks like you are inflicting some sort of mob punishment on your child involving concrete shoes.
There is a moment of panic when you go to remove your child's hand or foot and it feels like it is stuck. Luckily some wiggling allows it to be gently removed. Grace slept through the whole process unaware that get parents where going from giggling to panicking at each step.
And the results? Well I can't decide if they are cute, or creepy. What definitely was creepy was when some of our first attempts broke and we were left with a collection of tiny plaster fingers.
There was also an option to create a mould of her bum. Both Chad and I agreed that was taking memory making a step too far.
