Boppy Pajamas

Somehow I missed posting this a month ago when I wrote it up. Oops.

Those of you with children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or babysitting clients born after, say, 2000 (a guess based on my own babysitting career) are probably familiar with this pillow. It's called a "Boppy" and it's especially helpful during the first couple of months of breastfeeding. John is getting a little big for it when we're on the couch but we still use one for breakfast-in-bed.

I picked this one up at a yard sale and decided it needed a slipcover. Simplicity 4225 seemed to fit the bill and it is indeed a very simple thing. A little too simple -- the opening for inserting the pillow is right smack in the middle of the back panel, rather than along one of the curved seams as the Boppy (TM) cover has it.

This is all well and good until you try to insert the pillow. You know union suits? The kind with the fanny flap -- well, imagine trying to get one on your body by crawling in through the flap in the back. That is the exact technique required to get the pillow into this cover. Buyer beware ;)