I would probably rather take the baby out of the stroller and then pull the stroller up the stairs!

I just saw a picture of this on some tv show. He leaned himself forward and did indeed nearly fall, but Naomi was paying attention and reached her hands out and stopped him. I don’t think it’s being critical to state the truth that it did look like he was about to fall out. A second after this picture was taken he almost did. No judgments have been implied. She was being watchful and she is doing a good job.

I love Sasha as a nickname for Alexander. That’s a very Russian thing to do, no?

Very informative momma’s like yourselves, alsways taught me when trying to go up like the way Naomi is with the stroller is to have the stroller facing foward, tilt the stroller a bit so it hits my belly, move the stroller up forward a bit, and then move on up. Simple! Don’t forget it’s their first, so they are probably still learning things. I don’t think she would ever put that little cutie pie in danger on purpose!

Sasha is the Slavic nickname for Alexander – Liev is Ukrainian.

This is probably so way off topic, but where does the name Sasha come from? Meaning, his name is Alexander Pete — where did they get Sasha? Just curious. He’s absolutely GORGEOUS.

The vest / singlet is an organic cotton one from the wonderful Nature Baby in New Zealand – a fave of other mothers like Maggie Gyllenhall http://www.naturebaby.co.nz

Here, here Stef!

I don’t have this particular stroller but I don’t use the over-the-shoulder straps either because both of my children *hate* them. They just pull at them and whine, especially my 3 year old. I just use the lap belt and that keeps them in just fine.

Instead of stalking Naomi and snapping photos of her struggling with a stroller with a big baby boy inside AND her bag while trying to get up some stairs, the photographer should have done the polite and civil thing by lending a helping hand. But that doesn’t make money.

Sasha is a beautiful baby, he is getting cuter and cuter and so big.