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[lilyelayne]

Let's do this.

[lilyelayne]

Nephew1 (3 years old) was feeling under the weather yesterday. It's a stomach issue so DNW anywhere close to my baby, but I keep wondering when I'll feel prepared to offer to keep nephews when they have to stay home sick from daycare. MIL usually does it, but doesn't like to. Maybe when DS is down to two naps.

[seamonster]

Had a good morning with DS before taking him in late to daycare (had to meet the 24 hours of antibiotics). He took a nap, on me, so I took a nap as well. Morning naps are the best.

And he actually slept once we raised one end of his matress. It was so nice.

I'm also glad I sent him to daycare because I'm sure antibiotics and plum puree is an unholy mixture. I didn't think about it until afterwards. I had plums I needed to use up. Maybe the banana ice cream (frozen banana mixed with formula) I made will help even things out tomorrow.

[aggiebug]

Morning I managed to convince H he should go get donuts this morning. It wasn't hard ha. I started crockpot apple butter last night but it didn't reduce much so I guess I will be cooking it longer today.

My life is thrilling.

[dreemkin]

Nothing planned here. Had an early-for-us wake up with Norah (6:30). Now she's playing while I catch up on spam.
I got my flu shot yesterday at work and my arm hurts Just taking it easy today I think.

[dreemkin]

Maybe this should be in the crafting section but I fear it would get lost. Does anyone color adult coloring books? I just got one off amazon bc I think it'll be relaxing at the end of the day or to do when norah colors. What should I use to color with? I'm more of a marker or pen kind of person than colored pencils or crayon. I saw gel pen sets on amazon listed as "bought together" with the coloring book but I'm not sure about that. Any suggestions or recs?

[ChickenOnSunday]

Sept 22, 2015 7:11:17 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Maybe this should be in the crafting section but I fear it would get lost. Does anyone color adult coloring books? I just got one off amazon bc I think it'll be relaxing at the end of the day or to do when norah colors. What should I use to color with? I'm more of a marker or pen kind of person than colored pencils or crayon. I saw gel pen sets on amazon listed as "bought together" with the coloring book but I'm not sure about that. Any suggestions or recs?

My MIL was just here for the weekend and said she has an adult coloring book. I think she uses colored pencils.

I was confused about the subject matter of an adult coloring book prior to knowing my MIL taking part. I thought the adult description meant "adult." Guess not.

[cougarette]

When I dropped off DS the teachers were asking how he's doing. One thought it may be his ears again since he would cry when he was taking his bottle and another said she thought he may be constipated since he kept straining, but nothing came out.

I may get prunes tonight and see if that's it. He has seemed more gassy. He also hasn't had a fever, though I know you can have an ear infection without one.

The one teacher who recommended prunes said jokingly that he may blow out so wrap him in a bag, haha.

[kaydee0402]

lilyelayne, major love tit for the Great Mouse Detective!

[aggiebug]

Sept 22, 2015 7:11:17 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Maybe this should be in the crafting section but I fear it would get lost. Does anyone color adult coloring books? I just got one off amazon bc I think it'll be relaxing at the end of the day or to do when norah colors. What should I use to color with? I'm more of a marker or pen kind of person than colored pencils or crayon. I saw gel pen sets on amazon listed as "bought together" with the coloring book but I'm not sure about that. Any suggestions or recs?

I use good quality coloring pencils. As a lefty markers and pens would smear a lot, but with all the fine details I would choose pens over markers. Or ultra fine tip markers, but they may bleed through.

ChickenOnSunday LOL at the "adult" coloring books. They just have a lot of fine details

[kaydee0402]

Sept 22, 2015 6:25:48 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Morning I managed to convince H he should go get donuts this morning. It wasn't hard ha. I started crockpot apple butter last night but it didn't reduce much so I guess I will be cooking it longer today.

My life is thrilling.

Mmm.  Apple butter.  One thing I loved about visiting my sister in NorVA was going to the orchard to pick apples and making apple butter.  Too bad she moved!

[kaydee0402]

Nothing to report here. Little Man seems to finally be getting better, thank the Lord. I laid down with him at 9 last night because he wasn't falling asleep and we both passed out. I think that's the best sleep I've had in awhile.

Tomorrow is DH's birthday and I've bought him a card and $3.99 CD. I guess I need to spend my lunch break finishing up birthday shopping

[ChickenOnSunday]

Sept 22, 2015 7:56:13 GMT -5 cougarette said:

When I dropped off DS the teachers were asking how he's doing. One thought it may be his ears again since he would cry when he was taking his bottle and another said she thought he may be constipated since he kept straining, but nothing came out.

I may get prunes tonight and see if that's it. He has seemed more gassy. He also hasn't had a fever, though I know you can have an ear infection without one.

The one teacher who recommended prunes said jokingly that he may blow out so wrap him in a bag, haha.

We put a dish towel under Addie when we think a blowout might happen. I don't even know how we would handle poop in the car seat.

[seamonster]

Sept 22, 2015 7:16:24 GMT -5 ChickenOnSunday said:

Sept 22, 2015 7:11:17 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

Maybe this should be in the crafting section but I fear it would get lost. Does anyone color adult coloring books? I just got one off amazon bc I think it'll be relaxing at the end of the day or to do when norah colors. What should I use to color with? I'm more of a marker or pen kind of person than colored pencils or crayon. I saw gel pen sets on amazon listed as "bought together" with the coloring book but I'm not sure about that. Any suggestions or recs?

My MIL was just here for the weekend and said she has an adult coloring book. I think she uses colored pencils.

I was confused about the subject matter of an adult coloring book prior to knowing my MIL taking part. I thought the adult description meant "adult." Guess not.

I use coloring pencils. Fine markers or gel pens might work, but I'd test the bleed through of the markers on the page first.

I'm sure there are "adult" coloring books out there. But the majority of them are just very detailed or patterns.

[seamonster]

Sept 22, 2015 8:09:00 GMT -5 ChickenOnSunday said:

Sept 22, 2015 7:56:13 GMT -5 cougarette said:

When I dropped off DS the teachers were asking how he's doing. One thought it may be his ears again since he would cry when he was taking his bottle and another said she thought he may be constipated since he kept straining, but nothing came out.

I may get prunes tonight and see if that's it. He has seemed more gassy. He also hasn't had a fever, though I know you can have an ear infection without one.

The one teacher who recommended prunes said jokingly that he may blow out so wrap him in a bag, haha.

We put a dish towel under Addie when we think a blowout might happen. I don't even know how we would handle poop in the car seat.

Antiseptic cleaning wipes are excellent if you can tackle the problem right away. But that's just leak through that got through clothes.

Maybe I should get a towel for pick up. He's wearing shorts.

[lilyelayne]

seamonster your banana ice cream idea is so clever!
aggiebug convo with DH yesterday

ChickenOnSunday I cracked up at the thought of MIL bringing a risqué coloring book when she came to visit.

[aggiebug]

Sept 22, 2015 8:26:50 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

seamonster your banana ice cream idea is so clever!
aggiebug convo with DH yesterday

ChickenOnSunday I cracked up at the thought of MIL bringing a risqué coloring book when she came to visit.

Yes. Listening in on those conversations is the best.

[aggiebug]

Sept 22, 2015 8:33:37 GMT -5 mumomma13 said:

Good morning! DS didn't sleep very well last night, so I'm sure I jinxed myself by posting yesterday. I am realizing that I have no idea what I'm doing in regards to solids (or parenting..but...). DS is on the younger side (March birthday), and I have been giving him the stage two gerber purees. I picked up the puffs yesterday, but I haven't tried them. What are some safer foods to give him that aren't purees? What about liquids during meals? Water in a cup? Google is not helping.

Dude I feel so unprepared for foods (and we have been doing it for 2 months now).

Avocado slices, bananas cut long ways, steamed sweet potatoes, steamed zucchini sticks, anything you can smush between 2 fingers is likely good. I roll the slippery foods such as bananas in a little corn meal. DD also likes to gnaw on a piece of French H bread, I do have to watch her because she will eventually get a big chunk off but it takes quite a while.

Cooked peas, stems of broccoli (seems crazy but DD does awesome with this), even strips of baked chicken or any other meat is fine just avoid heavy seasoning.


My pedi told me water at this point is unnecessary. They can practice with a cup and have a sip here or there or if you think they are really dehydrated then give them some but no more than 4oz a day. I have used a cup at dinner when she seems to forget to swallow. I will give her the cup and she will naturally suck and swallow. DD loves when I give her a sip put of my water bottle.

[aggiebug]

Oh and Puffs are likely just fine especially if she is picking things up and bringing them to her mouth on her own and sitting up on her own a little.

[ChickenOnSunday]

Sept 22, 2015 8:22:22 GMT -5 seamonster said:

Sept 22, 2015 8:09:00 GMT -5 ChickenOnSunday said:

We put a dish towel under Addie when we think a blowout might happen. I don't even know how we would handle poop in the car seat.

Antiseptic cleaning wipes are excellent if you can tackle the problem right away. But that's just leak through that got through clothes.

Maybe I should get a towel for pick up. He's wearing shorts.

In a normal situation the cleaning process would be easy. We use the towel when heading to daycare. My husband drops her off and the seat stays in a closet until I get the girls in the evening.

[kartish]

The three of us are in bed still. V and DH are still sleeping, but I am wide awake sadly. I thought about going and cleaning or working from home some, but then I would worry about the baby waking and crawling off the bed. So I'll just mess around on my phone instead.

[cloe111479]

So I am starting to think we are hitting the 8 month sleep regression already... All last week and this week she is waking when she used to STTN. She is pretty good about getting back to sleep but last night went to bed at 8. Woke at 10, then 2:45, then 5:09. Both 10 and 2:45, I was able to give her the pacifier, and her lovey,and just sort of talk to her, and she was fine after 5-10 mins. At 5:09 my resistance was down -- she came to bed with me for the last 1/2 hr.

DH talked to me after the 2:45 wake up.. and asked how i got her back to sleep etc.. Then when i put her in bed with him while I pumped this morning, he tells her you sleep so good last night -- He literally had NO MEMORY of talking to me or her waking. Must be nice!

We didn't have a 4 month sleep issue. I am in totally new territory. HELP!

She is pulling up and crawling everywhere... and even tried to cruise from the chair to the stroller yesterday, so I know she has major changes going on.. but help!!!

[pitdigger]

Well, things are getting interesting here. DH has two interviews this week, one today for a firm that may keep him on island and one sometime this week for a firm overseas.

[GeekBeagle]

mumomma13 Our pedi told me that we could give DS water in a sippy cup while we eat if he needs something to keep his interest.

[FlutterOfYoshis]

Today is the worst we've had in a while regarding naps. It's our own fault though. With all these weekend long-distance trips, we continuously put crib training on hold since she'd been doing so well in her rnp. She managed to sit up in her rnp yesterday, so here we are crib training every nap today. It's not the first time she's ever had naps in her crib, but she's fighting it hard. So many tears. I have to keep reminding myself that she needs to learn this and it'll get better...I just hate hearing my baby cry like this when all she wants to do is sleep.

At least today she enjoyed trying Greek yogurt with peaches. So much that she even fed herself a bit with the spoon! I'm hanging on to that happy thought.

[GeekBeagle]

Does anyone have any tips for getting sweet potato and carrot stains out of clothes?

[kaydee0402]

Sept 22, 2015 14:06:49 GMT -5 GeekBeagle said:

Does anyone have any tips for getting sweet potato and carrot stains out of clothes?

Second.

And if you have any tips for getting sweet potatoes off my wall, that would be helpful as well. 

[dmorgendorffer]

How is it still only Tuesday? This feels like the longest week ever so far.

GeekBeagle I have been using the Stage 2 Dreft: Active Baby which claims it removes 99% of baby food stains. It takes some soaking but so far it has in fact removed almost all of our baby food / baby poop stains.

[cougarette]

Sept 22, 2015 14:18:43 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Sept 22, 2015 14:06:49 GMT -5 GeekBeagle said:

Does anyone have any tips for getting sweet potato and carrot stains out of clothes?

Second.

And if you have any tips for getting sweet potatoes off my wall, that would be helpful as well. 

Magic eraser?

[dreemkin]

Sept 22, 2015 14:06:49 GMT -5 GeekBeagle said:

Does anyone have any tips for getting sweet potato and carrot stains out of clothes?

I don't know about those things but I use an oxi-clean stain stick (it's blue) and Zout spray and it works pretty well for most things. XP: I have a toddler...