Archive > April 2006

With no plumbing experience whatsoever…

today I fixed a leaky faucet :)

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My baby’s not the only one.

Thank goodness we’re not alone in the hell we’ve been going through since the baby got his shots!  I know the reaction is mild compared to him ever getting the diseases he’s being immunized for, but damn, has this week been hell (on all of us!)!

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For public consumption.

I have to write and tell everyone how wonderful a father Mike has turned out to be. He knows the baby better than I do, and I spend every day with the Little Nutball. Tonight when Mike got home from work, the baby had been up since 2:30 p.m. and was crying. I thought it [...]

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Another question.

Are these legal?  Are they safe?  We have a problem with sun hitting the baby’s face a lot, and I hate pulling the carseat shade over his eyes…he misses all the scenery!

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Question for you all.

Does anyone out there use a pest control service for prevention? If so what company do you recommend? About how much are you paying for preventative services? Also: has anyone ever subscribed to Scholastic?  The one where they send you a few books every months to try for seven days that you can either keep [...]

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Bluebirds.

I was sitting on the front porch, and the Mama bluebird flew into her nest (the same box the chickadees used last year), and I heard tiny voices screaming for the food!  Earlier last week the bluebirds successfully fended off an attack by a starling.  I can’t wait to see the fledglings at the feeders!

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Baby proofing.

I started ordering the baby-proofing stuff today. Damn, that stuff is expensive! Note to self: baby-proofing should include Mom cutting her fingernails.  They do as much damage as anything.  Luckily baby’s memory is short.

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Today I am a good mom.

Check out the comments about reflux in the previous entry. I agree with Jillian completely: if he isn’t uncomfortable, giving prescription medicine to a two-month old is not a good idea. My only concern right now is that the baby has silent reflux (i.e. he spits it up into his throat, but then swallows it [...]

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