B2B (back to basics) Groundhog Day Special

[RebeccaMomof3]

morning :tired: We are mamas who enjoy keeping diapering simple. We like prefolds/flats/wool/anything we make ourselves and a wide variety of other stuff too (yes, even fancy diapers and sposies sometimes) :giggle: We are nonjudgemental easy-going and LOVE newbies so jump in :)

WOTB: (what's on the bum) a gmd red UB PF with a flannel recycled burp-cloth doubler, with our "Passion" Purewool double ruffle longies. :drool:

[carnalcindd]

Hi ladies :)

Any thoughts on keeping or selling fitteds?
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6186180&posted=1#post6186180

I hope to get to pop in here more often. DD is almost 2 weeks old and this will be our first full week w/o any family here to "help" us...we will see how it goes :thumbsup:

[melissamomof3girls]

Morning gals.

Not much on our agenda today. Same old...Same old...Laundry, dishes, clean-up, school, cooking, baking. Balancing my checkbook. I'm $6.65 off and I can't figure it out anywhere :hairpull: Last night it was $6.65 under and this morning somehow it's over. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Okay. Now that I've got that out of my system.

WOTB: Drk Br GMD w/ LL preemie as doubler & thirsties cover. I feel like a broken record.

[RebeccaMomof3]

Hi ladies :)

Any thoughts on keeping or selling fitteds?
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6186180&posted=1#post6186180

I hope to get to pop in here more often. DD is almost 2 weeks old and this will be our first full week w/o any family here to "help" us...we will see how it goes :thumbsup:

GL on going alone now :goodvibes: I replied to your thread but I was kinda indecisive :giggle:

[RebeccaMomof3]

Morning gals.

Not much on our agenda today. Same old...Same old...Laundry, dishes, clean-up, school, cooking, baking. Balancing my checkbook. I'm $6.65 off and I can't figure it out anywhere :hairpull: Last night it was $6.65 under and this morning somehow it's over. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Okay. Now that I've got that out of my system.

WOTB: Drk Br GMD w/ LL preemie as doubler & thirsties cover. I feel like a broken record.

Bank fees? Whenever I used to be off a bit it was always bank fees :giggle: :hugs: I know how frustrating it is.

[TJR2119]

Morning mamas!

wotb: olive pf snappi'd under a red WAHM cover. I usually like everything to match if I can :giggle: but DH had to change her again while I was in the shower because she was a poop machine this morning! He did a pretty good job with the pf which is surprising because yesterday I supervised while he attempted to put one on her and and left huge gaps in her legs!

[TJR2119]

Good luck today carnalcindd!

[maman08]

Morning, mamas! I just finally hit post on my multi-quote for this weekend's thread, which I started eight hours ago...but hey, better late than never, right? :giggle:

Our weekend was good -- I'm never online much while DH is home but I did skim through to see what everyone was up to. Right now DS is napping (finally! It's been a struggle to get him to settle down for both naps today, but at least he's taking them) and I'm about to try to motivate and get dinner started. I did manage to do 2 loads of laundry, vacuum the living room, entry way and rec room carpets (holding DS, who is terrified of the vacuum and kept trying to climb over my shoulder to get away from it), sweep and mop the hardwood floor in the rec room, bake banana bread, tend to my sourdough bread that will get baked in a few hours, and send out pictures of DS from this past month. :thud:

Last night DH and I put together some cheapo Ikea-style desks we bought at the local version of Home Depot, and we now officially have a crafting corner. DH has all his fly-tying stuff set up on his desk, and I have my sewing machine on mine. It'll be so nice not to have to drag that stuff out to the dining room table and clean it all up every time we want to do something with it!

And before I go, I have to show off what I just finished...it's the soaker made with the leftover yarn from DS's longies. I wish I had known how the pattern would go (I used the Curly Purly pattern and it's the first time I've done it) so I could have figured out how to have more of the brown yarn up front, but I still think it's pretty cute.

The front:
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2532.jpg

The back:
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2533.jpg

[RebeccaMomof3]

nice soaker heidi! I am thinking of using that pattern to do my first project...do you think it is good for a beginner knitter?

[maman08]

nice soaker heidi! I am thinking of using that pattern to do my first project...do you think it is good for a beginner knitter?

I think it would be okay as long as you can look up the instructions for a few of the stitches on knittinghelp.com or something similar. The pattern is pretty clear, but doesn't really explain things in detail so having some sort of tutorial on hand would probably be helpful. I actually think a pair of shorties might be easier just because there's probably less shaping...I've used the Fern and Faerie and the Sheepy Pants patterns and of the two of them I prefer Sheepy Pants, but Itchy Fingers is free and I've heard it's also pretty good.

[mom2piddle]

:wave: morning! Just jumping in for a minute! My morning has been eventful to say the least...my bf usually comes over before work to help me get the baby ready for daycare and to take DD3 out to her bus...His work changed his scheduled and now he goes in too early to come by....I got up, got the big kids up while the baby slept, grabbed a load of kids jeans out of the dryer, folded them, threw the baby's clothes in the dryer and hung a load of my clothes that washed last night...helped the girls pick their clothes and jumped in the shower really quickly while DS got ready, signed stuff for the big kids and sent the older 3 on their bus....got DD3's hair up and her ready to go...went out to take her to her bus on time, started my car while I waited and don't you know...Her bus never came! The one day her Daddy can't take her to the bus it doesn't show up! So you know I had to call him and tell him that we had stood outside for 20 min waiting on a bus that never came! I called the school and they said to call transportation and they would send someone to come get her...I told them I would bring her in on my way to work and they proceeded to tell me that if she wasn't going to be there in the next 15 min she would need to be brouht into the office to get a late pass...like no kidding! I thought I could just let my kindergartener walk in and out of school whenever she felt like it...duh...so she came in ate breakfast(somedays they eat ate breakfast at school as a treat!) and I packed the baby's bag, got her dressed and nursed her...we are now off to school, daycare and then work....yeah me! :yay:

Heidi~great soaker!

Carnalcindd~good luck with no help!

Melissa~good luck finding where you are off...I have to balance my checkbook sometime today and haven't done it in forever on paper so I'm not looking forward to it :hide:

WOTB: green BG 1.0 stuffed with a LL UB flat for daycare....today the ba is packed full of BG's stuffed with LL flats.

[mamazluv]

never heard of the itchy fingers. do you have a link or two? i have the basics down on knitting, im just slow. and my sis taught me using the righthanded method. i was looking online and i think i would do better w the left handed version. not that im a leftie, but that seems easier to adjust to since i crochet. you know holding the yarn in the left. im gonna try and see. jjust like crochet, every thing should be the same, only reversed. like the front looks like the back. and compensate. right? anyone know what i am talking about?

so the girls are on the mend. addison is feeling just enough better that she is a complete pain. she doesnt want held or down. just to squirm while being held and scream. very annoying.

but i did manage to get my books to balance... :elmo: and got some sewing done. although i didnt leave the house yesterday.

faith, i was thinking about the rash. someone else mentioned a viral or fungal type thing... you know that makes sense. if it doesnt clear up, i might try the dr. those types of things are irritated and made worse with the moisturizers.

and they say that sometimes yeast looks like a dry rash. i dont really remember what it looks like, but ds had one when he was a baby. (16years ago)

[melissamomof3girls]

Bank fees? Whenever I used to be off a bit it was always bank fees :giggle: :hugs: I know how frustrating it is.

I finally figured it out. I had deducted something twice. :blush: Better than not deducting something at all, which I've also done.

Morning, mamas! I just finally hit post on my multi-quote for this weekend's thread, which I started eight hours ago...but hey, better late than never, right? :giggle:

Our weekend was good -- I'm never online much while DH is home but I did skim through to see what everyone was up to. Right now DS is napping (finally! It's been a struggle to get him to settle down for both naps today, but at least he's taking them) and I'm about to try to motivate and get dinner started. I did manage to do 2 loads of laundry, vacuum the living room, entry way and rec room carpets (holding DS, who is terrified of the vacuum and kept trying to climb over my shoulder to get away from it), sweep and mop the hardwood floor in the rec room, bake banana bread, tend to my sourdough bread that will get baked in a few hours, and send out pictures of DS from this past month. :thud:

Last night DH and I put together some cheapo Ikea-style desks we bought at the local version of Home Depot, and we now officially have a crafting corner. DH has all his fly-tying stuff set up on his desk, and I have my sewing machine on mine. It'll be so nice not to have to drag that stuff out to the dining room table and clean it all up every time we want to do something with it!

And before I go, I have to show off what I just finished...it's the soaker made with the leftover yarn from DS's longies. I wish I had known how the pattern would go (I used the Curly Purly pattern and it's the first time I've done it) so I could have figured out how to have more of the brown yarn up front, but I still think it's pretty cute.

The front:
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2532.jpg

The back:
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2533.jpg


Sounds like fun! My husband has made some shelves and stuff for us and I love homemade furniture! The soaker is so cute! Is that knitting or crocheting? My grandma bought me needles, a book, & yarn and is waiting on me to come over because I asked her to teach me how to knit. I figured when we have a new baby I could knit my own soakers and longies and stuff...considering I take well to learning :giggle: .

[RebeccaMomof3]

yeah I second the "link me to the shortie" pattern. I'd be good to do one of those instead :thumbsup:

[RebeccaMomof3]

never heard of the itchy fingers. do you have a link or two? i have the basics down on knitting, im just slow. and my sis taught me using the righthanded method. i was looking online and i think i would do better w the left handed version. not that im a leftie, but that seems easier to adjust to since i crochet. you know holding the yarn in the left. im gonna try and see. jjust like crochet, every thing should be the same, only reversed. like the front looks like the back. and compensate. right? anyone know what i am talking about?


Check out the continental method...I think that's what you are talking about. My knitting book shows it :thumbsup:

[beck2boys1girl]

I stopped in to bump my threads and thought I would post a to do list to keep me accountable today

[-]Finish folding up knit fabric
dump garbage in sewing room
clean basement bathroom[/-][-]take diapers down there for a portable changing station[/-]
laundary-in progres
[-]vacuum upstairs [/-]
call insurance company about glass coverage
[-]fix Kendras coat[/-]
finish sewing Julie and Bethannp diapers-in progress
put snaps on the outside
do inserts
serged diapers for blake
cut out Heidi's diapers
embroider them
trace patterns

Hope that you girls have a great morning!

[mamazluv]

cindy, i just posted to your thread.

oh yeah, is it groundhog day? i love that movie. and bill murray. esp what about bob.

[RebeccaMomof3]

Is that knitting or crocheting? My grandma bought me needles, a book, & yarn and is waiting on me to come over because I asked her to teach me how to knit. I figured when we have a new baby I could knit my own soakers and longies and stuff...considering I take well to learning :giggle: .

That's knitting:goodvibes: I wish I had someone to teach me:cry: teaching myself has been OK so far, but I am just doing basics still :giggle:

[RebeccaMomof3]

I stopped in to bump my threads and thought I would post a to do list to keep me accountable today

Finish folding up knit fabric
dump garbage in sewing room
clean basement bathroom
take diapers down there for a portable changing station
laundary
vacuum upstairs
call insurance company about glass coverage

finish sewing Julie and Bethannp diapers
put snaps on the outside
do inserts
serged diapers for blake
cut out Heidi's diapers
embroider them
trace patterns

Hope that you girls have a great morning!

whew sounds busy!

LG (little girl) is over today and much happier. She was screaming when her mom dropped her off (always does; stops the moment she gets her coat/hat off) and her mom said angrily "Geez I think this is the last week I am bringing her over. She does this everyday!" Now the mom has threatened this before, but it always makes me sad for LG when she says that. I always tell the mom "she calmed down right away and then we did XXX game and YYY activity" but who knows. If I were taking my kid to daycare, I'd be more upset if they were screaming every day when I picked them up. LG is always super duper happy and always tells her mom she had fun and is excited to share the craft(s) we make.

[maman08]

Jennifer, just looking at your morning makes me want to take a nap! There are days I can't manage to get DS and myself out the door, let alone anyone else. :giggle2:

Shirley, it appears the itchy fingers pattern can only be downloaded through Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/), which is sort of annoying. The pattern is free, and joining the site is free, but you have to request an invite because it's still in the set-up phase and they're adding new members gradually. I think it took about a week for me to get my invite, but the wait time might be shorter now. It's a great resource for patterns, though, since you can see other people's finished projects and their comments on problems they ran into and such. I just sent it to your IRL e-mail as a pdf, so hopefully it comes through!

[mamazluv]

Check out the continental method...I think that's what you are talking about. My knitting book shows it :thumbsup:

yeah they call it different things. that help site heidi was talking about calls it english and german... i dont know, just that i want to try the other way bc holding the yarn in the wrong hand is really confusing and hard.

[maman08]

yeah I second the "link me to the shortie" pattern. I'd be good to do one of those instead :thumbsup:

PM me your IRL e-mail addy and I'll send you the pdf...it's a free pattern but it happens to be hosted on Ravelry so if you're not a member you would have to wait to join the site. I think the file size is just under 250KB so it's not huge.

Check out the continental method...I think that's what you are talking about. My knitting book shows it :thumbsup:

:yeahthat: I learned to knit continental and IMO it's much simpler than holding the yarn in the right hand and having to move your whole hand to loop it around the needle.

I finally figured it out. I had deducted something twice. :blush: Better than not deducting something at all, which I've also done.

Sounds like fun! My husband has made some shelves and stuff for us and I love homemade furniture! The soaker is so cute! Is that knitting or crocheting? My grandma bought me needles, a book, & yarn and is waiting on me to come over because I asked her to teach me how to knit. I figured when we have a new baby I could knit my own soakers and longies and stuff...considering I take well to learning :giggle: .

It's knitting...I have one pair of crocheted shorties that I got in a trade and would love to learn to do that, but I'm REALLY slow at crocheting so for things I actually want to finish I knit. :giggle:

[mamazluv]

Jennifer, just looking at your morning makes me want to take a nap! There are days I can't manage to get DS and myself out the door, let alone anyone else. :giggle2:

Shirley, it appears the itchy fingers pattern can only be downloaded through Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/), which is sort of annoying. The pattern is free, and joining the site is free, but you have to request an invite because it's still in the set-up phase and they're adding new members gradually. I think it took about a week for me to get my invite, but the wait time might be shorter now. It's a great resource for patterns, though, since you can see other people's finished projects and their comments on problems they ran into and such. I just sent it to your IRL e-mail as a pdf, so hopefully it comes through!

thats cool, i have a membership. i also found a free one that is baby bell bottoms that looks cool. and also free. but i think too ambitious for a newb like me who cant even get the feel for holding the yarn. still much practice needed.

[maman08]

Rebecca, I just found the e-mail addy I sent payment to for your pfs and sent you the file, so hopefully you can open it.

[maman08]

thats cool, i have a membership. i also found a free one that is baby bell bottoms that looks cool. and also free. but i think too ambitious for a newb like me who cant even get the feel for holding the yarn. still much practice needed.

I love that pattern, but DH wasn't too crazy about the idea of me knitting bell bottoms for DS so I haven't used it yet. I think I'm going to make a pair of longies for my friend's DD's birthday (she doesn't CD but I could just make them a little smaller in the bum I think) and use that pattern and maybe even add some ruffles on the bottom. I have fun knitting things for little girls since all I ever knit is for DS or me.

[cherylchoo]

Morning ladies!

I have a question. What do you consider to be the ideal measurements for NB longies? I need to make some for a baby that has not yet been conceived (not mine, LOL), from a sweater with sentimental significance so I don't want to mess it up. My babies are huge, so I want to know what a normal NB size is. With a gun to my head I'd say 12"W, 13"R, 6" inseam but I'm not sure that is right.

[Bethannp]

Morning! I'm drinking some Lemon Ginger tea today, the box says it's energizing, so I hope it is! Also it's good for the tummy, but my tummy feels bad at night, not the morning, so that doesnt really matter at the moment. My goal is to get some serious knitting done this week. I'm falling way behind. I've been having headaches every evening for the past couple weeks, and that makes it hard to knit, or do anything else really. I can't wait till the 1st trimester is over! It's amazing how a baby the size of a lima bean can wreack such havoc on your body! And I'm a lot better off then some of the mamas on the Sept board.

Heidi - Great soaker!

Hi ladies :)

Any thoughts on keeping or selling fitteds?
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6186180&posted=1#post6186180

I hope to get to pop in here more often. DD is almost 2 weeks old and this will be our first full week w/o any family here to "help" us...we will see how it goes :thumbsup:

Good luck!! I'm sure it will go fine!

[FaeryGnomeHome]

i've posted here before but can never keep up with you all.:giggle: just gonna jump in.

on the butt: a mama-made fitted(rita's rump pocket) out of dad's old t-shirts and a cute black with star rainbows remnant from jo-ann fabric. double stuffed with gerber prefolds since she's nursing down for morning nap.

gonna try to get pictures of my fitteds. i've been working hard on them and they are super duper cute(which is a feat because I'm NOT a seamstress) and I now have 10. I'm planning on a full dozen. And I need to make her a few pairs of shorties for this summer so I'm hoping to cast on the waistband today!:thumbsup:

[Bethannp]

Cheryl - Per the Sheepy Pants pattern, a nb is 12-14 hip, 13 rise, 6-7 inch inseam. For the waist they just don't give a measurement. But my guess would be to do the waist about 3 inches smaller than the hip

[mamazluv]

cheryl i think that sounds about right. but maybe pm mommyscott or thirdtimemomma.

heidi, i dont think that the bell bottoms are that pronounced. i think you could stay with a boyish color and stay in the stockinette stitch an itd be fine.

[mamazluv]

i've posted here before but can never keep up with you all.:giggle: just gonna jump in.

on the butt: a mama-made fitted(rita's rump pocket) out of dad's old t-shirts and a cute black with star rainbows remnant from jo-ann fabric. double stuffed with gerber prefolds since she's nursing down for morning nap.

gonna try to get pictures of my fitteds. i've been working hard on them and they are super duper cute(which is a feat because I'm NOT a seamstress) and I now have 10. I'm planning on a full dozen. And I need to make her a few pairs of shorties for this summer so I'm hoping to cast on the waistband today!:thumbsup:

:wave:

[cherylchoo]

i've posted here before but can never keep up with you all.:giggle: just gonna jump in.

on the butt: a mama-made fitted(rita's rump pocket) out of dad's old t-shirts and a cute black with star rainbows remnant from jo-ann fabric. double stuffed with gerber prefolds since she's nursing down for morning nap.

gonna try to get pictures of my fitteds. i've been working hard on them and they are super duper cute(which is a feat because I'm NOT a seamstress) and I now have 10. I'm planning on a full dozen. And I need to make her a few pairs of shorties for this summer so I'm hoping to cast on the waistband today!:thumbsup:

Welcome! I wanna see! I love homemade diapers!

[cherylchoo]

I just realized between all 5 of us, we have six doctor's appts this week. I don't think I'm going to get anything done.

[mamazluv]

weve been on the meds now 4 days. only one poosplosion. so i think it was a fluke. so...yay! but do you think its the meds that make her sooooo cranky? is that possible? i know shes crabby bc she doesnt feel well, but seriously! and sometimes it seems worse after she takes it. :headscratch:

btw its amox

[RebeccaMomof3]

I am a member of ralvelry; my id is the same there as it is here...I think there is a friends/PM option there, but I have never used the site before day :blush: so I am browsing all the patterns that the search "Free shorties" gives me :giggle2:

[dragondance]

Good luck today carnalcindd!

Yes, good luck!!

never heard of the itchy fingers. do you have a link or two? i have the basics down on knitting, im just slow. and my sis taught me using the righthanded method. i was looking online and i think i would do better w the left handed version. not that im a leftie, but that seems easier to adjust to since i crochet. you know holding the yarn in the left. im gonna try and see. jjust like crochet, every thing should be the same, only reversed. like the front looks like the back. and compensate. right? anyone know what i am talking about?

so the girls are on the mend. addison is feeling just enough better that she is a complete pain. she doesnt want held or down. just to squirm while being held and scream. very annoying.

faith, i was thinking about the rash. someone else mentioned a viral or fungal type thing... you know that makes sense. if it doesnt clear up, i might try the dr. those types of things are irritated and made worse with the moisturizers.

and they say that sometimes yeast looks like a dry rash. i dont really remember what it looks like, but ds had one when he was a baby. (16years ago)

Hey, that sounds like dd2 (the squirm & scream :giggle:). If her rash doesn't clear up I'll think about taking her to the doc then--I didn't know ANY rash got worse with moisturizers but it makes sense if it's fungal. Eeeeeew.

Check out the continental method...I think that's what you are talking about. My knitting book shows it :thumbsup:
yeah they call it different things. that help site heidi was talking about calls it english and german... i dont know, just that i want to try the other way bc holding the yarn in the wrong hand is really confusing and hard.

Continental = German method :thumbsup: (per knittinghelp :giggle: not like I actually know of myself. Although my knitting is getting a little better.)

[RebeccaMomof3]

Jennifer, just looking at your morning makes me want to take a nap! There are days I can't manage to get DS and myself out the door, let alone anyone else. :giggle2:

Shirley, it appears the itchy fingers pattern can only be downloaded through Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/), which is sort of annoying. The pattern is free, and joining the site is free, but you have to request an invite because it's still in the set-up phase and they're adding new members gradually. I think it took about a week for me to get my invite, but the wait time might be shorter now. It's a great resource for patterns, though, since you can see other people's finished projects and their comments on problems they ran into and such. I just sent it to your IRL e-mail as a pdf, so hopefully it comes through!

Thanks! I'll check it out!!

[ja*smom]

Morning ladies, I kinda skimmed through but it's going to be a wacky day. I have what feels like tons of stuff to do.

post office to mail off the gmd browns & my jungle wrap (sold it b/c we needed the money :cry:
laundry, diaper and regular
vacuum
mop
take DS for a haircut
eventually shred a whole chicken that dh smoked
attempt a shower

[RebeccaMomof3]

I just looked up how to knit an Icord and it looks easy....I am going to try one tonight...I need a couple and did order one from a mama who had the wool instock, but figured they couldn't be THAT hard to do...they look pretty easy, wish me luck :thumbsup:

[flobee76]

Good morning ladies.

I took a break from the computer yesterday so I could try and catch up on some house stuff and finish some knitting. I knitted up some NB longies in a solid brown for this baby. Now, I need to knit up those dang hats and booties. *Thanks for posting the measurements of the NB sizes. I was looking at these pants thinking, "Gosh... they are TEENY!!!"

I have 2 weeks to go w/ this pregnancy!! YES!

My to-do list:
LAUNDRY
De-clutter kitchen (2 days without decluttering can do a number!)
LAUNDRY
Clean up master bedroom
clean both bathrooms

Any fave hate & bootie patterns? I am a member of Ravelry... but just wanted to see if you had any faves.

Off to a MOPS steering meeting. I'll BBL.

[mamazluv]

chicken that dh smoked

that sounds funny... :chuckle: i am picturing smoking a chicken.....
thats something i never tried... :heyhey:

ok i will stop being immature.

[Bethannp]

Icord is super easy. I don't like doing them cuz they're boring LOL.

[kristini2]

her mom said angrily "Geez I think this is the last week I am bringing her over. She does this everyday!" Now the mom has threatened this before, but it always makes me sad for LG when she says that. I always tell the mom "she calmed down right away and then we did XXX game and YYY activity" but who knows. If I were taking my kid to daycare, I'd be more upset if they were screaming every day when I picked them up. LG is always super duper happy and always tells her mom she had fun and is excited to share the craft(s) we make.

Maybe mom thinks it's not worth it to make the girl cry every day just so she can get some alone time?!? Didn't you say that LG mom only drops her off to get alone time, not because she has to work?!? Or am I remembering it wrong?

i've posted here before but can never keep up with you all.:giggle: just gonna jump in

Welcome!! I do post here and can't keep up either. This thread moves FAST!!

WOTB: BG EC fitted, luxe soaker if I had to guess. DH changed her and since it's Monday, all of the "daddy-stash" AIOs are in the wash.

[kaoh]

Check out the continental method...I think that's what you are talking about. My knitting book shows it :thumbsup:

love the contintental method. I tried learning to knit for years - since I was a child - and it wasn't until I was in my early 30s and someone taught me continental that I actually got the hang of it! Oh yeah, friending you on ravelry later today :thumbsup:

wotb: gmd light brown dyed pink and thirsties cover. but its coming off soon, she is doing her pooping song.

I replied to the "sellor keep fitteds thread" - my vote is a little wishy washy - I say sell, but if you need soemone simple for a sitter or your dh around then keep maybe 3 or 4. Oh yeah, ditch the KLOs.

On my agenda today is to wash my kitchen floor and figure out a better shoes system. We have a big house but no mudroom or entray for the back door :headscratch: the nearest closet is way down the hall and that is where everything gets stashed, but we are the "take our shoes off" kind of people and there are always a big pile of dirty shoes and boots to stumble over in front of the back door. Can't leave them in the garage as its too cold out there. Also have to work on my portfolio and do my workshop homework. And sell off the unused too small dipes. And try to get some rest - am sooo sick still. At least the boys are back at school today.

[Honduh Chicken]

chicken that dh smoked

that sounds funny... :chuckle: i am picturing smoking a chicken.....


whoooooooooo....

*runs and jumps into the diaper pail*

[Honduh Chicken]

figure out a better shoes system. We have a big house but no mudroom or entray for the back door

LOL, I sympathize, we need those cubby's like the kids have at school. :p

[TJR2119]

LOL, I sympathize, we need those cubby's like the kids have at school. :p

:roflmbo: :roflmbo: Love your avi!

[Lisathena]

Morning mama's :wave:

My dd should be home anytime today. I am waiting with butterflys in my tummy for her! I dont even want to move away from the window . . lol i cant wait to hug her!!!

Knitting .. idk if i will ever learn i may just stick w/ sewing and trade for cute longies and shorties. Its working well so far to do that. . but maybe one day. . . But i dooooo loooooooove knit longies and shorties :wub:

I am so anxious. . what do i do to pass the time? baby is still sleeping in my bed. . lol and i am up waiting ..

[dragondance]

Woohoo! We got Dominic, we got Dominic (it's like picking teams in gym class). :giggle:

So I was imagining a huge cleanup of all the PFs on the floor from naked Sunday but dd1 stacked up most of them for me. :wub: (and then dumped the bubble solution out. So her cleaning/messes balance themselves out, lol).

Today's agenda:
Stay sane :giggle:
Clean up more before dd2's new therapist comes over tomorrow
Make more enchiladas
Return Wall-E to the Redbox and get some soup (dh is sick now)
Send out some packages
Maybe squeeze in a little attempted knitting
And of course, go to work.

At least dd2 is feeling better this morning so she is much happier.

MommyScott, if you decide to pop on today, PM me :goodvibes:

[Honduh Chicken]

:roflmbo: :roflmbo: Love your avi!

LOL, Thanks.

DD is such a little freeking peach! I just want to leave work right now to go gobble up her little cheeks.

I'm having a lonely daddy moment right now, sry. :sadbye:

[Honduh Chicken]

Woohoo! We got Dominic, we got Dominic (it's like picking teams in gym class). :giggle:


HEY! :P So lovely to be here.. thanks for telling me the secret hand-shake.

[cherylchoo]

This is what we do with our shoes (http://www.picturefools.com/images/entryNshoestorage.JPG). Like I said, no coat closet and not enough room in the entryway to do real cubbies or a bench thing. They are Trommes from Ikea, I think $30 for a three-pack. You can get a LOT of adult shoes in there vertically, and many more kids shoes. Each of us has a drawer for shoes and then there's one for the girls' socks. The shoe management is not hard to maintain, it's all the coats/hats/winter accessories that can't seem to be contained, and if you hang too many things on the hooks here, you can't open the front door.

[cherylchoo]

Ugh! Faith, DD once dumped a bottle of bubbles on the carpet, and it's still one of the few stains that won't come out with a carpet shampooer. I don't get it, it's just soap, right?

#3 is SO tired, but is refusing to nap. #2 is being so good, because I am letting her watch too much TV to wrangle #3. And I'm still trying to figure out how we are going to get all the doctor's visits covered.

[mom2piddle]

Hey, that sounds like dd2 (the squirm & scream :giggle:). If her rash doesn't clear up I'll think about taking her to the doc then--I didn't know ANY rash got worse with moisturizers but it makes sense if it's fungal. Eeeeeew.



Thinking about it...have you tried something like the generic version of monistat? try it in one place if it is yeast/fungal I think that would clear it up...

[dragondance]

This is what we do with our shoes (http://www.picturefools.com/images/entryNshoestorage.JPG). Like I said, no coat closet and not enough room in the entryway to do real cubbies or a bench thing. They are Trommes from Ikea, I think $30 for a three-pack. You can get a LOT of adult shoes in there vertically, and many more kids shoes. Each of us has a drawer for shoes and then there's one for the girls' socks. The shoe management is not hard to maintain, it's all the coats/hats/winter accessories that can't seem to be contained, and if you hang too many things on the hooks here, you can't open the front door.

Dd's shoes all go in her closet. I'm pretty sure they breed in there, and the older ones leave home, and some of them decide to have life-altering surgery (i.w. dd removes the shoelaces to play with and then loses them :giggle:). She has been a "shoe girl" since she knew what shoes were. I'm kind of scared to go in there :giggle: . Dh and I just keep our shoes in the pantry right outside our room. We take them off at the rug and move them over when they're dry.

[mom2piddle]

ok, so for shoe cleanup we have a shoe closet but the kids just throw them in there and never can find the match again....SO I'm having my Dad build me one of those PVC cubby hole things like they have a t Chuck E Cheese for the kids shoes :giggle2: I have to do some measuring and send him a picture of it but as soon as that's done I get to put it in the closet and not have to push the door closed with my back just to contain the shoe mess!

Agenda for the day is as follows:

work (right now)
pick up kids from bus, take to daycare
back to work
back to daycare to pick kids up
home
laundry, more regular and diaper laundry maybe...
make dinner (no idea what that will be)
go to bed before midnight!

[FaeryGnomeHome]

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)



Oh yeah and for fun, this is what breakfast entailed today:

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg

[my1hd]

Hi ladies :)

Any thoughts on keeping or selling fitteds?
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6186180&posted=1#post6186180

I hope to get to pop in here more often. DD is almost 2 weeks old and this will be our first full week w/o any family here to "help" us...we will see how it goes :thumbsup:

Congrats on your new one! and i say sell the fitteds! But this is coming from someone who is not a fitted fan :)

Morning! I'm drinking some Lemon Ginger tea today, the box says it's energizing, so I hope it is! Also it's good for the tummy, but my tummy feels bad at night, not the morning, so that doesnt really matter at the moment. My goal is to get some serious knitting done this week. I'm falling way behind. I've been having headaches every evening for the past couple weeks, and that makes it hard to knit, or do anything else really. I can't wait till the 1st trimester is over! It's amazing how a baby the size of a lima bean can wreack such havoc on your body! And I'm a lot better off then some of the mamas on the Sept board.


:hugs: pregnancy really can suck at times.


WOTA:
finish sweeping/mopping downstairs
play leggos pre request of my 3 yr old lol
clean both bathrooms
read some stories to 3 yr old
laundry!!!
figure out what for dinner

that should keep m busy while DD is in school...

I feel in the need of a better routine. I used to have such a great routine for the kids that allowed for cleaning time, mommy time, and plenty of attention to kiddies(games, art projects,stories ect.) Now i feel like i'm always neglecting someone or something......

WOTB LL capri w/ a swaddlebees cover. I did the jellyroll fold this time

[RebeccaMomof3]

LOL, I sympathize, we need those cubby's like the kids have at school. :p

haha if I had room in my tiny house I'd SO have my hubby build something like this for the kids!

[mom2piddle]

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)



Oh yeah and for fun, this is what breakfast entailed today:

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg

Hey that's what mealtime looks like at our house :giggle2:

Those fitteds are great:thumbsup:! I :wub: the black with the stars!

[RebeccaMomof3]

Woohoo! We got Dominic, we got Dominic (it's like picking teams in gym class). :giggle:


:roflmbo:

[RebeccaMomof3]

LOL, Thanks.

DD is such a little freeking peach! I just want to leave work right now to go gobble up her little cheeks.

I'm having a lonely daddy moment right now, sry. :sadbye:

aww I get those moments when I am at work (Tuesdays and Thursdays)...well I guess they aren't "lonely daddy moments" but you get the idea ;)

[ja*smom]

chicken that dh smoked

that sounds funny... :chuckle: i am picturing smoking a chicken.....
thats something i never tried... :heyhey:

ok i will stop being immature.

:giggle2: DH smokes a lot of stuff.

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)



Oh yeah and for fun, this is what breakfast entailed today:

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg


Aww your DD is a cutie! I :wub: the black with stars.

ETA: Is it wrong for me to hold a grudge? Here's the story. We all went to Chili's for dinner last night and Aubry was sleeping, but woke up ticked off. Soooo onto the boob she goes. DH made a comment asking if I was going to cover up. My response, "oh who cares?!" He says "other people do." Okay, Like I give a crap what other people think about my NIP. It's just a boob feeding a baby & I care more about my child eating than what other people do. I'm still ticked off and not talking to him.

[RebeccaMomof3]

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)



Oh yeah and for fun, this is what breakfast entailed today:

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg

:roflmbo: on the using the old boyfriend's t-shirts for diapers!
Those fitteds are great! WTG MAMA!


and :aww: what cute pics!

[dragondance]

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)


You got the pink skulls at JoAnn's? Must... resist... wait... paycheck.... :giggle2:

[mamazluv]

this forwarded email cracked me up....
always check your childs homework......
http://bengalscentral.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5515163ee8834010536f88792970c-pi
(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter h ow hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
>From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith




also i was thinking.... dd3yo HATES to feel wet. we have been using pullups at night, but even when she gets up she doesnt mind peeing in them... but she has no accidents during the day. but she does sometimes wet during the day time naps but wakes immediatley.

so QOTD: do you think that if i switched her back to cloth at night that she would night train?

[FaeryGnomeHome]

:goodvibes: thanks all. yeah, i like the black with stars because rainbows totally make me happy but my favorite favorite favorite one is the girly skulls outer and brown flannel inner. It just looks so adorable! And they are so trim under a soaker! I wish I'd found this pattern 3 years ago for Sara's diapering days.

Re: nip and dh's. Grrrrrrrr. My girls' dad(he's still technically my husband but we've been separated almost 18months) always had issues with it when Sara was nursing. ALWAYS. And after she turned a year it got worse. And I always tried to just let it go because it got annoying fast. I would be frustrated if I were you. What better way to make nursing in public the norm and take the stigma and the "taboo-ness" out of it:giggle: than to do it often?:thumbsup: There have been a lot of times where people actually didn't realize I was nursing a baby because it was so discreet. I say tell him to take a hike and do it whenever you want. Of course, I also have the most acrobatic nurser in the world right now who stands while nursing or rolls over:giggle: or goes from kneeling to sitting to standing to back down to laying so. . . . . .

[dragondance]

QOTD: Dyed, unbleached, or bleached for PFs?

For me, I like my BV dyed and my cotton PFs plain. I like unbleached in color but my bleached hold more, so I have both :giggle:

[ja*smom]

this forwarded email cracked me up....
always check your childs homework......
http://bengalscentral.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5515163ee8834010536f88792970c-pi
(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter h ow hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
>From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith




also i was thinking.... dd3yo HATES to feel wet. we have been using pullups at night, but even when she gets up she doesnt mind peeing in them... but she has no accidents during the day. but she does sometimes wet during the day time naps but wakes immediatley.

so QOTD: do you think that if i switched her back to cloth at night that she would night train?



:roflmbo: I laugh every time I see this one.

[dragondance]

Re: nip and dh's. Grrrrrrrr. My girls' dad(he's still technically my husband but we've been separated almost 18months) always had issues with it when Sara was nursing. ALWAYS. And after she turned a year it got worse. And I always tried to just let it go because it got annoying fast. I would be frustrated if I were you. What better way to make nursing in public the norm and take the stigma and the "taboo-ness" out of it:giggle: than to do it often?:thumbsup: There have been a lot of times where people actually didn't realize I was nursing a baby because it was so discreet. I say tell him to take a hike and do it whenever you want. Of course, I also have the most acrobatic nurser in the world right now who stands while nursing or rolls over:giggle: or goes from kneeling to sitting to standing to back down to laying so. . . . . .

My dh said he wouldn't be comfy with NIP when dd was over a year back when she was wee, but now that she's 16 months he just hands her to me saying he thinks she's hungry :giggle: and doesn't bat an eye, even if I bf in front of his friends. I mean, we're pretty discreet but totally coverless, and dd is also an acrobatic nurser, part of her inability to remain still for more than ten seconds.

[RebeccaMomof3]

this forwarded email cracked me up....
always check your childs homework......
http://bengalscentral.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5515163ee8834010536f88792970c-pi
(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter h ow hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
>From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith




also i was thinking.... dd3yo HATES to feel wet. we have been using pullups at night, but even when she gets up she doesnt mind peeing in them... but she has no accidents during the day. but she does sometimes wet during the day time naps but wakes immediatley.

so QOTD: do you think that if i switched her back to cloth at night that she would night train?


omg that pic is hillarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

your QOTD - yes, I would absoutly take the pullups away! Cloth diapers or regular undies and pj bottoms for SURE! And nothing with a stay-dry liner in it. Sounds like it is just a convient thing, not a necessity :thumbsup:

[RebeccaMomof3]

QOTD: Dyed, unbleached, or bleached for PFs?

For me, I like my BV dyed and my cotton PFs plain. I like unbleached in color but my bleached hold more, so I have both :giggle:

I have all of the above...but I love my dyed ones....but I love have a mixture. I think if I dyed them all I'd miss the "regular" ones

[Lisathena]

lol :giggle: that is soo funny!!

[MommyScott]

just popping in to say hello - life has been busy and I've been sleep deprived :thud: so I'm here but not motivated to chit chat yet :giggle:

on a happier note, I did find some infant prefolds on FSOT for a really good deal - we needed more

WOTB #1 - infant prefold under a thirsties cover
WOTB #2 - premium prefold with hemp doubler under recycled wool pants

[RebeccaMomof3]

Maybe mom thinks it's not worth it to make the girl cry every day just so she can get some alone time?!? Didn't you say that LG mom only drops her off to get alone time, not because she has to work?!? Or am I remembering it wrong?

Welcome!! I do post here and can't keep up either. This thread moves FAST!!

WOTB: BG EC fitted, luxe soaker if I had to guess. DH changed her and since it's Monday, all of the "daddy-stash" AIOs are in the wash.
LG's mom brings her here for 2 reasons (so she told me) first was so that she could have some time to herself, and second was to put LG in another environment where she could have some socialization with someone other then her family. Her mom was concerned with her development and thought she was just being a "baby" at home cause mom put up with it. LG has learned SO much here...mom can clearly see that too, and comments on it....and LG is just here twice a week from 8:30-2:30 and has a nap during then, so you can see the small amount of time she is here.

I don't charge them a lot for them to bring her here...partially because my availability is so little that it is hard to find daycare kids (I am not available Tues/Thurs) and second, because LG needs to come here to get attention that mom doesn't give. I don't know WHY LG doesn't learn/do things at home; I am not there....but here she watches zero TV and we read books and do crafts etc. and she picks things up fast....so I don't think its LG's fault she isn't learning things, if you get my drift.

LG's mom told me that she was going to be looking for a job, but never told me if she actually got one...however she drops LG off in the morning and picks her up at 2:30 so it would be a very short job if she did get one. :dunno:

[RebeccaMomof3]

just popping in to say hello - life has been busy and I've been sleep deprived :thud: so I'm here but not motivated to chit chat yet :giggle:

on a happier note, I did find some infant prefolds on FSOT for a really good deal - we needed more

WOTB #1 - infant prefold under a thirsties cover
WOTB #2 - premium prefold with hemp doubler under recycled wool pants

Hi!!!!! We miss you:happyhug: YaY on the FSOT infant PFs! Drop in and give us an update anytime :)

[Lisathena]

Aaaaaah :yay: :yay: CHloies bio dad just called and they are like 10 min from my house!!! He needed directions!! I am soo excited!!!! :yay:

[mom2piddle]

We NIP, discreetly but not usually covered because then it does look like a 3 ring circus!

For prefolds...I have dyed, bleached and UB...I :wub: the UB...don't get me wrong I like the dyed ones but reach for the UB....I really have stopped using the bleached ones here lately...I was stuffing the BG's for daycare with them but am now stuffing the BG's with flats....I'm still debating on selling my dyed GMD reds....I have some GMD reds that I'm definitely keeping because they were a psecial trade with certain fabrics BUT as soon as I go to sell something I end up using it....I was set to sell the 2 GMD greens and a few GMD reds and one of the greens was used as a pocket insert, 3 of the reds were used for trifolding last week....

[mom2piddle]

just popping in to say hello - life has been busy and I've been sleep deprived :thud: so I'm here but not motivated to chit chat yet :giggle:

on a happier note, I did find some infant prefolds on FSOT for a really good deal - we needed more

WOTB #1 - infant prefold under a thirsties cover
WOTB #2 - premium prefold with hemp doubler under recycled wool pants

:wave: and :hugs:

LG's mom brings her here for 2 reasons (so she told me) first was so that she could have some time to herself, and second was to put LG in another environment where she could have some socialization with someone other then her family. Her mom was concerned with her development and thought she was just being a "baby" at home cause mom put up with it. LG has learned SO much here...mom can clearly see that too, and comments on it....and LG is just here twice a week from 8:30-2:30 and has a nap during then, so you can see the small amount of time she is here.

I don't charge them a lot for them to bring her here...partially because my availability is so little that it is hard to find daycare kids (I am not available Tues/Thurs) and second, because LG needs to come here to get attention that mom doesn't give. I don't know WHY LG doesn't learn/do things at home; I am not there....but here she watches zero TV and we read books and do crafts etc. and she picks things up fast....so I don't think its LG's fault she isn't learning things, if you get my drift.

LG's mom told me that she was going to be looking for a job, but never told me if she actually got one...however she drops LG off in the morning and picks her up at 2:30 so it would be a very short job if she did get one. :dunno:

:hugs:

Aaaaaah :yay: :yay: CHloies bio dad just called and they are like 10 min from my house!!! He needed directions!! I am soo excited!!!! :yay:

:elmo: :broc: :banana: :carrot:

[RebeccaMomof3]

ok OT - I have seen people with their pic being something that is like a slideshow between a few pics....how do i make one of those? :thumbsup: thanks

[Bethannp]

Morning mama's :wave:

My dd should be home anytime today. I am waiting with butterflys in my tummy for her! I dont even want to move away from the window . . lol i cant wait to hug her!!!

Knitting .. idk if i will ever learn i may just stick w/ sewing and trade for cute longies and shorties. Its working well so far to do that. . but maybe one day. . . But i dooooo loooooooove knit longies and shorties :wub:

I am so anxious. . what do i do to pass the time? baby is still sleeping in my bed. . lol and i am up waiting ..

:yay: I'm so happy for you!

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)



Oh yeah and for fun, this is what breakfast entailed today:

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg

Great job!

:giggle2: DH smokes a lot of stuff.




Aww your DD is a cutie! I :wub: the black with stars.

ETA: Is it wrong for me to hold a grudge? Here's the story. We all went to Chili's for dinner last night and Aubry was sleeping, but woke up ticked off. Soooo onto the boob she goes. DH made a comment asking if I was going to cover up. My response, "oh who cares?!" He says "other people do." Okay, Like I give a crap what other people think about my NIP. It's just a boob feeding a baby & I care more about my child eating than what other people do. I'm still ticked off and not talking to him.


We always NIP when Levi was younger, now he's close enough to being weaned that he never asks for it when we're out, just at home he gets bored so that seems like the best thing to do with his time. One time, when he was close to a year old we were eating out and he wanted to nurse and dh was like "are you going to take do that in the bathroom" I was shocked!!! He had never said anything about NIP before. I asked him if he wanted to eat in the bathroom and told him he was an idiot, then let it go. He never said anything again.

[RebeccaMomof3]

Aaaaaah :yay: :yay: CHloies bio dad just called and they are like 10 min from my house!!! He needed directions!! I am soo excited!!!! :yay:

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how exciting! :woot2:

[cherylchoo]

FairyGnomeHome, I love the diapers. I actually have some of the pink skull fabric, and never thought to use it as a diaper (I have a boy). too cute! And the baby is even cuter!

I have never been able to nurse in a public bathroom. I tried once, and every time someone flushed the toilet the baby freaked out (this was #2). I have NIP issues, I just can't get compfortable enough to get my letdown going, so I do it in the car or a lounge or somewhere not *too* public. My kids have also not been nursing cover/blanket-compatible, so that was never an option.

Lisathena, you must be elated. I bet we don't hear from you for hours, you are going to love on that girl for so long.

[dragondance]

Aaaaaah :yay: :yay: CHloies bio dad just called and they are like 10 min from my house!!! He needed directions!! I am soo excited!!!! :yay:

Yay!!



Ah, peace. The dds are both playing with MegaBlocks. Dd2 just recently figured out how to *play* with them and actually likes it and plays for several minutes at a time. :mrgreen: That's amazing for her.

[beck2boys1girl]

this forwarded email cracked me up....
always check your childs homework......
http://bengalscentral.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5515163ee8834010536f88792970c-pi
(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter h ow hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
>From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith



also i was thinking.... dd3yo HATES to feel wet. we have been using pullups at night, but even when she gets up she doesnt mind peeing in them... but she has no accidents during the day. but she does sometimes wet during the day time naps but wakes immediatley.

so QOTD: do you think that if i switched her back to cloth at night that she would night train?
That is classic...I love it:roflmbo:

Just checking in over lunch time....I love how much I"m getting down with the computer turned off...but I miss you guys:cry: I feel like I can't keep up:giggle2:

[FaeryGnomeHome]

yeah in my experience the nursing in public frequently TOTALLY drops off after like 9 months. Gracie is too distractable to nurse in public anymore(13months) unless she's super duper tired and miserable. She much prefers solids when she's out and about because she can look around while eating crackers.:giggle: But when we are home all day, she'll nurse over solids ALL.DAY.LONG. Like she nurses 5-6times a night plus about 4 or more times a day.:giggle: It's like having a newborn who does acrobatics in your lap.



wotb: gmd unbleached red and melon thirsties cover




Oh yeah, that question. I much prefer unbleached prefolds. Just like the color better. I don't know if I see a difference in absorbency because I almost always change after each pee(kinda why I change upwards of 12 diapers a day still) but I just like the color and the fact that they are not put through a harsh bleaching process.

[RebeccaMomof3]

LG is still napping; should be up any minute I think...dd2 is awake now and is in her saucer. I have all the stuff ready to go for Groundhog day crafts :thumbsup: We're making a colour-the-groundhog hat and a groundhog that peeks out of a TP roll tube :giggle: I couldn't find a paper cup so we are improvising ;)

[mamazluv]

when we nip i didnt care what others thought. none of my fam said anything, but i am sure my sis and mom were slightly embarassed. at restaurants, i was a little more discreet bc i had the option of sitting. but in general, if i was at a store, i just kept shopping and went for it. i also didnt wear any special clothes or use a cover (none of mine would have it). i was more relaxed by the time i got to #4. i just pulled up my shirt and put her to it. my belly (sz 16 and flabby) showed, but if someone didnt like it, they ought not look.
i agree that it is natural and not something to be ashamed of. i never had my boobs exposed, but my torso was. :shrug:
eta. we only nursed till 9mo. so walking and nursing wasnt hard. you w toddlers it may be kind of hard... :chuckle:

[RebeccaMomof3]

FairyGnomeHome, I love the diapers. I actually have some of the pink skull fabric, and never thought to use it as a diaper (I have a boy). too cute! And the baby is even cuter!


I :wub: them too...I ALSO :wub: the little dolls in your HC. SO CUTE!!!!!!!!

[my1hd]

:

My dd should be home anytime today. I am waiting with butterflys in my tummy for her! I dont even want to move away from the window . . lol i cant wait to hug her!!!


ya!
Dd's shoes all go in her closet. I'm pretty sure they breed in there, and the older ones leave home, and some of them decide to have life-altering surgery (i.w. dd removes the shoelaces to play with and then loses them :giggle:)

haha i think our kids might be related. my oldest DD is always stealing whatever she can to tie things up. :giggle:

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg
very cute dipes and baby :)

this forwarded email cracked me up....
always check your childs homework......
http://bengalscentral.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5515163ee8834010536f88792970c-pi
(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter h ow hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
>From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith


that one always cracks me up. I use BSWW and a premium with a joey bunz on my 3 yr old at night.

[Bethannp]

when we nip i didnt care what others thought. none of my fam said anything, but i am sure my sis and mom were slightly embarassed. at restaurants, i was a little more discreet bc i had the option of sitting. but in general, if i was at a store, i just kept shopping and went for it. i also didnt wear any special clothes or use a cover (none of mine would have it). i was more relaxed by the time i got to #4. i just pulled up my shirt and put her to it. my belly (sz 16 and flabby) showed, but if someone didnt like it, they ought not look.
i agree that it is natural and not something to be ashamed of. i never had my boobs exposed, but my torso was. :shrug:
eta. we only nursed till 9mo. so walking and nursing wasnt hard. you w toddlers it may be kind of hard... :chuckle:

I couldn't walk and nurse Levi till he was big enought to kind of lend his own head support. But still, I always have to find someplace to sit, it's just too much work to nurse walking around. I must be a weeny lol.

I won't show my belly though, it's not a modesty thing as much as I just hate the way it looks now :yuck:

[smaccalaska]

'Morning, ladies. DS is sick with the stomach virus that DH had. I'm staying home with him this morning while DH works, then going into work when DH comes home at noon.

He just wants to nurse and whine and/or sleep.

[my1hd]

WOTA:
[-]finish sweeping/mopping downstairs
play leggos pre request of my 3 yr old lol[/-]
clean both bathrooms -well one down lol
read some stories to 3 yr old
laundry!!!
figure out what for dinner


The dr just called and they want to see the baby again :(. She is still having green mucusy poops. She has also had some blood in them (not sure if i mentioned that here). Does anyone have any experience with this? She is 100% breastfed BTW. my poor baby, :(.

[my1hd]

oh and on the nipping thing, I nip whenever the situation calls for. I try to discurage nipping around like 18-24 months because it tends to freak people out. :roflmbo:

[cherylchoo]

WOTA:
[-]finish sweeping/mopping downstairs
play leggos pre request of my 3 yr old lol[/-]
clean both bathrooms -well one down lol
read some stories to 3 yr old
laundry!!!
figure out what for dinner


The dr just called and they want to see the baby again :(. She is still having green mucusy poops. She has also had some blood in them (not sure if i mentioned that here). Does anyone have any experience with this? She is 100% breastfed BTW. my poor baby, :(.

#1 had spinach green watery mucuosy poops before we figured out she had a dairy sensitivity, but we are talking 10+ a day. Could it be that? It could be sinus infection too, but they should be able to tell if it's that with tests.

[smaccalaska]

re:NIP... yesterday, I was at a Superbowl party with neighbors/coworkers, and my boss's wife (our babysitter) was there with her daughter. She kept trying to nurse her baby under a cover, and the baby wasn't having it. Poor woman went home early because of it. I felt so bad for her, but I guess it was her choice.

Me, I just whipped it out and nursed. You can't see much, and I've never had anyone complain. Well, my sister's roommate/ex-boyfriend apparently complained to DH once while they were drinking together that I just, "Whip it out whenever," to which DH responded quite innocently, "Well what the hell else is she supposed to do, go nurse in a closet?" I'm the only nursing mother that DH has had much contact with, so he just thinks it's absolutely normal to nurse whenever, wherever. It's wonderful. DS is also the only baby he's ever diapered, so there was no resistance to cloth diapering. He's been a blank slate for me to write on. :giggle:

DS is not one to accept being covered. I've had to cover up a few times at work (I'd be fine nursing in front of my students, but don't feel like embroiling myself in an educational legal battle, so I either lock my classroom door or cover up if DS is up at work with me) and it's pretty awful. Even if I can get him to accept nursing under a cover (takes a lot of convincing), his wiggling limbs and grunting under a cover actually attract more attention to what's going on. :giggle:

[lemurmommies]

Hi mamas! You've all been busy chatting away today!

Well, it's official. Every single person in my family is now sic, including me. E still has a hacking cough, DP has a cough and a fever and is home sick from work, and I have fever and congestion but no cough yet. Yuck. It's terribly un-fun. And what sucks even more is that it's really nice and sunny outside and we're too ill to enjoy it.

WOTB: E is napping in a Toddle-ease with a flannel flat as a doubler under fleece longies.

And before I go, I have to show off what I just finished...it's the soaker made with the leftover yarn from DS's longies. I wish I had known how the pattern would go (I used the Curly Purly pattern and it's the first time I've done it) so I could have figured out how to have more of the brown yarn up front, but I still think it's pretty cute.

The front:
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2532.jpg

The back:
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2533.jpg

Really cute! I think the way that the brown worked out makes it look awesome!

I am a member of ralvelry; my id is the same there as it is here...I think there is a friends/PM option there, but I have never used the site before day :blush: so I am browsing all the patterns that the search "Free shorties" gives me :giggle2:

DP is on Ravelry. I just requested an invite this weekend. I'm working the Itchy Fingers pattern right now, and making shorties instead of longies (same pattern, just a shorter inseam.) I have knit lots of things before, but I still find the pattern to be a bit difficult - not because the knitting itself is at all hard, but because the instructions aren't all that detailed. It's coming along nicely though. I am 33 rows in to the 53 that I need for the body (the joys of having to make an XL!)

'Morning, ladies. DS is sick with the stomach virus that DH had. I'm staying home with him this morning while DH works, then going into work when DH comes home at noon.

He just wants to nurse and whine and/or sleep.

:hugs: Sorry that the sickies have been running through your family too.

[Bethannp]

Mucousy green poo sounds like a sensitivity to something you are eating. The blood would be consistant w/ that too, if whatever the offender is is causing irritation in her intestines. :hugs: i hope you get it figured out.

I have a funny NIP story. Well it wasn't really public, my sister and her friend were going to watch Levi while I went to work. I took Levi to the friend's appartment and was nursing him before I left. The girl's 14 yo brother was there, and later told his dad "sooooo... Kelsey's sister feeds her baby weird" LOL

[smaccalaska]

They're getting to be too short in the rise :cry:

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2094/149/76/506407115/n506407115_1849198_5377.jpg

[Bethannp]

sending get well vibes to al the sickies!

[RebeccaMomof3]

:nak: aww I hope e1 who isn't feeling better starts to feel better soon :hugs:
waiting for glue to dry on groundhog-stuck-on-a-popcicle-stick :thumbsup:
LG is running around in her groundhog hat; its so cute :giggle:

[RebeccaMomof3]

ralverly users check this out:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AmyB/double-wedding-ring-quilt
OMG once I can knit better (perhaps when B is out of diapers lol) I am going to knit one of these for each daughter to put away.....stunning!

[Bethannp]

ralverly users check this out:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AmyB/double-wedding-ring-quilt
OMG once I can knit better (perhaps when B is out of diapers lol) I am going to knit one of these for each daughter to put away.....stunning!

:jawdrop: wow! that is gorgeous!

[smaccalaska]

BEAUTIFUL!

So beyond my attention span, though. I have the skills, but I could never finish one, never mind more than one. :giggle:

[kaoh]

ralverly users check this out:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AmyB/double-wedding-ring-quilt
OMG once I can knit better (perhaps when B is out of diapers lol) I am going to knit one of these for each daughter to put away.....stunning!

Wow! :drif: I friended you btw - am krysiao on ravelry

[MommyScott]

I have a funny NIP story. Well it wasn't really public, my sister and her friend were going to watch Levi while I went to work. I took Levi to the friend's appartment and was nursing him before I left. The girl's 14 yo brother was there, and later told his dad "sooooo... Kelsey's sister feeds her baby weird" LOL

ok I was just browsing through and I saw this story :giggle: that's so cute!

[mommy2bugnbugga]

Hi there! I am a newbie to this thread! I found the pf love not too long ago. I am addicted to pf's while hubby loves fitteds.

WOTB: Right now we are in a Varsity Print GM.

To all the sick families or kiddos, I hope you get better real fast!

[mom2piddle]

Hi there! I am a newbie to this thread! I found the pf love not too long ago. I am addicted to pf's while hubby loves fitteds.

WOTB: Right now we are in a Varsity Print GM.

To all the sick families or kiddos, I hope you get better real fast!

:welcome: and enjoy! :giggle2:

[dragondance]

Okay, that QOTD was boring :giggle:
NEW QOTD: Does your SO use PFs? Dh will if he HAS to. He would rather leave her in a wet PF for way too long than change one :mad: although he can snappi them (he thinks it's a horrible snappi job, but it's really fine). He says he's scared of the snappi because it bit him and drew blood once. So I gave in and got the BG organic AIOs for him, and now he *loves* them and wants more and is actually excited by the fluffy mail, LOL, so I'm fine with having some for his shift since we actually had a little extra money for once. But still. How hard is a snappi, lol?? Since he has his diapers now I'm using pins instead.


The dr just called and they want to see the baby again :(. She is still having green mucusy poops. She has also had some blood in them (not sure if i mentioned that here). Does anyone have any experience with this? She is 100% breastfed BTW. my poor baby, :(.

It does sound like it could be a food sensitivity. Dairy and soy sensitivities are very common in babies. Dd1 still has that at age 3.

re:NIP... yesterday, I was at a Superbowl party with neighbors/coworkers, and my boss's wife (our babysitter) was there with her daughter. She kept trying to nurse her baby under a cover, and the baby wasn't having it. Poor woman went home early because of it. I felt so bad for her, but I guess it was her choice.

Me, I just whipped it out and nursed. You can't see much, and I've never had anyone complain. Well, my sister's roommate/ex-boyfriend apparently complained to DH once while they were drinking together that I just, "Whip it out whenever," to which DH responded quite innocently, "Well what the hell else is she supposed to do, go nurse in a closet?" I'm the only nursing mother that DH has had much contact with, so he just thinks it's absolutely normal to nurse whenever, wherever. It's wonderful. DS is also the only baby he's ever diapered, so there was no resistance to cloth diapering. He's been a blank slate for me to write on. :giggle:

DS is not one to accept being covered. I've had to cover up a few times at work (I'd be fine nursing in front of my students, but don't feel like embroiling myself in an educational legal battle, so I either lock my classroom door or cover up if DS is up at work with me) and it's pretty awful. Even if I can get him to accept nursing under a cover (takes a lot of convincing), his wiggling limbs and grunting under a cover actually attract more attention to what's going on. :giggle:

I :wub: your dh :giggle:. Dd2 hates covers. Screaming bloody murder sort of hate. So it's a LOT more discreet to just NIP openly. If I want to cover up more I wear a nursing tank underneath or turn away from the general crowd when I latch her on. It's not like you can see much with her giant head in the way :giggle2:. Poor kid. 3% on the weight chart (25% on the WHO EBFing weight chart), 40% for height... 75% for head. Totally top-heavy.

They're getting to be too short in the rise :cry:

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2094/149/76/506407115/n506407115_1849198_5377.jpg

Is the cage for the dog or the kid? :giggle:

ralverly users check this out:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AmyB/double-wedding-ring-quilt
OMG once I can knit better (perhaps when B is out of diapers lol) I am going to knit one of these for each daughter to put away.....stunning!

No Ravelry account yet so I can't see it, but what I want to do when I can knit well is the Red Ridinghood sweater. :drool: :drool:

[dragondance]

Hi there! I am a newbie to this thread! I found the pf love not too long ago. I am addicted to pf's while hubby loves fitteds.

WOTB: Right now we are in a Varsity Print GM.

To all the sick families or kiddos, I hope you get better real fast!

Welcome! Lots of new people today.

Trying to make up for last week's we're-all-sick-so-we-just-watch-movies-all-day. We had geography, coloring, cutting, Megablocks, painting, cooking, and now dd1 is coloring in her dry erase book with a trace-the-dotted-lines theme.

[mommy2bugnbugga]

Oh, I forgot the QOTD...my dh does NOT use pf's! He despises them. He really prefers BG's but my ds isn't able to handle pockets anymore. We have to switch to all pf's and fitteds. And because of that dh has fallen in love with GM's and wool. I am getting ready to give my dh a snappi lesson. I told him he had to learn how to snappi, I wouldn't never make him pin (which I prefer), but he had to learn how to snappi in case he had to use a pf for some reason. He has reluctantly agreed. Now, If I would just get off my butt and order a snappi :giggle:

[Bethannp]

Sara - I dont think I would have the attention span for something like that either. I have managed to complete a few crocheted afghans though by doing grannie squares because that breaks it up a bit.

Shanna - Welcome!

Faith - :giggle: Levi has a big ole melon too. Most people just think he's sleeping when wer'er NIP.

[Bethannp]

AOTD: HA!!!!!! :roflmbo: DH won't even change a sposie!

[smaccalaska]

Is the cage for the dog or the kid? :giggle:

Actually, when we've had to travel with the dog, we've commented that for $100, he gets to travel in relative comfort. He can stand up, turn around, lay comfortably. I'd happily travel in a human-sized kennel, even if it meant having to hold the pee. He can stretch out and lay down down there in his kennel; my gigantress self sure can't do that up in coach!

The baby has been kind of obsessed with the dog kennel lately, though. Always trying to crawl into it.

QOTD... DH totally does prefolds. Pins, now, too!

[mamazluv]

which would be easiest
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flowerpot-tots-dk-shorties-and-longies
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pears-pattern-for-longies-and-shorties
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aubrey-doodlepants-knitting-pattern-v30
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wool-soaker-pattern
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nifty-knickers
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiny-birds-wool-soaker-pants

i want something easy... but cute an functional. the least amount of steps, the better.

[mamazluv]

these are cute. i could do this. i usually dont like crocheted anything for covers, but these are cute.
http://fullofstitches.com/blog/woolly-britches/

[cherylchoo]

DH used PFs with no problems the first three months. Then I put some velcro tabs on some, and made some pockets...and he's never been into PFs ever since. He doesn't want anything to do with the snappi anymore, even though there have been no snappi injuries in our house, and he refuses to take out my pins. Give him something with velcro and he's happy. If all the velcro diapers are dirty, he goes for the sposies.

But #3 has learned how to take sposies off...so I'm wondering how long that's going to last. He hasn't done it for DH yet (only me, when DH has left me #3 in a sposie), so I'm wondering if the velcro diapers are next. Or if he's just gonig to forget or be bored by it.

[RebeccaMomof3]

Okay, that QOTD was boring :giggle:
NEW QOTD: Does your SO use PFs?
No Ravelry account yet so I can't see it, but what I want to do when I can knit well is the Red Ridinghood sweater. :drool: :drool:

QOTD: NO my DH does not use PF's and it makes me so mad! He won't even WATCH me do it to TRY to learn. He rarely changes a diaper at ALL, which I don't understand...he used to change ds (in cloth-fitteds) and dd1 (sposies) all the time with zero problems.

I want to knit that red ridinghood sweater too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RebeccaMomof3]

Hi there! I am a newbie to this thread! I found the pf love not too long ago. I am addicted to pf's while hubby loves fitteds.

WOTB: Right now we are in a Varsity Print GM.

To all the sick families or kiddos, I hope you get better real fast!

welcome! Jump right on in :)

[MaMaMeA4]

You ladies have been chatty!

I didn't get on much this weekend. Ds2 had a 104.5 fever yesterday. His fever is better today, but he still has a slight one. I'm a little worried cause when he was eating lunch, his hands turned purple.

I was able to skim through the posts. Let's see what I caught.

AOTD: dh prefers pfs

Ds has had some green mucus like poos lately. When I asked the dr about it - the dr didn't seem concerned.


I'd keep the fitteds - but I like fitteds. I like to have the variety.

I gave up knitting. I'd rather crochet.

NIP - not really for me. I use the cross cradle hold, so I prefer to be sitting and right now my boob is still bigger than ds's head. None of my kids will nurse under a blanket. I usually just nurse in the car or if I'm out shopping I love nursing in dressing rooms. That said - I have no problem nursing in front of my family - or friends.

[RebeccaMomof3]

Wow! :drif: I friended you btw - am krysiao on ravelry

I friended you back! :thumbsup:

[kaoh]

Welcome! Lots of new people today.

Trying to make up for last week's we're-all-sick-so-we-just-watch-movies-all-day. We had geography, coloring, cutting, Megablocks, painting, cooking, and now dd1 is coloring in her dry erase book with a trace-the-dotted-lines theme.

:giggle2: I could have written this. Except I am still sick, and my friends DS is over as her dd has a medical emergency and is in the hospital. The kids don't want anything to do with me, its superfriends all the day. Am going to try to get them outside - only 38 today!

WOTB: staceyroo77 bamboo fleece pf under batik bum footies.

Mamas who applique wool - what's the best way to do it? Machine? By hand? I have these gorgeous cashmere footies and given the wasteland that the fsot has become lately am thinking of converting them to capris so Vivie can wear them through the spring/summer (there is room to grow in the hips and rise)

[mom2piddle]

AOTD: I have taught the baby's daddy to trifold...but he never uses the right size prefold with the right cover...so it is either hanging out the back, the leg holes, too small for big cover, too big for small cover...but he tries...so he mainly uses the fitteds and daycare diapers when he has the baby...

[slaloms]

Hi everyone... I've been MIA lately. So busy with the girls though. I kind of skimmed through today's thread. I too have been wanting to knit longies. I've knit two hats in the round, so I'm hoping I can do longies next. I'm going to check out those patterns. I also requested an invite to Ravelry.

:hugs: to all of the sickies. Hopefully everyone gets better soon!

[slaloms]

Oh yea, QOTD... DH used to be all about trifolded PFs. Then I bought pockets and he won't use PFs unless he REALLY has to. He can use a snappi now though which is nice. :thumbsup:

WOTB: #1 LL toddler small with a preemie doubler in a Thirsties cover, #2 LL capri in a Bummis Superbrite cover.

[my1hd]

Okay, that QOTD was boring :giggle:
NEW QOTD: Does your SO use PFs?

It does sound like it could be a food sensitivity. Dairy and soy sensitivities are very common in babies. Dd1 still has that at age 3.




DH will use prefolds trifolded but has apperantly "forgotten" how to snappi :cool:


Has far has the baby I brought her in before and we thought dairy sensitivity. I thought I cut it all out but I'm wondering if Its still lurking in something I'm eating. I need to read all the labels on every single thing, because I realized this morning one of hte oatmeals I was eating contians whey. :banghead: Its just wierd because she is not fussy at all. Sheis such a happy smilie baby see :mrgreen:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3248612446_8d29a9c4df.jpg

Welcome! Lots of new people today.

Trying to make up for last week's we're-all-sick-so-we-just-watch-movies-all-day. We had geography, coloring, cutting, Megablocks, painting, cooking, and now dd1 is coloring in her dry erase book with a trace-the-dotted-lines theme.

ugh i hear ya. I swear between sickies, me being preggy, new baby and just plan old winter blahs ,y kids have been watching waaayyy to much tv. :yuck:

[mommy2bugnbugga]

Wow this thread moves fast! When I posted on it the first time it was on page 3 or 4, that was only about an hour ago!:giggle: Love people that talk alot :)

[RebeccaMomof3]

Wow this thread moves fast! When I posted on it the first time it was on page 3 or 4, that was only about an hour ago!:giggle: Love people that talk alot :)

it varies; somedays it is mega posting and somedays not so much :giggle: We love new posters; the more opinions the merrier :)

[cherylchoo]

That dairy stuff is sneaky. It's way better now with the labeling, in theory it says CONTAINS DIARY in all caps near the ingredients if it does. But they didn't have that law when it applied to me, and I had to learn all "scientific" words like "Casein" and "whey" and all that in the ingredients list. Then we moved to Europe and I had to learn the words for milk, butter, and cheese in every language of the places that we visited.

[dragondance]

That dairy stuff is sneaky. It's way better now with the labeling, in theory it says CONTAINS DIARY in all caps near the ingredients if it does. But they didn't have that law when it applied to me, and I had to learn all "scientific" words like "Casein" and "whey" and all that in the ingredients list. Then we moved to Europe and I had to learn the words for milk, butter, and cheese in every language of the places that we visited.

Plus a large percentage of babies with dairy issues also have soy issues. Did it improve at all when you cut out the dairy? When we cut out dd's dairy the problem just changed (the dairy was the worst=projectile vomiting, but then when we switched to soy she screamed for hours and had poo issues).

[smaccalaska]

Gosh, I LOVE this half day of work thing. I'm just getting a little stir-crazy, and it's almost time to go into work for the afternoon (DH work mornings and will stay home with DS this afternoon, as is normal). I think it's just the right amount of WOH/SAH for me. Lucky DH gets to do it as his regular schedule. :giggle:

[Bethannp]

Kari - Hope your lo feels better soon!

[cherylchoo]

Bethann, the diaper pin fabric comes in blue, and black and silver:
http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/you_got_the_notions/

[Bethannp]

OMG! I love the blue one and the black w/ the blue and silver pins!!! I have to have that!

[mamazluv]

these are cute. i could do this. i usually dont like crocheted anything for covers, but these are cute.
http://fullofstitches.com/blog/woolly-britches/

just quoting myself to say this one isnt on ravelry. look. i made dh stop a joanns for yarn. it says that they used the fishermans wool. i will dye it once im done. not sure what color yet. but look at it.

[lemurmommies]

AOTD: Yes, DP uses prefolds. She generally reaches for prefolds first as long as there are still clean ones in the pile. And she can snappi like nobody's business. Just don't ask her to pin...

Just got back from a quick trip to the pharmacy for some cold meds and tissues with lotion, and a few supplies to make supper. We're having leftover smoky brisket on buns with sweet potato fries. Nice and easy on a lazy, sick day.

WOTB: MEOS with hemp doubler under a Bummis Whisper Pant.

[lemurmommies]

just quoting myself to say this one isnt on ravelry. look. i made dh stop a joanns for yarn. it says that they used the fishermans wool. i will dye it once im done. not sure what color yet. but look at it.

That is SUPER cute! I love it. Makes me wish both that I could crochet and I had a little girl to put it on.

[TJR2119]

Popping in to say I hope all the sickies feel better soon!

AOTD: Dh attempts to use pfs but is not very good at it, except this morning he did a decent job. He LOVES our sposoeasys and BG aios though. He definitely would never leave her dirty though. This morning he changed her as soon as she pooped and actually reached for a pf instead of his aio's! (But he told me next time he's going for his aios LOL)

[TJR2119]

Also, I definitely NIP but I'm very discreet, although it's not for anyone else's comfort but my own :thumbsup:

[mom2piddle]

Gosh, I LOVE this half day of work thing. I'm just getting a little stir-crazy, and it's almost time to go into work for the afternoon (DH work mornings and will stay home with DS this afternoon, as is normal). I think it's just the right amount of WOH/SAH for me. Lucky DH gets to do it as his regular schedule. :giggle:

I told my bf this afternoon that things would be easier if I worked like 6pm-midnight for awhile...He wasn't going for the idea :cry:

Bethann, the diaper pin fabric comes in blue, and black and silver:
http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/you_got_the_notions/

:drif:

just quoting myself to say this one isnt on ravelry. look. i made dh stop a joanns for yarn. it says that they used the fishermans wool. i will dye it once im done. not sure what color yet. but look at it.

:giggle2: must. learn. to. crochet. immediately! :giggle2: I have all the hooks and a how to book...need yarn and time to learn...I also have crochet help by calling my bf's mom but can't seem to remember before 10pm to do it (that's about the time my mind returns!)

AOTD: Yes, DP uses prefolds. She generally reaches for prefolds first as long as there are still clean ones in the pile. And she can snappi like nobody's business. Just don't ask her to pin...

Just got back from a quick trip to the pharmacy for some cold meds and tissues with lotion, and a few supplies to make supper. We're having leftover smoky brisket on buns with sweet potato fries. Nice and easy on a lazy, sick day.

WOTB: MEOS with hemp doubler under a Bummis Whisper Pant.

:hugs: sorry you guys are sick...but *yumm-o* on the sweet potato fries! They are my fav!

I have no idea what we are having for dinner and am sad to say that I don't really care at this point...whatever is made the kids will eat.

I really need an idea or 2 on how to come up with a little xtra $$....I've been trying to sell all of the diaper stuff that we aren't using but even at "name your own price" prices no one seems to be interested....I listed some stuff on Craigs list and got very few responses....There is no way to have a yard sale right now thanks to the snow but I really really need to have a bit of pocket $$ right now....:cry: I thought about babysitting but don't really know anyone to sit for...the only thing I'm really good at is laundry :blush: sorry, I'm just bummed right now...

[MaMaMeA4]

I really want to stalk some yarn tonight. MM Copper Patina is being listed and I :wub: that colorway. Maybe if it's still available when I get back on tonight - then I'll buy it. I guess that's my way of "fleecing"

[cherylchoo]

Agh! My crochet "jean" longies are here! They are fantastic! Pix soon...

[mom2piddle]

Agh! My crochet "jean" longies are here! They are fantastic! Pix soon...


:yay:

[Lisathena]

I got fluffy mail!! :yay: i got 2 L panda tushies and she threw in a pair of Rainbow Waters longies!! Pics in a bit. . rather busy w/ the daughter. . she is so sweet i missed her :wub: i love her and glad she is back.

[Bethannp]

Cute pattern Shirley!

[MaMaMeA4]

:yay: for fluffy mail!

[Bethannp]

:gah: :cry: :cry: :fit: Levi's peepee burn, which I thought was healed is now getting bad again and it bled a little again, after 2 days of being back in cloth, and that's still w/ doing sposies at night! He's been coverless nearly this whole time, so he's getting changed as soon as he pees. I don't know what to do!

[cherylchoo]

Yay! They fit, and will fit next fall too!
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/7af5a4113ed39d5961e2437658b82c7b.jpg
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/bfe1f971bfb39af7aa8bea0238147431.jpg
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/6db30d5c529aebd1fcd1156daba69c06.jpg

Sophiasmomma is the best!

Now I have gone down the rabbit hole with the woolies...knit will probably be next...pray that I keep it together...LOL

[mom2sadieandbean]

Accidentally posted this in the BSRB thread this morning. I guess I wasn't as awake as I thought I was. I did get the negativity and general obstinance that I expected, unfortunately.

Morning, ladies. Both girls are blissfully asleep, and I'm getting ready for work. I anticipate negativity from my high school students this morning because it's Monday and I will expect them to work.

Agenda for the day:
Get ready for work
Unload dishwasher and reload.
Move diaper laundry from washer to dryer.
Wake Amelia. Nurse and possibly change her.
Go to work.
Type lesson plans into computer.
Teach 10 classes.
Come home, fix supper, bathe girls, and put them to bed.
Watch TV.
Go to bed.

Repeat tomorrow, except with a home basketball game and no lesson plans to put in computer. Later night - less time with girls. Probably won't make it back on until Wednesday.

[mommy2bugnbugga]

Yea! I got fluffy mail today! A friend of mine sold me 2 PB&E preflats and some Three Irish Girls yarn. I love it! I was so excited to get some fluffy mail...I mean it's been a whole 2 days since I got any fluffy mail! What ever what I going to do?

[cherylchoo]

Bethann, did you try bleach? I know it's not a popular solution on DS, but sometimes you have to pull out the big guns to kill bacteria and such. Also, is he getting enough fluids? Water?

[mommy2bugnbugga]

:gah: :cry: :cry: :fit: Levi's peepee burn, which I thought was healed is now getting bad again and it bled a little again, after 2 days of being back in cloth, and that's still w/ doing sposies at night! He's been coverless nearly this whole time, so he's getting changed as soon as he pees. I don't know what to do!

We have been fighting a "rash" since Nov. My son SOMEHOW got a staff infection on his little fella, and since then we have been fighting this horrible rash. Sposies makes it worse for us. Try washing your diapers and then boiling them for about 10 minutes. This is supposed to help kill all bacteria and any "excess" detergent or anything built up in the diaper.

[Lisathena]

Ok now i have found the wool love. . how do i wash them????? He pooped in his longies for the 1st time ever earlier. . .I was thinking had washing in the sink w/ our shaklee baby wash soap. Then air dry? I dont have lanoline or what ever . . do i need it? HELP!

[cherylchoo]

Just rinse the poop off, and if you have to scrub it use a milkd soap like ivory or something to get it off. You can hand wash it in any baby shampoo, roll up and squish in a towel, lay flat to dry. I don't lanolize mine every time I wash them, it's only to improve the waterproofness so you won't ruin them if you don't have any now.

[Bethannp]

Cute woolies Cheryl!!!

I have tried bleach. For a while I was using it on a regular basis and the problem just continued to get worse. I really don't know where to turn when bleach doesnt work.

I have done a little reading though and I think I need to use more detergent. I'm going to keep him in sposies for a few more days, his pee pee looked healed till he went back in cloth, so I'm going to let it heal some more. I'm going to take all the diapers to my dad's and strip and bleach them in the nice clean city water, and hopefully then I can have a fresh start.

We have been fighting a "rash" since Nov. My son SOMEHOW got a staff infection on his little fella, and since then we have been fighting this horrible rash. Sposies makes it worse for us. Try washing your diapers and then boiling them for about 10 minutes. This is supposed to help kill all bacteria and any "excess" detergent or anything built up in the diaper.

Owie. I'm deffinately sure what Levi has is a burn. It looks just like a pic you would see of a chemical burn, where a layer of skin is just gone. :cry: It started to heal almost immediately after I started putting him in sposies :cry: It's lots better now, but being back in cloth again irritated it. I've considered boiling the diapers, but that would be an enourmous undertaking as the pans I have would only be big enough to do one at a time. So that is a last resort.

Ok now i have found the wool love. . how do i wash them????? He pooped in his longies for the 1st time ever earlier. . .I was thinking had washing in the sink w/ our shaklee baby wash soap. Then air dry? I dont have lanoline or what ever . . do i need it? HELP!

Baby wash is gentle enough for wool. Lanolin is what makes your wool really waterproof. Some people do just fine without it, but Levi deffinately pees through his wool if it's not lanolized. Lanolin is also what gives wool it's ability to "self-clean" and be worn multiple times w/out stinking

[cherylchoo]

You can't go wrong with more detergent. I started using the full amount (instead of half like everybody says) for my diapers when I started to have stink, with a 1/4 cup baking soda, and stink is gone. I'm not sure why bubbles are evil in the CD world, unless LO is sensitive to detergents. If you go soak any of your towels or clothes in water now, you'd get bubbles and you don't have a rash or burn.

[mamazluv]

Ok now i have found the wool love. . how do i wash them????? He pooped in his longies for the 1st time ever earlier. . .I was thinking had washing in the sink w/ our shaklee baby wash soap. Then air dry? I dont have lanoline or what ever . . do i need it? HELP!

i have used some without doing any lanolin. :hide: there remains residual lanolin in it already. you should probably just wash it for now, then when you wash it next time do a lanolin treatment. for now just hand wash w baby shampoo.

later when you need lanolizing help... let us know.

heres a ? for you guys....
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6193008#post6193008

[mamazluv]

bethann, could you borrow a stock pot from someone... mine is only big enough for about 3, but if you did maybe a couple pots per day, it wouldnt be so bad.

[cherylchoo]

You know, Bethann, maybe you could boil one and see if that made any difference before trying to boil all of them. Just an idea.

I'm willing to bet that your washer and your water is the culprit. I hope it's not, because I know you can't do anything about it, but all signs point that way to me.

[cherylchoo]

This was too funny not to share. This is my 3YO, wearing my glasses. She looks like a 50YO librarian:
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/c0309c5e05ed692c3cc4351601e5ec60.jpg

[beck2boys1girl]

This was too funny not to share. This is my 3YO, wearing my glasses. She looks like a 50YO librarian:
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/c0309c5e05ed692c3cc4351601e5ec60.jpg

She is adorable......

[smaccalaska]

This was too funny not to share. This is my 3YO, wearing my glasses. She looks like a 50YO librarian:
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/c0309c5e05ed692c3cc4351601e5ec60.jpg

:giggle: that is a serious amount of cute right there.

[smaccalaska]

'k, if we're just sharing pics... DS and DH. :giggle:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2094/149/76/506407115/n506407115_1877675_9187.jpg

[mommy2bugnbugga]

This was too funny not to share. This is my 3YO, wearing my glasses. She looks like a 50YO librarian:
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/c0309c5e05ed692c3cc4351601e5ec60.jpg

OMGosh! That is too cute!

[cherylchoo]

Ok, DH just came home and I never got around to telling him about the longies trade. He was out of town when I made hers, and I never remembered to tell him the "jeans" were coming. So DH comes home, takes #3, and says "Hey, did you get new pants? Did mama crochet these for you?"

I stop dead in my tracks. "How do you even know the difference between knit and crochet?"

He looks at me and says, "I have a whole other life you know nothing about." :roflmbo:

Lord have mercy!

[cherylchoo]

'k, if we're just sharing pics... DS and DH. :giggle:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2094/149/76/506407115/n506407115_1877675_9187.jpg
awwwwwwwww....

[kaoh]

Yay! They fit, and will fit next fall too!
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/7af5a4113ed39d5961e2437658b82c7b.jpg
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/bfe1f971bfb39af7aa8bea0238147431.jpg
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/6db30d5c529aebd1fcd1156daba69c06.jpg

Sophiasmomma is the best!

Now I have gone down the rabbit hole with the woolies...knit will probably be next...pray that I keep it together...LOL


sooo cute!


OK, here is my fluffy day (also seen in my new avi):

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r17/krysiao/IMG_6972.jpg

[kaoh]

OK, that spot is not on her shirt, its on my camera lense (at first I thought it was drool, then all my pics were ending up with that darn spot on it...

[slaloms]

Cheryl...love the longies. Your DD is so freaking cute! And that's great about what your DH said. :giggle:

Sara... so cute!

[celestialdreamer]

A quick question for you prefold-lovin' mamas....do GMD usually get pilly? I had some ages ago and I don't remember them being pilly at all. My LL unbleached and super pilly and are getting worn out so I just bought some GMDs off of FSOT that were supposed to be prepped but not used...but they are super pilly.

They don't look stained or dingy or anything, I don't doubt that they are fairly new. I'm just really surprised and a bit dissappointed as I was hoping they would feel new like the GM trimfolds I got recently. Is this normal for GMD, or is that from usage? Or only some batches are this way? TIA! :mrgreen:

[slaloms]

Vivie is adorable!

[kaoh]

Vivie is adorable!

Thanks! I think so too, but I am biased. :giggle:

[Bethannp]

You know, Bethann, maybe you could boil one and see if that made any difference before trying to boil all of them. Just an idea.

I'm willing to bet that your washer and your water is the culprit. I hope it's not, because I know you can't do anything about it, but all signs point that way to me.


I might as a lst resort. It just occured to me that there could be bacteria in our watr :yuck: if that's the case i'm going to have to take the diapers someplace else to wash them. :banghead:

Your dd is too cute cheryl!

Vivie looks adoable!

sarah - what handsome guys

[kaoh]

OK, I'm done with my shopping spree for the day. Just placed my LL order and I'm so excited. Who would have thought I'd be all in a tizzy over a bunch of prefolds, a snappi, and 1 fitted (to try). Can't wait till it gets here! Now if the rest of the stuff she's outgrown would just sell already...

[lemurmommies]

Well, E is in bed, diaper laundry is in the dryer, and the dish washer is running. Honestly, that's more than I thought might get done around here today! Now DP is knitting and I'm playing around on the internet. We're both pretty sad sacks. I took some sinus medication, but my throat still hurts. DP took some cough and cold medication, which seems to have helped some, but she's still coughing. I hope we're feeling better soon!

WOTB: A sposie. Once again, both BedBugs were dirty. On the up side, my third one should be here tomorrow or Wednesday. Yippee!

Ok, DH just came home and I never got around to telling him about the longies trade. He was out of town when I made hers, and I never remembered to tell him the "jeans" were coming. So DH comes home, takes #3, and says "Hey, did you get new pants? Did mama crochet these for you?"

I stop dead in my tracks. "How do you even know the difference between knit and crochet?"

He looks at me and says, "I have a whole other life you know nothing about." :roflmbo:

Lord have mercy!

:giggle2: That totally made me laugh out loud!

A quick question for you prefold-lovin' mamas....do GMD usually get pilly?

I have GMD orange edge (bleached) and brown edge (unbleached) and neither of them are pilly at all. Is it possible the mama that prepped them washed them with something that shed lint? I hope someone else chimes in with more ideas!

[MaMaMeA4]

:gah: :cry: :cry: :fit: Levi's peepee burn, which I thought was healed is now getting bad again and it bled a little again, after 2 days of being back in cloth, and that's still w/ doing sposies at night! He's been coverless nearly this whole time, so he's getting changed as soon as he pees. I don't know what to do!:hugs:

Yay! They fit, and will fit next fall too!
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/7af5a4113ed39d5961e2437658b82c7b.jpg
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/bfe1f971bfb39af7aa8bea0238147431.jpg
http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/images/1/6db30d5c529aebd1fcd1156daba69c06.jpg

Sophiasmomma is the best!

Now I have gone down the rabbit hole with the woolies...knit will probably be next...pray that I keep it together...LOLThose look great! Good luck with the rabbit hole. I've completely gone to the dark side!:lostit:

Ok, DH just came home and I never got around to telling him about the longies trade. He was out of town when I made hers, and I never remembered to tell him the "jeans" were coming. So DH comes home, takes #3, and says "Hey, did you get new pants? Did mama crochet these for you?"

I stop dead in my tracks. "How do you even know the difference between knit and crochet?"

He looks at me and says, "I have a whole other life you know nothing about." :roflmbo:

Lord have mercy!:spit: :roflmbo:


OK, here is my fluffy day (also seen in my new avi):

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r17/krysiao/IMG_6972.jpg
How precious!

I might as a lst resort. It just occured to me that there could be bacteria in our watr :yuck: if that's the case i'm going to have to take the diapers someplace else to wash them. :banghead:
So sorry! I was going to ask if maybe it was something he was eating. A good friend of mine can't let her kids have ketchup or their bottoms get burned - not even a little bit!

[mamazluv]

A quick question for you prefold-lovin' mamas....do GMD usually get pilly? I had some ages ago and I don't remember them being pilly at all. My LL unbleached and super pilly and are getting worn out so I just bought some GMDs off of FSOT that were supposed to be prepped but not used...but they are super pilly.

They don't look stained or dingy or anything, I don't doubt that they are fairly new. I'm just really surprised and a bit dissappointed as I was hoping they would feel new like the GM trimfolds I got recently. Is this normal for GMD, or is that from usage? Or only some batches are this way? TIA! :mrgreen:

they may be new. sometimes the agitation causes them to get pilly. its the lint or something. but it will eventually wear off. or you could shave them w a cheap sposie razor. but several washes and drys will get them off.

[dragondance]

Ok, DH just came home and I never got around to telling him about the longies trade. He was out of town when I made hers, and I never remembered to tell him the "jeans" were coming. So DH comes home, takes #3, and says "Hey, did you get new pants? Did mama crochet these for you?"

I stop dead in my tracks. "How do you even know the difference between knit and crochet?"

He looks at me and says, "I have a whole other life you know nothing about." :roflmbo:

Lord have mercy!

:roflmbo: :roflmbo: :roflmbo:

Love all the pics!!!!

[RebeccaMomof3]

grr my long post just got erased when dd2 started banging at the keyboard while I was typing. I have NO idea what she pressed :banghead:

[MaMaMeA4]

I did it! I bought the MM Copper Patina yarn. When I got home - I tried to calmly sit down to my computer and check to see if there was any left. There were only 2 left and they just happend to be in one of my preferred yarns. So I bought them. I couldn't help it! My hand made the mouse go to the buy now button and I just clicked!

Now I just need to find someone to knit them for me :whistle:

[RebeccaMomof3]

Ok, DH just came home and I never got around to telling him about the longies trade. He was out of town when I made hers, and I never remembered to tell him the "jeans" were coming. So DH comes home, takes #3, and says "Hey, did you get new pants? Did mama crochet these for you?"

I stop dead in my tracks. "How do you even know the difference between knit and crochet?"

He looks at me and says, "I have a whole other life you know nothing about." :roflmbo:

Lord have mercy!

omh LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!:roflmbo: :giggle2:

[RebeccaMomof3]

ok new pics (second time I made this post grr)
My camera is working :bliss: so we went outside at about 5 PM for half an hour so the kids could play in the back yard. They were SO excited, and dd2 loved the little penguin sled
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/RebeccaMomof3/HPIM1129.jpg
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/RebeccaMomof3/HPIM1128.jpg
my dd's together
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/RebeccaMomof3/HPIM1139.jpg
and ds with a funny face
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/RebeccaMomof3/HPIM1141.jpg

DD2 is wearing her Cay Cay knits scrappy hat that matches her longies. Can't wait for our custom Hudsons to arrive (matching ones for each DD).

[slaloms]

Rebecca your kids are too cute.

[mom2sadieandbean]

LOL, Thanks.

DD is such a little freeking peach! I just want to leave work right now to go gobble up her little cheeks.

I'm having a lonely daddy moment right now, sry. :sadbye:

Missing the kids is probably the toughest part about WOH. Both of my office computers have a picture of my girls together, and I take at least one of the girls to as many school functions as possible, but it isn't the same.

ok, so for shoe cleanup we have a shoe closet but the kids just throw them in there and never can find the match again....SO I'm having my Dad build me one of those PVC cubby hole things like they have a t Chuck E Cheese for the kids shoes :giggle2: I have to do some measuring and send him a picture of it but as soon as that's done I get to put it in the closet and not have to push the door closed with my back just to contain the shoe mess!


My DH could totally make something like that. Why hadn't I ever thought of that?

shoes. Ugh! We are lucky in that we have a coat closet so they all sorta pile up in there with the coats and the hats and mittens. I cannot WAIT for winter to be over(a sore subject as I'm in New England):banghead: .

Okay so I lied. I think I have 11 fitteds?:headscratch:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6586.jpg

Those are the 8 that are clean and one black with stars is on the bum upstairs in bed and there are two of the retro apples print sitting in the diaper pail.:headscratch: Guess I made 11. But they work pretty well for her and I enjoy sewing diapers. Makes me feel productive and thrifty. They are from remnants in the 50%off bin at Jo-Ann fabrics and my ex's old t-shirts that he left here(shhhhhh!) and some flannel receiving blankets(we had a million as she had/has reflux)



Oh yeah and for fun, this is what breakfast entailed today:

(that's banana by the way)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6585.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/faerybugs/100_6584.jpg

Love the diapers. Our shoes and coats live where they fall when we take them off. Makes getting ready to go anywhere very interesting *sarcasm*

this forwarded email cracked me up....
always check your childs homework......
http://bengalscentral.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5515163ee8834010536f88792970c-pi
(Here's the reply the teacher received the following day)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter h ow hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn't show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
>From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith




also i was thinking.... dd3yo HATES to feel wet. we have been using pullups at night, but even when she gets up she doesnt mind peeing in them... but she has no accidents during the day. but she does sometimes wet during the day time naps but wakes immediatley.

so QOTD: do you think that if i switched her back to cloth at night that she would night train?

Too cute! We're still working on training Sadie outside the house (we're really good while we're at home and awake) so I have no advice, only sympathy.

:goodvibes: thanks all. yeah, i like the black with stars because rainbows totally make me happy but my favorite favorite favorite one is the girly skulls outer and brown flannel inner. It just looks so adorable! And they are so trim under a soaker! I wish I'd found this pattern 3 years ago for Sara's diapering days.

Re: nip and dh's. Grrrrrrrr. My girls' dad(he's still technically my husband but we've been separated almost 18months) always had issues with it when Sara was nursing. ALWAYS. And after she turned a year it got worse. And I always tried to just let it go because it got annoying fast. I would be frustrated if I were you. What better way to make nursing in public the norm and take the stigma and the "taboo-ness" out of it:giggle: than to do it often?:thumbsup: There have been a lot of times where people actually didn't realize I was nursing a baby because it was so discreet. I say tell him to take a hike and do it whenever you want. Of course, I also have the most acrobatic nurser in the world right now who stands while nursing or rolls over:giggle: or goes from kneeling to sitting to standing to back down to laying so. . . . . .

My DH has no say in whether or not I nurse in public (nor does anyone else for that matter) because they aren't his boobies!

LG's mom brings her here for 2 reasons (so she told me) first was so that she could have some time to herself, and second was to put LG in another environment where she could have some socialization with someone other then her family. Her mom was concerned with her development and thought she was just being a "baby" at home cause mom put up with it. LG has learned SO much here...mom can clearly see that too, and comments on it....and LG is just here twice a week from 8:30-2:30 and has a nap during then, so you can see the small amount of time she is here.

I don't charge them a lot for them to bring her here...partially because my availability is so little that it is hard to find daycare kids (I am not available Tues/Thurs) and second, because LG needs to come here to get attention that mom doesn't give. I don't know WHY LG doesn't learn/do things at home; I am not there....but here she watches zero TV and we read books and do crafts etc. and she picks things up fast....so I don't think its LG's fault she isn't learning things, if you get my drift.

LG's mom told me that she was going to be looking for a job, but never told me if she actually got one...however she drops LG off in the morning and picks her up at 2:30 so it would be a very short job if she did get one. :dunno:

You are wonderful for providing this opportunity for LG. She obviously enjoys being there.

ok OT - I have seen people with their pic being something that is like a slideshow between a few pics....how do i make one of those? :thumbsup: thanks

Usually involves photoshop. There are a few websites where you can provide the pics and they create it for you, but I don't have any of those links on this computer.

Actually, when we've had to travel with the dog, we've commented that for $100, he gets to travel in relative comfort. He can stand up, turn around, lay comfortably. I'd happily travel in a human-sized kennel, even if it meant having to hold the pee. He can stretch out and lay down down there in his kennel; my gigantress self sure can't do that up in coach!

The baby has been kind of obsessed with the dog kennel lately, though. Always trying to crawl into it.

QOTD... DH totally does prefolds. Pins, now, too!

DH does prefolds all day. He won't let me buy anything else and doesn't use the fitted diapers that I have made. He's been putting sposies on Sadie for her naps though. She doesn't get cloth much anymore. The wetness makes her stay awake sometimes, and we need her napping consistently yet.

I managed to accomplish most of my agenda for today. We are still working on getting the girls asleep (Sadie is putting up a fight), and I have a little work to do before school tomorrow, but otherwise ok.

[RebeccaMomof3]

Rebecca your kids are too cute.

thanks:blush:

do you ladies think its OK t change my pic to the first closeup of her face? I :wub: that one.....but I was 'complaining' about not being able to recognize you guys after you changed your pics :roflmbo:

[RebeccaMomof3]

here's a pic of my first knitting :giggle:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/RebeccaMomof3/HPIM1167.jpg

[beck2boys1girl]

Love the dh's response....when we first starting using wool....he called them the afgan pants :spit:

I love the ice cream set....

I will have pics of all the yummy diapers that I did today...sometime tomorrow morning.....then I will be working on the inserts......

[RebeccaMomof3]

Love the dh's response....when we first starting using wool....he called them the afgan pants :spit:

I love the ice cream set....

I will have pics of all the yummy diapers that I did today...sometime tomorrow morning.....then I will be working on the inserts......

hahahaha afghan pants :roflmbo:

My hubby started calling them the "forbidden pants" because he wasn't allowed to touch/use them when I wasn't around :roflmbo:

[RebeccaMomof3]

goodnight mamas...see you wednesday!

[MaMaMeA4]

night! I have an eye appt tomorrow - I'm gonna see about getting back in contacts! I probably won't be on much.

[dragondance]

here's a pic of my first knitting :giggle:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/RebeccaMomof3/HPIM1167.jpg

That's it. I'm ripping mine out and starting again. Mine isn't even recognizable as knitting. (Seriously.) Yours looks great :thumbsup:

[maman08]

WARNING: this is possibly the longest multi-quote I've ever written. I apologize in advance!

FaeryGnomeHome, welcome! Those diapers look awesome...I particularly love the pink skulls print. If I had a girl she would be drowning in girly skull print stuff, I think it's so cute.

Flo, if you find a good booties pattern that can be sized up let me know...I've been trying to find one to use to knit wool socks for DS but most of the patterns seem to be written for newbies or 3 year-olds. It's so cold here that his little cotton socks don't do diddly for keeping his feet warm.

On the shoes system discussion, I have to show off a little...housing is totally luck of the draw and in most respects our place is pretty good, but this closet in the entry way is really what made me fall in love with it:

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2534.jpg
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/hmrees/DSCN2536.jpg

Dominic, :wave: welcome!

Lisathena, I'm so glad your dd is home with you, I know you've been missing her!


Woohoo! We got Dominic, we got Dominic (it's like picking teams in gym class). :giggle:

:roflmbo:

Love all the pics of everyone's LOs...such cute babies and kiddos!

QOTD: Dyed, unbleached, or bleached for PFs?

For the longest time I only wanted my bamboo pfs to be dyed, but recently I've started loving the idea of dyed cotton pfs as well. I traded for a few LWI dyed ones, bought a couple more, and thanks to whoever posted about the GENY sale a few days back (Rebecca, was that you?) I have a few dyed/embellished ones on their way here. I like having a bit of both.

Sara, I hope Isaac feels better soon, it's no fun having a sick LO. How sad that those orange longies are getting to short in the rise, I love those!

I'm the only nursing mother that DH has had much contact with, so he just thinks it's absolutely normal to nurse whenever, wherever. It's wonderful. DS is also the only baby he's ever diapered, so there was no resistance to cloth diapering. He's been a blank slate for me to write on. :giggle:

:roflmbo: :roflmbo: My DH is the same way for the most part. He does know that people consider us weird for CDing, but for the most part he gets a kick out of the fact that we're countercultural in that respect. Poor guy has too much conformity forced on him working a gubment job, he has to enjoy nonconformity even if it's in the form of diapers. :lostit:

Mel, :hugs: to you guys and sending get-well-soon vibes your way!

mommy2bugnbugga, :welcome:

just quoting myself to say this one isnt on ravelry. look. i made dh stop a joanns for yarn. it says that they used the fishermans wool. i will dye it once im done. not sure what color yet. but look at it.

I love that, if I had a girl to put it on I would be all over it.

I really need an idea or 2 on how to come up with a little xtra $$....I've been trying to sell all of the diaper stuff that we aren't using but even at "name your own price" prices no one seems to be interested....I listed some stuff on Craigs list and got very few responses....There is no way to have a yard sale right now thanks to the snow but I really really need to have a bit of pocket $$ right now....:cry: I thought about babysitting but don't really know anyone to sit for...the only thing I'm really good at is laundry :blush: sorry, I'm just bummed right now...

:hugs:

:gah: :cry: :cry: :fit: Levi's peepee burn, which I thought was healed is now getting bad again and it bled a little again, after 2 days of being back in cloth, and that's still w/ doing sposies at night! He's been coverless nearly this whole time, so he's getting changed as soon as he pees. I don't know what to do!

:hugs: I'm so sorry! I second the boiling idea, although that certainly is a huge pain. I would think if the problem were bacteria in your water that the bleach would have killed it? I know you usually did a load with a couple of tablespoons of bleach, but have you tried doing a load with Tide to the 2 line and 1/4 cup of bleach? I had to do that a while ago when DS was having rash and stink issues, and although I had to rinse a gazillion times in hot water, but it did fix the situation.

Cheryl, I love those longies, they're so cute! I actually really like the look of crocheted longies and shorties..clearly I need to learn to crochet more efficiently. I'm checking out some links on left-handed crocheting at Shirley's suggestion, and I think that might help me.

Ok, DH just came home and I never got around to telling him about the longies trade. He was out of town when I made hers, and I never remembered to tell him the "jeans" were coming. So DH comes home, takes #3, and says "Hey, did you get new pants? Did mama crochet these for you?"

I stop dead in my tracks. "How do you even know the difference between knit and crochet?"

He looks at me and says, "I have a whole other life you know nothing about." :roflmbo:

Lord have mercy!

:roflmbo: :roflmbo: :roflmbo:

A quick question for you prefold-lovin' mamas....do GMD usually get pilly? I had some ages ago and I don't remember them being pilly at all. My LL unbleached and super pilly and are getting worn out so I just bought some GMDs off of FSOT that were supposed to be prepped but not used...but they are super pilly.

They don't look stained or dingy or anything, I don't doubt that they are fairly new. I'm just really surprised and a bit dissappointed as I was hoping they would feel new like the GM trimfolds I got recently. Is this normal for GMD, or is that from usage? Or only some batches are this way? TIA! :mrgreen:

Sometimes if you wash too many pfs together in a load they rub against each other and get pilly like that. Like mamazluv said, the problem usually resolves itself after a few washes and dries, but you might want to try washing them in smaller loads and throwing in a little Ecover to speed up the recovery process.

MaMaMeA4, congrats on scoring the nice yarn! So far the spendiest woolies yarn I've invested in is the 100purewool stuff that's like $9 a skein...I'm trying really hard to stay away from the TIG and WAHM-dyed $20 a skein stuff but it's so beautiful...:drif:

My DH has no say in whether or not I nurse in public (nor does anyone else for that matter) because they aren't his boobies!

:werd: and :giggle2:

hahahaha afghan pants :roflmbo:

My hubby started calling them the "forbidden pants" because he wasn't allowed to touch/use them when I wasn't around :roflmbo:

:giggle: at "afghan pants" and "forbidden pants"