BSRB Tuesday - YES its 4am..

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Here on the East Coast that is...

I am sitting here in my living room, exhausted, but up with a possible gallbladder attack...used to get them after DS was born and then it stopped happening....apparently its back... *sigh*

I will sleep someday, right? Cause not sleeping is a great way to feel better from my cold :yuck:

At least I got my wake up to cooperate with the DD that woke up a few mins ago to eat...

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

I am now trying to learn to like tea instead of coffee in the morning. Word has it tea drinkers T-cells work better than coffee drinkers T-cells...

[treala05]

Awww, I'm so sorry to hear you're feeling so lousy, Shannon. Hope it gets better and maybe you can squeeze in a nap today!!

DD has been waking up early a lot this week, which means for a horribly crabby baby until her first nap. Well, this morning I just decided to put her down for a nap early (at 8:20) instead of fighting it until the usual time of 10. She's out like a light already, but we'll see what it does to our schedule for the day. I think I might go lay down and take a nap too :)

I'm hoping for some more mild weather today so we can go for a walk again. And this weekend I'll be driving home to MA to visit my parents for a week or two. It's an 8 hour drive with just me and DD, so I'm a little nervous, but it should be fine. We're stopping part way in NJ to visit a friend and her new baby for a few hours. I'm debating bringing cloth to use on the trip (my mom's a huge supporter), but I'm nervous about doing it without a sprayer. Does anyone else deal with solids and no sprayer? What do you do?

[pennybelly]

good morning ladies :)

i'm sorry to hear your not feeling well shannon. i was sick the past two days with aches and chills. what a lousy feeling. today i still have a soar throat but no aches. i have been keeping up with the advil/tylenol so hopefully it will keep the pain at bay.

alaina - i know a trip without cloth may be easier but if you mom is a big supporter it might be nice to bring them along and show her what its all about. i cleaned the diapers without a sprayer for a long time before i got one. it involves extra swooshing but i think you can handle it :giggle2:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Good luck with your schedule Alaina!

Some may find this gross but I dont use a sprayer...if there is something particularly sticky and I can't get it off I rinse it in the bathroom sink then wipe it down afterwards...I mean when you think about it dirty hands that are washed in there have the same thing that dirty diapers do....plus it makes me have to keep my sink clean...

[pennybelly]

eh i don't think its gross. your doing what a mommy needs to do to get the job done hehe.

[Jordan]

Morning mamas! It is supposed to be pretty here again today so I'm going to try to get all my housework and sewing done this morning so we can go out this afternoon. Anyone have any new crockpot chicken recipes that they haven't shared? I have chicken but don't know what to do with it.

Shannon & Jess- Sorry your sick! Feel better soon. :hugs:
Alaina- We've never had a sprayer and we just dunk and swoosh. Not a big deal for us! We usually take our cloth on vacation too without a problem.

[pennybelly]

Morning mamas! It is supposed to be pretty here again today so I'm going to try to get all my housework and sewing done this morning so we can go out this afternoon. Anyone have any new crockpot chicken recipes that they haven't shared? I have chicken but don't know what to do with it.

Shannon & Jess- Sorry your sick! Feel better soon. :hugs:
Alaina- We've never had a sprayer and we just dunk and swoosh. Not a big deal for us! We usually take our cloth on vacation too without a problem.

thanks for the hugs!!! i hope i feel better soon too :)

i loooove this recipe

smothered buttermilk chicken with peas over biscuits

- 1lb boneless skinless chix tenderloins cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 3 med carrots (i used 5)
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (use the food processor so its nice and small - the onion makes this meal nice and sweet)
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1, 12oz jar chix gravy
- 1 cup frozen sweet peas
- 1 can pillsbury grand biscuits

in slow cooker, combine, chix, carrots, onion, water, butter, salt, pepper and bay leaf; mix well.

cover; cook on low setting 6 to 8hrs (i cooked it for 7)

about 20 min before serving, stir gravy mix and peas into chix mixture. remove bay leaf. mix well. increase heat setting to high; cover and cook an additional 10 to 15 min or until peas are cooked.

meanwhile, bake biscuits. serve chix mixture over biscuits (or in my case i made some nice homemade mashed potatoes and served the biscuits on the side)


ok so the recipe is for buttermilk chicken and i substituted making the buttermilk and used a can of chix gravy instead :giggle2:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

That looks really tasty Jess! I think I might make it with buttermilk though, I am not a big gravy fan. Is it the same amount of buttermilk? Wouldn't it separate in the crockpot for that long?

[madeinjanuary]

oh shannon and jess I hope you both start to feel better soon. try to get some rest if that's possible.before the diaper sprayer I would dunk and swoosh and if something still wouldn't come off..id grab the showerhead and set it to that massage setting and spray that sucker. :x and jordan were suppose to have a nice day too so I'm gonna try to get ryder outside today so he can run around. and I won't be any help with the crockpot recipe..i still don't own one. where's jenn? she is the crockpot queen.

[mrsdi]

Oh, Shannon---SS you were up at 4am posting to the thread! I hope you're feeling better soon.
Jess--I hope you're feeling better soon, too.
:hugs: to you both.

Heading out to the grocery store in a few. I dread it. However, C usually has a good time checking everything out from the shopping cart. :giggle:

You all talking about dinner made me realize I have no idea what to make. I hope something comes to me when I'm in the store. I'll probably just get a roast of some sort to throw in the beloved crock pot. I can't wait to see other crock pot recipes. I need more to add to my arsenal of menu items.
I am making a big tray of baked ziti w/meatballs and sausage for the guy who drives DH to work. He got married in early December and his wife has been in the hospital since their honeymoon. She's been in and out of an induced coma and they are talking about long-term care for her next. It's so sad, and she's not even 30 years old. So, we thought it would be nice to cook something up for the guy since he spends every night after work by her bed in the hospital.

Anyway...off to finish breakfast and get out to the store.
BBL.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

I think I am making this for dinner: I wanted to put apple juice in it too but I don't have any...

Crockpot Pork Tenderloin with Apples

1 package pork tenderloin, about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds

1 large (or 2 small) Granny Smith apple, chopped

1/4 cup applesauce (regular or cinnamon style)

1 bunch green onions with about 3 inches of green tops, slice thinly

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon cider vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)

Preparation:

Trim excess fat from the pork.

Place whole tenderloin in the crock pot with the remaining ingredients, mixing to combine.

Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours or high for 4 hours

[pennybelly]

That looks really tasty Jess! I think I might make it with buttermilk though, I am not a big gravy fan. Is it the same amount of buttermilk? Wouldn't it separate in the crockpot for that long?

i'm not sure. i've never made it with buttermilk :(

[Nettie29]

Big big hugs to all of you mamas who are not feeling well.

When we go see the family for the weekend, we usually use sposies. In terms of functioning without a sprayer, another option is those disposable liners. They're super cheap, biodegradable and make poopie changes *very* easy.

Getting ready for another play date. Making blueberry banana bread and brewing some coffee for the mamas. Hopefully we'll have some time to enjoy it. My DD and the kid who is coming are very... um... rambunctious together, so I hope it goes well!

BBL...

Annette

[Nettie29]

Di - I love the new avi. Catie is cute, cute, cute!

[mrsdi]

Di - I love the new avi. Catie is cute, cute, cute!

Thanks, Annette! :)

Oh, I forgot to add about the sprayer...I don't have one. I use fleece liners in all diapers and the majority of the poo rolls right off when I shake. Now the poo here is totally solid, but when C was younger and it was more messy, I would swish extra to get the stickies off. Again, most of it was on the fleece liner, and they wash soooo easily.

[starla79]

Morning. :) I got my MCZ in the mail yesterday (woo hoo for fast shipping), but D didn't need a diaper change until later so i just threw it in the wash with the rest of the diapers. The print is nifty, I really like it now... i didn't like it before and then it kind of grew on me until i was like, okay, i need one of these now. I still swear i'm going to list a couple diapers, i just need to get off my lazy butt and take pictures and get them up.

Last night was... eh. D fought going to sleep for quite a while... finally conked out around 8? 8:30? And I went to bed at 9:30, so when he woke up at 12:30 to eat i actually had a few hours of sleep under my belt. Which made it much more tolerable when he woke up at 2:30, and then 3:30 and decided it was party time. He was probably up for a little while before then... just being fairly quiet. So i nursed him and Rob put him in his crib and came back to bed... we dozed on and off for about an hour (he was being so quiet! I couldn't believe it!) and then he started to throw a fit because oh yeah, it's the middle of the night and i'm tired. So he finally went back down at about 5, and then slept until 7:30. So at least i got two longer stretches of sleep and i don't feel too bad this morning.

Alaina, two words: Poo liners. I like the imse vimse ones. It'll catch 95-100% of the poo, and you can just flush them away. I wash the pee ones with the diapers and reuse them a few times, too.

[MegsMom]

Good morning ladies.
Hope all you sick mamas get to feeling better :hugs:

I don't have a sprayer..I just dunk and swish. I never ever thought I would od that, but I guess it comes w/ the mom territory. Now, my mom is the master dunker..those babies are soo clean. She is old school cloth diaper mama though...no sprayers, gerber prefold and pins.

I made some of my own fleece liners...they work great when we are out and away from home base.

Just working away here at work. All your recipes sound good...off to get breakfast here.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Why do I want to wean my baby girl so badly?! I made it to 14 months with DS...she deserves at least that much... *pout*

[momma2Mimi07]

GOOD "DRY" MORNING!!!

I am in :wub: with my TIAN!!! Mia slept ALL night woke up pretty wet, but NOT drippy! I think once they are washed a few times they will absorb more! The fit is great too! I REALLY Like them! I am gonna get 2 more!
I'll be here off and on today we are gonna go file our taxes and then go look at furniture, and THANKS for the reciepe that sounds So yummy I am gonna get the stuff for it tonight to have tomorrow!

:bighug: to all the sick mommas and babies! FEEL Better VERY Soon!
We dont have a sprayer Mia has fairly solid poop now so it usually just plops off in the toilet, but when it is a sticky poop I just pull the shower head down and spray it like a mad women... If it is STILL really bad I soak it in my "wet" pail down in the basement until wash day and I change the water every day (I am paronoid about stains). other wise we just put it in the Hanging Pail.

Travel with CDs: We have gone as far as camping with our CDs... And at the time I was still fairly new in the CD world and Just had a Clear Garbage bag that I put all the diapers in, and left them in the bed of my dads truck with a small tarpe over them... Worked great for the time, now THIS year Mia will most likely PL but I plan on Just bringing my hanging pail from Goodmama with us, and ALL my diapers that I will need as there isn't a washer or dryer... When we visit family up north there is a washer and dryer but they have REALLy weird water and so I wouldn't trust it with my diapers so I will bring almost all of my stash cause we stay for a week and I have atleast half a weeks worth of diapers now and I will I'm sure have more by then lol! But like I said DD is proboly going to PL this summer So I don't need as many diapers to travel if this happens!

[momto3girls]

Morning mamas. It was a rough night with Juliana. She didn't sleep much with her cough and stuffy nose. I called the ped and waiting for a call back. The nurse sounded concerned because it's rsv season. So I have a feeling the ped it going to want to see her.

I hope everyone starts feeling better soon. :hugs: I know I'm tired of dealing with the sickies. It seems like someone always has something around here.

My beco is shipping today. :yay:

We're having chicken fettuccine alfredo for dinner tonight.

I haven't traveled with cloth yet. We used sposies. :hide:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Morning mamas. It was a rough night with Juliana. She didn't sleep much with her cough and stuffy nose. I called the ped and waiting for a call back. The nurse sounded concerned because it's rsv season. So I have a feeling the ped it going to want to see her.

I hope everyone starts feeling better soon. :hugs: I know I'm tired of dealing with the sickies. It seems like someone always has something around here.

My beco is shipping today. :yay:

We're having chicken fettuccine alfredo for dinner tonight.

I haven't traveled with cloth yet. We used sposies. :hide:

Mmmm fettuccine alfredo...mmmm. Got a good recipe for that?

Sorry your LO is still sick! I know how much it stinks to have them sick. Have you tried vicks on her feet (if there is no asthma history)? Yay for becos! What print did you get?

[amyrenee]

Good luck with your schedule Alaina!

Some may find this gross but I dont use a sprayer...if there is something particularly sticky and I can't get it off I rinse it in the bathroom sink then wipe it down afterwards...I mean when you think about it dirty hands that are washed in there have the same thing that dirty diapers do....plus it makes me have to keep my sink clean...


I do the same but I do it in the bath tube because I can use the sprayer or in the utility sink. I keep a a bottle of dawn in the bathroom so I can squirt a little in the tub and rinse it out.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Why must zinc leave such a gross aftertaste?

It is supposed to help people feel better and boost the immune system so I am drinking the defense vitamin water (C+ zinc) and it tastes good at first but the zinc gives it a metal aftertaste...:yuck:

Oh well! If it will make me better....

[momto3girls]

Mmmm fettuccine alfredo...mmmm. Got a good recipe for that?

Sorry your LO is still sick! I know how much it stinks to have them sick. Have you tried vicks on her feet (if there is no asthma history)? Yay for becos! What print did you get?

I don't make it, my dh does. He throws a bunch of stuff together for the sauce. I know he uses cream, butter, parmesan cheese, some spices and I have no idea what else. Sorry I can't be more help.

I got the riley (http://paxbaby.com/store/catalog.php?item=601) print.

[treala05]

Ahhh, fleece liners - yes, I will bring those and it should make things much easier. Not sure why I didn't think of that. I have the disposable liners as well, but my parents have a septic tank...aren't you not supposed to use them with one :headscratch:

Anyway, considering Reese just pooped in the bathtub this morning and I had to clean it all out with my hands :yuck: , I should be able to handle whatever comes up on my trip :roflmbo:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Ahhh, fleece liners - yes, I will bring those and it should make things much easier. Not sure why I didn't think of that. I have the disposable liners as well, but my parents have a septic tank...aren't you not supposed to use them with one :headscratch:

Anyway, considering Reese just pooped in the bathtub this morning and I had to clean it all out with my hands :yuck: , I should be able to handle whatever comes up on my trip :roflmbo:

Ewww! In the 2.5 years I have been bathing DS he has only done that once...I was glad to have cats because I just used their litterbox scooper :giggle:

[MegsMom]

Ahhh, fleece liners - yes, I will bring those and it should make things much easier. Not sure why I didn't think of that. I have the disposable liners as well, but my parents have a septic tank...aren't you not supposed to use them with one :headscratch:

Anyway, considering Reese just pooped in the bathtub this morning and I had to clean it all out with my hands :yuck: , I should be able to handle whatever comes up on my trip :roflmbo:


DS did that once and I had to have DH clean it out. I couldn't handle it. It was everywhere. I still don't think I could do it..I can dunk a diaper, but not clean out the tub. I would if he wasn't home..but he has a better stomach than me for that. Now, throwing up...he can't handle that as well.

[starla79]

Ewww! In the 2.5 years I have been bathing DS he has only done that once...I was glad to have cats because I just used their litterbox scooper :giggle:

HA HA HA. You guys are killing me. D hasn't pooped in the shower since he was itty... i would hold him in my arms and soap him up and rise him off, and heard this weird splattery noise, and looked down... he had a nice BF poo allllll over. I think I disinfected the shower after that. I don't give him actual baths very often, i just bring him in the shower with me in the AM and scrub him down and let him crawl around the tub. He seems to like it. :)

[treala05]

Ewww! In the 2.5 years I have been bathing DS he has only done that once...I was glad to have cats because I just used their litterbox scooper :giggle:

Ah, yes, well...we used to have a cat, but she got this nasty habit of using our bathtub as her litterbox every day after the baby came home, so we don't have a cat anymore, sadly. My cat was seriously obese too, so cleaning up her poop was like cleaning up after a mule. GROSS.

Man, I'm just full of poop stories this morning, haha.

[momma2Mimi07]

Okay you guys are grossing me out!:yuck: Mia has pooped in the bath ONE time... I gagged the whole time... I can't dunk and swish either :blush:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

There finally got him to pee....

It was the first time today he had peed, poor sick little guy. I had to give him OJ in his water to get him to drink it....

[momto3girls]

All of my girls have pooped in the bath at least once. :yuck:

The ped finally called back. We're going to see her this afternoon.

[amyrenee]

April- I'm glad that you are going to the pedi :) I hope th elittle bubby feels better :(

About poopoo... when Eva was 3 months old I laid her on a lap pad to let her air out and exDH and I were admiring how sweet she looked with her toes in her mouth... and before you know it she was making making soft serve if ya know what I mean :yuck: :roflmbo:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

good luck at the pedi April! I hope they can make her feel better

[madeinjanuary]

april i hope everything turns out okay with juliana and that the pedi can help.

i actually had a semi productive morning. after a pretty long night of no sleep..roan was soo tired and out of it that he slept a straight 3hrs. so i made me and ryder some breakfast..got in a shower..put the kiddies laundry in the wash, addressed and stamped all the birth announcements and finished the hem on the last leg of the longies ive been knitting. now just to make an icord and weave in the ends. whew.

[mrsdi]

Just back from the store...now off to the fun task of putting everything away.

April--hope the Pedi gets Juliana to feeling better quickly. :hugs:
I love your Beco print. I'm going to get one...in that print. Some day.


Tana--That's exactly where I am on the ugly longies I'm working on. I tried to stop the pooling (didn't work) so I now have about 100 ends to weave in.

Jenn must not have anything to say with most of her stash nirvana OTW. :giggle: Hope all is ok.

I have a Q...for those who have tried NRSS, what's the biggest difference (outside of the trimness) between them and the BSRB?

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Just back from the store...now off to the fun task of putting everything away.

April--hope the Pedi gets Juliana to feeling better quickly. :hugs:
I love your Beco print. I'm going to get one...in that print. Some day.


Tana--That's exactly where I am on the ugly longies I'm working on. I tried to stop the pooling (didn't work) so I now have about 100 ends to weave in.

Jenn must not have anything to say with most of her stash nirvana OTW. :giggle: Hope all is ok.

I have a Q...for those who have tried NRSS, what's the biggest difference (outside of the trimness) between them and the BSRB?

What does that mean? I know its another diaper abbr. but what? I dont wanna look it up because the whole reason I found/ fell in love with BSRB was trying to figure out what in the heck it was! :giggle2:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Oh I just put DS down for his nap in the ooga BSRB...I am *amazed* at how well they fit even such a big kid (34ish pounds and over 38 inches tall).

We will see how well they absorb...he is a river pee-er...

[mrsdi]

What does that mean? I know its another diaper abbr. but what? I dont wanna look it up because the whole reason I found/ fell in love with BSRB was trying to figure out what in the heck it was! :giggle2:

Sticky Peas NRSS: http://hyenacart.com/stickypeas/index.php
:goodvibes:

[amyrenee]

I've always wondered what NRSS stands for??

[mrsdi]

I can't remember what the R stands for. :headscratch:
It's No R (rise?) Simply Sticky.

[starla79]

No Roll Simply Sticky. It has elastic legs to hold the poo in, hence the 'no roll'... with a prefold you'd use a jelly roll or similar. :)

[starla79]

Oh yeah, and I'd love to try one... they look nifty, wonder if they're as good as/better than the NFFs at PB&E. Megan has used both, what did you think? I think i remember you selling your NRSSs because the rise was short...

[madeinjanuary]

diana were you knitting from both ends of the skein or two skeins to stop the pooling? i do from both ends and knit two rows and switch. of you just carry down the yarn instead of cutting it everytime u change skeins or which end you knit from it'll save you the trouble of weaving in 100 ends. did you try increasing or decreasing to see if it helped with pooling? and also maybe try going up in needle size. or you can live with the pooling..i'll show you my longies once theyre done..but i had major pooling goin on in the beginning and frogged it back to the waist to start over and did the switch every 2 rows. it helped a bit.

[hopptermomma]

Morning girlfriends!!!!! Get well hugs all the way around to everyone. Ds and I had a rough night with the night weaning. He cried from 12-2 am but I was strong and just comforted him without nursing him. Then dd 2 woke up at 5 am puking. She's now asleep on the couch with a bad cough, vomitting, fever, sore throat and swollen glands. Not fun. My g/f is going to wach her in a bit so that I can run my dog to the vet... after 2 other cancellations... to get her shots and stuff. I'm also going to get my dh's box dropped off to the postoffice. Then Lina will be home from school and I'll send her to the closest houses to drop off girl scout cookies. Mmmmmmm! I went through 1/2 a box of lemon chalet cremes last night while house hunting.

Speaking of house hunting... anyone want to help me look for rental properties in Rincon, Pooler, or Guyton GA? Rent around $1000-$1200/month. I'm having a crap time finding some. Dh wants to buy but I say wait until next year when our credit is better. Two big negative things come off of it this summer and that will help us a lot!

[mrsdi]

Duh--I couldn't remember the 'roll' part. I knew rise didn't make any sense.
I really want to try one, too. Someone was asking me what the difference btw NRSS and BSRBs were, and all I could come up with was trimness and doublers.
Hmm....perhaps I'll see if I can try one soon. I only want the T&T, though.
I am pretty sure she lengthened the rise...it was one of her recent improvements.

[mrsdi]

diana were you knitting from both ends of the skein or two skeins to stop the pooling? i do from both ends and knit two rows and switch. of you just carry down the yarn instead of cutting it everytime u change skeins or which end you knit from it'll save you the trouble of weaving in 100 ends. did you try increasing or decreasing to see if it helped with pooling? and also maybe try going up in needle size. or you can live with the pooling..i'll show you my longies once theyre done..but i had major pooling goin on in the beginning and frogged it back to the waist to start over and did the switch every 2 rows. it helped a bit.
I did change every 2 rows. I started to just pull the yarn up instead of cutting, but I did end up frogging because it was leaving a big ol' bump of a seam. IDK.
How do you do increases/decreases to change the pooling? I'm going to PM you a pic of the ones I'm finishing up. I don't want to post them here because they are uglier than ugly.

[mrsdi]

:wave: Annie. SS about DD2! :( No fun. Sounds like the flu. :(

[Jordan]

thanks for the hugs!!! i hope i feel better soon too :)

i loooove this recipe

smothered buttermilk chicken with peas over biscuits

- 1lb boneless skinless chix tenderloins cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 3 med carrots (i used 5)
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (use the food processor so its nice and small - the onion makes this meal nice and sweet)
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1, 12oz jar chix gravy
- 1 cup frozen sweet peas
- 1 can pillsbury grand biscuits

in slow cooker, combine, chix, carrots, onion, water, butter, salt, pepper and bay leaf; mix well.

cover; cook on low setting 6 to 8hrs (i cooked it for 7)

about 20 min before serving, stir gravy mix and peas into chix mixture. remove bay leaf. mix well. increase heat setting to high; cover and cook an additional 10 to 15 min or until peas are cooked.

meanwhile, bake biscuits. serve chix mixture over biscuits (or in my case i made some nice homemade mashed potatoes and served the biscuits on the side)


ok so the recipe is for buttermilk chicken and i substituted making the buttermilk and used a can of chix gravy instead :giggle2:
Sounds great!
Oh, Shannon---SS you were up at 4am posting to the thread! I hope you're feeling better soon.
Jess--I hope you're feeling better soon, too.
:hugs: to you both.

Heading out to the grocery store in a few. I dread it. However, C usually has a good time checking everything out from the shopping cart. :giggle:

You all talking about dinner made me realize I have no idea what to make. I hope something comes to me when I'm in the store. I'll probably just get a roast of some sort to throw in the beloved crock pot. I can't wait to see other crock pot recipes. I need more to add to my arsenal of menu items.
I am making a big tray of baked ziti w/meatballs and sausage for the guy who drives DH to work. He got married in early December and his wife has been in the hospital since their honeymoon. She's been in and out of an induced coma and they are talking about long-term care for her next. It's so sad, and she's not even 30 years old. So, we thought it would be nice to cook something up for the guy since he spends every night after work by her bed in the hospital.

Anyway...off to finish breakfast and get out to the store.
BBL.
How sad about that guy and his wife. If you don't mind me asking, what happened to his wife? And that baked ziti sounds great!
I think I am making this for dinner: I wanted to put apple juice in it too but I don't have any...

Crockpot Pork Tenderloin with Apples

1 package pork tenderloin, about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds

1 large (or 2 small) Granny Smith apple, chopped

1/4 cup applesauce (regular or cinnamon style)

1 bunch green onions with about 3 inches of green tops, slice thinly

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon cider vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)

Preparation:

Trim excess fat from the pork.

Place whole tenderloin in the crock pot with the remaining ingredients, mixing to combine.

Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours or high for 4 hours
Yummy! I don't if dh would like it though. He's too picky. Grrrrrr.
Morning. :) I got my MCZ in the mail yesterday (woo hoo for fast shipping), but D didn't need a diaper change until later so i just threw it in the wash with the rest of the diapers. The print is nifty, I really like it now... i didn't like it before and then it kind of grew on me until i was like, okay, i need one of these now. I still swear i'm going to list a couple diapers, i just need to get off my lazy butt and take pictures and get them up.

Last night was... eh. D fought going to sleep for quite a while... finally conked out around 8? 8:30? And I went to bed at 9:30, so when he woke up at 12:30 to eat i actually had a few hours of sleep under my belt. Which made it much more tolerable when he woke up at 2:30, and then 3:30 and decided it was party time. He was probably up for a little while before then... just being fairly quiet. So i nursed him and Rob put him in his crib and came back to bed... we dozed on and off for about an hour (he was being so quiet! I couldn't believe it!) and then he started to throw a fit because oh yeah, it's the middle of the night and i'm tired. So he finally went back down at about 5, and then slept until 7:30. So at least i got two longer stretches of sleep and i don't feel too bad this morning.

Alaina, two words: Poo liners. I like the imse vimse ones. It'll catch 95-100% of the poo, and you can just flush them away. I wash the pee ones with the diapers and reuse them a few times, too.
Glad you got a little uninterrupted sleep last night. Even if it was only a few hours.
Morning mamas. It was a rough night with Juliana. She didn't sleep much with her cough and stuffy nose. I called the ped and waiting for a call back. The nurse sounded concerned because it's rsv season. So I have a feeling the ped it going to want to see her.

I hope everyone starts feeling better soon. :hugs: I know I'm tired of dealing with the sickies. It seems like someone always has something around here.

My beco is shipping today. :yay:

We're having chicken fettuccine alfredo for dinner tonight.

I haven't traveled with cloth yet. We used sposies. :hide:
Hope your LO is ok!
Morning girlfriends!!!!! Get well hugs all the way around to everyone. Ds and I had a rough night with the night weaning. He cried from 12-2 am but I was strong and just comforted him without nursing him. Then dd 2 woke up at 5 am puking. She's now asleep on the couch with a bad cough, vomitting, fever, sore throat and swollen glands. Not fun. My g/f is going to wach her in a bit so that I can run my dog to the vet... after 2 other cancellations... to get her shots and stuff. I'm also going to get my dh's box dropped off to the postoffice. Then Lina will be home from school and I'll send her to the closest houses to drop off girl scout cookies. Mmmmmmm! I went through 1/2 a box of lemon chalet cremes last night while house hunting.

Speaking of house hunting... anyone want to help me look for rental properties in Rincon, Pooler, or Guyton GA? Rent around $1000-$1200/month. I'm having a crap time finding some. Dh wants to buy but I say wait until next year when our credit is better. Two big negative things come off of it this summer and that will help us a lot!

Sorry you had a bad night last night and your dd is sick. No fun! You don't by chance have any leftover gs cookies you want to sell do you?:giggle2: I'll look for houses for you later when I can sit still. :giggle:

So I just got done scrubbing the master bath. Looks so shiny and pretty, for now anyway. Off to fix the boys lunch!:goodvibes:

[amyrenee]

Annie! Wow... I'm sorry sorry you had a rough night! Poor babies :(

[amyrenee]

Ok.. so I'm freaking out. On Sunday I could not find our WCW cover.... I finally found it in the hamper (mom must have put it in there). Now I can't find it again!!!! It keeps disappearing! :headscratch:

[mrsdi]

Jordan--the doctors aren't really sure what's going on with the wife. At first they thought that was bitten by some sort of bug when they were on their honeymoon which would affect her nervous system. (now I can't remember for the life of me where they went for the h-moon.) She woke up at 3am one morning, went out on the balcony, and her hubby found her out there talking like she was 3yo, and then she had a grand mal seizure. The resort rushed her to the hospital there, they flew them back home ASAP. Now they think it may be some sort of rare brain disorder that just emerged. She's in one of the top hospitals in the country now, but they can't figure it out. Due to insurance, they are thinking that they have no choice but to move her to a nursing home type setting soon, which is so frustrating because she obviously won't be able to have the same doctors who can continue to research.
She has no idea who anyone is..including her family & DH. :(

[mrsdi]

Amy--I hope you find that soaker! That stuff drives me nuts, and it happens a little too often in this house.

[luvmykeikis]

Sorry to all the sick mommies and babies. I hope today gets better for you all.

Megan - I had the original NRSS. The rise was too shor for us. I saw a lot of baby crack. I know she has worked hard to improve them though. They were also bulkier than my bsrbs and more expensive. I figured no point in trying yet another diaper. Someone with the new ones will have to give a thorough review.

Di - Thanks for thinking of me. WE had a busy day yesterday. It was a nice hike. I carried big ole Blake in my Ergo the entire way. John carried LJ in the kelty. We didn't see any whales but we did last year on the same hike. Today my butt is killing me. It isn't used to hiking with 24 lbs hanging from the front.

[luvmykeikis]

Diana - That story is so sad. Prayers to your DH's friend. It reminds me of a guy on American Idol.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Ok *yawn* I am back...got a little nap while the children slept however DD thought nap was over so I guess its over...hehe.

I hope the boy sleeps a bit more as he was a bit cranky...I am not the biggest fan of grouchy 2 year olds.:giggle:

[Jordan]

Jordan--the doctors aren't really sure what's going on with the wife. At first they thought that was bitten by some sort of bug when they were on their honeymoon which would affect her nervous system. (now I can't remember for the life of me where they went for the h-moon.) She woke up at 3am one morning, went out on the balcony, and her hubby found her out there talking like she was 3yo, and then she had a grand mal seizure. The resort rushed her to the hospital there, they flew them back home ASAP. Now they think it may be some sort of rare brain disorder that just emerged. She's in one of the top hospitals in the country now, but they can't figure it out. Due to insurance, they are thinking that they have no choice but to move her to a nursing home type setting soon, which is so frustrating because she obviously won't be able to have the same doctors who can continue to research.
She has no idea who anyone is..including her family & DH. :(
Oh my gosh! That is so sad. I really hope she doesn't end up in a nursing home. Is there anyway he can bring her home with 24 hour nursing care?

[mrsdi]

Yeah, I didn't really want to tell the story about co-worker's wife because I didn't want to be a downer on the thread. Sorry. :blush:
I actually worked with DH (and obviously the hubby, too) before I became a SAHM, so I know the guy pretty well and have met the wife a few times. She's really sweet, and I just feel bad. He was married before, and was the big D within 6 months of the marriage because the wife cheated. This was about 7 years ago....the poor guy just can't catch a break.

Anyway...,,

So...Megs, I have a question for you. I was just browsing around and noticed there's a new Sbish thread. I've been :drif: over the Sbish covers (especially double-layer..I know Sara and I were chatting about this one day last week) but I just can't bring myself to the $40 cost. I really don't want to try the diapers just because I try to stay away from serging. You probably shouldn't, but go ahead...tell me about Sbish wool.
Your boy stash on FSOT is gorgeous, BTW.

[luvmykeikis]

Again, Jenn inspired me to sell the TFs. People want to buy specific ones and I think I might have a taker for the lot. They are sunning right now. I just realized I have enough UFs that I don't need the TFs, especially with the move. Who am I to deny others the bsrb love?

Di - You should pop into the Sbish thread and ask their opinion. I only had the one double layer soaker. It was bulletproof. I am just not a soaker fan in general. Although, now I am thinking some would be handy to have for night time. I love the new colors. I have heard that Sbish is the best interlock. I can't say on personal experience because I haven't tried others. I know that John would love for me to sell off all of my knit and buy all interlock. It is more practical for many reasons. You have to try it.

[pennybelly]

ok. so my 8 month old just learned how to stand in her crib and is not napping! lol.

[mrsdi]

Thanks, Megan. Perhaps I will...however, I don't know how safe it is for me to go in there and hear 8000 raves about Sbish interlock. :giggle:
I'm so glad your hike was fun yesterday. Sorry you didn't see any whales, and wow...Blake is a big boy. I already know that wearing C in the ergo isn't going to be as easy as it was in early fall when I used it all of the time. The extra weight is really going to make a difference.

Jess--Heehee about your DD standing in her crib. Now she's never going to go to sleep...she's going to be so proud of her new accomplishment. :goodvibes:

[luvmykeikis]

Blake loves standing now. He is scaling the walls now too. Luckily, he doesn't mind dropping back on his booty to get down.

[pennybelly]

she has been pulling herself up on anything she can get her hands on! its so funny.

[pennybelly]

Blake loves standing now. He is scaling the walls now too. Luckily, he doesn't mind dropping back on his booty to get down.

i wouldn't mind if i had a fluffy behind like our lo's :giggle2:

[starla79]

I've been happy with the sbish soaker i got from Megan. :) It hasn't been put to the test really hardcore but it works great overnight, no dampness on the outside. The woolybottom one i have that's recycled wool was damp to the touch after one night, so i hadn't used it overnight since, just during the day. It's so thick and nice i want another one so i can switch off nights.

[mrsdi]

Blake loves standing now. He is scaling the walls now too. Luckily, he doesn't mind dropping back on his booty to get down.

:giggle: C started scaling the walls, too. She also likes to push EVERYTHING. She'll push her baby in the little stroller over to her activity table...pushes that across the room to the laundry basket...then pushes that across the room...then ends up at the wall scaling to the next thing. Funny stuff.
Good thing our babies wear cloth! Extra padding. :giggle:

[starla79]

Blake loves standing now. He is scaling the walls now too. Luckily, he doesn't mind dropping back on his booty to get down.

Ha, until D figured out how to sit back down he's SCREAM to get your attention so you could sit him back on his butt. He learned how to lower himself after a week or so, and now he just plunks down on his butt. Silly boy. That first time we found him standing in the crib was funny though... Rob was like, "uhhh, come here..." and i was like, "Did he do that by himself?" "Yes." "Oh boy." Nothing is safe...

[mrsdi]

Thanks, Starla. I really want to try one now. I have an Aristocrats soaker, but it's a little bulky, and the last time I tried it it was damp on the outside. I think interlock is the way to go for nights, IMO.
Dang...now I want to try one but $40 is so steep.

[pennybelly]

di - i just send joyce the monkey fabric you have for sale and she made me a purdy uf :) its super cute!

[mrsdi]

Ha, until D figured out how to sit back down he's SCREAM to get your attention so you could sit him back on his butt. He learned how to lower himself after a week or so, and now he just plunks down on his butt. Silly boy. That first time we found him standing in the crib was funny though... Rob was like, "uhhh, come here..." and i was like, "Did he do that by himself?" "Yes." "Oh boy." Nothing is safe...

:giggle: How cute!
C still hasn't figured out how to stand in her crib. Now that I say that, I'm sure she'll be standing in there tomorrow.

[mrsdi]

di - i just send joyce the monkey fabric you have for sale and she made me a purdy uf :) its super cute!
Awww...how cute! I'm thinking if my fabric doesn't sell, I'll end up sending it to her to make an UF. I do :wub: the fabric, but I technically don't *need* anymore diapers. :giggle:
I'd love to see a pic of your dipe if you have one.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Thats how my DD has been now too Jess! She pulls up instead of sleeping...then gets MAD when she cant get down.

[aranel7]

I'm hoping for some more mild weather today so we can go for a walk again. And this weekend I'll be driving home to MA to visit my parents for a week or two. It's an 8 hour drive with just me and DD, so I'm a little nervous, but it should be fine. We're stopping part way in NJ to visit a friend and her new baby for a few hours. I'm debating bringing cloth to use on the trip (my mom's a huge supporter), but I'm nervous about doing it without a sprayer. Does anyone else deal with solids and no sprayer? What do you do?

I have never had a sprayer. I just scrape however much poo off as I can with some tp and then flush it, and then if it still needs further cleaning, I rinse by hand in the sink. It gets them really poo free and I would not want to waste $40 on a sprayer just to find out that it does no better of a job than hand rinsing. I am not a germaphobe at all, so touching the poo doesn't bother me one bit.

I am making a big tray of baked ziti w/meatballs and sausage for the guy who drives DH to work. He got married in early December and his wife has been in the hospital since their honeymoon. She's been in and out of an induced coma and they are talking about long-term care for her next. It's so sad, and she's not even 30 years old. So, we thought it would be nice to cook something up for the guy since he spends every night after work by her bed in the hospital.

Anyway...off to finish breakfast and get out to the store.
BBL.

Oh Diana, that is so sad!!! I will be thinking of them. I hope they can somehow determine what is wrong with the wife and find a way to bring her out of the coma :(

Why do I want to wean my baby girl so badly?! I made it to 14 months with DS...she deserves at least that much... *pout*

There's nothing wrong with wanting to wean even though you know that continuing to nurse is what's best. I felt that way about Juliana a lot in the fall and I just tried to tell myself to keep going for a bit longer. Now that I look back at how I felt then, the time seemed to go by so fast!

ok. so my 8 month old just learned how to stand in her crib and is not napping! lol.

When Juliana learned how to stand in her crib she couldn't lay back down so we had a hellish couple of weeks of her always standing up in there and then screaming. Ugh. I hope that's not what you're going to go through :)

I am here!! I went to the mall early this morning with my best friend and between shopping and the kids playing on the play area, we somehow spent 5 hours there! Now both kids are napping upstairs and mommy is taking a well deserved breather.

We are having fruit salad for supper because daddy is working late. I love easy nights like this! Everyone's crock pot recipes sound delicious though :drif: I might have to add some to my menu this week :)

[momma2Mimi07]

Okay Ladies I just have to bust-in and shake things up...

DF is ready to have another baby!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED :bliss: I have been ready for a couple of months and have ever so gently bringing it up... And today he said he would like to try!! SO... I am gonna call the OB to have my Mirena out this month and if we get preggo by marchish we could have a baby this year!! I am SO excited... but shhh You guys are the only ones I can tell/talk about it with cause we are gonna surprise our families... lol! We told too much with Mia and I want this to be more about OUR family and not about everyone else like my pregnancy was about Mia... So please Beware, I will proboly come to ya'll for someone to talk about it with!
:giggle:

[pennybelly]

Thats how my DD has been now too Jess! She pulls up instead of sleeping...then gets MAD when she cant get down.

well its good to know i'm not the only one. i've been going in and out of her room lying her back down and that makes the girl very mad.

although. . . i think the crying has finally faded. perhaps she is asleep!

[pennybelly]

Okay Ladies I just have to bust-in and shake things up...

DF is ready to have another baby!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED :bliss: I have been ready for a couple of months and have ever so gently bringing it up... And today he said he would like to try!! SO... I am gonna call the OB to have my Mirena out this month and if we get preggo by marchish we could have a baby this year!! I am SO excited... but shhh You guys are the only ones I can tell/talk about it with cause we are gonna surprise our families... lol! We told too much with Mia and I want this to be more about OUR family and not about everyone else like my pregnancy was about Mia... So please Beware, I will proboly come to ya'll for someone to talk about it with!
:giggle:

how exciting!!! thanks for sharing with us first. . . i feel like i'm in the know :giggle2:

[mrsdi]

:yay: Chasity!!! Thanks for sharing!! Woo-hoo!!!!

[pennybelly]

di - i sooo wanted the TFK set you just got. i loved the action shots you posted yesterday!

[aranel7]

Okay Ladies I just have to bust-in and shake things up...

DF is ready to have another baby!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED :bliss: I have been ready for a couple of months and have ever so gently bringing it up... And today he said he would like to try!! SO... I am gonna call the OB to have my Mirena out this month and if we get preggo by marchish we could have a baby this year!! I am SO excited... but shhh You guys are the only ones I can tell/talk about it with cause we are gonna surprise our families... lol! We told too much with Mia and I want this to be more about OUR family and not about everyone else like my pregnancy was about Mia... So please Beware, I will proboly come to ya'll for someone to talk about it with!
:giggle:

:bliss:

I am SOOO jealous!! My DH is ready to try at any time but it's me who (grudgingly) wants to wait. We are going to HI in April and I refuse to be pregnant for that vacation but a couple of our friends are also getting married in Mexico in November, and I would prefer to be not pregnant for that too. The final reason why waiting makes more sense is because one of DH's best friends is getting married in May 2010 and DH is the best man. We would both prefer if I was not due any time around then because if I'm really pregnant at the time of the wedding there is always the chance that I could go into labor while we're an hour away at their wedding (or else be too uncomfortable to go) and if I have a newborn at the time of the wedding I would not be able to go. Right now the plan is to wait until after the wedding in Mexico to TTC which would put us most likely getting pregnant in Dec, but if my baby fever gets really bad I might consider TTC in Sept or Oct. Either way, my IUD is coming out next month and I can't WAIT!

Anyway, I really hope you get pregnant right away. I'll be thinking of you guys!

[mrsdi]

di - i sooo wanted the TFK set you just got. i loved the action shots you posted yesterday!

This was my first purchase of a set. I couldn't sleep at night thinking about it. :blush: You would think that I would go after something super-girlish, but no...I go after something that is boyish. :giggle: I had some great stalking help, which was fabulous.

Jenn--5 hours at the mall sounds fun! Did you have any luck at Gymbo?

[aranel7]

Oh AND . . .

I totally hear you Chasity about wanting to keep it more low key this time around. Both times I've been pregnant I've shared about it right away and let every little thing (the gender, the names, how I was feeling) be public knowledge. Not next time. I am certainly NOT going to tell anyone that we're trying (whenever we start) and I'm going to try really hard to keep the news between me and DH (and you all) until the second trimester when we do get pregnant. I'm also not finding out the gender next time so everyone else is just going to have to "suffer" not knowing as MIL put it (whatever). I will also not be sharing any names. I want to cherish the experience of what will be my last pregnancy, and I will better be able to do that if it's just me and DH going through it together, ALONE.

We told MIL she could be in the room when Juliana was born if she could be up here, but because we had no way of knowing when I'd go into labor and they were living in FL last time, she couldn't be here. I hope she's not going to think that she can be in the room for the next delivery now that they are living up here because honestly, for my last ever childbirth experience DH is lucky that I'm willing to have him in the room. Certainly NO ONE BUT HIM is going to be allowed in there.

[Nettie29]

Wow Chasity! That's great news for you and the family. Congrats!

[aranel7]

This was my first purchase of a set. I couldn't sleep at night thinking about it. :blush: You would think that I would go after something super-girlish, but no...I go after something that is boyish. :giggle: I had some great stalking help, which was fabulous.

Jenn--5 hours at the mall sounds fun! Did you have any luck at Gymbo?

Yes, I got the exact orange tee I had been eyeing online last night as well as another short sleeve tee with cherries on it and a cute romper with strawberries on it. I'm definitely thinking summer :)

I did some shopping for mama too. Being with my friend brings out the shop-aholic in me for sure :giggle:

[i&a's mama]

Hey, ladies. Popping in to say hello. Asher has an ear infection and is running a temp of 102. Poor baby.

We got our BSRB's yesterday, too! Yay! I'm washing them tonight to prep. DH says the white with stripes is too girly, so I'm holding off on washing it - I may sell or trade, although I don't want to part with it. Since I'm putting a cover over it anyway, who cares?

[Nettie29]

I was just about to say that I was :yoga: because both my DDs were :zzz:, but as I was typing, DD2 awoke, so now I am :nak:

[Nettie29]

What'd you buy Jenn?

[mrsdi]

Oh AND . . .

I totally hear you Chasity about wanting to keep it more low key this time around. Both times I've been pregnant I've shared about it right away and let every little thing (the gender, the names, how I was feeling) be public knowledge. Not next time. I am certainly NOT going to tell anyone that we're trying (whenever we start) and I'm going to try really hard to keep the news between me and DH (and you all) until the second trimester when we do get pregnant. I'm also not finding out the gender next time so everyone else is just going to have to "suffer" not knowing as MIL put it (whatever). I will also not be sharing any names. I want to cherish the experience of what will be my last pregnancy, and I will better be able to do that if it's just me and DH going through it together, ALONE.

We told MIL she could be in the room when Juliana was born if she could be up here, but because we had no way of knowing when I'd go into labor and they were living in FL last time, she couldn't be here. I hope she's not going to think that she can be in the room for the next delivery now that they are living up here because honestly, for my last ever childbirth experience DH is lucky that I'm willing to have him in the room. Certainly NO ONE BUT HIM is going to be allowed in there.

Jenn--What you described above is pretty much to the "T" of what DH and I did (with the exception of beer-chat about names.) We didn't tell our families until I was 16-17 weeks. I didn't tell work until that point, either. For one thing, it made the pregnancy go that much faster. I had to tell my yoga instructors pretty much when I got the BFP so I could modify, but that was it. My parents live in FL, so it was easier to hide it from them than ILs who live 3 blocks away.

Even when I went into labor.....I was in early labor (but didn't know) at work, and got sent to L&D to be monitored. Was sent home, and hard labor started around 1am. We went to the hospital at 4am. DH was beside himself wanting to call everyone on the planet, but I told him not to. I just hung out in the nice dark and quiet room until 9:30 when the nurse came in to have me start pushing. It was so relaxing. I...MYSELF...called my parents 10 minutes after C was born to tell them, and DH called the rest of his family to share the news. (However, our friends across the street are early risers, so the husband called DH at 9am when he didn't see the car in the driveway at 6am when he got up. :giggle: )
We didn't find out the gender, either...I would do it the same way again. It was fabulous, and it was something that DH and I got to share without everyone else butting in. My friends were annoyed that we didn't find out the gender, but they got over it.
IMO, it's your pregnancy, so each mama has the right to do it the way they want. No one else is carrying the baby around for 9 months. :mrgreen:

[luvmykeikis]

Jenn - I meant to congratulate you on your goldfish set.

Di - I love the set even more IRL. C looks adorable.

Chasity - That is so exciting.

I am so happy that Blake figured out getting down on his own. I hope your LO figures it out soon mama so you can get back to peaceful sleeping. Blake is getting in 2 more teeth so his sleep has been a little off too.

[pennybelly]

I was just about to say that I was :yoga: because both my DDs were :zzz:, but as I was typing, DD2 awoke, so now I am :nak:

L O L. it is always the way. sorry mama.

[pennybelly]

L O L. it is always the way. sorry mama.

see. it just happened to me too :(

[mrsdi]

see. it just happened to me too :(

:giggle:
Sorry, mamas.

allison--ss to hear about your LO's ear infection. :(

[luvmykeikis]

Jess and Nettie - It is like that. I feel like once I get them both down, one is waking up.

[Nettie29]

see. it just happened to me too :(

:rofl2:

[momto3girls]

We're back from the ped. Juliana has rsv. :cry:

[mrsdi]

We're back from the ped. Juliana has rsv. :cry:

:hugs: Oh, no...ss, April. What do they give her to treat it?

[Nettie29]

It's interesting hearing about you all planning to TTC the next one. I am not there yet. Like really not there yet. I thought I was when DD2 was sleeping in 5 hour chunks at night. I was like "yeah, I can totally do this again". But now she's teething, wanting boobies every 2 - 3 hours at night and I AM TIRED! So no, I am not on the TTC tip yet. Maybe one day...

[Nettie29]

We're back from the ped. Juliana has rsv. :cry:

Sorry to hear that mama! Hugs and hope baby gets well soon.

[momto3girls]

:hugs: Oh, no...ss, April. What do they give her to treat it?

They gave us a nebulizer to do breathing treatments 3x/day for 5 days.

[luvmykeikis]

April - SS about the RSV. My friend's 1 1/2 yo just got over that. I think it took a week to clear up. He had to stay away from other children. :hugs:

[madeinjanuary]

oh april :hugs: i do hope juliana gets over this quickly.

[aranel7]

We're back from the ped. Juliana has rsv. :cry:

I'll be :pray: for Juliana's speedy recovery :hugs:

It's interesting hearing about you all planning to TTC the next one. I am not there yet. Like really not there yet. I thought I was when DD2 was sleeping in 5 hour chunks at night. I was like "yeah, I can totally do this again". But now she's teething, wanting boobies every 2 - 3 hours at night and I AM TIRED! So no, I am not on the TTC tip yet. Maybe one day...

Annette . . . for a mama who was totally rearin and ready to go again when my first was just 6 months old, I am taking BABY steps this time. Both of my kids are sleeping through the night every night and Juliana is weaned. I also firmly believe that by the time I want to TTC, both kids will be potty trained. I had a 15 month age gap the first time and this time I'm shooting for no less than 30 months between Juliana and the next baby.

[aranel7]

Sooo . . .

Now that weaning is a firm reality and my milk seems to be dried up, my boobs are smaller than they've ever been :cry: I started out pre-kids at 34D. my boobs always shoot up to E during early breastfeeding, and then they started shrinking as my oversupply abated. I was fitting great in size 34D again by the end of BFing Juliana. Now that my milk is starting to dry up, my bras are starting to fit too loose. I'm wanting to get some new ones but I don't know how long to wait (to make sure my boobs are done shrinking). I was great in a 36C after my milk dried up from Howie but even that bra is fitting loosely now. I am thinking I would like to try the Playtex nearly C, but I don't want to waste a ton of money on bras that might not fit for very long.

At least my VS bikini tops are starting to fit :giggle:

[luvmykeikis]

Jenn - Have you thought of doing a 32 DD? That was my size after bf'ing LJ. The only thing is, bras in that size are htf and more expensive. I waited a few months before I invested in them.

[momma2Mimi07]

Thanks Mommas! I am So excited! Mia is 18months now and really interested in babies, so that kind of helped me make my argument... Plus I think she gets lonely and bored...

I REALLY want to keep this between Me and DF for as Long as we can... I think we will find out the gender because I like to plan and be organized, However I REALLY REALLY want to go natural this time.... I am going to look into Dulas and prices for that, I would go Midwive but I LOVE my OB he is fantastic!

I am So sorry for all the sick babies and mommas LOTS of hugs and LOTS of prayers for health families!

[Jordan]

Awww...how cute! I'm thinking if my fabric doesn't sell, I'll end up sending it to her to make an UF. I do :wub: the fabric, but I technically don't *need* anymore diapers. :giggle:
I'd love to see a pic of your dipe if you have one.
That is so cute! How many bsrb do you have?
Okay Ladies I just have to bust-in and shake things up...

DF is ready to have another baby!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED :bliss: I have been ready for a couple of months and have ever so gently bringing it up... And today he said he would like to try!! SO... I am gonna call the OB to have my Mirena out this month and if we get preggo by marchish we could have a baby this year!! I am SO excited... but shhh You guys are the only ones I can tell/talk about it with cause we are gonna surprise our families... lol! We told too much with Mia and I want this to be more about OUR family and not about everyone else like my pregnancy was about Mia... So please Beware, I will proboly come to ya'll for someone to talk about it with!
:giggle:
:lostit: How exciting!
:bliss:

I am SOOO jealous!! My DH is ready to try at any time but it's me who (grudgingly) wants to wait. We are going to HI in April and I refuse to be pregnant for that vacation but a couple of our friends are also getting married in Mexico in November, and I would prefer to be not pregnant for that too. The final reason why waiting makes more sense is because one of DH's best friends is getting married in May 2010 and DH is the best man. We would both prefer if I was not due any time around then because if I'm really pregnant at the time of the wedding there is always the chance that I could go into labor while we're an hour away at their wedding (or else be too uncomfortable to go) and if I have a newborn at the time of the wedding I would not be able to go. Right now the plan is to wait until after the wedding in Mexico to TTC which would put us most likely getting pregnant in Dec, but if my baby fever gets really bad I might consider TTC in Sept or Oct. Either way, my IUD is coming out next month and I can't WAIT!

Anyway, I really hope you get pregnant right away. I'll be thinking of you guys!
So your IUD is coming out next month? I beat you'll be preggo by April as excited as you and already starting that nb stash.:giggle2:
Hey, ladies. Popping in to say hello. Asher has an ear infection and is running a temp of 102. Poor baby.

We got our BSRB's yesterday, too! Yay! I'm washing them tonight to prep. DH says the white with stripes is too girly, so I'm holding off on washing it - I may sell or trade, although I don't want to part with it. Since I'm putting a cover over it anyway, who cares?
Oh no! I hope he feels better! And I want to see some pics of those twins in bsrb!
We're back from the ped. Juliana has rsv. :cry:
:hugs: :pray: that she gets better soon!
Sooo . . .

Now that weaning is a firm reality and my milk seems to be dried up, my boobs are smaller than they've ever been :cry: I started out pre-kids at 34D. my boobs always shoot up to E during early breastfeeding, and then they started shrinking as my oversupply abated. I was fitting great in size 34D again by the end of BFing Juliana. Now that my milk is starting to dry up, my bras are starting to fit too loose. I'm wanting to get some new ones but I don't know how long to wait (to make sure my boobs are done shrinking). I was great in a 36C after my milk dried up from Howie but even that bra is fitting loosely now. I am thinking I would like to try the Playtex nearly C, but I don't want to waste a ton of money on bras that might not fit for very long.

At least my VS bikini tops are starting to fit :giggle:
Carter hasn't nursed in 3 days now and my milk is drying up too although not much of a change in the past couple months because he has been nursing so little. I was a 34b prior to pregnancy, then 36c after cody weaned, 36-38d while nursing carter and now back to a 36c. So I kwym. Oh, and I'm still waiting on those bikini pics.:giggle:

[mrsdi]

Oh, April...I hope the breathing treatments give Juliana relief quickly. :hugs: and thinking of you all.

You ladies and your talks of C and D cups. :banghead:

[aranel7]

You know, I very well might be a 32 now. That will be something to try. I am definitely not a DD. My cup size is probably a C (the underwire on a C cup bra fits around my boob perfectly), but I just don't have enough boob mass to fill the whole cup. So maybe a 32 C is what I need to try. The kids ARE going to daycare tomorrow, so I'll have plenty of time to look (and try on).

My best friend really struggles A LOT. She never went back down to pre-preg size after having her first, so when her milk came in this past time she was barely able to walk. She needed 32DDD and had to actually enlist someone to make her 2 bras because she couldn't find them. I think she is back down to a DD now that her second baby is weaned, but it's still a struggle. I'm not envious :)

[mrsdi]

Jordan--I'm horrible, I haven't even counted my bsrbs. :blush: It's somewhere around 15-16, with 2 TIANS.
That fabric just sold out of nowhere. :yay:

[amyrenee]

I wish I was already married & could TTC.. but being 21 & not having finished school yet... I've got a while :(

ETA to say: I'm so excited for you Chasity!!!!!!!!!

[aranel7]

Ok . . . if I get pregnant any time AFTER my trip to Hawaii . . . I guess I'll take it :giggle: But that is not the plan, and we are going to be actively preventing with condoms after the IUD comes out. DH agreed to it because we both think the hormones from the IUD are messing with my sex drive. NO fun.

And in my defense Di, I'm talking about my D and C cups of the past, that I no longer have :( However . . . I wouldn't mind going all the way down to a B. I was never really able to nurse in public discreetly (I did it indiscreetly :giggle2:) because of having to support Juliana with one hand and my boob with the other hand. When I was hanging with DH's aunt (who has a baby around J's age) she was a nursing ninja; you would have to be looking REALLY hard to tell that she was nursing. Her boobs are really small and all she had to do was put her baby's face in the general vicinity of them and he would latch on. I was totally jealous!

[amyrenee]

I've got the BIG boobies too Jen! There's no hiding them! All of my girlfriends have seen it all :roflmbo: They act like it's no big deal.... I love it :goodvibes:

[i&a's mama]

They gave us a nebulizer to do breathing treatments 3x/day for 5 days.

Poor baby! I hope that helps her feel better quickly.

[amyrenee]

Poor baby! I hope that helps her feel better quickly.

Aww I'm so glad you went to the Pedi April!!! Poor baby :hugs:

[Jordan]

Jordan--I'm horrible, I haven't even counted my bsrbs. :blush: It's somewhere around 15-16, with 2 TIANS.
That fabric just sold out of nowhere. :yay:
You don't have too many diapers then.:giggle:
Ok . . . if I get pregnant any time AFTER my trip to Hawaii . . . I guess I'll take it :giggle: But that is not the plan, and we are going to be actively preventing with condoms after the IUD comes out. DH agreed to it because we both think the hormones from the IUD are messing with my sex drive. NO fun.

And in my defense Di, I'm talking about my D and C cups of the past, that I no longer have :( However . . . I wouldn't mind going all the way down to a B. I was never really able to nurse in public discreetly (I did it indiscreetly :giggle2:) because of having to support Juliana with one hand and my boob with the other hand. When I was hanging with DH's aunt (who has a baby around J's age) she was a nursing ninja; you would have to be looking REALLY hard to tell that she was nursing. Her boobs are really small and all she had to do was put her baby's face in the general vicinity of them and he would latch on. I was totally jealous!
Yeah I had to support baby with one hand and boob with the other. Not easy to do in public. :banghead:

[MegsMom]

We're back from the ped. Juliana has rsv. :cry:

:hugs: That is miserable for you all. DD had it when she was 3 months old. We now own the nebulizer machine. At least you caught it before her oxygen went really low. :hugs:

[aranel7]

I am really, really gearing up my own summer wardrobe as well. Everything I have for summer is very old and/or ill fitting because most of it is from pre-kids. I was pregnant all summer in 06, pregnant all summer in 07, and not caring about how I looked AT ALL all summer in 08. I also had the struggle of leaking boobs (yes, still) and needing easy access to them, so I just wanted to wear plain stuff that was easy. Now that I am back to caring about how I look and am only taking out my boobs in the bedroom :giggle: I have realized how badly I need some new clothes! So I have been seeking cute tank tops and short sleeve tees that don't scream MOM!!!! when I'm kid-free but also are practical enough be worn when I do have the kids. Honestly, I'm having luck.

Ok, Juliana is up now so I have to go!

[mrsdi]

Sorry to go OT for a minute, but just wanted to ask this before I forget....
I saw on EF some spam for interlock skirties. I'm realistic here...can't afford them at $50/ea. Anyone know who makes the knit fabric skirties with maybe fleece soakers under?

[MegsMom]

Sorry to go OT for a minute, but just wanted to ask this before I forget....
I saw on EF some spam for interlock skirties. I'm realistic here...can't afford them at $50/ea. Anyone know who makes the knit fabric skirties with maybe fleece soakers under?

Oh, i have seen these. Let me look and I will post when i find them. Buggaboo bottoms:headscratch: Look on the EFthread - favorite thing: diaperish..I think someone mentions them there.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

I am here just dealiing with bad kidlets ans naking like its going outta style....

[Jordan]

Sorry to go OT for a minute, but just wanted to ask this before I forget....
I saw on EF some spam for interlock skirties. I'm realistic here...can't afford them at $50/ea. Anyone know who makes the knit fabric skirties with maybe fleece soakers under?
Joyce does. E-mail her and ask. She made April those sets with pants.

[mrsdi]

Joyce does. E-mail her and ask. She made April those sets with pants.

:thumbsup: Thanks. I emailed another WAHM to get an idea of pricing, too.
I hate to bother Joyce, but......:giggle:

[luvmykeikis]

Oh, I bet Joyce does a good job. What a cute idea. I need a girl.

[aranel7]

:thumbsup: Thanks. I emailed another WAHM to get an idea of pricing, too.
I hate to bother Joyce, but......:giggle:

I'm sure she'll tell you it's no bother at all. I was going to say Joyce too. I have a skirty from her that's green fleece w/ attached skirty in the limes print . . . I love it! Juliana wore it last summer and I'm also hoping she'll fit into it this summer. It looks like a good possibility but the rise might be too short. I know Booty Gold makes them as well; I think she calls them flirty skirties.

[mrsdi]

Oh, I bet Joyce does a good job. What a cute idea. I need a girl.

Megan---your avi is sooo cute! :wub:
You can borrow C when she hits her :dramatic: teen years if you still want a girl then.

[mrsdi]

I'm sure she'll tell you it's no bother at all. I was going to say Joyce too. I have a skirty from her that's green fleece w/ attached skirty in the limes print . . . I love it! Juliana wore it last summer and I'm also hoping she'll fit into it this summer. It looks like a good possibility but the rise might be too short. I know Booty Gold makes them as well; I think she calls them flirty skirties.

Fabulous...thanks to you and Jordan for letting me know this. I emailed BootyGold, too. I really need to stay off EF, but I'm getting better...at least I didn't go for the interlock. :giggle:

[luvmykeikis]

LOL, Diana, I think the drama starts a lot earlier than the teen years. I want C to dress up and play Barbies with. :giggle2: If I had a girl, she'd be in skirties and ruffles and pink, pink, pink.

[mrsdi]

Megan--Oh, and every time I hear "Down the Road" by Kenny Chesney, I think of you saying that it's played to death on the radio. I've had the radio on for 2 hours and have heard it twice. I love the song, but really....
We're going to see him in concert in June...can't wait.
Just thought of that since it's playing yet again.

[mrsdi]

LOL, Diana, I think the drama starts a lot earlier than the teen years. I want C to dress up and play Barbies with. :giggle2: If I had a girl, she'd be in skirties and ruffles and pink, pink, pink.

:giggle:
I'll have to take a pic of her pushing her little doll in her pink stroller. It's so cute...the doll is wearing the Paton's capris (longies on the doll) too. It's cute.
Every time I take C out, I have to make sure she has a bow in her hair...other than that, I don't get overly girly with her most days. When she starts walking, it's skirts all the way.

[luvmykeikis]

Sometimes while nursing Blake I pull his hair to the side and picture it in a pretty little bow. he he. I love having boys though. There hasn't been a girl on John's side of the family for over 50 years.

[mrsdi]

Sometimes while nursing Blake I pull his hair to the side and picture it in a pretty little bow. he he. I love having boys though. There hasn't been a girl on John's side of the family for over 50 years.

:giggle2: about the hair.
Wow about all the boys on John's side!

[momto3girls]

Diana - Yep Joyce does skirties. I have two from last summer. I also know that Joyce has the monkey fabric you just sold. :goodvibes: shhhhh....

I tried to give Juliana a breathing treatment and they gave me the wrong end. Now I have to go back to the pharmacy to get the right one. :banghead:

[momma2Mimi07]

Ok . . . if I get pregnant any time AFTER my trip to Hawaii . . . I guess I'll take it :giggle: But that is not the plan, and we are going to be actively preventing with condoms after the IUD comes out. DH agreed to it because we both think the hormones from the IUD are messing with my sex drive. NO fun.

And in my defense Di, I'm talking about my D and C cups of the past, that I no longer have :( However . . . I wouldn't mind going all the way down to a B. I was never really able to nurse in public discreetly (I did it indiscreetly :giggle2:) because of having to support Juliana with one hand and my boob with the other hand. When I was hanging with DH's aunt (who has a baby around J's age) she was a nursing ninja; you would have to be looking REALLY hard to tell that she was nursing. Her boobs are really small and all she had to do was put her baby's face in the general vicinity of them and he would latch on. I was totally jealous!
What kind of IUD do you have??? I have an IUC (I think they are the same thing anyways) But is the Mirena... It gives me some knarly migranes... and my sex drive... Um well almost non-excistant...
I've got the BIG boobies too Jen! There's no hiding them! All of my girlfriends have seen it all :roflmbo: They act like it's no big deal.... I love it :goodvibes:
:giggle2:
I'm sure she'll tell you it's no bother at all. I was going to say Joyce too. I have a skirty from her that's green fleece w/ attached skirty in the limes print . . . I love it! Juliana wore it last summer and I'm also hoping she'll fit into it this summer. It looks like a good possibility but the rise might be too short. I know Booty Gold makes them as well; I think she calls them flirty skirties.
Booty Gold Flirty Skirties are Just Skirts... No soaker, you have to purchase it seperate... I asked her about one she had on her site... Bummer!
Diana - Yep Joyce does skirties. I have two from last summer. I also know that Joyce has the monkey fabric you just sold. shhhhh!! :goodvibes:

I tried to give Juliana a breathing treatment and they gave me the wrong end. Now I have to go back to the pharmacy to get the right one. :banghead:

AWWW Momma! Poor baby, Mia SOMEHOW had pnuemonia 2x last year both times were in the early stages so we now have a neb here too! Plus Sam and I both have Asthma, mild, but she could very well have it too. Thankfully this year no issues, but I have also become a LOT more green and we eat different now too and I think that has a LOT to do with her sickies last year! We are ALL a lot healthier this year than last!

[aranel7]

What kind of IUD do you have??? I have an IUC (I think they are the same thing anyways) But is the Mirena... It gives me some knarly migranes... and my sex drive... Um well almost non-excistant...

Booty Gold Flirty Skirties are Just Skirts... No soaker, you have to purchase it seperate... I asked her about one she had on her site... Bummer!

Yeah, I have the Mirena too. I think it's called an IUC because in addition to being the device that goes into your uterus, it also emits the hormones where a copper IUD does not do any hormones. I think I just need to stay away from hormonal birth control. I have always thought I had a low libido but now that I think about it, I have never had sex without being on hormonal birth control. Before doing it for the first time I got on the pill and took it for 3 months. So . . . maybe when I stop using any birth control and I'm not pregnant and I'm not nursing . . . I will want to throw DH down and do him all the time :giggle2:

That BITES about only being skirts . . . sort of silly if you ask me.

So . . . I now have 2 DCs of pink chicks on the way to me (yeah, when it rains it pours!) and I'm thinking about seeing if Joyce will make me a UF out of one and a skirty out of the other one :giggle: Do you think 20x20 is enough material for a size L skirty?

[luvmykeikis]

I don't know anything about fabric and how much you need but that is such a cute idea to have the diaper and matching skirty.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

So sorry Julliana isn't doing well! I hope the breathing treatments (with the correct end) will make her feel better!

I am relaxing-ish for a few mins while DD eats her veggies (surely they mixed up babys at the hospital this child LOVES her veggies) and DH has DS gone to buy some tires for his car....

Mmmmm quiet-ish

[momma2Mimi07]

Yeah, I have the Mirena too. I think it's called an IUC because in addition to being the device that goes into your uterus, it also emits the hormones where a copper IUD does not do any hormones. I think I just need to stay away from hormonal birth control. I have always thought I had a low libido but now that I think about it, I have never had sex without being on hormonal birth control. Before doing it for the first time I got on the pill and took it for 3 months. So . . . maybe when I stop using any birth control and I'm not pregnant and I'm not nursing . . . I will want to throw DH down and do him all the time :giggle2:

That BITES about only being skirts . . . sort of silly if you ask me.

So . . . I now have 2 DCs of pink chicks on the way to me (yeah, when it rains it pours!) and I'm thinking about seeing if Joyce will make me a UF out of one and a skirty out of the other one :giggle: Do you think 20x20 is enough material for a size L skirty?

:roflmbo:

[luvmykeikis]

April - SS, you have to go back. I hope everything works out.

[aranel7]

I don't know anything about fabric and how much you need but that is such a cute idea to have the diaper and matching skirty.

Yeah . . . now I just need to get another limes diaper to match our limes skirty. Limes is really one of my very favoritest prints ever.

[mrsdi]

April--ss about the pharmacy. How frustrating!!

Jenn--What a great idea about the fabric for matching dipe/skirty. I have no idea if 20x20 is enough for a skirty...I just sold a DC that size and didn't look like it would be enough, but what do I know.

Oh, that totally stinks about BootyGold not having the soakers. I just looked again and saw that they have to be purchased separately. I don't mind the idea of having a separate skirt and soaker, so they don't have to be worn together, but still.

[aranel7]

:roflmbo:

Well Chasity I know you're going to want to throw your man down and do him all the time because you're going to be TTC :hehe2: DH wishes we could pretend to TTC :roflmbo:

[momma2Mimi07]

Right I think it defeats the purpose of haveing a "skirty"...

[momma2Mimi07]

Well Chasity I know you're going to want to throw your man down and do him all the time because you're going to be TTC :hehe2: DH wishes we could pretend to TTC :roflmbo:

So does DF... We can "practice" TTC lol! He is so funny! I am hoping to be able to get in this month to have mine removed... Have you had it before? I wanna know if it hurts to be removed... Plus I think I am gonna have to go to the Health Dept. :yuck: to have it done cause I don't have insurance... Gonna call OB tomorrow and see how much it costs through him cause I would MUCH rather he did it than some doc. I have never seen before ya know! Plus I have a tilted Uterus which makes it even harder to find "stuff" lol!

[amyrenee]

I always dream that Joyce will stock some fleece skirties or longies!!!

[mrsdi]

I always dream that Joyce will stock some fleece skirties or longies!!!

:giggle: I emailed her, so we'll see. I don't even know what she would charge for one, but it has to be better than $50+ for interlock.

[aranel7]

So does DF... We can "practice" TTC lol! He is so funny! I am hoping to be able to get in this month to have mine removed... Have you had it before? I wanna know if it hurts to be removed... Plus I think I am gonna have to go to the Health Dept. :yuck: to have it done cause I don't have insurance... Gonna call OB tomorrow and see how much it costs through him cause I would MUCH rather he did it than some doc. I have never seen before ya know! Plus I have a tilted Uterus which makes it even harder to find "stuff" lol!

This is my first time having it (so it will also be my first time having one removed) but I'm not worried. I figure that since it didn't hurt to get it in it's not going to hurt to get it out either. At least that's what I'm telling myself. I go in on 3/4 to get mine out.

:giggle: I emailed her, so we'll see. I don't even know what she would charge for one, but it has to be better than $50+ for interlock.

I just emailed Joyce too :giggle: But . . . I am pretty sure that before the summer is over Juliana will also own one of those delicious rhumba skirties from Sapo Verde . . . you know, just like the one in the sticky peas collab we were all :drif: over? Yeah.

[madeinjanuary]

ok so just catching up on the posts since my last visit..

jenn i cannot sympathize with you on the boobies. i have itty bitties and even when my milk comes in they only go to like a B cup and then very quickly back down to an A. and when i stopped nursing ryder i was like holy moly my itty bitties are even itty bittier. DH won't let me get a boob job though..but I told him after i was done having kids he wont be able to stop me. haha. it's not even like i want big boobs..just a nice full B.

all this talk about ttc'ing! well chasity i hope it is a short ttc journey for you. I would love to ttc again after Roan is atleast 1 and DH would be on board with that if we weren't in such a bad financial sitch. When Annie mentioned earlier about finding a rental for 1000-1200/mo I was like i'd never be able to find that around here! We pay 2100/mo for rent here and it's not even a whole house. plus it doens't include oil, electric, or water! I wish we lived someplace where the cost of living wasn't so ridiculously inflated. *pft* ok end my pity party.

oh and rainbow waters does interlock skirties. attached and detached. and i think the crunchy-cooperative is still open for fills and last i checked there was still 8spots for circle skirts and 2 wool pieces. the skirties range from $28-32 depending on size. hope that helps.

[madeinjanuary]

oh duh i wanted to ask you mamas that have crockpots...do you love yours? and if so what brand and model do you have? or is there one you can recommend? I am really serious about picking one up soonish..like maybe this weekend and would perfer to just go into the store knowing what I want and around how much I will be spending. TIA.

[Jordan]

:giggle:
I'll have to take a pic of her pushing her little doll in her pink stroller. It's so cute...the doll is wearing the Paton's capris (longies on the doll) too. It's cute.
Every time I take C out, I have to make sure she has a bow in her hair...other than that, I don't get overly girly with her most days. When she starts walking, it's skirts all the way.
Awwwwww. I want to see a pic!
Sometimes while nursing Blake I pull his hair to the side and picture it in a pretty little bow. he he. I love having boys though. There hasn't been a girl on John's side of the family for over 50 years.
I do that too with Carter's hair. And I love your avi. I need a bsrb in that print.
So does DF... We can "practice" TTC lol! He is so funny! I am hoping to be able to get in this month to have mine removed... Have you had it before? I wanna know if it hurts to be removed... Plus I think I am gonna have to go to the Health Dept. :yuck: to have it done cause I don't have insurance... Gonna call OB tomorrow and see how much it costs through him cause I would MUCH rather he did it than some doc. I have never seen before ya know! Plus I have a tilted Uterus which makes it even harder to find "stuff" lol!
You can remove it yourself. There are 2 threads here (http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=311615&highlight=removing+iud) and here (http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=631248&highlight=removing+iud) about it.

[momto3girls]

2 by 2 boutique does prissy pants skirties. I might get a couple of those for Juliana. I'm hoping Tatiana pls this summer.

[Jordan]

oh and rainbow waters does interlock skirties. attached and detached. and i think the crunchy-cooperative is still open for fills and last i checked there was still 8spots for circle skirts and 2 wool pieces. the skirties range from $28-32 depending on size. hope that helps.

Co-op link? I'm a member of 2 that start with crunchy and I didn't see RW on either.

ETA: I found it!

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Its so odd to have it so quite here...DD is in bed now and DS is still with DH....mmmmmm quiet.

[BootyGold]

April--ss about the pharmacy. How frustrating!!

Jenn--What a great idea about the fabric for matching dipe/skirty. I have no idea if 20x20 is enough for a skirty...I just sold a DC that size and didn't look like it would be enough, but what do I know.

Oh, that totally stinks about BootyGold not having the soakers. I just looked again and saw that they have to be purchased separately. I don't mind the idea of having a separate skirt and soaker, so they don't have to be worn together, but still.

Emailed ya back mama :thumbsup:

I used to make my skirties as one piece...fabric attached to the soaker. But I found that it was better for folks to have them as separate pieces. If its one piece, then you have to change the entire thing at a diaper change, kwim? If the skirty is a separate piece, then you can wear the skirty all day and just change out the soaker underneath :thumbsup:

I can definitely do them as one piece if you prefer though!

[luvmykeikis]

Wow, right from the mouth. That's CS.

[treala05]

This is my first time having it (so it will also be my first time having one removed) but I'm not worried. I figure that since it didn't hurt to get it in it's not going to hurt to get it out either. At least that's what I'm telling myself. I go in on 3/4 to get mine out.

Getting one taken out is supposed to be much easier than having it put in even. Unfortunately, I was one of the rare cases and had a totally botched Mirena insertion...went through my uterus and was one of the most painful days of my life (up there with childbirth). So, needless to say, it was taken out the very same day it was put in and that part hurt much less.

oh duh i wanted to ask you mamas that have crockpots...do you love yours? and if so what brand and model do you have? or is there one you can recommend? I am really serious about picking one up soonish..like maybe this weekend and would perfer to just go into the store knowing what I want and around how much I will be spending. TIA.

Ooh - the girls on here just recommended one to me about a week ago. I just tried it yesterday and it was awesome!! Here's the link: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=1&SKU=15889403
But, when I was at Target today, I saw that they had it marked down to $39.99, so you might want to check there.

[luvmykeikis]

OMG. Did you all see the Doxie collab? THat would match my UF. It is at $40 with 20 minutes but the shirt wouldn't fit big ole Blake.

[mrsdi]

Emailed ya back mama :thumbsup:

I used to make my skirties as one piece...fabric attached to the soaker. But I found that it was better for folks to have them as separate pieces. If its one piece, then you have to change the entire thing at a diaper change, kwim? If the skirty is a separate piece, then you can wear the skirty all day and just change out the soaker underneath :thumbsup:

I can definitely do them as one piece if you prefer though!

Thanks so much, mama! I got your email, and I am going to sit down and look at your fabric as soon as I get DD to bed. :goodvibes:
Who says I need just one skirty? :giggle:

[luvmykeikis]

Yep, I have that same crock pot Alaina. It is super easy.

[MegsMom]

This Rainbow Co-op...can I get in or is it for the "special"
PM me please :)

[aranel7]

Wow, right from the mouth. That's CS.

Werd.

I guess I never thought about the utility of having the soaker and skirty separate, but she's right. On a heavy wetter like Howie I would have to change the soaker at each change (and actually, they were good for one use only on him) but for J, I can get away with leaving the same soaker on and just changing the dipe. I know that's not the case for most mamas though so I can totally see the point of having them be separate pieces.

I start off hating nights when DH has to work late, but around this time when dinner is in the kids, they're wearing their PJs and actually, J is already in bed, I'm loving it! I love having the house to myself and just doing whatever I want. But . . . I'm probably going to buy some stuff :blush:

[momma2Mimi07]

Awwwwww. I want to see a pic!

I do that too with Carter's hair. And I love your avi. I need a bsrb in that print.

You can remove it yourself. There are 2 threads here (http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=311615&highlight=removing+iud) and here (http://www.diaperswappers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=631248&highlight=removing+iud) about it.
Thanks Jordan... Im gonna read those after I put DD to sleep! I'll let ya know what I think!
Emailed ya back mama :thumbsup:

I used to make my skirties as one piece...fabric attached to the soaker. But I found that it was better for folks to have them as separate pieces. If its one piece, then you have to change the entire thing at a diaper change, kwim? If the skirty is a separate piece, then you can wear the skirty all day and just change out the soaker underneath :thumbsup:

I can definitely do them as one piece if you prefer though!
THANKS MOMMA!!!
Getting one taken out is supposed to be much easier than having it put in even. Unfortunately, I was one of the rare cases and had a totally botched Mirena insertion...went through my uterus and was one of the most painful days of my life (up there with childbirth). So, needless to say, it was taken out the very same day it was put in and that part hurt much less.



Ooh - the girls on here just recommended one to me about a week ago. I just tried it yesterday and it was awesome!! Here's the link: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=1&SKU=15889403
But, when I was at Target today, I saw that they had it marked down to $39.99, so you might want to check there.

YUCK MOMMA!!! That is terrible!!

[momma2Mimi07]

Jordan I can't view those threads....

[mommyshanti]

hey i just went to the last page but need to catch up hav been running around all day and the power went out
heres the linky to co-op i didnt have any post their or anything just went strainght to the co-ops that easy:)
http://www.crunchy-cooperative.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=2922
check out the safe sippy on theri too im about to get that:thumbsup:

[pennybelly]

I also know that Joyce has the monkey fabric you just sold. :goodvibes: shhhhh....


i gave it to her :giggle2:

[mommyshanti]

i see amy was on here
hi amy:giggle2:
love her stuff have 6 of her pf's and some shorties in the make:lostit:

[Jordan]

Jordan I can't view those threads....

Go to your user cp, then groups and join sensitive subjects.:thumbsup:

[Jordan]

i gave it to her :giggle2:
I might have to get a diaper in that even if it is girly. Speaking of fabric, I happen to know Joyce has some retro character fabric coming....:giggle2: And I'm gonna be all over it!

[aranel7]

I read those threads about removing your own IUD and I think I would be too afraid to do it myself because I can't feel the strings :headscratch:

[pennybelly]

I might have to get a diaper in that even if it is girly. Speaking of fabric, I happen to know Joyce has some retro character fabric coming....:giggle2: And I'm gonna be all over it!

i'm not sure if she still has it but there is a blue and green in the same print. i have that too! i just love thermal bsrbs :)

[mrsdi]

Getting one taken out is supposed to be much easier than having it put in even. Unfortunately, I was one of the rare cases and had a totally botched Mirena insertion...went through my uterus and was one of the most painful days of my life (up there with childbirth). So, needless to say, it was taken out the very same day it was put in and that part hurt much less.



Ooh - the girls on here just recommended one to me about a week ago. I just tried it yesterday and it was awesome!! Here's the link: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=1&SKU=15889403
But, when I was at Target today, I saw that they had it marked down to $39.99, so you might want to check there.
Yes, I have this crock pot, too, and I :wub: it! I'm still so happy to see that this new model has a hinged lid. I wish mine did.

OMG. Did you all see the Doxie collab? THat would match my UF. It is at $40 with 20 minutes but the shirt wouldn't fit big ole Blake.
Megan--that collab was so cute. It bums me out when the shirts are too small, as you know.

Jenn--I'm the same way when DH works late. I don't like it until that specific time that you're talking about. :giggle:

Jordan--I :wub: that monkeys fabric, and I still may get a diaper out of it since I know that Jess sent Jess some. :giggle: Thanks for the tease about the retro fabric.

April--I have two of 2by2 boutique's prissy pants skirties. :wub: them. Actually, the one set is too small for C now. I can PM you a pic to show you, IYKWIM. It's so cute and Jenny can't get the print anymore.


Ok...off to look at Amy's fabrics. She told me she has peace & love...:wub:

[momma2Mimi07]

Thanks Jordan and Jenn Me too, Thats Why I am gonna just read about it first and see what other mommas are saying!

[aranel7]

Ok...off to look at Amy's fabrics. She told me she has peace & love...:wub:

Wha . . . wha . . . what????? Linky please :blush:

[pennybelly]

a few months after having dd2 i started on the nuva ring. that lasted 3 months until i stopped. it gave me constant cramps all month long. i just love not having any weird hormones besides my own lol.

[pennybelly]

you ladies are so good at keeping up

[Jordan]

Thanks Jordan and Jenn Me too, Thats Why I am gonna just read about it first and see what other mommas are saying!
Neither one of you can feel your strings? Can your Dh's, cause you should be able to feel them....

[aranel7]

Ok . . . now that we've been talking about the IUD for all this time I am sick thinking about mine. Like . . . I can't explain how I feel. Just like :yuck: at the idea that it's in there. I've had it for over a year and I've never felt this way before. I hope this feeling goes away when I'm not thinking about it all the time.

[pennybelly]

btw di i took a picture of the uf in that print. i will do my best to upload it tomorrow so you can :drif:

[madeinjanuary]

Ooh - the girls on here just recommended one to me about a week ago. I just tried it yesterday and it was awesome!! Here's the link: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=1&SKU=15889403
But, when I was at Target today, I saw that they had it marked down to $39.99, so you might want to check there.

thanks! i'll check target and if they dont have it, i can still get it for about that price at bedbath with my employee discount anyways. it's just target is a lot closer drive. haha.

i am still sitting here waiting for my darn short term disability check from the state. If i dont see it by the end of the week i'm going to give my HR dept a call to make sure they submitted all the paperwork. I really could use the measely check to pay for groceries ;X

[mommyshanti]

looks like you guys are talking babies adn skirties today
my girl is 9 and then the boys dont think they would like skirties:giggle:
we've always practiced "natural birth control" if u kwim:roflmbo:
it hasnt failed us so far and when we got pregnant it was planned and in the 1st month of trying
i dont usually get my friend back until about a year later but this time were goin w/ the flo to see if we get preggos sooner but i dont think so
actually got to hang out with someone from ds today. i met her at my our kids preschool it was pretty cool and we both have 4 year olds and our lil babes too bfing in the chikfila :giggle2:
nice to finally get out and chat with another mama

[momto3girls]

Wha . . . wha . . . what????? Linky please :blush:

I wanna see too!

btw di i took a picture of the uf in that print. i will do my best to upload it tomorrow so you can :drif:

Can't wait!

[mommyshanti]

hey were the same size thats a hard bra to find cuz all the D's are like 38's and up:giggle2:
and on my super skinny days a 34C
Sooo . . .

Now that weaning is a firm reality and my milk seems to be dried up, my boobs are smaller than they've ever been :cry: I started out pre-kids at 34D. my boobs always shoot up to E during early breastfeeding, and then they started shrinking as my oversupply abated. I was fitting great in size 34D again by the end of BFing Juliana. Now that my milk is starting to dry up, my bras are starting to fit too loose. I'm wanting to get some new ones but I don't know how long to wait (to make sure my boobs are done shrinking). I was great in a 36C after my milk dried up from Howie but even that bra is fitting loosely now. I am thinking I would like to try the Playtex nearly C, but I don't want to waste a ton of money on bras that might not fit for very long.

At least my VS bikini tops are starting to fit :giggle:

[BootyGold]

i see amy was on here
hi amy:giggle2:
love her stuff have 6 of her pf's and some shorties in the make:lostit:

Hi Maya :wave:

First time ever in a chat thread, lol. I just got my first BSRB yesterday. Put on DS tonight and he pooped in it seriously 5 mins later :roflmbo:

I'm hoping it will stay on a little longer next time :lostit:

[pennybelly]

Hi Maya :wave:

First time ever in a chat thread, lol. I just got my first BSRB yesterday. Put on DS tonight and he pooped in it seriously 5 mins later :roflmbo:

I'm hoping it will stay on a little longer next time :lostit:

welcome :hugs:

lol. what a bummer :lostit: well now you need to get your hands on a few more so you have another to change him into :)

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Ok . . . now that we've been talking about the IUD for all this time I am sick thinking about mine. Like . . . I can't explain how I feel. Just like :yuck: at the idea that it's in there. I've had it for over a year and I've never felt this way before. I hope this feeling goes away when I'm not thinking about it all the time.

I only had mine in for 2 weeks and had the same idea..I mean I had other issues with mine so I could never "forget" it was there...it actually almost gave me panic attacks at the thought of some strange thing being in my uterus...that wasnt a baby.

[starla79]

Welcome Amy! I feel your pain on the pooping, night before last D pooped in his shortly after it went on... which was a problem because he was supposed to wear it all night! D'OH!

I'm a card-carrying member of the itty bitty titty club. I got fitted for a nursing bra when i was 8 months pregnant, and PREGNANT i was only just an A cup. The gal looked at me like i was some sort of freak show (thanks). I ended up getting something in a B or C, i can't remember. I wear a B now, though i think i was more like a C in the early nursing days before my supply settled down. The last nursing bra i got was a 36B and it fits pretty well. But you only need to look at my munchkin to see that size doesn't matter... he put on 2oz a day steadily until he was about 6 months old. My only problem with nursing in public is that i feel like i have to hike my shirt up a half mile to nurse him. But most people can't even tell i'm nursing him until they're right on top of me... giant-headed baby hides the boob very well when he's on task and not looking around.

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Welcome Amy! I feel your pain on the pooping, night before last D pooped in his shortly after it went on... which was a problem because he was supposed to wear it all night! D'OH!

I'm a card-carrying member of the itty bitty titty club. I got fitted for a nursing bra when i was 8 months pregnant, and PREGNANT i was only just an A cup. The gal looked at me like i was some sort of freak show (thanks). I ended up getting something in a B or C, i can't remember. I wear a B now, though i think i was more like a C in the early nursing days before my supply settled down. The last nursing bra i got was a 36B and it fits pretty well. But you only need to look at my munchkin to see that size doesn't matter... he put on 2oz a day steadily until he was about 6 months old. My only problem with nursing in public is that i feel like i have to hike my shirt up a half mile to nurse him. But most people can't even tell i'm nursing him until they're right on top of me... giant-headed baby hides the boob very well when he's on task and not looking around.

Ditto the itty bitty club and the giant headed baby/ nursing thing :giggle2:

Before kids (and after I am done weaning) I am an "almost B" in the playtex half size bras.... *sigh*

[mommyshanti]

hi their
oh were a fun bunch:giggle2:
hey that bsrb did the trick huh
u know the babes love new dipes it never fails:giggle:
Hi Maya :wave:

First time ever in a chat thread, lol. I just got my first BSRB yesterday. Put on DS tonight and he pooped in it seriously 5 mins later :roflmbo:

I'm hoping it will stay on a little longer next time :lostit:

[pennybelly]

off to rest. gnight ladies :)

[mommyshanti]

coulda fooled me looks like u got jugs in your avi:giggle2:
Welcome Amy! I feel your pain on the pooping, night before last D pooped in his shortly after it went on... which was a problem because he was supposed to wear it all night! D'OH!

I'm a card-carrying member of the itty bitty titty club. I got fitted for a nursing bra when i was 8 months pregnant, and PREGNANT i was only just an A cup. The gal looked at me like i was some sort of freak show (thanks). I ended up getting something in a B or C, i can't remember. I wear a B now, though i think i was more like a C in the early nursing days before my supply settled down. The last nursing bra i got was a 36B and it fits pretty well. But you only need to look at my munchkin to see that size doesn't matter... he put on 2oz a day steadily until he was about 6 months old. My only problem with nursing in public is that i feel like i have to hike my shirt up a half mile to nurse him. But most people can't even tell i'm nursing him until they're right on top of me... giant-headed baby hides the boob very well when he's on task and not looking around.

[BootyGold]

welcome :hugs:

lol. what a bummer :lostit: well now you need to get your hands on a few more so you have another to change him into :)

Welcome Amy! I feel your pain on the pooping, night before last D pooped in his shortly after it went on... which was a problem because he was supposed to wear it all night! D'OH!



hi their
oh were a fun bunch:giggle2:
hey that bsrb did the trick huh
u know the babes love new dipes it never fails:giggle:

Thanks everyone :goodvibes:

DS pooped on the potty the other day, and then he peed on the potty at DC today...I'm starting to panic a little.

COULD IT BE TIME TO PL????? :beafraid: What will I do with myself when I don't have diapers to buy anymore :cry:

I guess we'll just have to make another one, then I can buy NEWBORN fluff :lostit: :roflmbo:

[momma2Mimi07]

Ok . . . now that we've been talking about the IUD for all this time I am sick thinking about mine. Like . . . I can't explain how I feel. Just like :yuck: at the idea that it's in there. I've had it for over a year and I've never felt this way before. I hope this feeling goes away when I'm not thinking about it all the time.
I AM FEELING THE EXACT SAME THING!!! I am seriously gonna try and get it out tonight!!!! If I can't then I will wait a couple days and try again then If I can't then I will schedule to have it done by my OB...

JORDAN: I haven't been able to find them, But DF said he does every time we have sex... So If I can't get them I should be able too!

Hi Maya :wave:

First time ever in a chat thread, lol. I just got my first BSRB yesterday. Put on DS tonight and he pooped in it seriously 5 mins later :roflmbo:

I'm hoping it will stay on a little longer next time :lostit:

HI AMY!!! I LOVE your stuff, I really need to go get one of those pfs.... Gotta get some pp! lol! WELCOME!!!

[starla79]

coulda fooled me looks like u got jugs in your avi:giggle2:

Ha ha ha... i feel like a cow sometimes... they look big but seriously, measure them and it's like, "I've been robbed!" I have cleavage for the first time in my life. I used to run around without a bra all the time, now i have to hold 'em down when i run up and down the stairs. It's amazing. I don't know how you bigger gals do it, I had to buy the toughest sports bra i could find because doing DDR was killing the girls.

[luvmykeikis]

Hi Amy!

I loved your Doxie collab! Blake loves to poop in new diapers. I don't know what I am going to do when Blake pl's.

[luvmykeikis]

Maya - I was thinking the same thing about Megan. I see titties. :giggle2:

[mommyshanti]

:roflmbo:
DDRdance dance revolution you r too cool i love that but i suck big time:lostit:
Ha ha ha... i feel like a cow sometimes... they look big but seriously, measure them and it's like, "I've been robbed!" I have cleavage for the first time in my life. I used to run around without a bra all the time, now i have to hold 'em down when i run up and down the stairs. It's amazing. I don't know how you bigger gals do it, I had to buy the toughest sports bra i could find because doing DDR was killing the girls.

[mommyshanti]

Maya - I was thinking the same thing about Megan. I see titties. :giggle2:

ok we are wild tonight i think all this ttc talk is getting everyone riled up:giggle2:

[starla79]

You guys are killing me. Look at this picture (http://zerogeek.net/dblog/wp-photos/20090131-153302-1.jpg), that's a much more realistic shot of them where i'm not leaning forward and squeezing them towards the camera. :) Here's an old shot of me pre-preg... flat as a pancake (http://zerogeek.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5551). What you see is VS push-up bra magic. Rob LOVES my boobs now.

[mommyshanti]

chasity here ya go:babydust:
and i see they hav gm thread are you on that one too man your gonna b busy if you have to keep up with us them and mutts group:giggle2:

[mommyshanti]

man i want a magic bra even tho i have some they r sure headin south and im only 31 but ive got 4 1/2 yrs breastfeedin under my belt with more to come:giggle:
man if i was into plastic surgery id b all over a lift but thank god they make bras for that:thumbsup:
You guys are killing me. Look at this picture (http://zerogeek.net/dblog/wp-photos/20090131-153302-1.jpg), that's a much more realistic shot of them where i'm not leaning forward and squeezing them towards the camera. :) Here's an old shot of me pre-preg... flat as a pancake (http://zerogeek.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5551). What you see is VS push-up bra magic. Rob LOVES my boobs now.

[aranel7]

Thanks everyone :goodvibes:

DS pooped on the potty the other day, and then he peed on the potty at DC today...I'm starting to panic a little.

COULD IT BE TIME TO PL????? :beafraid: What will I do with myself when I don't have diapers to buy anymore :cry:

I guess we'll just have to make another one, then I can buy NEWBORN fluff :lostit: :roflmbo:

I don't even know what I'll do when Juliana PLs. Seriously . . . I think I will have to resort to still buying woolies for her to trick myself into thinking she's got CDs under there :cry:

Soooo . . . I got Howie to bed, ate my buffalo chicken calzone (yeah for takeout!), switched a load of laundry, cracked a beer and came on here. After a bit, I decided to try on all my VS bikinis again now that my boobs are going back down. Mid bikini putting on, I heard a thud, some crying and then another loud noise. Then it was quiet. I quickly changed back into my clothes and went upstairs to investigate. I found . . . the light on in Howie's room. He was sitting up in his bed with a bruise on his forehead. I think he might have rolled out of bed. I asked him if he was ok and he said yes. I asked him if he wanted me to put him back to bed and he said no. I asked him if he needed another milk and he said no. I said, "it's time for night-nights Howie" and laid him back down. He immediately turned on the real tears so I quickly asked him if he wanted to go downstairs and he said a garbled "yeah" through his tears. So . . . now he's downstairs watching mommy act like an adult. We're going to try going to bed again very soon. VERY soon.

[mrsdi]

Ok, Starla..if you're calling yourself flat as a pancake based on that pic, I'm flatter. :giggle: I don't know what's flatter than a pancake? A crepe?


For anyone familiar with fabrics....I need some guidance. Amy, if you're still here, I love your fabrics. :mrgreen:
For the Booty Gold skirty, should I go with lotus elephant (I :wub: this fabric and have a PF embellished with it) or peace & love? I :wub: peace & love, too.
IDK...decisions, decisions.

[mrsdi]

Jenn...:hugs: to Howie. He just needed some mommy time. :) Poor lil guy, falling out of bed. Must have scared the you-know-what out of him. :(

[mommyshanti]

yeah he needs some mama loves
good mommy
did u guys already the joyce's preview prints
i am so getting the smurfs whoohoo:lostit:
Jenn...:hugs: to Howie. He just needed some mommy time. :) Poor lil guy, falling out of bed. Must have scared the you-know-what out of him. :(

[mrsdi]

yeah he needs some mama loves
good mommy
did u guys already the joyce's preview prints
i am so getting the smurfs whoohoo:lostit:

I just saw them, and I :wub: the smurfs, too!! I used to collect smurfs when I was a kid (*nerd alert*)
I'm not getting them, but I'd be more than happy to stalk them for someone because I :wub: them so much!!

[mommyshanti]

i looked at her prints didnt see peace/love but saw lotus elephant beautiful
Ok, Starla..if you're calling yourself flat as a pancake based on that pic, I'm flatter. :giggle: I don't know what's flatter than a pancake? A crepe?


For anyone familiar with fabrics....I need some guidance. Amy, if you're still here, I love your fabrics. :mrgreen:
For the Booty Gold skirty, should I go with lotus elephant (I :wub: this fabric and have a PF embellished with it) or peace & love? I :wub: peace & love, too.
IDK...decisions, decisions.

[mommyshanti]

r u goin for anything this week?
I just saw them, and I :wub: the smurfs, too!! I used to collect smurfs when I was a kid (*nerd alert*)
I'm not getting them, but I'd be more than happy to stalk them for someone because I :wub: them so much!!

[aranel7]

Soooo . . . how do you get yourself back on track with eating right? I've been making seriously terrible choices lately and I can't explain it. Like . . . every morning when I get my iced coffee I'm also getting a donut :blush: Or even worse, a breakfast sandwich :blush: :blush: EVERY morning. I'm putting butter on my veggies. I'm not eating half as much fruit as I used to. I'm just downing the carbs. I need to stop the madness! What can I do? It's like I know that I have to stop eating poorly and just start doing better but every time I'm in a situation where I can start eating better I reflexively choose the crap. Somebody stop me!

[mrsdi]

Maya--I am NOT going for anything this week. N.O.T.
I will stalk smurfs for you. :thumbsup:
I can't find peace & love right now. Amy said she's adding it to her gallery tomorrow. I know GM made a diaper out of it...if I come across it I will show it to you.

[luvmykeikis]

Jen - :hugs: I am not help with the eating right question. I just ate a bag of candy for snack.

Megan - I still see some contour. :)

Di - I want to see the fabrics you are talking about.

I hope I can sell my lot of TFs. I would love to buy some more UFs.

[mrsdi]

Jenn--Can't help you. I do the same thing. :blush: I try to compensate for it later in the day, but my morning starts off with all sugar--vanilla iced coffee, pound cake, or muffin. This morning, it was a breakfast sandwich, too.
If I sat down and ate what C is eating, I'd be so much better. Is it so hard to shovel in blueberries/bananas/peaches when she's eating them? Yep, for me it is. :blush:
Let's help each other out...somehow.

[mrsdi]

Jen - :hugs: I am not help with the eating right question. I just ate a bag of candy for snack.

Megan - I still see some contour. :)

Di - I want to see the fabrics you are talking about.

I hope I can sell my lot of TFs. I would love to buy some more UFs.

:giggle: about the bag of candy.
Here (http://www.thefabricfairy.com/Lovely-Lotus-Elephant-Cotton-Knit-Fabric-by-Baby-N-p/2389d.htm) is Lotus Elephant. I'm still trying to track down Peace & Love.

[momto3girls]

Ok, Starla..if you're calling yourself flat as a pancake based on that pic, I'm flatter. :giggle: I don't know what's flatter than a pancake? A crepe?


For anyone familiar with fabrics....I need some guidance. Amy, if you're still here, I love your fabrics. :mrgreen:
For the Booty Gold skirty, should I go with lotus elephant (I :wub: this fabric and have a PF embellished with it) or peace & love? I :wub: peace & love, too.
IDK...decisions, decisions.

Get lotus elephant, so I can get peace & love. :giggle2:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

Jen- little steps at a time work better for me than all at once.

Right now I am switching out coffee for tea...less calories more antioxidants half the caffeine.

I am also cutting out sweets right now, though thats not by choice, thats because I cant taste it anyway so whats the point :banghead: I tried to eat some chocolate chips after my dinner of plain white rice....couldn't taste it at *all*...

Switching from juice to water was another one that I did. Once you get used to the new little change another little change isn't a huge deal and before you know it you have cut calories and caffeine intake in half and cut out a lot of sugar too...

[mommyshanti]

diana looky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12463215@N00/3087861025/
is this it:thumbsup:
def. this one but then honey will say shes lookin like a hippy again
but such a cute hippy:giggle2:

[mommyshanti]

thats a hard one cuz u just have to mentaly DO IT and also dont bring it into your gome if its their youll eat it
im a junk food junky but i dont drink soda or cofee water all day so i need my chocolate:lostit:
Soooo . . . how do you get yourself back on track with eating right? I've been making seriously terrible choices lately and I can't explain it. Like . . . every morning when I get my iced coffee I'm also getting a donut :blush: Or even worse, a breakfast sandwich :blush: :blush: EVERY morning. I'm putting butter on my veggies. I'm not eating half as much fruit as I used to. I'm just downing the carbs. I need to stop the madness! What can I do? It's like I know that I have to stop eating poorly and just start doing better but every time I'm in a situation where I can start eating better I reflexively choose the crap. Somebody stop me!

[serendipity10410]

I'm hoping for some more mild weather today so we can go for a walk again. And this weekend I'll be driving home to MA to visit my parents for a week or two. It's an 8 hour drive with just me and DD, so I'm a little nervous, but it should be fine. We're stopping part way in NJ to visit a friend and her new baby for a few hours. I'm debating bringing cloth to use on the trip (my mom's a huge supporter), but I'm nervous about doing it without a sprayer. Does anyone else deal with solids and no sprayer? What do you do?

Hi mamas! i am finally home and relaxing on my couch :) ok, not really. I was going to strip my dipes because i could not seem to rinse them enough in the hotel washer :banghead: but i think my house sitter may have used the washer, and when i went to load the dipes, there was *gasp*LIQUID FABRIC SOFTENER in the dispenser :gah:

So, i had to unload the dipes (had already put them in) and instead run a tub clean cycle (FLer). :banghead: So, now i can procrastinate a bit :giggle:

Alaina, i want to reply to you before i catch up on the thread. I took cloth on my vacation and really glad i did. I :blush: can't stand sposies anymore. THey smell bad, and they leak! both DH and i were pooped on today (he was in sposies on flight days).dh was so missing the cloth! he even told me to buy some more diapers :roflmbo: Too bad he doesn't know i already did, or never stopped ;)

Ok, gonna try to catch up, but no promises. I am tired :zzz:

[mrsdi]

Maya--that's it! I was just looking through GMs Flicker and I couldn't find it anywhere. Oh how I :wub: that print. So much. I love lotus elephants, too. It's almost equal. And, as for DH...until he gets up in the AM and dresses C, or gives her a bath at night, I've decided that I don't care what he thinks. :giggle2: But, yeah....his hippie comment was the first thing I thought of with peace and love. My ILs would think the same thing. :giggle:
April--it wouldn't take *that* much fabric to make 2 skirties, would it?? :mrgreen:
I still don't know. Ugh. If they weren't so similar in color, I'd get both. Or, if I had unlimited PP, I'd get both. If only my TFs would sell. :(

[momma2Mimi07]

chasity here ya go:babydust:
and i see they hav gm thread are you on that one too man your gonna b busy if you have to keep up with us them and mutts group:giggle2:
Yep I am on all the threads lol! VERY BUSY always boppin' back and forth... lol its fun though!

Well..........
I got it out! And then I told DF... He freaked out and yelled at me, so now I am sitting her crying because I am confused and dont understand since he told me it was okay...:banghead: :cry:

[mrsdi]

Welcome back, Sara!!! :goodvibes:
Sorry to hear about the sposies. :yuck: I guess I'll have to figure out a way to do cloth when I travel on the plane. :headscratch:

GASP about the fabric softener!!!

[mrsdi]

Oh, Chasity--:hugs:
I'm sure he just wasn't expecting it to happen so quickly. :giggle: He'll be fine....my DH is the same way, but comes around after thinking about it.

[mommyshanti]

he's probably worried that u did it yourself and not doc and flippin out that way :hugs:
Yep I am on all the threads lol! VERY BUSY always boppin' back and forth... lol its fun though!

Well..........
I got it out! And then I told DF... He freaked out and yelled at me, so now I am sitting her crying because I am confused and dont understand since he told me it was okay...:banghead: :cry:

[momma2Mimi07]

he's probably worried that u did it yourself and not doc and flippin out that way :hugs:

I think he is more worried that now we REALLY can get preggo lol!

[mommyshanti]

stuff a pocket:thumbsup:
my guy will wear a bg and be dry as can be w/ the insert soaked love it
imseriously thinkin of sellin my gms for more i dont love gm's but never my bsrb:giggle2:

Welcome back, Sara!!! :goodvibes:
Sorry to hear about the sposies. :yuck: I guess I'll have to figure out a way to do cloth when I travel on the plane. :headscratch:

GASP about the fabric softener!!!

[serendipity10410]

Welcome back, Sara!!! :goodvibes:
Sorry to hear about the sposies. :yuck: I guess I'll have to figure out a way to do cloth when I travel on the plane. :headscratch:

GASP about the fabric softener!!!

thanks Di :) Starla suggested i put a thirsties cover over my sposie and that worked great... until he pooped on the cover :banghead: and then i had no choice but to go coverless :blush: That is my suggestion for the plane, wear sposie with cover :thumbsup:

[mommyshanti]

sorry chas guess u guys need more time to discuss it together dont forget the tried and true natural birth control but that takes a very strong man:giggle2:
I think he is more worried that now we REALLY can get preggo lol!

[luvmykeikis]

Welcome back Sara and thanks for the bump. :)

Chasity - :hugs:

[mrsdi]

thanks Di :) Starla suggested i put a thirsties cover over my sposie and that worked great... until he pooped on the cover :banghead: and then i had no choice but to go coverless :blush: That is my suggestion for the plane, wear sposie with cover :thumbsup:

I just sold my thirsties NWT :blush:
However, I still have some ABC wraps that I've never used.
The flight attendants are right about pooping on the plane. Weird.
At least you got to use cloth the whole trip! Did you bring your whole stash???

[mommyshanti]

man what kinda sposies r u guys buyin i use at night and for past 2 children cheapo luvs w/ no probs
thanks Di :) Starla suggested i put a thirsties cover over my sposie and that worked great... until he pooped on the cover :banghead: and then i had no choice but to go coverless :blush: That is my suggestion for the plane, wear sposie with cover :thumbsup:

[mommyshanti]

could u guys bump my stuff man its been their 4ever
di congrats on selling hope it keeps coming:thumbsup:
Welcome back Sara and thanks for the bump. :)

Chasity - :hugs:

[momma2Mimi07]

I guess we need more time too... He just told me the only reason I want to be preggo is cause I'm *bored* with Mia... That is the meanest thing he has EVER said to me... I am seriously balling my eyes out, I would have NEVER taken my Mirena out if I knew it would be like this... I'm so sad and confused now...

[momto3girls]

I guess we need more time too... He just told me the only reason I want to be preggo is cause I'm *bored* with Mia... That is the meanest thing he has EVER said to me... I am seriously balling my eyes out, I would have NEVER taken my Mirena out if I knew it would be like this... I'm so sad and confused now...

:hugs:

[serendipity10410]

I just sold one of my Favorite B4s :cry:

But i can't help it... i love my snappiable fitteds right now! I always thought red marks from serging were no big deal if they went away with the next diaper change, but now i really fear putting him in serged dipes. He's not even allergic :headscratch: but *I* don't like the way it rubs him. I know, i am :loony:

I put X in his TIAN tonight too :woot2: i can't wait to see how it goes ;)
I also got my two from thursday's stocking... still not really in :wub: with the prints :headscratch: and considering letting them go... but i don't think i can do it. Like Di said, it's really hard to let them go once you have opened the package :giggle:

[mommyshanti]

chasity sometimes people do not think b4 they speak:hugs:

[Mom2BabiesA&I]

I go to bed now *yawn*

Maybe tonight I get to sleep?

[Cristin]

Hello again mamas. I never have much time to get on here, but I did want to quickly say 'hi' since y'all were so sweet to me yesterday.:goodvibes:

[serendipity10410]

SS Chasity :hugs:

Welcome back Sara and thanks for the bump. :)

Chasity - :hugs:
Yw megs

I just sold my thirsties NWT :blush:
However, I still have some ABC wraps that I've never used.
The flight attendants are right about pooping on the plane. Weird.
At least you got to use cloth the whole trip! Did you bring your whole stash???

:roflmbo:whole stash :roflmbo: not enough suitcases :blush: I have been bad lately :blush:

I only brought enough for a day and a half. Variety of pockets and BSRB and B4s. I washed every night while i was there, we had laundry in our hotel :)
man what kinda sposies r u guys buyin i use at night and for past 2 children cheapo luvs w/ no probs

I used to use luvs too... this time i bought :hide: store brand :blush:

[serendipity10410]

Hi again Cristin! thanks for stopping by :) :wave:

[mommyshanti]

i have a couple left for sale brand new
of course 1 of them my dorky butt stabbed tryin to open the bag to lazy to find the scissors:banghead:
I just sold one of my Favorite B4s :cry:

But i can't help it... i love my snappiable fitteds right now! I always thought red marks from serging were no big deal if they went away with the next diaper change, but now i really fear putting him in serged dipes. He's not even allergic :headscratch: but *I* don't like the way it rubs him. I know, i am :loony:

I put X in his TIAN tonight too :woot2: i can't wait to see how it goes ;)
I also got my two from thursday's stocking... still not really in :wub: with the prints :headscratch: and considering letting them go... but i don't think i can do it. Like Di said, it's really hard to let them go once you have opened the package :giggle:

[mommyshanti]

hey christan how the pinning or snapping goin?

Hello again mamas. I never have much time to get on here, but I did want to quickly say 'hi' since y'all were so sweet to me yesterday.:goodvibes:

[mrsdi]

Oh, Chasity...:hugs: mama.

Sara---which B4 sold? The moon/stars?
Did you see the previews for BSRB? I was all excited for you about the star print...until I saw the fairies.
You know you're going to keep the new ones. :giggle:
I'm not even going to open the hearts I got at the relist because I know I will :wub: it.

So, now there are quite a few things I want to try, and no PP to try any of them.
-I want to try an NRSS (Sara, can't wait until you get your squishy customs), Sbish double-layer soaker, and of course a bunch of other wool goodies.

Why do I want to try all of the high ticket items?
When I first started CDing, simple UBIPFS were my favorite. That was most of my stash. Until C got squirmy during diaper changes......

[serendipity10410]

Di,

Do you want me to wash the ERgo before i send it back? It is not awfully dirty or anything, but my kitty's fur seems to have added to the lint :blush:

ETA: i sold the orange minky OBV just now. I will NEVER sell the moon and stars!! Ok, well, maybe one day i will sell one of them... as i just got my custom of two more New size with OBV :woot2:
I didn't want to sell the minky, but it was in the pic i posted for the other B4s FSOT and i got an offer, so i let it go. It was the right decision, but i am still sad to see it go

[mommyshanti]

the nrss is niiice just a clil bit trimmer through crotch also doesnt have the looong doubler that i love but it is still a great fitting diaper and quality sweet mama just like joyce and some tdf prints ok ill stop:giggle2:
Oh, Chasity...:hugs: mama.

Sara---which B4 sold? The moon/stars?
Did you see the previews for BSRB? I was all excited for you about the star print...until I saw the fairies.
You know you're going to keep the new ones. :giggle:
I'm not even going to open the hearts I got at the relist because I know I will :wub: it.

So, now there are quite a few things I want to try, and no PP to try any of them.
-I want to try an NRSS (Sara, can't wait until you get your squishy customs), Sbish double-layer soaker, and of course a bunch of other wool goodies.

Why do I want to try all of the high ticket items?
When I first started CDing, simple UBIPFS were my favorite. That was most of my stash. Until C got squirmy during diaper changes......

[HGrace]

as usual, just a quick hello :) man, I am lame and feel the need to read the entire thread before I post, just to be in the know. but with a 10 month old who is teething and very much on the move lately, I have like 5 mins at a time to read during the day, so I spend all my time reading/catching up and not posting :giggle: but I don't want to be forgotten by all my bsrb mamas so I try to keep popping in to let you know I'm still around :)

it was a tough day today, my mom's dog (who we got when I was 12, he was 13) died today :( my mom is so brokenhearted, he was the coolest doggers ever and we all loved him so much. so yeah, sad day.

I miss all you lovely ladies! :hugs: please don't forget about me even if I don't post as often as I'd like and can't keep up with what everyone is chatting about :)

[Cristin]

Hi again Cristin! thanks for stopping by :) :wave:
:wave:

hey christan how the pinning or snapping goin?
I only got to try on her BSRB last night but I think it went ok. I'm uploading some pictures now so that I can get some opinions.

[mrsdi]

:roflmbo: Sara about the whole stash. I was going to say.....
I love having laundry in the hotel. So nice.
I'd love to see a pic of your updated stash...especially when your NRSS arrive. I am so looking forward to hearing a review of them.

I'm thinking of selling the rest of my B4, too. :blush: I only use one a day, or maybe every other day, it depends. There is one I really like for naptime. Decisions, decisions. I am the same way with the serging.....I just don't like the red marks around the thighs and on the lower back.
They just may be listed tomorrow. Sigh...it's so much easier to sell boy/GN prints than girly prints.

[mommyshanti]

sorry about your dog i know that is a family member to you and your mom:hugs:
as usual, just a quick hello :) man, I am lame and feel the need to read the entire thread before I post, just to be in the know. but with a 10 month old who is teething and very much on the move lately, I have like 5 mins at a time to read during the day, so I spend all my time reading/catching up and not posting :giggle: but I don't want to be forgotten by all my bsrb mamas so I try to keep popping in to let you know I'm still around :)

it was a tough day today, my mom's dog (who we got when I was 12, he was 13) died today :( my mom is so brokenhearted, he was the coolest doggers ever and we all loved him so much. so yeah, sad day.

I miss all you lovely ladies! :hugs: please don't forget about me even if I don't post as often as I'd like and can't keep up with what everyone is chatting about :)

[MegsMom]

Evening ladies. Thought I would pop on for a minute.

Diana - you sound like me...loving the high-priced items :)

I was just thinking..for those that are done w/ kiddos...what are we going to do in 3 years when they are PL'd. Do they have a recovering DS forum??

Okay, need to get ready for bed. If I stay on here..more money will be going out the door :giggle:

[mrsdi]

Di,

Do you want me to wash the ERgo before i send it back? It is not awfully dirty or anything, but my kitty's fur seems to have added to the lint :blush:

ETA: i sold the orange minky OBV just now. I will NEVER sell the moon and stars!! Ok, well, maybe one day i will sell one of them... as i just got my custom of two more New size with OBV :woot2:
I didn't want to sell the minky, but it was in the pic i posted for the other B4s FSOT and i got an offer, so i let it go. It was the right decision, but i am still sad to see it go
Please don't be silly with washing the ergo. Your kitty's fur can live happily with the rest of the lint that I sent to you. I should have never bought a black ergo. It collects every piece of lint around.

Oh, boy...you sold the minky. :) I don't blame you, though...you have to let some things go when it's time. :hugs:


:wave: Cristin! Looking forward to your pic!!

[mrsdi]

Oh, Hannah....SS about the doggie. :( That's so sad.

[HGrace]

:wave2: Di! i just wanted to say I have 3 nrss' and they're great! they're the serged kind, and only 1 is the longer rise, which I like the best, but they still are all so nice and stretchy and trim. I still love my bsrb best and am considering selling them to get a couple more uf's :blush: I just can't decide. I might just sell the 2 shorter rise, although then I have to :sadbye: to my elliot elephant print :cry: