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Football pool...

Currently I have Amazon gift cards from Cat, Knottie, Bre, JD, Chris, Snowie

Target from Kootz

Coachie and Mama2 are mailing a card...

Please let me know if I have forgotten anyone so far.

Also please post whether you are mailing or emailing so I can look out for it

I hope today is better for you! I HATE HATE HATE the stomach flu - it is the worst! I'm so sorry you've been hit hard with it


I'm sorry you are coming down with something too

The pics are great! You are running circles around the rest of us with your energy!

Good Morning Dear Friends.......Happy Cold Saturday, its below (-4) freezing but it is not -21 like in the midwest. But then again how cold is cold? Hope you are all doing fine today. When we get up enough stamina, Candy and I are going shopping to spend her Christmas gift cards on some new clothes for work for her. She also needs a new battery for her laptop. Can't believe how expensive they are. Well rise and shine.....

Sorry I've been so MIA - I have been offline in more ways than one Babies seem to suck up so much time, the days are flying by. She is colicky so I think that adds a lot to the itinerary (and fun for the whole family : woot. LOL

I've been reading just no time to respond - I finally got caught up on the new thread this morning - but wanted you all to know I'm thinking of you and miss you very much!

Went to bed just fine but from 4am on, lots of
My body aches like I have been run over. Dh feels the same except his is coming out the other way. : omg:

Too much info I know. Going to spend the day on the couch and see what happens.

I'm not the most granola girl on the block either. I use disposables...my son is circumcised....and my kids are vaccinated. We did a delayed schedule with DS but he's caught up now and so are the girls. They all slept with me for a time but that was for varying reasons - never the "family bed" reason : lol: All that said, I have fought like hell for natural births and breast-fed babies and wouldn't you know it that after the first two, the last two wouldn't come out without a c/s and have been barely bf'd. : O Of course, nothing ever turns out like I planned so this is not a surprise exactly but it's funny how it works so easily for some people and they think it is that way for everyone.

I have a question for you young moms. I've been hearing all over the news that they are no longer making drop side cribs. Were a lot of babies being injured by them? I have not heard of any injuries although I'm sure in all the years they were made there might have been some somewhere. I don't know how short people (such as myself or my girls) will do getting babies that aren't standing or pulling themselves up out of the crib without partially climbing into it to get them when you put the mattress on the lowest level. I'm only 5 ft tall (so is Sara and Lauren). I always dropped the mattress down when the babies would start rolling or start to sit up fearing that one day they would pull themselves up and fall out. I guess short people leave the mattress high now? I was so surprised that they were making a big deal out of taking drop side ones off the market when they have been around forever without a problem. John was so rough with our crib when he would wake up. He loved to jump and would hold on to the side and just jump and jump and I would hear the crib slamming into the wall and I would worry about the side giving way but it never did. I thought they were pretty safe. Oh well...things change I guess.

I know what you mean. There was a Moms group I tried to meet with when mine were just over a year old. Most moms had their little babies in with them (which I think is totally fine), but there was childcare available. It was only 90 min. When they get to the distracting age (babbling loud, throwing stuff off the tables, etc) I was just ready for them to put their kids in the childcare class! These were moms that had older kids in the childcare class. I was there to hear the speaker and chat with other moms - and take a BREAK from my three and not take care of other people's kids.

I know, I sound MEAN. Sorry. I know I am safe here. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE kids and I love babies. I'm not talking about putting your 1 week old in there, but your 2 year old.

They also tried to tell me I could have BF longer if I had tried (I pumped for 2 months, and they never latched because they were preemies and I had never done it before to be able to push through it).

They also told me it would be better to use cloth diapers. That the cost up front was worth it. Well, we were living on student loans while DH was getting his PhD and NO income... so HOW CAN I AFFORD THE COST UP FRONT??? Thankfully I stocked up on the WAGs double dipping deal (twice) and from about 18 months until they were potty trained, that is all we had to use!!!

Sorry, it was a bit of a sore subject for me since I felt I was being judged. I think we all have been there ; )

Dawn-I seem to remember you doing sign language dvds for kiddos...wondering your thoughts on something...my daughter is likely to babysit for a 9 year old girl this summer who will eventually be deaf. She only has partial hearing right now, but her parents have not started working with her or getting prepared for this in any way...that is a whole nother issue! I am sure that my daughter would love to help her learn as well as herself learning sign. This little girl looks up to my DD and I think it could be successful and fun with the right program. What are your thoughts...would DVDs like yours be a good introduction for them or is there a program that you would recomend?

Does anyone else have trouble with mqm's, or is it just me? I very carefully selected 4 posts to quote, and like always, it only quotes the last one

There are a whole bunch of new TQs on the site. Anyone know if there is anything really big or FREE going on. I am hoping to get there sometime while DH is gone next week. Hey, just remembered that Doone and I met Zmmorgan a year ago! That was so much fun.


no problem here

Still feeling real awful. This is just nuts.

Spent the day yesterday on the couch watching TV and napping.
I kept down Diet Sierra Mist and saltines

Made some macaroni and ate with a little beef broth around 6p.
Went to bed at 9 and just like the night before I was awoken at 3a making love to the toilet.

What the heck is going on? Throwing up for me is never easy especially when there is hardly anything in my stomach.

Trying to eat a little plain oatmeal to see if that stays in...

LAST CALL FOR SECRET VALENTINE STALKERS!!!!!!!!

So far I have:

knott02
collinst70
Coach Girl
mustoffa
beachbum23

I will do match ups tomorrow to give anyone else a chance to play.

p.s. go steelers.

I think a white bed would work fine for a boys room. Especially the one in the link.

I have a question for you young moms. I've been hearing all over the news that they are no longer making drop side cribs. Were a lot of babies being injured by them? I have not heard of any injuries although I'm sure in all the years they were made there might have been some somewhere. I don't know how short people (such as myself or my girls) will do getting babies that aren't standing or pulling themselves up out of the crib without partially climbing into it to get them when you put the mattress on the lowest level. I'm only 5 ft tall (so is Sara and Lauren). I always dropped the mattress down when the babies would start rolling or start to sit up fearing that one day they would pull themselves up and fall out. I guess short people leave the mattress high now? I was so surprised that they were making a big deal out of taking drop side ones off the market when they have been around forever without a problem. John was so rough with our crib when he would wake up. He loved to jump and would hold on to the side and just jump and jump and I would hear the crib slamming into the wall and I would worry about the side giving way but it never did. I thought they were pretty safe. Oh well...things change I guess.

yippeee!!! Thanks for doing this! I can't wait to pack my box!