Blogs you might be interested in reading

I love reading blogs. I admit that there are a few that I am addicted to reading. Here are two new ones I recently discovered that might interest you as well.

Parenting tips from parents to parents-
http://www.parenthacks.com/

Creative crafts and interesting children's book reviews from a former Martha Stewart magazine employee-
http://inchmark.squarespace.com/

Expect to see more interesting blog postings in the future. I am sure I will find more to read and follow in the near future...LOL.

-Denise

Sniffles, Sniffles Go Away

So illness is plaguing our house again. It seems as if as soon as one of us gets healthy, someone else gets sick. B. will be going back to the dr. tomorrow for the second time this week. He has an awful cough, won't eat anything, and keeps saying his belly hurts. Other than that, he is okay! LOL! He is also acting like a wild child again. He refuses to use his "listening" ears at school and was ripping things off the walls there yesterday. Ugh! We are hoping it is because of one of the following reasons.

A) He just doesn't feel good and is in "pain" from an upset belly. Once he feels better the behavior will calm down.

OR

B) He is getting wired on sugar in his cough medicine (okayed by the dr.) and his behavior will calm down once he is off the medicine.

I wish healthy households on anyone reading this! Constant sickness is really getting old in our house.

-Denise

Pampers Points Free Points - Gifts to Grow

Here is another free Pampers code worth a reported 3 points. I hope it works for you! Now, if only they would get some rewards that I actually wanted. In the meantime, I just keep stashing them away in my account.

GIVE09UNICEFGTG

-Denise

$5 Hearst Magazine Subscription Deal-This Week Only!

A friend posted this on a message board I frequent, and I thought I would pass it along here as well. Apparently Hearst Magazines does this periodically during the year, and it was last done before the holidays. For $5 you can subscribe to some very popular magazines, but I believe this is only good through Valentine's Day (don't quote me though...LOL!) I am looking at trying Country Living. For $5, it is hard to say no. Enjoy!

https://subscribe.hearstmags.com/subscribe/veranda/23398

Happy Reading!
-Denise

He did what in his crib? Yuck!

I took B. up for his nap today at our usual time for the weekend. We followed the usual routine. He was having trouble falling asleep, and I had went in to restart his music once and to tell him to stop throwing stuff out of his crib once (I would have ignored it, but he was hurling trains and books full force at his walls and pictures.) After about 45 minutes I decided I would just give up on his nap. He was happy, singing Old McDonald, and not sounding the least bit tired. I was actually thinking we could go to the park since it was extremely and unusually warm today. Boy was I in for a surprise!

I walked in the room to find B. naked with his crib and body COVERED in poop! I immediately said, "What did you do!?!?! Why would you do this?!?!?" His response, "I all dirty, Mommy. I need to get up now."

Once I got my jaw off the floor and had two seconds to think, I carried him as far away from my body as possible into the bathroom and started scrubbing him with wipes. It wouldn't come off in some places as it had started to harden. Ugh! It was under finger nails, between toes...OMG!!!!

Approximately a dozen wipes, clipped nails, a bath, and a lot of scrubbing later, B. was clean and dressed. I then spent the next several hours cleaning his room. My hubby had to work, so I was on my own. I just threw out the crib sheet as it was disgusting and actually a little ripped around the edges in a few spots. His blankets went through the wash twice and seems to have come clean. He was naked, so luckily his clothes were not nasty. He threw those over into his hamper before he went to the potty in his crib! How thoughtful.

After disinfecting the crib, the walls, and everything he touched, his room is almost back to normal. Luckily with the warm weather, I was able to open the window and air the room out. I am hoping this was a one time deal. We are potty training him, but it has been a very slow process. He will only pee once or twice a day on the potty, and he has yet to go #2 on the potty at all. We do have a new rule though. Only Mommy and Daddy or a big person is allowed to take diapers off. Not B.!

Ugh...so much for going to the park and enjoying a nice day outside. We did go for a walk later, but it just wasn't the same.

-Denise

Sorry I have been away

I was sick, grading got crazy for school, and life just took over for a while. Sorry it has been a while since I posted. Here are a few new posts for you.

-Denise

A Random Music Post

This is absolutely my favorite song right now. I have no idea why! I love Coldplay and Viva la Vida, so that is likely part of the reason. I could play this over and over again. Well, I actually am right now!

Go to the link below to hear it-"United States of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop)"
http://www.wired965.com/index.php?page=685

-Denise