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I took my son to an indoor play area this weekend. They had a mini "city" set up, with stuff like a pretend grocery store and lots of Little Tykes cars--the kind that the kid powers with their feet. When we first got there, I led my son to one of the cars, and another boy ran up, and pulled the car away, getting in it himself. I told my son that it was okay, that we could get in one of the other cars, and led him to a different car. (The parent of the little boy did scold him for stealing the car from my son.)

Later on, my son was opening the door to one of the cars to get in and the same boy ran up and jumped into the car. What does my son do? He told the little car thief, "Thank you." As the little boy runs away with the car, my son bent over, pointed, and laughed, as if it were the funniest thing to see the little boy going off with the car that he was about to play with.

My son has been really good about staying in bed until my husband or I get him. But last night, he must have decided he wanted more mom & dad time. My husband and I were watching a movie when my husband paused it to go check on our son, as he thought he heard something through the monitor. He was heading upstairs and found my son halfway down the stairs. So our son slept in his crib last night. I don't think he liked waking up in the middle of the night to find himself in his crib, because he cried a lot last night.

He went almost two weeks before he pulled this, not too bad.

We got our son a big boy bed last night. He watched us assemble it and as soon as it was together, he tried to climb in--before the mattress was even in. I got the mattress in and he climbed on and laid down. It was his bedtime, so I got him into his jammies. Normally we snuggle and rock for a little bit before he goes to bed, but tonight he jumped right into his new toddler bed. I think he was thrilled to see a bed like Mom and Dad have that was just his size.

He was a good boy and stayed in his bed all night. Although he did prove himself to still be worthy of the nick name "Wiggle Worm". We were woken up several times during the night with loud thumps as he squirmed around the head of his bed, banging himself into the headboard.

I can't believe my little boy is getting so big!

Every weekday, my son gets oatmeal for breakfast. Every weekday, he sticks his hands into his oatmeal. Every weekday, he then whines that his hands are covered with oatmeal so that I'll give him a washcloth to wipe them off. How come he hasn't figured out that if you stick your hands in your oatmeal, you will get oatmeal all over your hands?

Storkcraft Rochester

Storkcraft issued a recall of all of their cribs sold between May 2000 through January 2009. The metal support brackets used to support the crib mattress and mattress board can crack and break. When one or more support brackets break, the mattress can collapse and create a dangerous gap between the mattress and crib rails, in which a child can become entrapped and suffocate. There have been 10 incidents of this, with two injuries, and thankfully, no deaths.

CPSC urges parents and caregivers to immediately stop using the recalled cribs and find an alternative, safe sleeping environment for their baby. Consumers should contact Stork Craft to receive a free replacement kit, with new mattress support brackets.

Recall info from CPSC and Storkcraft.

And wouldn't you know it? The crib we use is a Storkcraft crib. Fun. So where can I have my toddler sleep while I wait for replacement parts? He's not ready for a toddler bed--he's too active of a sleeper and would roll out of the bed. And that assumes he'd even be willing to stay in the bed. I have a boy who would most likely get out of bed, go to his toy closet, and get into trouble in there.

*sigh*

So with my last pregnancy I threw up 2-15 times a day. I lost 15% of my body weight and had to get IV fluids for hydration three times. My insurance company was stingy with the only drug that worked to help (Zofran). My prescription was written for me to take 3-4 pills daily. Insurance would cover 12 pills per copay and had a cap on how many I could get. So I only took them on "special occasions" (long car rides, holiday dinners, or if I hadn't kept anything down for 24 hours).

I'm in my 7th week right now, and I'm throwing up 1-3 times a day. This last Wednesday, I called up the new clinic I'm going to for this pregnancy to let them know my history and where I'm at. I don't have my first appointment for a few weeks, and didn't want to wait that long to find out what the plan would be this time around. I explained to them that I'm keeping food down, but having a hard time getting enough fluids, because plain water comes back up immediately. Well, because of my history, they said that they won't wait until I'm actually dehydrated before giving me medication and they faxed a prescription for Zofran over to my pharmacy.

And the good news is that now Zofran is a generic! Instead of rationing 12 pills, I got 30 pills for a $10 co-pay! I was able to eat a normal breakfast this morning. And drink water in the middle of the night when I woke up thirsty! I'll probably never get so bad this pregnancy that I feel like walking death!

Implicit Association Test

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit...

This web site presents a method that demonstrates the conscious-unconscious divergences much more convincingly than has been possible with previous methods. This new method is called the Implicit Association Test, or IAT for short.

You can take tests to see if you have a bias. I took three tests, one to see if I prefer young people to old people, one to see if I prefer thin people to fat people, and one to see if I associate men with careers and women with families.

For all of the tests, there was little to no evidence that I prefer one group over another or that I associate careers with men and family with women.

There are a bunch of other tests, and all in all, it was kind of interesting.