Comments on: Mash, Mish.

By: Lena

Lena — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:49:50 +0000

We had a problem with ezcema too and were so thrilled to find Halo’s Technical Comfort System clothing for our baby. The fabric is breathable and keeps baby’s skin dry and warm (or cool depending on the temperature). Since we started using the TCS (we found it on Halosleep.com) we haven’t had one breakout – seems like a miracle! Also, we had the most wiggly baby ever too, and use the sleepsack from Halo – they are way better than all the rest – we tried them all! good luck!

By: Jaywalker

Jaywalker — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:40:33 +0000

Oh, the holy terror inspired by St Nicolas and his evil sidekick in our house. It has been a treat. Here he is “Père Fouettard” (whipping father), which just says it all. I have been rather enjoying his reign of terror and am sad it has ended without coal, kicking, potatoes, or being put in a sack. Dammit.

Look!

http://belgianwaffling.blogspot.com/2008/11/sandy-claws.html

Ps – I vote for the moth verse. Sublime. Snakka snakka indeed.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:21:44 +0000

Yeah, there is thing where sometimes babies get a skin reaction from rice cereal, but don’t actually have a rice allergy, so in the future you might want to think about just trying to give her regular brown or white rice, steamed and stuck in a baby food grinder.

I know that everyone in NA is wedded to the whole baby cereal thing, one food at a time etc, but really, we are the only people on the planet who do it that way, and surprise, we have more allergies than any other places around the world.

Give her some veggies from the blender, maybe some beans or meat like I just did with mine. If you are concerned about iron, then grind up some beets.

I’m betting she’ll be just fine regardless.

By: Abby Schrader

Abby Schrader — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:12:15 +0000

Rice allergy here, too. As you probably know already. Oy. Anyway, my assvice (ass-rice-vise?) is to be very very careful with other grains. If you try them, choose the purest ones possible from the companies with the best practices at avoiding allergens. That way you’ll have a clearer sense of what’s going. Gerber and Beechnut are a no go as far as this is concerned; email me if you want me to look around my allergy haunts for brand recommendations.

Happy St. Nick’s day. I love the man in the red suit, even though I imagine Hallie would bawl if we tried to have her pose with him.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:24:25 +0000

Please check out this swaddle technique. It saved my life for quite a while. You don’t need a huge blanket (just two normal ones) and it works like your baby has been drinking Benadryl since last Tuesday.

http://www.goddessinprogressblog.com/2007/11/uber-swaddle/

By: Sarah R

Sarah R — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:11:03 +0000

Two more verses came to mind today:

I wish I was a hippopotamus,
Oh, I wish I was a hippopotamus!
I’d swim right there beside’jer
In the muddy, muddy Niger.
Oh, I wish I was a hippopotamus.

Oh, I wish I was a little kitty cat.
Oh, I wish I was a little kitty cat.
I’d bring you all my mice,
‘Cos I think you’re awfully nice!
Oh, I wish I was a little kitty cat.

At this point I had to stop because my brother was threatening to throw me out of the car.

By: liza

liza — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:53:05 +0000

Question — how do you find time to exercise with a baby who won’t nap much (unless Simone’s sleep has improved and you haven’t mentioned it)? My almost five-month-old is a catnapper at BEST, and she’s old enough now that I can’t use the “I just had a baby excuse” any more to explain why none of my pants fit! I added the 30-day shred to my Netflix queue but am wondering when on earth I’ll be able to do it.

By: Kate(BeeInTheBonnet)

Kate(BeeInTheBonnet) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:25:17 +0000

Sinterclaus! My husband is from the borderlands between Germany and the Netherlands and used to teach dutch at a university while he was finishing his PhD. The head of the department made him wear a St. Nicolaus costume to class on the 5th (or the class day closest to it), with the full miter and robes and everything. He always complained about how embarrassing it was, but now he sighs wistfully when he remembers it.

And there’s a little line-drawing game (it’s like a house shape with an x and you say a syllable for each line you draw, and the idea is to be able to draw the shape without picking up your pencil) for christmas that his mom taught him, and he’s been chanting it for days now- Das is das haus von Ni-co-laus. Over and over. For days now. I am glad that today is the day and I will hopefully get a reprieve…

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:22:40 +0000

Schmutzli reminded me of David Sedaris’ take on Holland’s St. Nicholas: http://people.cornell.edu/pages/bs16/Christmas/6_to_8_black_men.txt

Good stuff.

By: Lily

Lily — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:02:28 +0000

Here in Germany it’s Knecht Rupprecht coming with St. Nicolaus. He’s all black and furious and is supposed to put the bad kids into his sack to take them away with him. Nicolaus carries a golden book where all the good and bad behaviour of the children are written into. Good kids will get their candy, and for the bad, well, there’s always Rupprecht…