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Inspiration for Moms

Jody DeVere -- Ask Patty — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:45:46 -0600

I am a single mom and took my three young kids camping and to many summer travel destinations over the years. Now they so appreciate the fun times, memories and stories we share.

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One of my biggest fears

AmberS — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:51:30 -0600

Taking a long car trip with my little ones is one of my biggest fears. Mostly because when my daughter was a baby and young toddler she screamed all the time in the car. She wouldn't even sleep, and I still carry that trauma to this day. Which is a shame, because there are a lot of places I would like to go which are just about the right distance to be reached via a long drive.

These are great tips you've given here, I'm feeling inspired. Maybe this summer I'll work up the courage to give a car trip a try. ;-)

~ Amber

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Great ideas!

Kathy333 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:30:26 -0600

We travel a lot with our two kids, both under 5. I have found that pulling out a new toy every so often REALLY works. In addition, we go out to the dollar store or Target and pick up a few new toys or items, cheap things like a dollar coloring book, some markers, etc, and hand them out in between older toys. We did this on flights when we lived cross country from family.

We also stop at a play area for lunch if we are taking an all day trip. The kids get out and run around, we eat and relax for a while, then pile back in for the afternoon - the youngest sleeps during this time, and I usually give the oldest a special treat, like a lollipop, that she doesn't usually get at home.

Thanks for the post!

Kathy

Allbusiness:Working Mothers

Mama Marathoner

Funny stuff

sugarbritches26 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:51:17 -0600

Too funny and so true. We not only baby proof, we proof for sleep-deprived parents.

Perfect,! Ruffle away.

Wilma Ham — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:25:16 -0600

Valuable observations.
Where is our *intent* in life and how do we deal with the resonsibility of what we are creating here.

Great questions you are briging up and the internet is such a fertile ground to really observe what we are doing.

Intent is something I am questioning lately.
I do agree, with what intent do I Twitter, am I just a sheep following the sheep because someone says it is what you do?

Am I blogging for attention and if 'yes' what and whose attention am I inviting?
Can I handle all that intention.

Why would I want to rake up my past via facebook or whatever. Do I have an intention to give those people the time and attention now I have contacted them or looked them up?

I so agree that ignoring your direct community for old friends or new friends on the internet could take us away from a very valuable recource right under our nose.

What do we intent when we enter internet?

I think you ruffle is perfect.

Wilma Ham

www.wilmasblog.com

I swallowed somehting myself

thelogarithm — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:27:44 -0500

I went to doctor and they had down gastroesophical reflux which I specifically told them that it was an object that someone ppoisoned me with

and So does anyone have a clue what could be small and stay in persons stomach for almost a month now.

It makes gurgling sounds all day and it was bottom of orange juice bottle that I couldnt see nor here nor hardly taste except for when it was going down my throat

Im going back to ER here very soon if I dont get better

Yeah watch your kids

What did you swallow?

blackdomesticgoddess — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:16 -0500

Thanks for the feature!

As the mom of aforementioned Mookie, who decided to become a slot machine for a day, I was so thankful that his breathing was not impeded when he made his esophagus a change purse.

However, I was horrified when I recounted the story to my friends, some suggested that I should have given him a PIECE OF BREAD?? WHAT? Ok, he's got METAL stuck in this throat so I'm going to give him something else gooey and clumpable to pack right on top of it??? Not on your life.

Sometimes it's scary what people will do. I'm like get thee to the doctor or the emergency room. And know the Heimleich manuever (sp?) for children.

PS Mookie has also put a crayon tip up his nose as well as a bead for a pillow. (the pillows were immediately given to my mother so he can shove the bead up his nose while at HER house. Also, he's smart enough to not shove it up both nostrils, but not smart enough not to do it at all.) Why? I don't know. We will never know the mind of Mookie.

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Not swallowed but shoved up the nose.

Motherbumper — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:57:26 -0500

I agree Rita, the best defense is a good offense. All small objects
are present and accounted for in this house. My daughter shoved a jewel up her nose and the doctor's exam convinced me there was nothing there. But five days later it she presented me one snot-encrusted jewel.
It worries me that her breathing could have obstructed during sleep and
while I did treat the incident with humour on my blog - OMG the
alternative could have been horrible.

Not swallowed but shoved up the nose.

Motherbumper — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:47:47 -0500

I agree Rita, the best defense is a good offense. All small objects are present and accounted for in this house. My daughter shoved a jewel up her nose and the doctor's exam convinced me there was nothing there. But five days later it she presented me one snot-encrusted jewel. It worries me that her breathing could have obstructed during sleep and while I did treat the incident with humour on my blog - OMG the alternative could have been horrible.

ewwww

Denise — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:41:04 -0500

and also, wow.

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Expandable Water Crystals

traceesioux — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:22:47 -0500

I bought these cool expandable water crystals that grow from itty bitty dust to cool marbles of slime. They are for watering plants. I thought it would be cool to let the kids watch them grow and play with them like homemade slime.

I asked if they were nontoxic.

Yesterday I put about 10 -15 in a little bowl of water and turned my head long enough for my 2 year old to gulp down around 5 of them. I'm guessing, not counting.

Only THEN did it occur to me that those crystals would expand in his stomach until they were who knows how big.

Poison Control says "this too shall pass." But, he did throw up a little red goo this morning. Hope the Mother's Day Out Teacher doesn't freak at what's in his morning diaper.

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My heart goes out to you.

Rita Arens — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:12:02 -0500

What a horrible tragedy. I know I personally will be redoubling my efforts to have only nonbreakable ornaments again this year.

Surrender, Dorothy - When I was your age, we just let them ride in the back window.

Rita Arens is a contributing editor for BlogHer -- Mommy & Family.

Hazards Around the House

lifediscourse — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:58:02 -0500

Christmas reminds me of his death and how we needed to be careful about ornaments, decorations and small trinkets that may cause children to choke themselves. Let this incident be a lesson to everybody and let his parents know that their son just did not die in vain.

Soul

"A baby is God's opinion that life should go on." - Carl
Sandburg

Sorry

Kathy333 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:49:18 -0500

The story of your nephew is so sad. I'm so sorry. I can't imagine the grief of something like that. I just wanted to tell you how sorry I was.

Kathy

Mama Marathoner

Allbusiness:Working Mothers

Shaving her self

Southerngirl — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:06:09 -0500

My 5 year old got my razor and prceeded to not only shave her legs but her chest. She then comes to me saying she is bleeding. But there are little spots of blood all over her chest and legs where she has nicked herself. She tells me she used the pink thing to rub herself with. Needless to say we used a box of bratz bandaids to try and fix that. The pink thing is now in my nightstand.

Michelle

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