http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AO9FZ20081125?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
Melamine is what was found in all that pet food that killed a ton of pets, and what has been
found in the formula in China that's made thousands of children fall ill and several have died.
I just LOVE that they say there's absolutely no risk.
It doesn't matter HOW much it is! It SHOULDN'T be in there in the first place!!!!!
I just love how the FDA was all "no amount is safe" when it was China only, but now that it's in the US formula, traces amounts are just fine.
The FDA has been such a joke lately. Last time it was the BPA that they were saying "Oh yeah, it's safe, no problem." And now this.
Just another reason I'm glad I breastfeed Jessi.
But some mom's aren't as lucky to get to. And some babies aren't as lucky as to get breastmilk, for whatever reason.
Anyways, Big BOO on the FDA!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I'm glad Mom & Dad are coming....
Because then if Sara goes into labor this weekend, I'll have a babysitter. :D Hehe.
(Sara's asked me If I'd go with them to the hospital if she goes into labor before her mom comes.
Woo hoo! :D )
(Sara's asked me If I'd go with them to the hospital if she goes into labor before her mom comes.
Woo hoo! :D )
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Motrin and babywearing
I love babywearing. Very much. Infact, I'm pretty sure it saved my life a time or two. ;)
Forget the fact that it makes for a great bonding experiance for mother and baby, forget that it can help a newborn adjust to being "out in the wild" the first little while easier (It will feel more like they're still in the belly), That it reduces infant crying, That it's good for babies mental & emotional development, That it can promote healthy digestion (Carrying an infant upright massasages the abdomen). These are all proven facts and there's so many more.
Forget about those. It's all about the lazy mom. I am a proud lazy mom. I wore/wear my baby so I don't have to carry her around when she's fussy and wants to be held. I wear her so I can have my hands free to do other stuff. I wore her because it was much easier to breastfeed in public if she was in a carrier. (Breastfeeding is another lazy mom trait. I was too lazy to get up in the middle of the night , to get up from my book or from relaxing to get a bottle. )
Well, maybe those first reasons also played into me wanting to wear my baby. Fact is, it's just better all around!
So yesterday I found out that Motrin came out with a new ad targeting babywearing moms.
There was such a firestorm about it, they took the ad down, but you can see it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmykFKjNpdY
And the statement from motrin after: https://www.motrin.com/
I'm sorry, but it's a horrible ad. If you find the right kind of carrier for you and wear it right, there's not going to be pain. Maybe after (quite) awhile, the baby will feel heavy. But you shouldn't feel pain - from wearing your baby.
And saying that mom's wear their baby's because it makes them look cool, or they think it makes them real moms??? Whatever.
Show a mom carrying her baby around all day in her arms or in the carseat.. That will give you some pain!
Anyways, here's a funny "alternative" ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpqpAGLS2t4
And a few pictures of me (and Wade) wearing my baby ;) (Ok... so maybe you can't see *me* in alll of them.. :D)
Forget the fact that it makes for a great bonding experiance for mother and baby, forget that it can help a newborn adjust to being "out in the wild" the first little while easier (It will feel more like they're still in the belly), That it reduces infant crying, That it's good for babies mental & emotional development, That it can promote healthy digestion (Carrying an infant upright massasages the abdomen). These are all proven facts and there's so many more.
Forget about those. It's all about the lazy mom. I am a proud lazy mom. I wore/wear my baby so I don't have to carry her around when she's fussy and wants to be held. I wear her so I can have my hands free to do other stuff. I wore her because it was much easier to breastfeed in public if she was in a carrier. (Breastfeeding is another lazy mom trait. I was too lazy to get up in the middle of the night , to get up from my book or from relaxing to get a bottle. )
Well, maybe those first reasons also played into me wanting to wear my baby. Fact is, it's just better all around!
So yesterday I found out that Motrin came out with a new ad targeting babywearing moms.
There was such a firestorm about it, they took the ad down, but you can see it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmykFKjNpdY
And the statement from motrin after: https://www.motrin.com/
I'm sorry, but it's a horrible ad. If you find the right kind of carrier for you and wear it right, there's not going to be pain. Maybe after (quite) awhile, the baby will feel heavy. But you shouldn't feel pain - from wearing your baby.
And saying that mom's wear their baby's because it makes them look cool, or they think it makes them real moms??? Whatever.
Show a mom carrying her baby around all day in her arms or in the carseat.. That will give you some pain!
Anyways, here's a funny "alternative" ad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpqpAGLS2t4
And a few pictures of me (and Wade) wearing my baby ;) (Ok... so maybe you can't see *me* in alll of them.. :D)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The things we eat
So as everybody knows, I’m somebody who’s pretty concerned with what’s in the stuff we eat.
Wade & I try to get the best stuff possible for our budget when we go grocery shopping. Luckly, we have a great grocery store here that carries a lot of all natural/organic stuff for a reasonable price.
But the hard part is, especially when you’re on a budget, how to know what stuff is the most "important" to try to get naturally.
Ideally, we’d love to get everything. But that’s just not possible for us when a lot of this stuff is more expensive than the pesticide, chemical full stuff.
I found a good list that shows fruits and veggies ranked from the most pesticide used, to the least. That’s kind of showed us what’s more important to get than other stuff, especially when it comes to stuff that Jessi eats.
You can find it here: http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php
And that's all for today because I don't have any pictures ;)
Wade & I try to get the best stuff possible for our budget when we go grocery shopping. Luckly, we have a great grocery store here that carries a lot of all natural/organic stuff for a reasonable price.
But the hard part is, especially when you’re on a budget, how to know what stuff is the most "important" to try to get naturally.
Ideally, we’d love to get everything. But that’s just not possible for us when a lot of this stuff is more expensive than the pesticide, chemical full stuff.
I found a good list that shows fruits and veggies ranked from the most pesticide used, to the least. That’s kind of showed us what’s more important to get than other stuff, especially when it comes to stuff that Jessi eats.
You can find it here: http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php
And that's all for today because I don't have any pictures ;)
Friday, November 14, 2008
Diapers.....
If anybody who reads this happens to be intrested, I have 5 diapers I'd like to sell.
3 Blueberry AIO side snap, size Medium. No stains, they're pretty much in like new condition. Jessi was on the edge of outgrowing these when we got them.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Lynisha sent this to me in an email. It says you should pass it on. So instead of passing it on, I'm putting it on here. :)
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees.. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a crche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking. Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'
In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully, Ben Stein
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees.. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a crche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking. Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'
In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet? Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully, Ben Stein
Monday, November 10, 2008
Expecting a BABY!!!
Jon and Sara are, that is! :D
We had Sara's baby shower on Saturday. It turned out pretty fun and we (barely) had enough room for everyone!
The invites:
The cake:
Sara opening gifts:
She's planning on using cloth diapers too, so I had these made for her from Butterfly Bunz ~ They're SO super soft and adorable! (Those are Jessi's little hands.. she wanted them!)
Back: (The green one says "Funky Monkey")
The gorgeous Mama:
We had Sara's baby shower on Saturday. It turned out pretty fun and we (barely) had enough room for everyone!
The invites:
The cake:
Sara opening gifts:
She's planning on using cloth diapers too, so I had these made for her from Butterfly Bunz ~ They're SO super soft and adorable! (Those are Jessi's little hands.. she wanted them!)
Back: (The green one says "Funky Monkey")
The gorgeous Mama:
We thought THIS was very funny. We were trying to get a good picture of the 3 of us (Sara, Amy & I) and Amy figured she could put the timer on her camera because the whole holding it in front of us thing wasn't working.
Sara, Tired of pictures:
And the night before the shower. She wanted something cold for the swelling in her feet.
This was all I had!
Sara got a ton of awsome stuff. Now all we need is the new Baby!!
We can't wait to meet him/her.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
GO BIG RED!!
WOO HOO!! We beat Kansas! 45-35 ~ Get ready to go bowling!! (after we beat Kansas Sate and
Colorado that is!)
IN BO WE BELIEVE
ONE STATE, UNDER TOM
INDIVISIBLE IN FAITH
WITH BELIEF IN HARD WORK
HONESTY AND THE WALK ON
TRADITION!!!
MAY THE OPTION LIVE FOREVER!!
IN BO WE BELIEVE
ONE STATE, UNDER TOM
INDIVISIBLE IN FAITH
WITH BELIEF IN HARD WORK
HONESTY AND THE WALK ON
TRADITION!!!
MAY THE OPTION LIVE FOREVER!!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Monkey Farts!!!
I'm so excited! I got my Crunchy Clean laundry detergent yesterday!
It's from a lady that makes and sells it. It really is crunchy clean, great for people that are looking for some good natural stuff. It's very reasonably priced too.
They have a regular version and a cloth diaper version, so I got the stuff
for cloth diapers and when we run out of our other stuff, I want to get the regular
kind.
The neat thing is that they sent it with 100% Essential Oils.
The sent I choose is called Monkey Farts! It smells FABULOUS! Nothing at all like my little monkeys farts! I opened the mail box yesterday and right away I knew it was in there because I could smell it! It's not an overwhelming smell though.
I washed Jessi's diapers in it last night and even after just one wash I noticed a difference! They just feel so much better. The smell also doesn't stay on them.
But it sure works good for making your laundry room smell awsome!
You can check it out here: CRUNCHY CLEAN
It's from a lady that makes and sells it. It really is crunchy clean, great for people that are looking for some good natural stuff. It's very reasonably priced too.
They have a regular version and a cloth diaper version, so I got the stuff
for cloth diapers and when we run out of our other stuff, I want to get the regular
kind.
The neat thing is that they sent it with 100% Essential Oils.
The sent I choose is called Monkey Farts! It smells FABULOUS! Nothing at all like my little monkeys farts! I opened the mail box yesterday and right away I knew it was in there because I could smell it! It's not an overwhelming smell though.
I washed Jessi's diapers in it last night and even after just one wash I noticed a difference! They just feel so much better. The smell also doesn't stay on them.
But it sure works good for making your laundry room smell awsome!
You can check it out here: CRUNCHY CLEAN
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Lets try this again!
Well, something went wrong with our other blog, so I just made a new one!
I didn't want to, but it was getting too frustrating trying to figure out how
to get it fixed.
Wade foud out yesterday that he has Pneumonia.
So now I have 2 baby's to take care of.
I didn't want to, but it was getting too frustrating trying to figure out how
to get it fixed.
Wade foud out yesterday that he has Pneumonia.
So now I have 2 baby's to take care of.
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