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Another Recipe
Flounder is a mild whitefish, like tilapia only with a little more flavor. It was on sale this week at Kroger and so I decided to experiment and it worked out quite well. I ended up going with panko breadcrumbs instead of standard because of their shape -- they tend to make the breading a little crispier which I like on pan-fried fish.
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PSA: Tagless Onesies May Cause Chemical Burns
This is for all of my parent-friends and soon-to-be parent friends (and anyone planning on buying baby clothes in the near future).
Per the consumer watch website Z Recommends, it looks like several brands of infant clothes with silk-screened "tags" on their onesies and shirts have chemicals in them that can irritate the skin, and, if left untreated ( Read more... ) -
Bills, Bills, Bills
Minor reason why I'm glad I went with a (mostly) natural birth: Epidurals (per TheNest.com) generally run around $1000; my stadol was only $150. Granted, all of this is before the insurance kicks in, but still. We're probably going to owe the hospital around $600, but considering the total before the insurance kicked in was around $8,000, that's ( Read more... ) -
Random Thoughts While Noah Naps
1. Dear moms on TheNest.com who all have put their 2 month olds on a daily nighttime schedule of bath-bottle-book-bed: I think you are crazy. Reading to your kids is great, but at 2 months old, I don't really think they care. Also, babies do not get that dirty, and thus do not need a bath every day. In fact, you may be drying out their skin *more* ( Read more... ) -
Our Top Ten
Things we are grateful for these first two weeks of new parenthood:
1. An extremely mellow baby
2. Good friends and family
3. Our Boppy pillow
4. My co-worker who lent us her Co-Sleeper
5. The Co-Sleeper
6. Living in an age where altodescant can work from home
7. Digital photography for super cute baby photos whenever I want
8. The Diaper Champ9. ( Read more... ) -
Noah's Birth Day
I thought I should document this before I forget, so I can look back on it later. Details of the birth below the cut.
( Noah's Birth Story ) -
Quick Baby Update
I am being induced bright and early tomorrow morning due to a diagnosis of preeclampsia.
Pictures and the official announcement should be up sometime over the weekend. :o) -
Moving, Baby and New Computer! Oh My!
We have successfully moved into our new place, and most stuff has been unpacked, just have a few extra boxes of decorations that need to be put up and some office stuff that we have to figure out where to store since what would have been our office is now Speck's Room.
Speaking of, nursery pictures are below the cut.
( Nursery Pictures )
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