1. I have two bookcases with glass doors that currently live in our solarium which is appropriately named. What can I put on the glass that would be removable to keep the books from fading ( Read more... )

I need a bag intervention. I can't seem to stop myself from buying them if they remotely conform to something I might need and are on sale. I just bought another one at IKEA because it is a vertical messenger bag (I'm back in the city! I need a larger purse!) that could also (maybe) double as a diaper bag. So really... I bought it for the baby. ( Read more... )

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This article? You don't want to read it. If you have kids, you really don't want to read it, and if you have a child still in a rear-facing carseat, you really, really don't want to read it. But you probably should anyway as long as the laws about this sort of thing get more and more restrictive ( Read more... )

I hate to sound like a boob hypochondriac, but now I think I have mastitis.

This time I actually match the photos that come up on google image search (Note: don't actually do a google image search for "mastitis" unless you think you have it. There's no point in subjecting yourself to diseased cow titties if you don't have to.)

Okay, my right foot is still retaining enough water that it is a few millimeters thicker than the left foot. This means I still can't get into 95% of my shoes. Any home remedies (or OTC meds) to drop this last smidge of water weight? It's driving me batty though at least the weather is such that I don't mind wearing sandals or the *sigh* crocs all ( Read more... )

avengerbaby is now up and running. You no longer have to check to see if the baby is here.

My mom has come and gone and was a tremendous help last week. We've been sleeping better and we're starting to get into more of a routine. Still doing supplemental formula feeding to give me a break ( Read more... )

Bottles. Pacifiers. These used to be innocent icons of babyhood. Now they're the marks of Bad Parenting ( Read more... )

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