BWAHAHAHAHA!

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Em fell out of our bed this morning. Big red lump on her head.

Raq, how's your babyfood making?

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Well, at least Biloxi/Gulfport isn't below sea level - AFAIK.

If it is, it still isn't as low down as NOLA, which I read last night/this morning is second only to Death Valley in elevation (or lack thereof, I guess).

Oh, damn. Truth to tell, that's what made me question this, but I just can't imagine that I wouldn't have noticed a tick (which I just realized I was misspelling) on my arm, below my elbow. Hmmm.

For what it's worth, I don't think Scott's tick bite itched. He never did see the tick, though. It was right at the crease where the thigh meets the trunk--the groin area, I guess, but more front and center, than gooliewards. We did see the bump and the spreading redness.

Can you take antihistimines? If you're not inclined to call a doctor yet, I'd say take an antihistimine, and if you have any cortisone around, slather some on the bite, and see what happens. If it starts to look worse though, don't mess around, or I'll take all the cake.

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Leif fell out of his bed Saturday. Lots of crying, but no bumps or lumps. I don't think he even remembers it happening.

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Poor Em!

Baby food making, round one, went pretty well actually. It took longer to stew the fruits than I expected (and a bit more water), but all in all it was a success.

I fed Mallory some of the pears today, in fact, as The Troubles returned after a brief respite. He gummed a bite of them and gave me this look like, "Um, Mom, I don't know how to tell you this, but the rice has gone off."

Just heard from the friend who rode it out in NOLA. She's fine, and going home to check out the damage (she stayed in a hotel). She did clarify why I don't watch the news:

I heard some really moronic discussions on cable news yesterday,

including an anchor and a reporter openly speculating if a group of dolphins transplanted from an outdoor animal park to a hotel swimming pool were breathing fresh or salt water in the pool.

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Glad to hear it's going well. I have dried apricots and plums I need to stew. I might do that next Sunday - I've made Sunday my baby food making day. Last night I did:

lentils and carrots
corn and peas
peaches, pears, and bananas
blueberries, strawberries, bananas and mixed cereal.

Tonight I'm going to do mixed veggies (corn, carrots and peas) and turkey, noodles and green beans and plain green beans. I've discovered that putting some free range, organic, sodium free, half-caf, with a twist chicken broth in the veggies and dinners gives them a bit of a taste. Also a bit of onion.

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Hmm. Maybe I should start Lily out on futons, to prevent the falling out of bed thing.

(Hell, I'm considering going back to the things, once we can replace this mattress.)

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Aimee's Gourmet Baby Chow!

I just did fruits to test how well the made food froze. I hope I can take advantage of harvest season and store some for months from now. Are you making up recipes or do you have a source?

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Are you making up recipes or do you have a source?

Mostly making them up. I got a few guidelines from some website - I don't remember which, but mostly, I'm going from "If I'd eat it, she'll eat" and just leaving out the spices and salt. Also, I get ideas from the organic baby food in jars. I'm also going to try spaghetti. I'll get a jar of the plainest, most organic sauce I can and boil up some noodles and puree away.

Aimee's Gourmet Baby Chow!

I like it! I keep making "Country Baby" commercials in my head whenever I make the baby food.

Also, I've been finding that it takes up to 2 days for the food to completely freeze totally solid all the way through, but I'm making a thicker consistency food than you are probably.

Also, Em stood for about 15 seconds on her own yesterday.

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Also, I get ideas from the organic baby food in jars. I'm also going to try spaghetti. I'll get a jar of the plainest, most organic sauce I can and boil up some noodles and puree away.

She's about 9 months old now, right? You could give her Pastina (tiny soup pasta) and not have to puree it, I think. I'm pretty sure I was feeding my kids Pastina by that age, but it all mushes together in my brain.

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