I slept terribly and feel like ass warmed over today. Is it mean of me to be keeping my corner of the office freezing cold so I don't fall asleep? (It's set at 69 right now, and we've got no sun today. But if I warm it up any, I *will* be face down at my desk within the hour.)

I get help today!!! Her plane was supposed to land at 8am, I think, so she will be showing up sometime soon. It is absolutely pitiful how happy I am. I already have PILES of work ready for her.

Would someone explain to me why I am working on the assignment that's not due for another week instead of the stuff that is due tomorrow and Wednesday?

Oh, yeah. It's more fun.

Poor Dallas! I've made a mental note to check Mac & Sam today. They haven't been brushed in ages and that's usually when I do the check. Not that they're out and about anywhere besides our backyard, but it never hurts to check.

Gah. Baby haircuts are a nightmare. I took Owen to a place that specializes in kids and it did not go as smoothly as I would have liked. He cried when she started to cut so we transfered him from the funky airplane seat he was in to my lap and I ended up having to hold him tightly so he wouldn't grab the scissors and of course he cried. A lot. And I'm sure the cut's completely uneven. *sigh*

The heel just broke on my shoe. Thankfully I have another pair with me, however they are the shoes that I wear up from the parking lot and aren't reallywork appropriate.

After work I'm going to have to go shoe shopping.

Also Yahoo had an article about feeding babies and introducing new foods.

Evidentally most of the "rules" for introducing new foods or the foods to aviod/feed aren't really based in science. The new studies show that if the family has no history of food allergies it should be okay to introduce fish, peanut butter, etc to babies under 1 yr.

Also that young children/babies only like bland food isn't fact and that if the parents can add spicy, salty, seasoned food and see what the child likes. They even hinted that the wives' tale that children like whatever their mother's were eating while pregnant might be true.

They even hinted that the wives' tale that children like whatever their mother's were eating while pregnant might be true.

That just makes sense to me. They've already eaten a bunch of it after all.

The new studies show that if the family has no history of food allergies it should be okay to introduce fish, peanut butter, etc to babies under 1 yr.

The only bad thing about peanut butter (and that's besides the allergies) is that it is so sticky it can be considered a choking hazzard. I give O little bits, but not a lot and never on bread.

Fish is tricky because of bones and because of mercury. I'm paranoid about mercury levels, especially since their wee brains are developing at a rapid rate during the first year. We've only given O bits of salmon once or twice and he's never had tuna.

But yeah, a lot of the whole food thing is a huge gray area that parents have to navigate using gut instinct and some common sense.

Annabel's love for garlic fries would tend to confirm that theory.

Now I'm hungry for garlic fries. I'm going to blame Susan. *sigh*

t checks watch

It's lunch time.