I talked to TCG, and he went immediately in to fix mode, essentially are they willing to put the cats in another room and do a thorough cleaning of their house, so that we can maybe spend an hour or two there. I am not sure I am willing to ask them to do that.

2) This might be less fun, but TSG can go there, and you can hang with your family, and then meet up afterward?

I doubt that he would be willing to go without me, but that might be an option.

Going somewhere that will make you sick, BTW, is SO not an option.

Thanks.

I am not sure I am willing to ask them to do that.

I'd give them the benefit of it and ask--if they are indeed freely willing, they want you there badly enough do to what you consider too much work.

I'm simpatico, sj. Even with benadryl I was getting pretty wheezy at JZ's dad's house after two hours. And he's only got one cat and a huge place.

Deb does a good job of making her place habitable for the cat unenabled. Even before she took out the carpeting and went with the hardwood floors. I think she's extra careful about vacuuming the furniture, which is usually where I get into trouble. People will vacuum their floors for you, but the couch is where I usually get hammered with my allergies.

I'd give them the benefit of it and ask--if they are indeed freely willing, they want you there badly enough do to what you consider too much work.

I think I might have TCG do it. It is his stepmother's niece and I hardly know her at all. I feel bad asking her to do a lot of work when 1. She has young kids and that is why she wants to be home 2. I might still not be able to stay for very long.

I hate always being a problem for everyone.

Thanks for the sympathies, Hec. I try to always sit on a hardwood chair if possible and not to even touch anything like a couch.

It's way easier than I thought it would be, but I expect it would be next to impossible if you don't have your own washer/dryer.

My great great aunt Chachi gave all the new Mothers in my family three months of diaper service as a present. She was awesome.

Plei, I really admire you for using cloth diapers. Seriously.

I found out this weekend that friends are raising their (now about a year old) daughter diaper-free. Baby-girl's grandma and aunt, who told me about it, were already making enough not-in-this-lifetime faces that I didn't have to.

(Baby-girl's parents are also raw foodists, so I'm not as surprised as I might otherwise be, though really just as baffled.)

I found out this weekend that friends are raising their (now about a year old) daughter diaper-free. Baby-girl's grandma and aunt, who told me about it, were already making enough not-in-this-lifetime faces that I didn't have to.

Practicing EC?

It's roots are age-old, but man, I'm just not that good at reading my kid's potty signals, nor would I WANT to be.

I've read about diaper-free parenting. Not unless I lived outside. In the dirt. With a lot of long grass around. And the baby could sleep there.

BumGenius

Yeah, I read about it too. And I've seen it in action in a couple countries. It does not match my First World lifestyle. Just out of curiousity, I've observed Mal to see if I could tell when he is preparing to, uh, flurm, and there's no way. Not until it actually starts.

OTOH, I discovered last night while trying to take his temperature that he has sphincter control now. Lots of it. Enough for San Quentin.

Um. Sorry. TMI.

So, how 'bout them A's? Oh, right, another bad topic.