Putting Emmett to work
Um, when did Emmett turn into Legolas, and why are you forcing your two children to indulge in pipe weed?
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2007 6:03:27 pm PST #162 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
sarameg - Jan 04, 2007 6:03:43 pm PST #163 of 10001
Also? While more laundry intensive than pullups, waterproof matress covers have improved immeasurably since I was a kid (which I remember like sleeping on a trash bag.)
It'll improve. It's probably mostly adjustment. Plus your devil toilet (I'm sorry!)
sarameg - Jan 04, 2007 6:08:05 pm PST #164 of 10001
A block of street (Abermarle?) in Little Italy here in B'more is being renamed Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi . A mouthful, but still. This town is proud of its operators.
msbelle - Jan 04, 2007 6:10:11 pm PST #165 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
we have a waterproof mattress pad, but still that is 5 sets of sheets I'd have to wash a week and I can't do a load on a week day - so no. it is gonna be some combo of wake up and pull-ups.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 04, 2007 6:10:11 pm PST #166 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Walgreens has some handy rubber mattress covers for reasonable prices if you want to hedge your bets and make sure nothing gets wet below the sheets.
I'd forgotten how handy George Foreman grills are—just experimented with some olive oil, Grand Marnier, and the seafood rub Maria gave me last Christmas as a marinade for salmon skewers. I like being able to field a good restaurant quality entree for $3.
sarameg - Jan 04, 2007 6:13:52 pm PST #167 of 10001
Want me to send sheets? (I'm only kinda kidding. It's a challenge I really can't quite envision coping with.)
msbelle - Jan 04, 2007 6:16:18 pm PST #168 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
nope. I have enough sheets. Not the willingness to deal with that as my reality. thanks though.
DavidS - Jan 04, 2007 6:29:39 pm PST #169 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pull-ups are your friend, msbelle. Why you wanna get up at 2am to wake him up? He doesn't need to be changed in the pull-up until the morning. They wick the pee away from his skin. You got enough adjustments now without trying to fix bedwetting in a week. It could take months. (Easily.)
Aren't the pullups keeping it off the sheets? Throw a towel down on top of the sheet. Also, no drinking after 7!
Um, when did Emmett turn into Legolas,
He missed a couple haircuts and then grew about two feet taller. He shows no aptitude with archery. Yet.
and why are you forcing your two children to indulge in pipe weed?
Just the baby! And if she'd quit crying we'd wean her off.
Liese S. - Jan 04, 2007 6:35:13 pm PST #170 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
When the SO broke his arm falling in the tub some years ago, it was such a bad break that the doctor told him if he hadn't used his arm to break his fall he'd be dead.
We were doing a camp, and we hadn't had water for half the week. We finally trucked some in, and we were trying to conserve it. So I'd hurried my shower and I think I'd left a good bit of shampoo (soft water) in the shower. He slipped getting out of the tub. It was awful. But thank goodness he hadn't hit his head.
Cashmere - Jan 04, 2007 6:35:35 pm PST #171 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Not the willingness to deal with that as my reality. thanks though.
Been there. It'll improve. First thing I've learned as a parent has been that as bad as any one stage is--it eventually ends.
I'm just hoping our current, let's stick things in electrical appliances stage ends before one of us gets electrocuted. I'd volunteer to come over and do msbelle's laundry. But I'd need someone to come over and run the asylum for me.
Ooooh, Coal Miner's Daughter is on WE.