Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.

Ben ,'The Killer In Me'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


brenda m - Jun 06, 2007 5:14:01 pm PDT #1533 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Full-time work or work full time.

ION, would somebody please tell the local young professionals for Obama outfit to stop calling themselves "Generation B.O."?


beth b - Jun 06, 2007 5:14:02 pm PDT #1534 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I'm glad there is a plan, ita.

I've read one of Lee Child's books, and I plan to read more.

Currently I am trying to convince myself that I should have something other than strawberries for dinner.


DavidS - Jun 06, 2007 5:14:29 pm PDT #1535 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

1. Baby pajamas. Seriously? All they do is sleep. They need special clothes for sleeping?

Heh. That's all newborns and preemies do.

As they get bigger you might want to put them into some of those display outfits, though frankly there's something to be said about long sleeved footie pajamas all day.


Kat - Jun 06, 2007 5:17:27 pm PDT #1536 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Yoiks! Cash, that scares me because that's my future. As bad as things seem right now, at least they aren't completely mobile.

The maternity wing is a locked unit at the hospital. It's to prevent baby theft, which makes sense. I'm really good about calling the NICU to get in but people always want to come in when all of the signs say, basically, that each group must call.

I often want to make a snide remark about the fact that I always call and there is exactly zero chance that anyone is snatching my kids because they come with durable medical equipment and by the time you get the vent, the oxygen machine, the infusers and all of the meds, you won't be able to wheel out my kids. So the locked ward-ness? More for the safety of the sausage babies that most those people are visiting and would want to protect.


Kat - Jun 06, 2007 5:18:58 pm PDT #1537 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Footie pjs are a pain in the ass, though. I try not to dress either of them in the footie ones because they have a pulse oximeter on one foot and get blood gases drawn from the other.

Frankly, I am in my pjs all day when I'm at home.


P.M. Marc - Jun 06, 2007 5:20:21 pm PDT #1538 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Kat, you crack me up.

As they get bigger you might want to put them into some of those display outfits, though frankly there's something to be said about long sleeved footie pajamas all day.

When Lillian was little, she lived in plain white Onesies and occasionally jeans when I wanted to tell people her drag king name was Liam.

Footie PJs didn't enter into things much until it got cooler. They're too much of a pain for diaper changes, and I'm lazy.


DavidS - Jun 06, 2007 5:22:06 pm PDT #1539 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Footie PJs didn't enter into things much until it got cooler.

Cooler is one of our default settings in SF. Though I expect it's similar to Seattle. But JZ and Matilda spend a fair amount of time waiting for public transit, hence outside.


sarameg - Jun 06, 2007 5:24:17 pm PDT #1540 of 10001

And K earwormed me with "The Wheels on the Bus" which is making me contemplate putting my head in the oven.

Oh man, you guys are in for it. Whether the Wiggles exist when you have toddlers or not. Nothing is as funny as my bad-ass brother humming preschool themes and then grimacing when he catches himself.

wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round

Damnit, K.

I think newborn pjs are so that parents can differentiate day from night.

Hampden is throwing down again this weekend. I think I shall seek out sushi and HON babystuff.


Jesse - Jun 06, 2007 5:26:33 pm PDT #1541 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Argh! My early bedtime was going so well, but I could not resist the Top Chef! Oh, good times. I still wish Lee Anne could be their Tim Gunn.


Kat - Jun 06, 2007 5:26:37 pm PDT #1542 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

The other thing that has been cracking me up today is the thought of Noah and his occupational therapist. I mean, for a preemie who weighs 5 lbs, what job is he really receiving therapy for? (Yes, I know. that's NOT what occupational therapy is about).