That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.

Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


Laura - Aug 03, 2007 3:59:01 pm PDT #2366 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Noah's pictures from Descanso Gardens were adorable.


DavidS - Aug 03, 2007 4:00:30 pm PDT #2367 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Tyra did not come up with fivehead!

I know but she's the one I heard it from.

I know it would not work on my face, but I want to shave my head some day.

::claps hand to mouth like the winner of the Miss America Pageant::

I think after the wedding I might go with something pixieish.

::runs around the living room in victory lap with arms flapping like Kermit::

David, she doesn't have a five-head. She has more of a seven-head.

Maybe if they did a hair transplant and lowered her hairline. A reverse Rita Hayworth.


Laura - Aug 03, 2007 4:00:46 pm PDT #2368 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Why the work world gotta be so inequitable?

Got no clue, but I say go fo da money.


Bobbi - Aug 03, 2007 4:02:06 pm PDT #2369 of 10001
Dog is my co-pilot.

Kat, given Grace's accessories, you're right--she's not high on the list for baby-snatching. That said, the NICU I work in is locked and uses lojacks. We use both precautions on all babies in our hospital no matter whether they're in the NICU, on postpartum, or in Peds. I don't think it's possible to be too careful.


Kat - Aug 03, 2007 4:02:57 pm PDT #2370 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Thanks, Laura. Next week, our big outting will be to Santa Anita Race Track early in the morning to watch them exercise the horses (which is FREE!). K is taking Wednesday off (and I'm going to work for her instead) and she's going to take him to Huntington for his weekly garden visit.


Laura - Aug 03, 2007 4:07:19 pm PDT #2371 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I love that Noah has outings now. Grace remains in my prayers that she will get to go on fun outings soon.


Kat - Aug 03, 2007 4:10:37 pm PDT #2372 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Huntington hospital's NICU felt much safer-- you had to call and talk to the receptionist and the receptionists rocked! They also sat right next to the sink and regulated handwashing.

It was more that everyone knew who you were because they took photos of all parents and had it as part of the chart. There was never any of the "who are you?" At Children's it is much looser. you can basically just buzz and they let everyone in. It doesn't make me uneasy for my kid (again, she's too hard to steal), but if I had a healthier baby it might.

Then again if I had a healthier baby, she wouldn't be there.


Bobbi - Aug 03, 2007 4:14:02 pm PDT #2373 of 10001
Dog is my co-pilot.

I'm out on the east coast, and I know NICU practices vary regionally. Different isn't necessarily better or worse. We have to do what's right for our particular area. I happen to work in a well to do suburb where faxes about suspicious women in scrubs attempting to get into baby areas in local hospitals aren't all that uncommon.


sumi - Aug 03, 2007 4:14:56 pm PDT #2374 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Masterpiece Theatre is running adaptations of all the Austen works in 2008.


Kat - Aug 03, 2007 4:17:52 pm PDT #2375 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm fascinated by NICU practices. I also imagine my experience with Noah being there for 105 days and Grace being there for 80+ days then transferred to a more intensive unit is different. I mean, if my kid was there for 8 days or less, I might feel differently or they may have done it differently.

But even in Huntington's Peds, they took photos of the baby and us then lowjacked him. It was fascinating.