As a reminder - if you'd like to continue reading add jesabes.blogspot.com to your feed reader. You probably received the first post from that URL with your existing subscription and thought everything was good, but when I restored mammablogs.blogspot it cut off the new feed. Sorry for the confusion!!
If you normally go straight to this site, head on over here and check out the new one! (Spoiler, it's exactly the same, but that's where the new posts will be.)
Edited to add...I don't know what the heck is up. I published this and it seemed to pull all the new posts into my feed reader as well. Since I won't be publishing here anymore, I wouldn't count on it continuing to do that.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
New URL
Hmm. That didn't work as well as I thought. The blog is now at jesabes.blogspot.com. Blogger SAID everything would move over (including subscriptions), but the new blog isn't showing up in my feed reader. Just a bunch of old posts that still go to this URL (sorry 'bout that). Probably because I republished this URL after switching everything over.
ANYWAY. I guess this will have to be done the old-fashioned way! If you'd like to continue reading Jesabes, add jesabes.blogspot.com to your feed reader. Thanks:)
I'm hopefully going to a dot com address soon, but I'm pretty sure both .com and .blogspot.com will work after I do that - I decided to stay with blogger for now instead of going to Typepad or Wordpress.
ANYWAY. I guess this will have to be done the old-fashioned way! If you'd like to continue reading Jesabes, add jesabes.blogspot.com to your feed reader. Thanks:)
I'm hopefully going to a dot com address soon, but I'm pretty sure both .com and .blogspot.com will work after I do that - I decided to stay with blogger for now instead of going to Typepad or Wordpress.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Timing is everything
Paul woke up this morning (IN HIS CRIB) (!!) with his eyelashes coated in green gunk. Pink eye is BACK! At least it explained why my eyes were so dry and itchy yesterday. (Because of course I have it, too.)
Last time Paul had pink eye I waited to see if it would clear up on its own, then treated, then got yelled at two weeks later at his six month checkup because it had been caused by an underlying ear infection. So this time I went to the doctor immediately. Where they told me there was nothing wrong with him. The doctor didn't even believe he has pink eye. "Sometimes if kids have a little congestion, they get goopy eyes." HAHAHA. Neither Paul or I have especially red eyes yet, but I unfortunately know exactly what pink eye feels like and this is it. I just took him in too soon. I almost asked her to look more closely at his ears. She barely peeked! She did write a prescription for eye drops, but told me not to use it unless his eyes get worse. I just hope we're not back in a couple days with an ear infection for real.
How do I always end up taking kids to the doctor too soon or too late? Does an exactly right time even exist?
Last time Paul had pink eye I waited to see if it would clear up on its own, then treated, then got yelled at two weeks later at his six month checkup because it had been caused by an underlying ear infection. So this time I went to the doctor immediately. Where they told me there was nothing wrong with him. The doctor didn't even believe he has pink eye. "Sometimes if kids have a little congestion, they get goopy eyes." HAHAHA. Neither Paul or I have especially red eyes yet, but I unfortunately know exactly what pink eye feels like and this is it. I just took him in too soon. I almost asked her to look more closely at his ears. She barely peeked! She did write a prescription for eye drops, but told me not to use it unless his eyes get worse. I just hope we're not back in a couple days with an ear infection for real.
How do I always end up taking kids to the doctor too soon or too late? Does an exactly right time even exist?
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| Also, who is this big kid and what did he do with my baby boy? |
Monday, January 30, 2012
Have I mentioned my husband HATES Ryan Gosling?
I was in a fantastic mood this morning for some reason. We didn’t sleep very well last night (will we EVER AGAIN?), but I was apparently woken in the sweet spot of my sleep cycle so felt perfectly fine. I showered (which doesn’t happen every morning!), did my hair, full makeup, started a load of laundry, and left the house feeling good about myself. I thought about how wonderful the internet was. I was wearing my beloved boots, which I never would have known about if Sundry hadn’t mentioned them. I had my scarf tied a different way, learned from the internet. I had fancy sunglasses purchased at Marshalls, which I never would have went to if –R– hadn’t mentioned it (pushed up into my hair because it was still dark out, but I was accessorizing, OK?) and I was wearing seven (7!) Birchbox products. Also my new coat (which I love) was purchased from Kohl’s online Thanksgiving day sale, which I wouldn’t have known about if not for Julie tweeting about it.
Then I read all these heavy blog posts and got into a stupid argument on Twitter and ended up feeling fat and depressed. The Twitter thing is still really bothering me, too, because I want to clarify a lot of what I said so I don’t sound so dumb, but at this point it would be beating a dead horse and 140 characters isn’t enough space anyway.
But! I’m off to get lunch and eat it outside because it is supposed to be almost 60 (!!) degrees today. Does anybody have any LIGHT and FUN blog posts I can read? I’m seriously considering sticking to DYAC only. And Handmade Ryan Gosling, of course. He’ll cheer me up, right?
Then I read all these heavy blog posts and got into a stupid argument on Twitter and ended up feeling fat and depressed. The Twitter thing is still really bothering me, too, because I want to clarify a lot of what I said so I don’t sound so dumb, but at this point it would be beating a dead horse and 140 characters isn’t enough space anyway.
But! I’m off to get lunch and eat it outside because it is supposed to be almost 60 (!!) degrees today. Does anybody have any LIGHT and FUN blog posts I can read? I’m seriously considering sticking to DYAC only. And Handmade Ryan Gosling, of course. He’ll cheer me up, right?
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Valentine's Day Cards (sponsored post)
I rarely do sponsored posts, but oh I love Tiny Prints. Not only do I love all their cards (including my Christmas cards!), I'm excited they're offering Valentine's Day Greeting Cards. I'm pretty much a fan of anything I can order from my couch instead of dragging myself off to the store. Last year I didn't bother and Meg ended up being the only kid who didn't bring Valentines to daycare (she was twenty months old! Do 20-month-olds NEED Valentines? I'm not saying it's wrong or anything - it could even be fun-, just unnessary.) Luckily, she had no idea.
This year, though, I'm sure she'd definitely know if other kids brought Valentines and she didn't. Especially because Valentine's Day is on a Tuesday, which is her normal daycare day. (How do I know it's a Tuesday? Because today I scheduled a 2 hour dental appointment to get a crown. On Valentine's Day. SEXY!)
I looked through the Tiny Prints Valentine Cards and was trying to decide between these two...
...When I discovered they had Dora cards. I showed Meg and she was VERY excited. She's going to be disappointed when she can't bring the cards this coming Tuesday and has to wait a week.
(Tiny Prints is giving me 50 Classroom Valentine's cards for writing this post)
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Teeth
Did you read Arwen’s post on teething this weekend? She had good timing, because I’ve been trying to remind myself I need to note somewhere Paul cut his first tooth last Wednesday (January 19th). For reference, he turned 7 months yesterday (January 23rd). With Meg, I had a little “first year” calendar with milestone stickers. I hope I wrote down when she got her first tooth! (Or maybe it’s on the blog? I started it when she was…let’s see…8 months, so probably not.)
Teething in babies has always annoyed me, because there’s no way to know if it’s actually the cause of discomfort. If they’re super cranky, then cut a tooth, who knows if that was the cause? If Tylenol helps, who’s to say they weren’t mildly ill and in pain somewhere other than their mouth? What if they have teething pain AND are cranky from a wonder week/developmental leap/ear infection/pink eye?
Per Arwen, her doctor said “studies have found that parents often attribute symptoms to teething when their children are not actually cutting teeth. He hypothesized the symptoms are probably caused by developmental leaps or by mild viral infections.”
I agree teething is overused as an explanation for cranky/drooling/chewing babies. I don’t, however, think teething is never the cause of discomfort. Sure, most of the time someone says “that baby must be teething!” something else is actually going on. But, like I said in my comment (verbatim), Paul really seems like his gums hurt. Chewing on teething rings helps a lot, as does Tylenol, so I think there's got to be something going on with his gums. Also, I've always thought teething pain doesn't necessarily correlate to when the teeth break though - just when they're moving through the gums.
Some commenters essentially said they remember pain associated with teeth coming in and/or their older children have complained of mouth pain as they got molars, but the pain wasn’t necessarily the worst (or even present) at the time the teeth broke through the gums. I don’t remember having any pain either with wisdom teeth or molars. It makes me very curious as to whether my teeth hurt as a baby. Of course, sometimes my gums hurt “for no reason” and I forget about it when it goes away. Does that happen to you? I know they hurt like crazy when I had braces/headgear and have always assumed that’s what babies felt. (Which means I felt really really bad for them.) Just talking about braces makes my mouth ache. It does make more sense, though, to compare teething as a baby to getting my wisdom teeth as opposed to braces. I wonder if some babies never have tooth-related pain?
Teething in babies has always annoyed me, because there’s no way to know if it’s actually the cause of discomfort. If they’re super cranky, then cut a tooth, who knows if that was the cause? If Tylenol helps, who’s to say they weren’t mildly ill and in pain somewhere other than their mouth? What if they have teething pain AND are cranky from a wonder week/developmental leap/ear infection/pink eye?
Per Arwen, her doctor said “studies have found that parents often attribute symptoms to teething when their children are not actually cutting teeth. He hypothesized the symptoms are probably caused by developmental leaps or by mild viral infections.”
I agree teething is overused as an explanation for cranky/drooling/chewing babies. I don’t, however, think teething is never the cause of discomfort. Sure, most of the time someone says “that baby must be teething!” something else is actually going on. But, like I said in my comment (verbatim), Paul really seems like his gums hurt. Chewing on teething rings helps a lot, as does Tylenol, so I think there's got to be something going on with his gums. Also, I've always thought teething pain doesn't necessarily correlate to when the teeth break though - just when they're moving through the gums.
Some commenters essentially said they remember pain associated with teeth coming in and/or their older children have complained of mouth pain as they got molars, but the pain wasn’t necessarily the worst (or even present) at the time the teeth broke through the gums. I don’t remember having any pain either with wisdom teeth or molars. It makes me very curious as to whether my teeth hurt as a baby. Of course, sometimes my gums hurt “for no reason” and I forget about it when it goes away. Does that happen to you? I know they hurt like crazy when I had braces/headgear and have always assumed that’s what babies felt. (Which means I felt really really bad for them.) Just talking about braces makes my mouth ache. It does make more sense, though, to compare teething as a baby to getting my wisdom teeth as opposed to braces. I wonder if some babies never have tooth-related pain?
Monday, January 23, 2012
Books
I set a goal of reading 100 books in 2012. I joined Goodreads last year when Paul was born, because I figured I’d read a lot of books on maternity leave and that my brain would be so shot I wouldn’t be able to remember which ones. I was right on both counts. Per my account, I read 66 books after he was born roughly halfway through the year (June 23). I had a hard time translating that to a goal for this year. I would like to read that much, but being back at work makes it hard. I do read three times a day when I pump, which adds up pretty fast, so when I stop pumping at work my reading time will go down even further. I have a feeling 100 books is going to be a stretch. Apparently I’m already 2 books behind (way to be encouraging, Goodreads).
It seems all the books I read now come from recommendations. When someone mentions they liked a book, I almost always add it to my library hold list. It’s great, but the books are often not the kind I’d usually pick out (also I'm having a terrible time keeping up with my holds!). While I enjoy them, I miss reading suspenses/mysteries. I just read The Snowman (which Holly recommended) and loved it. I finished it in two days. Two WORKDAYS. Do you have any mystery/suspense recommendations?
It seems all the books I read now come from recommendations. When someone mentions they liked a book, I almost always add it to my library hold list. It’s great, but the books are often not the kind I’d usually pick out (also I'm having a terrible time keeping up with my holds!). While I enjoy them, I miss reading suspenses/mysteries. I just read The Snowman (which Holly recommended) and loved it. I finished it in two days. Two WORKDAYS. Do you have any mystery/suspense recommendations?
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