TOTALLY GEEKED!

Bonny22Pye wrote:

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It's DHs birthday. I made him a cake with lemon cream filling.

My downstairs neighbors smoke pot and the smell travels into my apartment. I'm trying to find out if there is anything I can do about it.

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 I forget - have you complained to the Landlord?

chef wrote:

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I hope you feel better, NJN.

My son is standing up now but hasn't even been crawling a month. He needs to stop growing up so fast!

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Did we ever discuss the "kitchen sink" issue?

The nurse teaching our "new parents" class told us this.

Once your child can walk, he or she will push a chair up the to kitchen sink, climb up,

put his or her left hand under the spout, and turn on the cold water.

So far so good.

BUT if someone (you?) have recently run the hot water to fill up a tea kettle or pot,

the first water that comes out of that spout could be scalding hot. 125 degrees will scald an adult, and many water heaters are set to 140 degrees or higher.

The solution is,

When you've run the hot water, EVERY TIME you should run the cold water for a few seconds before walking away.

chef wrote:

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Thanks for the tip, Ed :) Our faucets only have 1 handle so hopefully if he turns on the water, he doesn't turn it to the hot side.

What other tips and tricks do you have?

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You're probably way past this point but, here it is anyway.

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Your child will, at some point, decide that his/her job in life is to put everything in the house on the floor.

Learn to slide your feet while walking.

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Your child will, soon or already, start to pick up things you don't want handled.

My MIL said to grab it from his hand, shout "NO!" and smack his hand. Wrong.

When Spouse did this, DS then picked up the same thing, put it down, smacked his OWN hand, and shouted "NO!"

Option 2 (better) is ...

Gently take the fragile object from his hand, saying "This is Mommy's", put it back where it was,

pick up a nearby toy (there are toys within reach on the floor, aren't there?), put his toy in his hand (gently),

say "This is David's" (use his name, not the example).

STAY CALM, NEVER show him you're upset or angry, and be prepared to

do this 25 times. At least. Some kids will learn with less than 25 repetitions, some will need 100.

Stay calm, and just keep doing it.

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When your child learns to climb out of the crib, put couch cushions on the floor where s/he is landing to reduce the chance of injury.

Or lower the side, since it's not keeping the kid in anyway.

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Once your child can climb out of the crib, he or she will climb into bed with you.

You don't want them doing this every night for the rest of their lives. So ...

When you wake up and find David (use the correct name if it's not David) in your bed,

Say, "Hi, this is Mommy's bed (or Mommy and Daddy's bed). You should be sleeping in David's bed."

Gently pick him up and put him in his own bed, then go back to your own bed.

Your child will climb into bed with you maybe 12 times the first night, 8 to 12 times the second night,

maybe once or twice the third night,

then stop.

Remember, it's VERY important to NEVER get annoyed, and NEVER let them stay in your bed.

Because if you let them stay ONCE, they will have learned to keep trying until they reach your magic number, then they "win".

And if you get upset, he learns that he, in spite of his small size, is capable of controlling YOUR MOOD.

You don't want him to know that he can do that.

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Please forgive me if I'm using the wrong gender when talking about your child. I don't know him or her very well yet.

I hope you find this helpful,

Ed