what is this country coming to really?
the standards we have set in place are wiggity wiggity whack!! parents protect your kids!! there are some real sickos out there!
28-year-old Man Pretends To Be 13-year-old Boy on Facebook, Rapes 12-year-old.
i always hear other parents saying, “they grow so fast…” and now i know exactly what they mean.
before, i just agreed and said, “yeah i knowwwww…” while not fully understanding. i knew that my daughter, emory, grew out of her infant clothes and shoes before she even wore a lot of them, but now, i absolutely realize the true meaning of the statement. in the past two months, i’ve watched and experienced her get taller, gain weight, get smarter and her vocabulary increase.
hell, even her hair went through a growth spurt. here i thought i was going to have to give her a mohawk on her 2nd birthday. (picture angel brown – mel b’s daughter) i said to myself and a couple of friends that emory would definitely rock this look if her hair didn’t get any longer! and was well prepared to give it to her… while a bunch of other mothers and friends were shocked in disbelief that i might not go through with it. well — you all lucked out this time!
the honor of being a mom is completely and truly special… emory is so caring, watchful, and still so very curious about EVERYTHING! her vocabulary has skyrocketed… i just hope her smartness — that she got from me of course — continues throughout college! 
) i watch her sleep at night and think to myself, ” i must be the luckiest person alive“! but i guess most every mom feels that overwhelmingly unconditional love for their child.
i said all of that to say that “damn!”
now, i have to go out and buy new shoes, new clothes and new toys (more geared to her age & play level) because she’s outgrown almost everything in her closet… how did that happen? sheesh kids are expensive!!!
sandra bullock & her son — louis (6-1/2 months) — at the airport in texas…. he’s so frickin’ cute, it’s a shame!!!!
loves these little waterproof (rain) boots for kids, although they do come in adult sizes too!!! how fashionable!
Bogs ‘Classic High’ Waterproof Boot
Stretchy neoprene shaft fashions a waterproof boot designed to keep feet warm and dry. Cutout handles allow for easy pull-on wear, while the nonslip outsole provides superior traction.
this is the 3rd day and i can give you firsthand facts that let you know that there is no easy way to give a toddler eyedrops without getting caveman-like. and from reading blogs, forums and other question/answer sessions online, i now know that i’m not the only one who has had to resort to borderline childhood brutality to administer this medicine.
the closest, nicest way i’ve read is to tell the child to lie down on his back with his head in your lap, close his eyes, while you put drops in the inner corner of the eye, then tell the kid to open his eyes, and the medicine will magically go into the eye and “poof!” your problems are solved ——- WRONG!
maybe if you have a 6-year-old….
but i’m the mother of an 18-month-old… and independent little girl at that…. i can tell you why this method does not work.
# 1 – try telling/asking/demanding that the child even lay down in the first place… this is half the battle… not even mentioning laying her head in my lap! yeah right!
# 2 – close his eyes…. wow! that was easy because every time my daughter even sees this particular medicine bottle, she immediately covers her eyes and runs away… and if she doesn’t she’s fighting me over the bottle so she can go hide it!
# 3 – well… even after all that… if i manage to hold her down with her head in my lap, eyes firmly closed… and i’m dropping the drops in her eyes… except she doesn’t magically open her eyes… she’s wiping all the medicine off with her hands because she doesn’t want it!
so no, there is no “poof!”
without putting her in a headlock, locking her arms behind her head, and since i don’t have help to hold her down…
the only method/problem that is feasible enough to work is the method of administering eyedrops when she is asleep…. ahhhhhh! the sound of birds chirping
there is no fussing, no fighting, no crying, no yelling, no kicking, no screaming, no hitting – but there is only the problem of that she’s supposed to get these drops 4 times a day (waiting 4 hours in between each app)!
there is no win/win situation….
i just wish these pharmaceutical packaging companies would realize that 1-year-olds aren’t into parents telling them what to do, especially when it comes to eyedrops!
Link: today. halmoni stitches on etsy.
hand knit accessories for the little one in your life!!!! honest to goodness cuteness!!!
Link: today. i am strongly against human trafficking.
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