http://mommiverse.blogsome.com A Mary Kay Mom in Seattle doing her best to raise three kids under 6 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:09:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve never had too difficult of a time administering medicine to my two oldest children.  For whatever reason, perhaps taste? they love the stuff.  Tylenol?  Bring it on.  Amoxycillin?  Gimme the thick pink stuff.  Only recently has Engineer started denying the tonic for fear that it would force admittance of ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/11/18/kids-and-medicine/ I’ve been on bedrest twice with two of my pregnancies.  With Engineer I had pre-eclampsia and was down for three weeks.  With Sugar I had "pre-term labor" (not sure how serious/legit it was since she was born at 40 weeks gestation) and was down for six weeks.  Bedrest is lonely, ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/11/10/bedrest-lessons-learned/ There’s not much that I dislike more than making an doctor’s appointment, sitting in the waiting room, waiting in the exam room and then having the doctor tell you that a) there’s nothing wrong with or b.) there is something wrong with you but there is nothing that can be ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/10/27/to-visit-the-doctor-or-to-not-visit-the-doctor/ I got home late tonight and found this note on the door: Dear Steph, I’m really tired, so I headed off to bed. I have to get up early tomorrow so please let me sleep.  Love you! P.S. If you are a Robber, I’m actually just waiting inside the door with my shotgun ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/10/22/i-married-a-comedian/ ..at least I am hoping so.  The following videos are not for the faint of heart.  I shouldn’t even watch them…   http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/10/18/the-tooth-fairy-comes-tonight/ I have no babies to name as of yet (well besides the ones I already named).  But a lot of my friends have newborns right now and baby names are a hot topic, so I thought I would put out some thoughts for those pregnant or future pregnant women.  (And ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/10/14/baby-naming-some-points-to-consider/ We ate ghosts for dinner earlier this week:   We tried on wigs: …and liederhosen: The best part is that Engineer has been talking for the past couple of days about the wedding slideshow he will have at his wedding.  (My sister just got married and had a slide show of her and ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/festvities-i-love-halloween/ Disclaimer: If you are the super baby proofing mom who keeps her children away from scissors until their teens, please take no offense at this post– none is intended. We are doing a preschool co-op group this year.  Five moms take turns teaching preschool and for the other four weeks get ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/10/01/yes-they-cut-their-hair-but-at-least-they-know-how-to-cut/ And I don’t usually use that word very often… Between the new liquid regulations and the luggage fees, I am having a heck of a time.  It is a NO WIN situation here and it ticks me off.  I would rather have the airlines charge a slightly higher fee to travel ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/09/24/why-the-airlines-piss-me-off/ There is something about having three kids that causes people to ask me this question.  "Are you going to have more?" they ask when they find out the ages and quantity of kids at my house.  I didn’t get it as much when I just had two, so I have ... http://mommiverse.blogsome.com/2009/09/20/are-you-going-to-have-more/