1. So when I last left you... uh, a month ago... my big obsession was improving sleep. It's been super hot here which has been pretty harsh on my nascent attempts to get Mary-Alice to night wean. She's had some problems keeping hydrated, so of course the last thing I want to do with a dehydrated baby is deny her liquids. So I just had to let that ( Read more... )

Seven quick takes? I guess ( Read more... )

1. I have a task to do that I have been putting off and really need to get done, so I'm going to do one 7QT bullet point, work for ten minutes, and then do another bullet point, and so on until the task is done. Honestly this is a task that will take maybe 30 or 40 minutes, I've just been kind of depressed about it. One of those negative feedback ( Read more... )

1. Katie often does 7 Quick Takes, and she just did one where she mentioned wanting to get an image of the Sacred Heart. I thought, "Hey, I should do one and share my image of the Sacred Heart."


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1. In case you're just tuning into this channel, I'm in a contest and you should vote for me. Takes ten seconds and requires no registration or anything.

The gap between me and the person in first place has been as little as 2 votes; currently it's 7 votes. So this is really very close and every vote matters!

2. I tried to make arancini today but ( Read more... )

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Edit: Originally there was a paragraph here asking people to vote for me in a contest, but I've given up on it.

TWO!How good the cooking smells are coming up from the apartment beneath you is inversely proportional to how good your own dinner smells ( Read more... )

1. Today (Friday) is the last day to pray the novena for baby Sly! It is also the feast of the Holy Family. Consider in a special way remember Tom, Christine and Sly as a family today. Living under this intense stress must be very difficult ( Read more... )

Since last week the main Seven Quick Takes post involved reusable cloth toilet wipes for adults, I decided that even a post about elimination communication wouldn't fall outside the crunchiness parameters.

So here are seven frequently asked questions I get or read about helping babies learn to use the toilet.

1. What is EC, IPT, NIH, etc etc etc ( Read more... )

Seven Quick Takes: Still Growin' Up edition

One long one and six actually quick.

1. It's true that I think of all these great things that I could put in seven quick takes, but when it comes time to write the entry I can't think of most of them. Oh well.

2. (Warning: Super long one ahead ( Read more... )

Lonnnnnng entry, people! Get ready to scroll.


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