A Bad Fall

The scrape looked worse in person.

Well, I went back to school! I am now studying at college for child development! I'm very excited, and it is a major reason for the delay in any posts lately. Also, I enjoy posting pictures with my posts, and for some reason my camera isn't connecting to my computer properly. I figured it out this evening and I finally got some of my pictures off.



The first major injury has occurred.



I was having a stressful morning, arguing with my husband, before I left to visit my parents for the day. I was already well on my way when I realized I had forgotten the item that was a huge part of the reason I was travelling their way. I knew I would regret not giving it to them, and I also wasn't sure when I would be back to see them anytime soon. 25 miles isn't that bad, but it takes a toll when you do it often. Needless to say, when I arrived back home to pick up the object, I was slightly more agitated. I snatched up the object and headed right back out the door.



I watched my son start his normal decent down the two small steps on the front porch and then I turned to close and lock the door. Just as I turned back around to grab my son and head back to the car I witnessed him take a nasty face plant right into the concrete. I thought he was crawling down the steps when he did this, looking back though I am not certain. He could have been walking down. Both ways he can do with ease, today was just an accident.



I think my instinct was a touch ahead of the game because I threw everything in my hands into the air and yelled, "Oh no BABY!" what seemed like 2 minutes before he even began to cry. I guess I knew what had happened way before he did. Nothing showed immediately, but I knew it was bad so I scrambled to find the keys I had thrown, rushed to unlock the door and flung it open running to the back of the house towards the bathroom to investigate further.



In the bathroom I found there was no blood, but a pretty nasty scrape. I applied some witch hazel to clean the wound area. He cried a lot the whole time. It took my husband about 5-6 minutes to realize that the events taking place were not the norm and he joined us in the bathroom. Our son went to him and cried in him arms for a while. I, in the meantime, began to break down and cry as well. The pressure and stress from the day just boiled over and exploded once my baby was hurt. I was overwhelmed, and I also felt for him. Once I had a good release of stress through tears, I went to the computer to look up some details on head injuries, just in case. He hit smack dab on the forehead but I just wanted to know what to look for in a concussion. Eventually him and I were both calm again, though his face hurt for quite a while.



He was cleaned up and ready to go again, and so was I. He really wanted to go see his Granny and Papa so we headed back out to their house. (All the while I was fighting off the urge to wonder why I was so anal that I HAD to come back to get that object, but knowing to trust my instinct and everything happens for a reason)



The rest of the day went well, he cheered right up, and by the next day he had full scabs. I put on A&D ointment and Neosporin alternating or the next 4 days. He kept reminding me that his nose hurt, and when he looked in the mirror he would exclaim, "Owie!"



One night while I am sitting at the computer doing school work (all my classes are online this semester) he comes over and hands me a small cardboard looking thing. It's so tiny and I ask him if he is tearing his books, but I do not look at him much. Then he comes back to me with another piece slightly bigger this time. After throwing them both in the trash (and rolling them around in my fingers in hopes to figure them out) I turn around to ask him which book he is tearing up (something he does often) and I am stopped mid sentence when I points to his nose. There are NO MORE SCABS ON IT! I was grossed out that I had just been handling the boys nose scabs. EW! Scabs are gross when they are not mine. Anyway, the next day all the small moist ones remaining on his head wiped right off with a wash cloth and he has been healed up beautifully ever since. With only a few random phantom pains.



I contribute the fast healing to the ointments applied and the fact that he eats his "Kitties" daily (his vitamins).


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Cloth Diapers Again, and a giveaway.

I've been watching this blog for a while now, and they do a weekly give away of cloth diapers. Be sure to check out their store http://www.diaperjunction.com for great options and prices on diapers and accessories and more. This week's giveaway is particularly exciting to me.

After about a year and a half of searching for the perfect cloth diaper combo for me, and much wasted money later on diapers that didn't work out, I feel I have finally found the match.

The last fitted diapers I bought were the Bum Genius Bamboo and the Thirsties Fab Fitted. The Bum Genius were small and trim and very soft on the outside. The problem with them is that I think it is just bamboo around one of their basic microfiber inserts, and I do not like their microfiber inserts. If I were to have tried just those diapers, MAYBE I would say Bum Genius is OK. But I have tried many of their products and I have yet to be impressed. Somehow though, they seem to be the most popular and successful of all the diapers out there. I'd like to replace all their stuff with the GroBaby diapers at least. I haven't tried those long enough to know, but I think it is a much better one size diaper.

Now, the Thirsties Fab Fitted, that is a great diaper! It comes in fun colors, it's a decent price, it's very soft, fits wonderfully, dries fast, washes well, and absorbs a lot. After I decided this could finally be my winning fitted, I bought 6 more in different colors and I am loving diapering life. And how awesome is it that this weeks givaway is all about the Thristies company?

I also finally bought some pre-folds. I have read so much about cloth diapers and in my research have found many many moms who say pre-folds are their favorite, so I had to try them. Sure enough I do like them a lot, and not to mention all the other great uses they have if I should ever not use them as diapers. Of course, they do not have a tight, containing, fit like fitteds do, but they absorb very nicely, they wash and dry wonderfully, and I hear they pretty much last forever. The best part about the fitteds I guess would be the price.

As for the cover, I have a few different brands. I just bought the Thirsties duo to try. I know I like the Aristocrats Wool for overnight. My fave is the Stacinator Fleece, which no one seems to carry anymore. But, that diaper cover isn't waterproof, just resistant, still I have never had a leak with it. So I cannot say what the best cover is based on price or function yet.

My search will continue of course, but on the other hand this is a search while my son is almost out of diapers, the perfect match could be different for a newborn, or infant, we will see. My son is doing so well with potty training that I'm scared ha ha. I am so in love with cloth diapering. It fascinates me so much I cannot wait to have another child just so that I cloth diaper it. I might have to seek out Cloth Diapers Anonymous.


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More Mold

I had already planned on taking out the trash and recycling first thing in the morning. The recycling can hadn't been cleaned in.... well ever haha, it has been two years. Sounds nasty, but it was just recycling so it wasn't that bad. Anyway, when I took out trash bag out from the trash can I picked up the empty bag on the bottom of the can and found another horrifying display of mold growing.

Ew! My trash bags never tear so how in the world did mold start growing down in there? However it did, I had to clean both cans now. Yep, most can assume my next move. I put both cans in the front yard, poured in about 16 OZ of bleach each and then filled them half way with water. I let them soak for an hour and then I dumped them in the super dry dirt bed we call our front yard. Followed by that was a super wash down in and out with my handy dandy Trader Joe's castile soap to get them fresh and clean all over. Once they were wiped dry I sprinkled some lovely borax powder in the bottoms and I placed them back in the house, clean, and smelling nice.

I know the mold is growing like crazy right now because it is hot and humid summertime, but I still do not like it, and together with bleach I will combat all the mold in this house.



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