http://amommaslife.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:08:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I fight sleep. I fight exhaustion. I fight bedtime. Why? Because I need some free time! Now that my daughter doesn't nap nighttime is the ONLY free time I have. I sleep till someone wakes me up each morning because I've never been a morning person, so I don't ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/30/i-refuse-to-go-to-bed/ I've shared a lot of things in my life and borrowed a lot of things in my life. From family, friends, schoolmates, coworkers. Whether it was clothes, money, homework or great teaching ideas I borrowed a lot! Now more than ever I'm sharing and borrowing ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/29/moms-are-the-best-sharers/ Recently my son's crib was recalled by Jardine Enterprises, if you bought a Jardine Crib from Babies R Us you should check out http://www5.toysrus.com/safety/prodRecalls/jardine-crib.cfm . This is my second Jardine crib luckily only one is being recalled. After receiving an email title "stop using crib immediately" I click on the website ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/27/stop-using-crib-immediately/ OK, I admit it I talk about myself  in the third person to my children constantly!!!!!!!! I can't help it.  I think it is the former teacher in me. Thinking back I definitely was one of those annoying teachers who spoke about themself in the third person but then again I ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/25/because-mommy-said-so/ 1- Many many many more baths!!  Between the sunblock, dirt, melted ice pops & chlorine (oh wait there's chlorine in my tap water (see Itchy, Scratchy Skin Post) ) I feel like I'm always bathing my kids. Don't forget more baths equal more laundry!! 2- Later Bedtime! Sunset is at like ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/24/what-summertime-means-to-a-mom/ So everybody knows what Noggin is right? It is a Nickelodeon Educational Channel for toddlers and pre-schoolers and it is great.  It has a variety of shows that are so entertaining and stimulating and it has no COMMERCIALS!! Yes they do have breaks between shows but they are  not selling ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/23/why-i-love-noggin/ My poor Chris' skin just keeps getting worse and worse. The poor baby now cries when I'm applying lotion to him. I had thought that switching to soy milk would improve his eczema but it hasn't had any effect. Which makes me think that this is all because our local ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/22/itchy-scratchy-skin/ The ice cream man came by today and even though it was 5:15 I wasn't cooking dinner yet.  I had gone upstairs for a few minutes to change Chris when those recognizable chimes starting blaring. It didn't take long for Mila to blare "ice cream truck, ice cream truck, ice ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/19/chimes-again-at-515/ I'm starting a new regime today to get my two children to have more boundaries before baby #3 enters the mix in November and things get really interesting. My mom says I'm nesting early but I tell her it is just survival. I organized all the toys today. All legos ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/18/a-new-regime/ I just scheduled my level 2 ultrasound today for July 2nd. Up until this point I was certain I wasn't going to find out the baby's sex but I'm starting to crack. They make it so easy to find out......and so hard not to! ... http://amommaslife.today.com/2008/06/17/to-find-out-or-not-to/