3 months is way too early to be teething right?

my 5.5 year old daughter was cast in a short skit that will be presented in the spring (when she's closer to 6). she's only got 4 lines, and I have no doubt that she can memorize them in that time, but she's insisting she doesn't want to do it. I know they can find someone else for the role, but I kind of want to encourage her to at least memorize her part and go through one real rehearsal before deciding she doesn't want to, an if they have to find someone else last minute, it's not that big of a deal since it;s only a few short lines (an older kid could memorize it in one day). how can I encourage her? at this point she's at the yelling "I don't want to be in a play!" stage... or should I just give up now and tell them to find someone else?

Strange question, but since I've never felted I thought I'd ask. My mother-in-law bought two sweaters in Ireland that are wool. She wasn't thinking about it and washed them in hot water, might even have dried them. Since she couldn't wear them anymore she gave them to me.

How hopeless would it be to frog a sweater that's been lightly felted? One of them still has the yarn visible as yarn, it's just really fuzzy yarn. Would the yarn itself be so damaged or changed by the heat that it would be pointless to use even after I unraveled it? I'm a little afraid of the answer, but give it to me anyway.

The other one I don't think can be unraveled, it's a little too far gone I think. I'm thinking of felting that one all the way and cutting it up into panels to make a bag or something. I don't have a clue what to do with it other then that.



PS Is there anyway we can get a "felting" tag?

Just did a small friends cut; just making my list a bit smaller, a bit more personal!

I just took a dump and the shit smelled like soap... Not a scented paradise flower -kind of a soap, but... Soap. Definitely.

So, for those who don't watch the L Word - there was one episode where the girls were discussing female ejaculation and one of the girls mentions that she "...knew someone who went down on a girl, and while she was down there...she sneezed..."

Well, I was on the receiving end of that. My gf was going to town, and I was getting close to liftoff - and bam! Nose butter all over my girly bits. Seriously - we moved into the shower to finish off and to clean off - but it was uber embarrassing for the girlfriend.

Bonus: I am getting a pimple on my ear - and it's impossible to pop! I am so going to take a needle and stabbity it to death.

i haven't seen this posted here so i thought i'd share it with you guys. it made me sick to my stomach so, naturally, i immediately came here.

http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/06/woman-reveals-health-horror-my-vagina-fell-out/?icid=main|main|dl1|link7|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sphere.com%2F2009%2F11%2F06%2Fwoman-reveals-health-horror-my-vagina-fell-out%2F

(it's an article, so its SFW with the exception of the large headline)

How high would you say a child should be counting when you start teaching them simple math problems? My 4 year old is currently learning to count to 30, right now he's able to count 20 (verbally and objects). I was thinking now would be a good time to start teaching him. Any suggestions on way to go about that? Should I start with addition or subtraction? I obviously don't expect him to get a huge grasp on it. I just think now is the time to put the concept in his head...
I was thinking about starting with his hot wheels/matchbox cars, just doing something like, "Oh, look! 2 cars! I wonder what happens when I take 1 away? *remove car* Whoa, there's 1 left!"
Does that sound like a good starting point or should I do something different?
Thank you for any comments!

I finished a baby blanket for a friend of mine and I just love it. I've only ever done granny square blankets before so this was a new style of blanket for me. ( Two pictures )

Now I'm working on a little jacket in the same yarn for a different friend that is expecting too. That is, if I can get the gauge right. I've tried two different hooks so far and it's either way to big, or just a bit to small.

PS I'm xdragonladyx on Ravelry too

My son is an angel. I would be the luckiest (well, still am) mama in the world if ONLY he would sleep well at night. I'm so hesitant to just cut him off from nursing at night because I just have this feeling it's something deeper than him just being in the habit of waking up all night to nurse. He wakes up about every hour, sometimes he nurses back to sleep and sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes I can just pick him up and hold him for a second and he's out like a light, I go to lay him back down in his crib (sidecarred to our bed) and he's out.. I roll over to go back to sleep and he rolls himself over and sits up, awake again. Wash, rinse, repeat for sometimes the next hour or so. I've tried everything under the sun to help him sleep better. White noise, no white noise. Fan on, fan off. Heat up, heat down. Lights on, lights off. Blanket on, blanket off. Teething tablets/Gas drops/Tylenol before bed to help ease any discomfort he could be going through, etc. etc.. HOW can I help him sleep better at night? When should I suspect it could be a medical reason or do some babies just go on to sleep like this forever? Oh, and he's 14 months now and has been sleeping like this starting around 6 months.

My daughter is almost 4 months old, and she's definitely doing the sleep regression thing. Also, the crying all the time thing, and the rolling from back to tummy thing (a new skill), and possibly the teething thing. Combine that with the reflux and the fact that she's a colicky baby anyway, and we're basically having a superfun time!

How long did the sleep regression situation last for you? Will we ever sleep again? She's always been a terrible day sleeper, but for a while there she was doing pretty well at night.

Also, if you thought your child was teething but was also colicky, how would you know when to give Tylenol? We've been giving it to her once a day for the past several days, when she has a peak of crying that doesn't stop, can't be soothed, and seems to be about pain. It seems to help, though it isn't always definitive. I'm worried that I'm using Tylenol too much, or inappropriately. Any advice?

At my boyfriends hockey game today I ate a hot dog that didn't agree with me at all. I was puking moments after eating it. It was a really gross blue/green color(think the color of a pool if you don't clean it). I had to leave the game and go home and I kept puking up this wierd colored puke for a good two hours.
The worst part is that I had to make up a stupid excuse to not see him because I fear what he would think of me. xD

just a small tidbit of TMI for you fellow sickos :)

I have been letting juicy, wet farts all day. I don't exactly know why, I haven't eaten anything terribly adverse this weekend, but they're just rank as of late.

so, here I am, lounging in bed, just hanging out in a t-shirt and my boxer briefs, internetting on my laptop, and I'm letting out huge farts...which are somehow immediately picked up and spread around my bedroom by my ceiling fan. holy shit, nothing like fresh fart slapping you in the face! blargh!

just thought I'd share...it certainly makes me laugh if nothing else.

Activities for a birthday party with a high concentration of kids in the 2 - 5 range? There will be about 15 of them, and it'd be nice if it didn't have to be a totally adult-directed game (like a piñata or pin-the-tail). I'm renting a park district gymnasium that'll have tables and chairs set up for eating, and plenty of left over space for play, but no gym equipment like balls or jump ropes or anything. What's good for this age spread? Would a bunch of crayons and some butcher paper be fun enough? Should I make a bean bag toss game? Get some balls to bounce around? Any thoughts appreciated!

(And I swear I'll stop questioning about this blasted party I'm planning in my head eventually.)

YOU ARE MARRIED. I WAS THERE TODAY - I SAW IT. YOU CAN'T DENY IT HAPPENED NOW. EVEN THOUGH I JUST SAID THE EXACT OPPOSITE ON YOUR FACEBOOK. In all srsns, congratulations d00bs :)

In other news, taking two un-napped toddlers to a wedding by oneself after a night/busy morning spent with Mimi = LOL OKAY, especially when you are kind of in the wedding party. But we made it through relatively happy and intact. SUCCESS. They are still insisting that it was Bonnie's birthday because there was cake though, lulz. And now I'm going to go paint the new house some more. Because I am a glutton for punishment. I feel like I haven't slept in days, but Kevin says I can sleep in tomorrow before his dad's birthday shindig out at the farm, so I might as well torture myself to that point and GET 'ER DUN, amirite?

DAMMIT FACEBOOK, I AM TRYING TO STEAL MY MIL'S PICTURES FROM YOU BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO UPLOAD ANY OF MY OWN AND YOU ARE FREAKING BROKEN TONIGHT.

OH IT WORKS NOW. This was their birthday cake, compliments of steffikitten. We can pretty much make out any time on this basis, see. THANK YOU AGAIN, STEFFI, OMFG. (She made our wedding cake and their birthday cake last year too; they tasted equally as amazing.)



BONUS: their party/Halloween attire (day late/dollah dollah short/etc.)