Another one bites the dust

I really thought we were through with this stuff. It's been a week for goodness sake! See, same chair, different kid and that age thing still holds. Keeping my fingers crossed that maybe NOW we're finished. 

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How to slow down boys

Did you know there's a direct relationship between the age of the child and the odds of them throwing up in the middle of the night? It's true. The younger the child, the more likely they are to pick the middle of the night to start a stomach bug. I told you how kids were sick while dad was out of town. Why does that always seem to happen as well? Our little Micah kept falling asleep in the chair.  I didn't move him to his bed because, well, I didn't want to change the sheets numerous times. This chair's seen more than it's fair share of collateral damage so it seemed like a good place to just let him sleep.

Now Elijah has started just throwing up and going back to sleep. He tries to hit the bowl and does a pretty fair job of it, but I sure wish he'd come let someone know about it. It goes unnoticed till I'm walking down the hall and wondering what that smell is! Here he is asleep. In the same chair. And no, that's not going to hurt his neck. He sleeps like that all the time. He was in the womb like that. I keep thinking it'll catch up to him someday and then he's going to need a really good chiropractor!

So that's my secret for slowing down little boys. It has it's drawbacks of course, but I try to look for the good in things otherwise I'd go crazy.

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Poison Ivy

Yikes! Seems we've moved to poison ivy heaven. I guess that's what you get when you buy a place that's been neglected for so long. No wonder the poison ivy loves it here. I thought maybe we could peacefully coexist, but it seems the plants have other ideas. Their plan is to assimilate us all!  Resistance is futile!

I discovered yesterday that Rachel has poison ivy. Again.  A friend had told me about an expensive scrub I could buy at Wal-Mart that was supposed to be great for poison ivy. I stopped while running errands and picked some Zanfel up.  When I get home, the first thing Anna says is, "What's all over Aaron's face?"  How could I have not noticed that!!  He was covered in it. All over his face, his arms, and his legs. I wondered why he'd been scratching so much. Bad Mom!!  So I scrubbed him down in the tub and the itching felt much better.  I had to do another scrub right before bed to help with the itching again. I can't believe it! He woke up this morning with no rash whatsoever!  WOW!

Now I'm going to share a little secret with you. While doing some research online about the Zanfel, I found out it's the same thing as Mean Green Hand Scrub. You know, the stuff mechanics use to get the grease off their hands?  That is SO much cheaper.  It appears I'm going to buy it by the bucket full. If you'd like a good stock tip, maybe you should buy some Mean Green stock.

Rachel still has a little rash showing, but it's not blistering up real badly like it did the last time. You can still see the spots on her hands from where she had it last time. I'm so glad to have found this stuff. Now I'll have to worry about other things when they go play in the woods.

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I love the chiropractor!

I've got such a great chiropractor! He should be glad I love him so much because I can't stand the wait in his office. I've tried several different chiropractors and this one gives the most gentle adjustment, almost like a massage. Sometimes I come away wondering if he really did anything. Then it hits me about an hour later. BAM!  He definitely did something!  He always takes his time with me, having conversation, the lights are low to help with relaxation.  Not only does he give me an adjustment, he gives me health ADVICE. He says his goal is to help his patients see less of him. I've started lifting weights because of him and let me just say, I can tell a difference. It no longer strains my upper back and shoulders to hold the toddler for a while. I'm very glad to have  found him. Now if  I could only remember his name when I need to look up the phone number.

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