Punkadoo

I know those pajamas! It's from the Hannah Andersson family pajama catalogue. depending on any sales that is anywhere between 250 to 150.00 in pajamas.

I was happy to note that Ember was nice and snugly in a hat, long sleeve and blanket. Which makes me wonder, does she really have hit and miss days for appropriate dress? Or does she change clothing to what appeals to her based on the fact that Ember is nothing but a prop in the picture? I think that would almost be worse because it implies she knows the difference and still underdresses the baby just to have the right "look" for her brand.

If you don't know how to properly use a word, don't use it thinking it will make you look smart and clever. It will not, in fact it will have the opposite effect. I tell this to my oldest all the time. I also follow it up with google it. Look up the word. What's the meaning, how is it used. Noun? Adjective? Verb? Adverb? Now, is it what you thought? Were you using it correctly? No? Well now don't you love google. Aren't you just that much smarter for checking it out? An next time you use it, it will be correct. I have no mercy on that subject with my child. I tell her all the time plain speech is 100 times more intellectual than using words to don't understand.

May I recommend The Penn and Teller Bullshit: Alternative Medicine episode? The episode on vaccinations also is quite entertaining and helps when I feel a little ragey about certain subjects. There is also an episode, I think it's the green project where they get people at an earth day festival to sign a petition to outlaw oxygen or water (cannot remember which one) simply by looking the right way and using the elemental terms which they obviously didn't understand. It reminds me of Audrey and her essential oils. Its cool in her circles and believes it based on a friend of a friend of a friend who is also way cool, young, hip, and Christiany. Why quibble about actual science when it makes You look hip. Now if the oils bring you comfort, then call it for what it is. Comfort, not science or a cure.

I am sure you are right, it follows along with her disposition but a person can hope, right?. Ok. Now I'm the delusional one :-D

I am so irritated with Audrey I almost cannot comment. I know this type, I have seen it within my own family. Literally nothing you suggest either kindly or bluntly will penetrate her self serving nature. What doesn't flatter her is met with belittling, dismissal and anger. Audrey is the type to know there is truth in what people are telling her but do nothing about it because she can concede nothing. Sad thing is it involves a sweet little baby that contrary to her name, is not born with a warm glow. Ember is not a little heater, she cannot regulate her temperature. Hopefully the transition into full winter will allow Audrey to save face and dress Ember appropriately. I am not very social media savvy but if I was, I would very gently and persistently start reaching out to Amy and Matt about dressing that baby appropriately. It's not a dig or a jab, its sensible parenting advice for the nonsensical.

I am noticing My Five Wives reruns have started running late at night. Testing the waters for a replacement? Personally I would be fine with alternating seasons of Sister Wives and My Five Wives

I suppose it is possible they put the hat on his had on a whim and decided it was picture worthy. I know that I have taken goofy photos of my daughters. The little one was Princess Leia at 8 months complete with a Leia bun wig. The wig lasted about he length of time it took for a photo then I took it off. Let s hope Samuel's hat was the same. I also think Samuel looks comfortable in his swaddling which tells me it's something they regularly do. However, that doesn't make it appropriate or acceptable to swaddle in that manner. It seems much like blanket training swaddling style. It seems less about the comfort of the child and more about the control of a parent. It is lazy parenting. Want your kid to go to sleep? Swaddle him until he gets bored enough to sleep. Want to teach your toddler not to do something? Swaddle him as punishment until he is fearful enough to not do it anymore. lazy, mean and self serving. And Jilly muffin? Wash your hair.

Good times! I love the Vicks and bacon grease stories. Growing up we had that grease bowl on the counter because you know, at any moment someone may want eggs. I am sure we could hold a contest on the most creative things kids have poured on their head. I know my brother decorated his hair with gum in several places for good measure and then tried to peanut butter it out. Perhaps we could look at it as a good sign of a curious mind? I always say my little one is like the velociraptor from Jurassic Park circling the perimeter looking for weaknesses. A curious mind will find trouble where none exists. Of course, because she is my curious child I am hyper vigilant about anticipating trouble. I think Jill does not come across so well because she doesn't strike me as a very aware type of parent. I can chuckle at some of my friends stories of what their kids do because they work really hard at keeping a safe environment. When a kid has mad stealthy ninja skills it game on, all the time. I know it well. On the other hand, I have a few acquaintances that infuriate me because their kids do things like eat Butt Paste or pick up dog poo because their parents are careless. THAT infuriates me, just knowing that there will be inevitable disaster. When it happens, it's not amusing. I hope Jill falls into the first category but based on what she puts forward, she is more probably the second.

I do not conceive naturally. I went through a time when I was so resentful of the reckless cavalier attitude people would have about having children. I finally found peace when I dug deep and decided that for one reason or another, it was gods plan. That was a big deal for me because I am an evil catholic and even at that, more of the cafeteria variety. Eventually I gave birth to my daughter via fertility drugs. I had gestational diabetes, IUGR, and pre eclampsia that rapidly pulled me into renal failure. hard pregnancy punctuated by an emergency birth. Perhaps this won't be a universally approved point of view but I feel like god knew what he was doing in my instance. He knew I would never survive a birth until SCIENCE was in place to save us and I was mature enough to handle the struggle. At least that in my rationale for my own situation. I hope Michaela and Brandon finds the inner peace to accept both the will of god and the miracle of science. No matter what the outcome, when it comes to fertility and childbirth, god and science are intertwined. Ok. Almost the end of the story. 12 years later I got lucky again at 41 and have a second amazing daughter. Same pregnancy struggles, thank god for Stanford Medical. My second little sunshine is 4. And I stand by my original post on this topic. Michaela may be more willing to discuss, I know i am an open book as well. Perhaps Brandon much like Mr. Doo may just not want to talk about how his junk is working or not in public. It may give off the impression he isn't involved at times but isn't necessarily the case.

I think you are right. It was more of an I conversation than a we. Perhaps she didn't mention his part in the testing because while its her prerogative to share what's going on with her body, he isn't comfortable with it. Mr. Doo is the sweetest most open man ever but even he would not appreciate me talking about how his junk works on tv.

I find it so interesting how people can rationalize their behavior. He wants a young girl on his arm because he gets off on the notion that other men will envy him. He wants a young girl because she must seem young and supple and he imagines the sex to be great cause well, young and supple. For various reasons he wants to use her much in the way all the bad bad people like Chris do. Except, except...he IS Chris, he IS that person. He just rationalizes his behavior as true of heart because he wants to love her. Slim difference. His definition of love has everything to do with how she will stroke his ego and satisfy an overblown sense of entitlement to a sexual "peccadillo" as he would say. I think deep down he knows what he is.

It seems to me that Jill's smile doesn't quite reach her eyes. There is something absent in them that is a little sad. Like a person trying too hard to be happy and it's just not working. I suppose I remember those days too well and recognize that little something missing. It is that look you get when ordinary simple things that used to bring you pleasure as a couple just won't work anymore. But you fake it anyways because you are just not ready to accept the issues.

You all see Jeremiah Johnson, all I see is Chet from Weird Science.

My hubby is a cabinet maker and I couldn't resist having him take a look. First thing he noticed after the amateur grout job was the cabinets underneath the sink. Instead of building or ordering the proper size, he just cut off the bottoms of the doors and left it unfinished! On a different note, I noticed the wardrobe chages for Auj but was pleasantly surprised they didn't try to change Ember's outfit. Let a sleeping baby sleep. At least there is that....

Ember! What a little name chase they led us on. Daisy chain or precious Ruby, makes both the daisy photo shoot and silly signs just that much more ridiculous. At least before we could speculate that there was a meaning and a purpose beyond self indulgence. I hope that when she is older and looks back on the story of her birth, she will be able to view it all objectively. I hope she will see all the selfishness and branding and think hey, these are my young, dumb parents but I know they love me. I really hope someday she will be able to find little rays of love in the self importance displayed. Right now all I see is branding. I see their attempt at branding in their carefully scripted post birth interview. I didn't feel that sweet wonder that comes through when people talk of the birth of their child, I just saw selfishness and branding.

I have one word to sum up Auj Poj: vainglorious. I don't think I would last 5 minutes around her before I would go mad.

Long time lurker! I'm going to call it. Baby girl is going to be named Daisy. They are setting the stage for self important baby naming. Would be just like them to do that. Then everyone is supposed to just bow down to their extreme specialness. Barf. Middle name Oak? Acacia? Or perhaps the boning tree was naturally of some exotic nature and therefore middle name will be something like Tsuga (hemlock) or trendy like Ash.