What I'm Thinking About: September 14, 2006

My Son, Henry ("Hank")

Quote of My Day...

"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate." Thornton Wilder

What I'm Thinking About Today...

It is time to mop the floor again. Yes, I mop the kitchen floor a lot. Sam seems to forever be in the stage of throwing his food on the floor. If the dogs are in the vicinity the throwing becomes a game and barely a morsel of food makes it to his mouth. And there are some things my dogs just won't eat. Like fruit. Not that my son eats any fruit. At this early age he has decided to boycott the Atkins diet and eat only carbs and meat. So any fruit that hits the floor gets sticky with dog and cat hair and I have one yucky floor. So me and my trusty mop will once again be at it again once Sam goes down for a nap.

When my parents were here helping me with my newborn, my dad mopped the floor for me once. Once and only once. We had this gentle debate about how to mop the floor. From his days as a sodajerk he recalls having one bucket of soapy water and one bucket of rinse water. He doesn't understand the whole one-bucket-mop-and-ring style of mopping we women (and some men) do these days. My Libman mop seems to be a completely foreign concept to him. You'd think he'd love it--it is made in the USA!

Today the sitter comes again and once again I will probably be totally discouraged if my son is happy when I leave and sad when she leaves. I was told by a friend that this just means he is confident in his relationship with me and knows that I will return, whereas he likes her but doesn't know her well enough to count on her returning. So we'll just see what happens...

Baby Product I Love Today...

I love the microwave sterilizing bags from Medela. Even though they are advertised as being for sterilizing breast pump appliance parts, they can also be used for bottles, nipples and binkies. You just put some water in the bag and load it with rinsed bottles, nipples and/or binkies and microwave it for 3-4 minutes. It's great! Especially when the dishwasher isn't full and you need clean stuff for the baby.

Baby Product I Hate Today...

I don't have anything to rant about today--perhaps tomorrow....

What I'm Reading Today...

Only got to read about four pages of "Hard Eight" (same book as yesterday) before I fell asleep. My goal for tonight is to at least finish the chapter I am on!

My iTunes Kid Picks of the Day...

• "Dance Around" by Ralph's World
• "Octopus's Garden" by Ringo Starr
• "Grandma's Feather Bed" by John Denver
• "Oh How Happy" by Shades of Blue
• "The Fine Friends Are Here" by Dan Zanes
• "Whip It" by Devo