May 2004 mamas finding happiness & fulfillment in the new year! (& maybe riches) - Page 17

[orangecanoe]

well I slayed the monster, but damn...you're saying I have to put the clothes *away* too?

so cold this morning I broke my nekked feet rule and am wearing slippers. It's all of windchill 2 whole degrees.

off to the ped's in a bit as C is complaining her neck/armpits hurt. She doesn't have a fever, but has been complaining for more than a week now about what I'm guessing are swollen glands?? and I love to piss away copays so....

juice---as C would say "She's a rockstar" ...she is too cute!

[elsanne]

Originally Posted by fiddlefern

OMG- I just noticed. You ladies are NOT ALLOWED to think of my child as Dubya!!! I'll have to come up with another shorthand.

: But hey, did I miss something? Did you tell everyone or just pdx mamas the name of your child? Don't discount us fernfriends at a distance!

Originally Posted by Miss Juice

Apparently someone slayed a constipated laundry monster in my bedroom. It is completely out of control.

This had me a-gigglin'.

MUST. GET. TO. WORK. This working at home bizness is great but one can definitely flail around in forum-land if one is not diligent.

[elsanne]

Heath, you have a nekkid feet rule? You must have a carpeted, heated home.

I am a barefoot hippie by birth but I have become a slipper fan, big time. Tile floors, no heat=BRRRR.

[KKmama]

Yeah, we wear slippers, too. We have wood floors, and we need to insulate the foundation so the floors aren't so cold.

I want to know W's name!!!! (Actually, I just want to see pix of brand-new baby W.) Is it Waldo? Willie? Wayne? Weldon? Woody? :

Re the laundry--when I am rushing around, doing everything, sometimes, I can't bring myself to put it away. So I put stacks on clean laundry on everyone's dressers. Only T and I put it away, though (I can kind of cut L and Z some slack, but not dh ).

I'm a little : , because an acquaintance IRL referred to me as "too mainstream." (Our mutual friend told her, "If you think that, then you really don't know KK very well at all." ) I'm not claiming to be the crunchiest oat in the bag of granola, but dude, I *am* pretty darned crunchy. I could go on and on and on and on about how this woman is herself ridiculously mainstream (sad to say, she's "alternative" only in pretty superficial, stereotypical Boulder ways), but I'll save my breath.

[KKmama]

I want to ask you May Mamas something (and I'm going to post a ? on the natural body care subforum)... I've had a flaky scalp since last summer (I think too much wearing of sun hat in sweltering heat, and now the super dry air isn't helping), and it's beginning to make me . I've mostly just tried washing more frequently and less frequently--no change. I use an Aveda shampoo which has never given me a problem before. I've just started with my kids' California Baby tea tree oil shampoo (I swear that it magically fixes cradle crap), but I think I need something with a little more cleaning power. I'm not willing to try something like Head and Shoulders. Any other suggestions?

[mcsarahb]

Juice, those pics are adorable! I'm amazed you can get her to brush her own teeth at all! Lily is so against tooth-brushing at all that she'll stick it her mouth for maybe 2 seconds.

Yeah, Heath, what's with the nekkid feet rule? Is it really a rule? I wear socks AND slippers around here 'cause half the house is just subfloor and we can't insulate yet 'cause we're putting in radiant heat sometime in the nearish future.

Nanananana, I know Fiddle's baby's name, nanananaNAna.

KK- DH and others in his family with that condition swear by Neutrogena's TGel. Don't know how evil/chemical-y it is. It smells nasty.

DH is home - yay! He took Lily to OMSI this morning while I had clinical. Whew, what a whirlwind. I am learning so much so fast; it's a steeeeep learning curve and I think I'll feel much more comfortable in a couple of months. Right now it's at the everything-is-new stage so that I'm just constantly on edge and nervous about everything. Which makes for a very tense 4-hour clinical and a headache by the end. I am so glad I have two half-days instead of one full, though - I think I'd be a basket case after 8 hours of that. :

Mmmmmmmm just ate a scrumptious lunch: spinach, chilled steamed beets, almonds and goat cheese salad. Mmmmmmmmmm tasty.

OK think I will steal a tiny nap while the other two are sleeping, too.

Have a great weekend, everymama!

S.

[elsanne]

Sarah that salad sound deevine. Yum

KK--didja know that flaky scalp is actually yeast? On the head? T-Gel seems like a good option, or the tea tree varieties you can get at the crunchy food store. Too bad you don't know where that store is, mainstream mama you. What a thing for that person to say, I would get my panties in a bunch too. Then I would get a good placenta-munching conversation going with her.

[KKmama]

Dudes, T gel is coal tar shampoo. I think H&S is, too. I want to avoid this stuff unless I'm desperate, because I don't want to contaminate my breastmilk.

I decided to just do some internet search on dandruff because I was curious about the yeast thing. I don't think what is going on upstairs is the yeasty variety, but I figured out a bunch of other things which may have contributed to it (my love of HOT water when I shower, my post partum hormonal shifts, the air so dry the inside of my nose is cracking, etc, the non-crunchy hair balm I use... duh . I guess I'll keep using the kids' shampoo till I find an adult tto type that I like. I might try some of the soap I just made...

I don't munch my placentas, I bury them in the yard. (At the rate we're going, we're planting a forest...) I know that if this woman knew that, she would totally flip out. (And if she knew 1/2 the NFL things I do... )

[mcsarahb]

I know TGel is coal tar - that's why it smells icky. H&S is not coal tar; it's something different. Yeah, and for sure not all head flakes are yeast. DH's is mostly eczema flareups and just plain ol' dry skin - his skin is sooooo sensitive; he can't even shave with a regular razor or use regular soap on his face. I'm so glad Lily's skin isn't super sensitive; as it is we hardly ever use soap and I've been slathering her with lotion during this cold dry weather.

ETA: so I just looked on H&S website and it said that *most* dandruff is caused by a fungus. So whatever that means. I am in student-must-research-every-claim-i-make mode, can you tell?

I can't sleep - DH wanted to be woken up in an hour and I think that time has come. Sigh. Food made me feel better, though.

Random student midwife question of the day: during your gyn exams, would you rather the provider tell you everything she's doing the whole time, get out the mirror, etc., or be quiet and get it over with as soon as possible? Or somewhere in the middle? Describe to me your perfect pelvic exam, ladies... (seriously). And you can do it on the YG if you prefer.

[orangecanoe]

sarah---answered you over yonder!

kk--I've gotten noticeably more flaky this winter and I think it's part hormones and part less frequent showering/hair washing/oily buildup. She totally doesn't know you at all, huh. I have related stuff, but maybe for the YG...


just had a yummy dinner of salmon, rice and spinach. C was so funny with her "I do NOT like spinach" which got no reaction from me and then who ate all of her spinach anyway? But these days I could have put a chocolate bar on her plate and she would be compelled to tell me she does NOT like that either.

so glad this week is coming to an end....any weekend plans?

Elsanne--how are you doing?? I wonder if things are super stressy for you con su madre alli/aqui? gosh is my spanish rusty.

[mamameg]

random pop in comment

my mom has excema on her scalp and hands (has for as long as I can remember) adn she is just now, at age 66, realzing she has celiac disease and that is likely what has been making her skin condition so bad all these years. there are a few other symptons she's had all along as well, but they are just now putting it all together and coming up with a diagnosis. weird.

fussy baby. gotta go.

[elsanne]

fungus=yeast. There is a fungus amongus!

Heath, thanks for asking! I am lighting out for mexico city in an hour to teach a workshop. I am mega excited. Should be like a friccin pajama party--the first tribal troupe of mexico city needs me for guidance, and we're doing it at the palatial home of one of the members, with several sleeping over. yes, the wife and baby are going.

mom? stress? *funny high-pitched insane laughter* why, no! Not at all! hee hee hee!
It's not been too bad since she got into her own space and stopped peeing in my tupperware.

[A&L+1]

Just enough time to do a quick read of your flaky, pelvic exam, peeing-in-bowls, brushing teeth with shades May Mama style.

We're okay. We did hypnotherapy today. Alison is at acupuncture right now. The baby is frank breech and by ultrasound about 8 lbs. We are getting so tired. It is amazing how draining this experience feels. Eleanor is super cranky with energy which makes me think she's on the up swing with her illness.

I will keep you updated. I really really really want to know what the W stands for Miss Fern.

[KKmama]

Nah, remember I'm trained as a microbiologist. Yeast=fungus, but fungus does not = yeast. (Think carrot = vegetable, but vegetable does not = carrot .)


The Mayo Clinic recs tto, so that's the route I'm going, and I'm sticking to it. Other interesting recs... getting more sun (I usually wear a hat, summer or winter), I really need to be better about taking my prenatal vites (I've had more colds than usual this yr, too), cut back on styling products (the aforementioned non-crunchy balm... ack), cut back on stress (uh, that's what those *other* vitamins are for). I should mention that I have really sensitive skin, had eczema as a child, and usually, I'm pretty careful about what I use/buy. Final : of the day. It was a desperate attempt to control the frump of my hair after the disaster haircut, remember?


I so wish I were a belly dancing goddess. I have to take a BD class. I mentioned it a while back--need to look into it again.


During pelvics, I want to know what's going on, but I do appreciate speed.

[KKmama]

I swear this is my last post, and no more flakes...

Lisa, I x-posted with you, and just want you to know that I'm really thinking of the 4 of you. Please, please, please, try not to worry (so easy for me to say).

[TurboClaudia]

sarah, what kk said. i like to know what's going on, but i appreciate speed.

lisa: thinking of you and sending that new babe turning vibes... :


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i just finally sent off my gifty, too. (sorry, jstar, it's not for you, for i would have given it to you personally when i saw you at ferny's blessing.) i've been staring at e-lola's box on my bench for like 2 weeks since it arrived and made myself a promise i wouldn't open it UNTIL i sent off my gifty. so i'm going to open it right now. back with an update post in a jiff...

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~c

[TurboClaudia]

mmmm.... cookies!!!

[TurboClaudia]

and fuzzy handwarmers to stick in the microwave and then warm the hands with!

[TurboClaudia]

a cd! a mix? putting it in computer as i type...

[jstar]

dandruff doesn't necessarily mean yeast. the seborhaic dermatitis type (which is cradle cap) is yeasty in origin. eczema or just dry skin is not. seb dermatitis dandruff is flaky and oily at the same time. t-gel is coal tar and a lot of the others (h&s, garnier fructis) are zinc pyrithione. coal tar is a carcinogen. zinc pyrithione is not but it is toxic to aquatic animals. ie if you want to feel bad about using it it is because it goes down the drain and eventually out into whatever body of water your wastewater treatment plant discharges into. i think all zinc compounds are toxic to aquatic animals.

i use garnier fructis on isaac once every few shampoos because he is a SCALY HEAD DRAGON. and my dh gets seb dermatitis all over his face especially when he is under stress

ok i am truely procrastinating when i have 15 minutes to finish something. eeeeek! i went on an awesome tour of a new GIGANTO pipe mill today. so fun

gyno - i ALWAYS ask them not to tell me what is going on. just the 'i'm going to scrape your cervix now' makes me want to vomit and/or pass out.