"Strange" complaint

[lil_miss_understood]

DH is taking me out for dinner. How very nice of him, right?
My own allergies are simply milk (intolerance) so that's not that big of a deal. We're leaving the DSs home.
Here's the catch:
I still have to make supper.
I hope DH enjoys my "night off".

[BekahJ]

oh how I love being a mom but sometimes it would be nice to not have to worry about anyone but ourselves for like a day or something!

[lil_miss_understood]

It's not even so much that as that DH actually referred to it that way. :

[BekahJ]

Sometimes I think their clueless. They have no idea what all we do. But you gotta love em anyways. At least he is trying to help!!

[Chinese Pistache]

It's because you make it all look so effortless

Have fun!

[changingseasons]

Ugh. That's annoying.

That said, I would love a night out of the house, without any little people screaming at me... (it's been a looooonnng, crabby, teething day here. )

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by changingseasons

Ugh. That's annoying.
That said, I would love a night out of the house, without any little people screaming at me... (it's been a looooonnng, crabby, teething day here. )

Apparently, I misheard DH. I asked him about it (in a disgruntled manner ) and what he actually said was night out. He said in the future, he'd refer to it as a date so as to avoid confusion (and embarassment on my part ).
Some of you are probably wondering why I would post this in allergies rather than somewhere else, but my thinking was this: if not for DS1's allergies/intolerances, we could just order out for the kids and sitter OR I could trust a sitter to cook something "simple" for them but instead I have to cook for them so that I know they'll have something to eat. Just in case anyone was wondering what this thread had to do with allergies at all.

We had a nice dinner out and thanks for the well wishes. We got to have adult conversation in complete sentences.

[kjbrown92]

Whenever we go "out", I have to make dinner for the babysitters and my 3 kids. I still consider it a night out though, because I get to have whatever I want for dinner, without having to consider what's in it (because I'm not BFing any of my food intolerant children), and there's a few hours with no one clinging to my leg. And I get to put make up on and wear normal clothes. DH probably doesn't even notice me cooking dinner....

[lil_miss_understood]

Oh I definitely wasn't complaining about getting out and away from the kids for an hour. What had me upset was that I had thought DH had said "night off", like he thought it would be "easier" for me to cook supper for everyone else and run around like a chicken with my head cut off getting ready in the hour's notice he gave me. When I found out he said "night out", my ruffled feathers were smoothed.
Part of it has to do with just generally feeling unappreciated lately, but that's another story and something we discussed during our night out.

[alysmommy2004]

I'm glad you had a nice night out!

How are the boys doing with their allergies/intollerance? Better, I hope!

[lil_miss_understood]

I had stopped eating coconut, tree nuts, peanuts and strawberries because DS2 had reacted to them through bm with green, foul poos. He doesn't seem to be reacting to them any longer so they're back in my diet again. He doesn't seem to be reacting to anything anymore.
DS1 was diagnosed with a milk allergy, wheat/gluten/gliadin intolerance and chicken egg intolerance. We haven't added any of these back, nor trialled them. His whininess is annoying and I'm not *certain* we have gotten absolutely everything out. There's been a lot going on here, so I haven't had a chance to dig through everything we have to double-check. We're house-hunting. Also, I still haven't found a frying pan without a non-stick coating to get that source of cc out. : Stupid manufacturers. I'm thinking I'm going to go down to "Old Town" and check out one of the kitchen boutiques for it. It'll be expensive, but it'll be worth it, and I'll be supporting a local business.
Speaking of which, we went to a local restaurant in "Old Town" and I very much enjoyed my first ever fresh salmon (as opposed to canned). Fresh salmon is hard to come by in the interior of the continent, where I grew up, but not nearly so here on the West Coast.

[alysmommy2004]

YAY for DS2, that is wonderful! I hope things continue to stay smooth for him. Poor DS1 though. That is a lot to deal with. I can somewhat relate having had or currently having reactions to all of the same things. Perhaps he's just whiny b/c he's still adjusting? Or even the CC issue? I'm sure you'll get it all sorted out soon. I can't remember if I asked you before, but have you considered using cast iron instead of non-stick? You can get a pre-seasoned Lodge cast iron skillet for $25. I swear it doesn't stick! It only gets better the more you cook with it and it doesn't take too much extra attention. Or maybe try hard andonized, but be careful if you go that route, some of them are still treated with teflon. Good luck! I hope both your boys keep doing well.

[lil_miss_understood]

I *love* cast iron and would love to get it, but DH doesn't love it so much due to cost. The least expensive cast iron skillet I've seen around here was $50 (Lodge pre-seasoned). I have no intention of buying another "non-stick" pan ever, if I have a choice on the matter. Considering they're taking Teflon products off the market in 2010 (I believe that's the year) because of health concerns, I think it's sick that they're still allowing it to be marketed at all. :
My other concern with going the cast-iron route, is that all it would take is one clueless person cooking a grilled cheese in it and, due to it's porous nature, I'd have to get a new pan. I've just had too many people in my life who I *thought* took DS1's health concerns seriously turn around and give him something with the "justification" that "a little won't hurt him" so I can easily see them thinking cooking a grilled cheese in the pan wouldn't be a problem. : True, a little won't KILL him but a little doesn't help him at all. :
Sorry about that. I've decided to go with a non-porous pan of some sort without a non-stick coating. As soon as I find one.