tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64320970767842750342024-02-18T20:20:32.388-08:00The Mommy ChroniclesDaniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15013042634342778520noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6432097076784275034.post-28051655714227868572011-01-21T05:10:00.000-08:002011-01-21T05:10:00.538-08:00We are Moving to Wordpress<span class="zemanta-img separator" style="clear: right;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WordPress_logo.svg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The logo of the blogging software WordPress." height="100" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/WordPress_logo.svg/300px-WordPress_logo.svg.png" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WordPress_logo.svg">Wikipedia</a></span></span>Hey Everyone,<br />
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I am happy to report that we are moving to Wordpress. I am a little scared about the change but at the same time I think that we have outgrown our Blogger blog and it is time to move on to a self hosted blog so that I can have the freedom to give you all the very best of me.<br />
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The design is completed and I love love love it and I honestly think that you all will be so surprised by the difference and the feel of the new design along with the ease of navigation. We are currently on a temporary url until the custom domain that you all are use to has migrated over completely.<br />
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I want to welcome you all to come and check out the new design and tell me what you all think. Here is the link for were we are temporarily <a href="http://66.147.244.216/%7Ethemomm6/"> http://66.147.244.216/~themomm6/</a> .<br />
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Come back here and leave a comment telling me what you all think and if you have a self hosted Wordpress blog and know of some great plugins that I need to get my hands on please also let me know.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Disclaimer: Do not attempt to date while constipated this could cause serious side effects like mood swings, arguments, vomiting and nose bleeds (okay maybe not nose bleeds but what the hell if you get that backed up it could make your nose bleed but I doubt it).</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">When you are alone and not dating or are married things like constipation really don't seem to even matter because you can just pop a laxitive and call it a day but since I have been back in the world of dating this very thing came to my mind and I know you all are thinking that this is so random but for me its not I have been trying to schedule taking a laxative for like a week now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the issue when you are seeing someone and you haven't been seeing them for all that long you don't really want to have to excuse yourself every five minutes to make trips to the restroom. I am seriously trying to figure out how to one goes about deciding when they will take a laxative. This has been me I go to the laxative sitting there nicely with all my other medicines and I see that it could take 6-12 hours before it would work and then I have to start mapping out where i will be in 6-12 hours and figure out if it will interfere with my job or my social life and up until today it has interfered with both so here I sit waiting for a good day to take that little chocolate bar of relief (ex-lax) but no one day works into my schedule.<a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I am at the point now that I believe that I am going to have to take a day off just so that I can take this stupid laxative. Sorry if you all are completely offended by my dilemma but seriously what am I suppose to do I mean I am going on leave for 3 weeks in February should I just wait until I get to my parents house to take it I am sure they would appreciate that tremendously.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Why does no one ever talk about these type of things you see articles and they talk about leaving a toothbrush at your guys house or how to be sexy and impress him but all the while there are a bunch of people walking around constipated and bloated trying to figure out when would be a good time to relieve all of this when you are spending all this time with another person that you don't want to totally gross out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Well I am sorry to say that I have no answers for you but if you have some answers as what I can do please let me know or if you just want to tell me how I gave you all TMI then you can do that to but what is a girl to do when dating while constipated.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Please keep in mind people that I am in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" rel="wikipedia" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> and have lived on a boat and shared a bathroom with 20 other women with only 2 stalls so I am not the least bit embarrassed about these type of conversations but I also know that everyone hasn't been living on a boat in the middle of the ocean having to crap and shower in front of other people so I don't want to be to unladylike while dating.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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I know that normally there are no words but I have to explain the importance of this picture. This is my son two days after he was born. He spent a week in the NICU (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal_intensive-care_unit" rel="wikipedia" title="Neonatal intensive-care unit">Neonatal Intensive Care Unit</a>). A nurse took this picture when they were discharging me (but not him) and I laid next to this picture and cried everyday he wasn't next to me.<br />
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Not only has my site not been done to the specifications that I specified for her but what I was given was just not up to par. And now I can't get a response of any type from Dionne over at Studio Chic Design. Maybe you all could help me in asking the question:<br />
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If you are wondering why I have been gone the title of this post has something to do with it but not in some weird way like my son is cross dressing as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.myspace.com/everything/shirley-temple" rel="myspaceeverything" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a> and singing on the street corners of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.sfgov.org/" rel="homepage" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> but in a my son watches to much tv way. Last week me and Daylan came home and sat down in front of the tv like we normally do when we first walk in the door (okay deem me a bad parent but hey I need to unwind for a few minutes after work) and the Shirley Temple Little Darling Box Set commercial came on I think we may have seen it a few times before and as soon is it cam on my son jumped up and started singing word for word to the commercial as well as busting out in her dance moves. <br />
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<a name='more'></a>At first I was like well isn't that just the cutest thing you have ever seen and so we continued watching tv and finished all of our other night time routines and then it was time for bed. I pulled out the ABC flashcards that we work on each and every night for months now and my kid couldn't tell me those letters to save his life. So it hit me at that moment that my son watches to much tv and the fact that he could remember a commercial that we had seen may 3 or 4 times was sad when we have been working on those stupid letters for ages.<br />
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After being upset about my letting him watch tv I decided that tv would be banned in our house until Daylan could successfully tell me the set of letters that we had for each week to work on. So my work began I figured 4 letters were a good starting place and if he could identify the set each week he would get some tv time but if he couldn't the tv would remain off.<br />
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Here I am a week has passed and we are on the letters A B C and D and it has been a struggle the entire week because I realized that he does know his letters he just enjoys making my life a living hell by pretending that he doesn't. Monday Jan. 17th was the first day he decided that he would tell me the letters in order to get tv back.<br />
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Now here is why I haven't been able to get on since the tv has been off I have had to constantly entertain him. He follows me everywhere I go and is a constant shadow. I can't take a crap without him standing there staring at me and tell me that i have to wipe my butt and wash my hands when I am done. I never truly realized how big a role tv played in our lives until I shut it off but it will remain off until he shows me that he can do more than sing and dance to Shirley Temple and can actually tell me his ABC's.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">#53 <a href="http://sweetsugaryshenanigans.blogspot.com/">Alice</a> & #58 Allie</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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by Jen from <a href="http://mindofadiva.wordpress.com/">Mind of a Diva</a><br />
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Its official, David and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.dvbstyle.com/" rel="homepage" title="Victoria Beckham">Victoria Beckham</a> are adding one more to their family. The couple announced last Sunday that they are expecting their fourth child. The newest member is due to arrive this summer.<br />
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The Beckham’s announced their good news through their Facebook and Twitter accounts. David Beckham wrote on his Facebook account, “Victoria and I are expecting our fourth child this summer. The boys are very excited about the arrival of a new brother or sister.” Victoria Beckham announced in a tweet, “We are all so happy and excited!!!!!!”<br />
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David and Victoria Beckman wed in 1999 in Ireland. Since then they resided in the United Kingdom until David Beckham started playing soccer for the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.lagalaxy.com/" rel="homepage" title="Los Angeles Galaxy">L.A. galaxy</a> soccer team. They now live in Los Angeles with their three sons Brooklyn, 11; Romeo, 8; and<br />
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Best wishes to the Beckham’s on their new bundle of joy.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I swear it is getting crowded inside my head with all the different personalities that can pop out at any time. I decided to make a list of some of the more colorful characters that I rear their heads from time to time in my life or even throughout my day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We as women all have different personalities for different situations so maybe you will find one that you can relate to or you can just laugh at how crazy I am either way it is all good to me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I am debating on starting with the bad ones first and then easing you all out with the good ones but you all may need to be eased into the bad ones. I guess I will start with the one that is around the majority of the time and just work my way down the list. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Mommy</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We all know her she all <b>too</b> well because this is the face that most of wear each and every day. We are constantly but out fires with our children from temper tantrums to kissing ouchies. Sometimes this personality is hard to shake especially when you go from talking to your child to talking to an adult. I often times forget that I don’t have to negotiate certain things with grown people that I have to with my son. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Occasionally I catch myself talking in my mom voice which for me isn’t really all that sweet in calm. I am more of an authoritarian so I have to make sure that I turn aspects of The Mommy off so that adults don’t think that I am bossing them around like a mother would when trying to get her child to pick up his toys. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Firecracker</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is my favorite one which gets me into trouble a bit as well but she isn’t going anywhere and she is always around pissing people off. She is the one that likes to give too much information and make people completely uncomfortable. Once her grandmother asked her why she smoked cigarettes and she told her because all the other good stuff was illegal. Her grandmother thought it was funny which is all that really mattered.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She never regrets the things she says but on occasion regrets how she says them. She is full of life and energy and is always making people laugh with the craziness that comes from her mouth and now days her finger tips. She is the one that tells it like it is and not any other way. She is very bold and very confident. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She believes in saying no but doesn’t believe in being told no. She has an interesting way of looking at the world but she is a realist to the extreme and has on one or two occasions been called the dream killer. She will always keep you on your toes and you never know what is going to happen next or what she may say next but you always know that you will be entertained.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Saver of Lost Souls </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I personally think this one gets me into the most trouble only because I feel like I need to go out and save the world on a regular basis. I have gotten better at not trying to fix everything for everybody but I still get caught up in a cause every now and then even if no one knew it was a cause.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I use to be the crazy lady wanting to save all the animals that I found wondering around on the street. I felt like I needed to take them all home and love them. Of course that turned into a complete disaster. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Don’t even get me started on all the people that I have tried to fix or save from themselves. I have since learned that if people don’t want to be fixed or helped then you should probably not even bother because they are very appreciative.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Not too long ago I went and talked to the Chaplin here on my base and he told me that I had a Messiah complex but so totally not in a good way. I was like what is that suppose to mean. Basically he stated that I give too much of myself to everyone and I try to take on their problems to the point that I think of them as my problems and it results in me having problems. I guess that was just a nice way of telling me I needed to mind my own business and leave people alone.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Business Woman</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She is always on her game working her angles networking her butt off. She lives by the ABC’s of (Always Be Closing). Every new person she meets is a potential contact. She lives on her BlackBerry and can’t leave home without it. She has planners for her planners and reminders for her reminders. She never misses a step and heaven forbid if she does she is quick to correct it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is me quite a bit these days since starting the blog and then starting the new blog it’s all about networking, networking, networking and getting my name and blogs out there. I love what I do and I have a real passion for connecting with others on many different levels. I basically work an entire full time shift just working on the blog each day but it doesn’t feel like work because I love it. I am answering emails on my Blackberry all throughout the day and I am not a stay at home mom so I have been doing a balancing act for the past few months but like I said I don’t get stressed about it because I enjoy it and that passion for it keeps me going.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Girl Gone Wild</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I don’t allow this one to get out all that often because she is a little too difficult to pull back in and contain. She is allowed out once a year for a period of 3 days to a week but that is it any more than that and she throw of the balance between all the others.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Her skirts and dress are a little too short and her tops are a little too low cut. She drinks tequila like it’s going out of style and always ends up on a bar or tables somewhere dancing the night away. All I can say is she is too hot to handle and has no fears, cares or worries.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She has traveled all over the place from Thailand to Vegas and everywhere in between she believes that you go big or you go home. When she is out she is out and there is no one that can rain on her parade not even a hurricane can keep her down (yeah I made it to South Beach anyway).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She has been caged up for about a year now because the others have been dominating the scene she is ready to come out I can feel it but she will just have to be patient.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>The B***h</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now this one comes out when you push me to the point where I am fed up and I am no longer trying to save your soul but more like trying to take you out back and beat the soul out of you. I really try my hardest to keep her in check but once you let her out all I can do is tell you to run.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">She seeks to destroy and conquer. She likes conflict and never backs down from a fight. She is always locked and loaded with something wickedly mean to say to you because after all you deserve it for pushing her to this limit. She doesn’t hold back and when she sees you start to break she will rip into you again it’s just the nature of the beast.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I suggest treading lightly when she is out because she will make your life a living hell but if you treat all the<br />
other ladies right you will never have to meet this one but don’t slack and always be aware that she exists.</div><img align="right" src="http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k316/kayedanda12/danielle/siggy.png" /> <script class="owbutton" src="http://onlywire.com/btn/button_50436" type="text/javascript">
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life. Everything moves at such a fast pace in today’s world that it seems almost impossible to<br />
find a moment to do something that benefits yourself and your health. This has never been more<br />
true than of Mothers.<br />
<br />
Being a parent is a hard job as is, add a part-time or full-time day job and getting through the day<br />
without mishaps is nearly impossible. Between taking care of their families, their households,<br />
and their careers it seems like there’s never enough time for Mothers to truly take care of<br />
themselves and this is especially true when it comes to exercising. However, some studies have<br />
shown that finding only 30 minutes a day to workout may be all that you really need to get a<br />
truly healthy benefit.<br />
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Researchers at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA held a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6432097076784275034"><br />
href=“http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/exercising-10-to-30-minutes-a-day-<br />
boosts-quality-of-life-for-overweight-obese-women_10027244.html”> study with 430 women<br />
to see the effects on 30 minute workouts with women of the average age of 57</a>. What the<br />
study showed is that the women who did workout for at least 10 to 30 minutes a day had a better<br />
quality of life. In fact, it boosted the quality of their life along with their general health, vitality,<br />
and mental health compared to those who didn’t work out at all. This shows that working out<br />
even for a small amount of time can be really beneficial. But the question remains on what to do<br />
when working out and how to eat while doing so.<br />
<br />
It is understandable that you may still have your doubts about only 30 minutes being effective,<br />
but it’s about more than just getting the body up and going. Considering that the goal in<br />
working out in quick spurts everyday is cutting fat and cutting it fast, it’s vital to put together<br />
a healthy eating regiment that will work with your 30 minute a day exercising routine. Eating<br />
food like lean meats (turkey is a great one to consider) and fish while avoiding foods heavy in<br />
carbohydrates and saturated fats can help burn calories quick and easy. That being said, it’s also<br />
important to work out in the correct manner and focus on the important areas of you body while<br />
doing so.<br />
<br />
Fitness magazine presents <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/lose-weight/total-%3Cbr">body/workout-30-minutes-a-day/”> a great routine for working out 30 minutes a day</a> that<br />
includes (but isn’t limited to) steady paced cardio, strength training, and a cardio circuit that<br />
helps work the whole body. The best thing about this plan is that for some women who may not<br />
be confident enough to work out at a public gym it allows you to stay home and work at home<br />
gyms and it’s various fitness equipment like ellipticals.<br />
<br />
Having children, looking after them, feeding them, etc. is a job in itself. As a mom you deserve<br />
to take time for yourself each day after putting everyone before you. This will not only help you<br />
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You all have followed me from the very beginning of my weightloss journey and I just want to keep you all updated because all of my hard work is truly paying off. I feel terrific and am so happy to report that I actually like what I am seeing in the mirror these days but I still have a some more weight to lose.<br />
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I have of course stopped the juice fast because that was temporary just to jump off my new low calorie- high fiber diet. I will probably be doing another one this weekend since I have reached a bit of a plateau and have maintained the same weight for about a week now.<br />
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Here is what I am doing as of now with my weight and diet. I start each morning with a slimfast and then I have a bottle of water and head off to the gym for about two hours. I start my workout with cardio usually I run 3 miles on the treadmill at 4 to 5 mph with a 4 incline. I do this for about 5 mins and then I up the mph to 6 or 7 for about 1 - 2 minutes then drop back down to 4-5 mph for 5 mins again. I do this over and over again until I hit 3 miles.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tngFBO-kSUc9THHaaEn4n1iKzAhXDAY8mdy9t4c8Z3z-IVlD9AUPnJznlha_EWZR_f-QAVLZRtFz61L-xxJpTQiYjfz3l3cggPW3gf5KpRdXUVMn4_RZq4TFHqZfXpFLmWFEcKjxfmc/s1600/DSCN1440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tngFBO-kSUc9THHaaEn4n1iKzAhXDAY8mdy9t4c8Z3z-IVlD9AUPnJznlha_EWZR_f-QAVLZRtFz61L-xxJpTQiYjfz3l3cggPW3gf5KpRdXUVMn4_RZq4TFHqZfXpFLmWFEcKjxfmc/s320/DSCN1440.JPG" width="149" /></a></div>Then I began my weight training and make my way around the gym's cybex machines. I do this work out Monday-Friday and at home I run about 20mins before I turn in for the night.<br />
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After my workout I have a Yoplait Light yogurt and then at lunch I have either a small sandwich (whole wheat) chicken or turkey sandwich measured out to the serving sizes on the package. I of course drink some more water and then about 2 or 3 hours before I am done with work for the day I have a Special K 90 calorie bar. For dinner I usually have either a small salad, salmon, sandwich or just a bowl of Special K cereal. Keep in mind that I measure every single thing that I make. I also make my own juice to drink with my meal so that I know that I am getting all the nutrients from the fruits and vegetables.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKtP0HG12Te8NArzjsTUzbheTDBD63XsOZgKUxoPRwtzcHhCIlzd8FgsejKZP611FiTjUEjYXjxJWoUtZmBwDZZ8Xtq86sSLBCBb-DIT4J89T4HoTPsCtHWVRvrmIdymm9R-kJTEjinE/s1600/DSCN1431.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKtP0HG12Te8NArzjsTUzbheTDBD63XsOZgKUxoPRwtzcHhCIlzd8FgsejKZP611FiTjUEjYXjxJWoUtZmBwDZZ8Xtq86sSLBCBb-DIT4J89T4HoTPsCtHWVRvrmIdymm9R-kJTEjinE/s320/DSCN1431.JPG" width="175" /></a>My diet of course isn't for everyone but I am really determined to lose the rest of the weight and take my life and my body back 100%.<br />
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I currently have 39 days to lose the rest of my weight. Do you guys think I will make it to 115 by Feb 18th?<br />
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</tbody></table>I know so many parents that struggle with having their kids in their bed but I can tell you all that this is not a problem that I face because I never allowed it to occur in the first place. I love cuddling up on the couch with Daylan every now and then but when it comes to going to sleep I in no way want my son in my bed.<br />
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I often wonder how parents who do have their kids sleep in their bed do it. I mean for me going to my room and getting in my bed is like my little place to get away from everything and revitalizing my self after a long day. I couldn't imagine having a long day at work or with the kids and then going to my bed room and having to share my bed with my child.<br />
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Daylan probably stayed in my room from birth to 4 months but he still did not sleep in my bed he slept in a bassinet and then after that I moved him to his own room in a crib. Once he began to walk I was so scared that he was going to climb out of the crib and hit the floor that I bought him a toddler bed and he has been in it ever since. Now going from crib to bed was a very difficult transition only because he had been use to being confined behind the bars of the crib to havuing this new freedom to get up and move around.<br />
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It took me about 3 or 4 months to get Daylan to stay in his bed. I don't know how many occasions that I would roll over and there would be a little person standing on the side of my bed just staring at me and it never failed I would promptly get up and walk him into his room every single time. I eventually wold end up just sitting out side the door of his room so that he couldn't escape. During that time you would see his little hands sticking up under the door as he was trying to get out.<br />
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Finally he got the idea and he has been staying in his room and in his own bed ever since. Now from time to time I will let Daylan come in my room to sleep but about an hour in I realize why he doesn't sleep in my room. He is a wild sleeper which means a night filled with getting kicked in the ribs or the face, occasionally he will decide that he needs to get as close to me as possible so he will attempt to sleep on my back so after a few minutes of that I just call it quits and little man goes right back to his room.<br />
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Do any of you struggle with your kids in your bed?<br />
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I have to admit that I love life as a single woman. I like the fact that I don't have to answer to anyone and there is no one to tell when I am coming back or how long I am going to be gone. Since I have been getting myself back on track and taking back my future, my health and my body I realized that I don't have to settle for just anything but that I am in control of my own destiny and what I want out of life and what I want out of a partner.<br />
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But I am sure you all aren't reading this to find out about my health, body and future I am talking about getting back into the swing of things about getting back out there on the market. Some days I feel like Stella from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Stella-Got-Groove-Back/dp/B00066FAC6%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00066FAC6" rel="amazon" title="How Stella Got Her Groove Back">How Stella Got Her Groove back</a> minus being in my 40's and finding a young man in Jamaica but I feel like her in the sense of being in a rut and then finding my way out of it.<br />
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My close friends know that I recover pretty quickly I am not easily broken and I for the most part never miss a step. I am like that line in the song <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Irreplaceable-Ring-Alarm-Pt-2/dp/B000INAXGA%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000INAXGA" rel="amazon" title="Irreplaceable / Ring the Alarm Pt 2">Irreplaceable</a> by Beyonce "I can have another you by tomorrow<br />
So don't you ever for a second get to thinkin' You're irreplaceable?"<br />
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Well I am here to tell you that momma may have been in a rut there for a minute a very quick minute but momma got her body on point, grew the hair out and is single and ready to mingle...I am not opposed to having a nice pool boy hanging around the house either (and I don't even have a pool).<br />
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I am of course not trying to rush into anything but I know that being me means that I don't have to settle for just anything. I realized something that just because I am a single mom I don't have to just accept anything because there are plenty of men out there looking for qualities that I have and don't mind one bit that I have a child. It's truly a beautiful thing when you realize your worth and what you deserve.<br />
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Oh and sorry this post was kinda late but you know Momma Got Her Groove Back and momma isn't just sitting at home these days.... <br />
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Reasons Why You Rock Review and Giveaway Winner<br />
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#3 Texasmusicjunkie<br />
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#3 Christina<br />
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#25 Shannon<br />
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My son is driving me insane. Does this make me a bad mom? Probably.<br />
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He is about two weeks shy of turning two, and he has learned that I love him and that he<br />
can manipulate me in any way that he pleases. He is just so beautiful, my heart melts to<br />
look at him. When I get angry, he will tilt his head to the side and smile, and my heart<br />
will soften and I won’t be angry anymore. And he knows this.<br />
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How did this happen? How did I become a puppet of a handsome two year old?<br />
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He is an innocent little cuddle bug unless I go anywhere near my computer. Then he<br />
turns into a crafty little bully. I no longer work outside the home, but I do, very much,<br />
work inside the home. I need to spend time on my computer, or we will all starve. But of<br />
course, he doesn’t understand this. He sees the computer as his only competition.<br />
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His grandmother bought him an ornament for Christmas. This particular ornament takes<br />
the shape of a reindeer’s butt, and when you squeeze this butt, the ornament farts to the tune of Jingle Bells. (I tell you, they gang up on me.) Right this instant, as I type these words, he is trying to shove the deer butt in my face, and I’ve been listening to a farting Jingle Bells on repeat for about 15 minutes. Sure, I could take it away from him, but he would just move on to the next strategic annoyance, and I’m afraid it could be worse than the farting, so I deal. The only way to make him stop is to get off the computer.<a name='more'></a><br />
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Yesterday he colored the walls with crayons. When I went to take the crayon away from him, he ate it and then laughed in my face. When I went to scoop the crayon bits from his mouth, he bit me. Later, I wiped crayon bits from his butt.<br />
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He climbs on everything: couches, hutches, stoves, countertops, tables, and hanging<br />
plants. A pack n’ play cannot contain him. He just laughs at the crib. Sometimes I’m<br />
tempted to bring the carseat inside and strap him in and just plop him in the middle of the living room and walk away.<br />
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Ack! Does this happen to the rest of you? Of course, I work when they nap, and I work at night, but I need to work about 8 hours a day in order to make ends meet, so I need to be working at some point while my children’s eyes are open.<br />
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If you are reading this, then you are probably a mother who spends some time on a<br />
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To start I think it might be because I actually went to bed at a decent hour last night. Normally I am up til 2 or 3am but last night I actually went to bed at around 10. I had planned to go to bed at 9 but 16 and pregnant was doing a where are they now show and it sucked me in which isn't normal for me to watch because I kinda detest that show but it pulled me in and I was pretty much hooked for about an hour.<br />
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This was the highlight I woke up this morning at my normal 5:30 and Daylan was more then happy to get up as well. You have no clue how difficult it is to get that little man up in the morning. Normally it will take forever just to get out the door but not this morning. This morning he got up and told me "Mommy I need to go to work, I have work to do in the classroom". I told him "Well then we better hurry I wouldn't want to make you late for work". I packed him up in the car got him to "work" and he even blew me a kiss through the viewing glass.<br />
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Then I scurried off to the gym and let me tell you it has truly been paying off because I caught a glimpse of myself in the full length mirror and I must say I looked pretty damn good if I do say so myself. So I can chalk the gym up to a A++.<br />
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And the on top of that I am just plain happy. The new year has started off great and the new site is doing wonderful so if you haven't been there or haven't been there lately go and check it out <a href="http://mombloggerbasics.com/">Mom Blogger Basics</a>.<br />
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I hope that everyone is doing well and the new year is showing promise.<br />
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I just wanted to let you all know that I will be selecting the winners tomorrow. I have been really busy since I have gone back to work but I want you all to know that the winners will be selected and announced tomorrow for all the giveaways that have closed out this week.<br />
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Also all the Walmart and Target Giftcard winners your giftcards will be put in the mail tomorrow. I hope that everyone is doing well and I just wanted to keep everyone updated.<br />
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Yes I would love to be home more with him but not to the extent of staying home with him each and everyday. I am pretty sure if by some freak of nature I had to stay home with him our days would look something like this:<a name='more'></a><br />
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<blockquote>Daylan would wake up come into my room and continuously ask me to cook him breakfast and I would pretend like I didn't hear him for about an hour or two and then I would tell him something like your a big boy how about you go get something out of the cabinet. Once I finally rolled out of bed I would discover that my three year old just had a breakfast of pretzels since it was the only thing low enough for him to reach. Then I would stroll into the living room sit on the couch and go back to sleep as he proceeded to play around me. Nap time would come when he just got too terribly tired to continue playing and would be passed out in the middle of the floor surrounded by little matchbox cars and hotwheels. Being the good mom that I am I would just throw a blanket over him and then I would proceed to nap number three. Bascially our entire day would be filled with me sleeping and him just running wild and then eventuallly I would wake up and he would be grown.</blockquote>Since I am such a great mom I work to save Daylan from what could become of his life if I were a stay at home mom. I have to tell you ladies that do it I commend you because it truly is not for everyone but I have to ask how in the world do you do it without getting completely and utterly annoyed by your children day in and day out. <br />
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The truth of the matter is I am the owner of this page and I created this space for myself to share my life and experience with others. But I don’t share those experiences in vain, I am not writing just because I don’t have anything else better to do. I write because I have something to say and I feel that I have to get it out and maybe touch or connect with someone else that can relate.<br />
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I think about it like this. If a woman is beat for years by her husband and she finally escapes from his grasp and is now stronger and is ready to speak out against spousal abuse so that other women can find their strength to leave would you stop her. No! You probably wouldn’t stop her because her story will inspire and touch someone maybe everyone can’t relate to her but someone will be moved by her story.<br />
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All I ask is that you look at my post from my perspective and then think about who I am writing to. I write post about my life and my experience to different people, not really people I know but to people that can maybe relate and feel like someone else understands what they are going through. <br />
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There is this saying if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. Well honey I am here to tell you I love heat and my kitchen is on fire. So as my life continues so will my blog and my post about my life and my experiences.<br />
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I will say this I could be doing a million other things that are very unproductive but here I am working through the pain that was 2010 and finding the strength to turn pain into prosperity. There are many others out there in the world that have trials and tribulations and turn to drugs and alcohol me I just turn to the keys on my keyboard and write it out.<br />
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Basically my life is what gives life to my blog the content of my life is the content you will find on these pages. So that being said I am ready to start my New Year free of other people misconceptions and interpretations. Everyone is entitled to their opinions but so am I which is what my space here on The Mommy Chronicles is for.<br />
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Today is Sunday and I spent all of Saturday cleaning and reorganizing my house. While I was doing that I thought to myself wouldn’t it be great to set up a regular comment sharing program on my blog. So today I want to suggest something to you all and you all let me know what you think of it and if you are interested in being a part of it.<br />
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Here is what I am thinking each and every week I will pick 5 new blogs to comment on. Basically I will make a point to go to those 5 blogs that week and leave comments on their post. In return they can come back here and comment on anything they want as well. Basically I am trying to get out of my box and discover more blogs and meet new bloggers.<br />
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I think that it will be a win -win for everyone involved since everyone will be getting comments and we basically change up the people and blogs each week.<br />
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If you are interested in being one of this weeks’s five blogs just leave a comment with a link to your blog and I will just go in order for each week. I am going to do this for the entire month of January and see how it works out and see if I want to continue it on until February.<br />
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****Also just as a reminder for everyone please don’t forget to VOTE for me. I need some love at Top Mommy Blogs…there is a banner at the top of my page as well as on my side bar…I am also on Top Sistah Sites and could use your votes there as well****<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Disclaimer for my Mother: This post is totally not a post about me getting with an old man...hahaha I promise but if I do find me an cavalier older man you will be the first to know...such an inside thing between me and my mom. Okay mom just breath don't worry I haven't turned into Anna Nicole Smith just yet. <br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">So let’s start this year off with a bang. This post has been festering inside me for a little while now and I have just been trying to find the right words so that it actually makes sense to the rest of the world like it makes sense to me.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I guess I will start from the beginning because that’s the best place to begin…(RIGHT?!?!?). Well actually I will give you the cliff notes version. I reconnected with an old co worker on Facebook, talked to him for about a month, invited him on a trip to Vegas, then a month later married him, oh wait let me back up just a notch. Invited him on a trip to Vegas, talked about getting married about a day or two after leaving Vegas, did the whole talking to the family thing, two days before the day I was going to be married found out he knocked up an old girlfriend during our whirlwind love affair, married him anyway (don’t ask), packed up my two year old moved to California, bones kept falling out of the closet (not mine) and end up divorced on our 1 year anniversary. That pretty much sums up my the latter part of 2009 up to 2010 so now I can get into the meat and potatoes of this post on Love or really the reason I’m not looking for it.</div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Love by definition is <span class="ssens">strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties (straight from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary" rel="wikipedia" title="Webster's Dictionary">Websters dictionary</a> that is) basically nowhere in the definition does it talk about respect, loyalty or honesty its just a strong affection. I have a strong affection for a lot of things pizza, Arizona green tea, ranch dressing, stilettos (the list really goes on and on) but needless to say love falls short, a strong affection isn’t a promise to do the right thing or to tell you the truth and protect you from harm. Its just a strong affection. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="ssens">Now you’re thinking okay so she doesn’t believe in love or she has this love thing all wrong. I am not saying I don’t believe in love I am just saying love is something that can be handed out all over the place. I love tons of things and tons of people (actually I love all people, you know like mankind) but that being said here are some things that are exclusive Respect , Loyalty and Trust. Respect ,Loyalty and Trust are three things that I don’t offer to everyone, one has to really prove themselves worthy in order to gain my respect and to gain my loyalty and my trust. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="ssens">So when I say that I am not looking for love I am looking for all the things that love leaves out I don’t need someone to just have a strong affection for me. I need someone that respects me for who I am and that I can respect, I need someone that is loyal and knows what team they are playing for (if there with me then my team is the only team) and someone that can be trusted without a shadow of a doubt to keep their promises and to tell the truth even if a lie is easier to swallow. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="ssens"> I don’t need someone cowering behind what they think love is because love just isn’t enough for me. I always think back to the title of this move There’s a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Line_Between_Love_and_Hate" rel="wikipedia" title="Thin Line Between Love and Hate">Thin Line Between Love and Hate</a>. Well baby I am here to tell you Danielle isn’t walking any tightropes so you can keep your love just make sure you Respect me, are Loyal to me and are worth it for me to Trust you and we will be good and of course I will love you (Remember I love all mankind)! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="ssens">So I am going to rock in my New Year with my baby in tow and if a good man stumbles upon my feet (because that happens like everyday) maybe I will hand him a copy of this post so he will know what it takes to play on this team there are of course many other qualifying factors but these are three of the most important things to me. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Disclaimer to the Disclaimer: So now your thinking I am a complete crazy woman well not really I just thought the disclaimer made the post that much more interesting…hahaha</b></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6432097076784275034" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6432097076784275034" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Now I didn't make it the full week but I did make it 4 days which proved to be just the right amount of days for this type of fast. The first day was the hardest but once I got over that hump I was good to go. I woke up from day one feeling like I wanted to die but after I had my morning juice I felt great. I actually never felt hungry during the entire fast because the juice contained fruits that were really filling but your mind is still use to food so you still crave all the things that you ate before but with willpower it is much easier to get over the hump. Days 3 and 4 were not bad at all I looked forward to the juice and it really worked great.<br />
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I did learn that everything does not work in the juicer like bananas but it that was alright because what I did is juice all the fruits and veggies that juice well and then I transferred that juice to my blender with one banana and viola it was perfect and even more filling. <br />
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Along with doing the juice fast I was wrapping my body with the plastic wrap and the heating pad and blanket to sweat off some of the extra weight around my mid section. My stomach has really liked this not to mention my skin feels great from using the vitamin E oil. Now if you want to try the body wrap I do suggest doing it in accordance with either a juice fast or a low calorie diet and some exercise.<br />
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Duirng the last 2 days of my juice fast I went to the gym for 2 hrs in the morning and did 3 miles on the treadmill and also some strength training on our gyms Cybex machines. I also did a quick 20 min workout at night after I put Daylan down for the evening.<br />
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Since I have finished my juice fast I have changed up my diet to a low calorie diet with lots of vegetables, fish, poultry and whole grains. I have felt great and think believe that I will actually reach my goal of 115 by February 18th. <br />
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I took this while driving on Monday and thought that I would share this with you all apparently this is where you can get and erection and a garage door all in one...LOL....two birds one stone <br />
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I guess we all survived Christmas since you all are here reading this now. Some of you may still be a little frazzled after the holidays, I know for me the worst part about Christmas or any holiday where my child gets a gift is that fact that he gets gifts that require batteries. I loath anything that requires batteries but not because it doesn't promote imagination but because I just hate having to buy batteries and I hate having to listen to him whine when the batteries die. I told you guys that he has OCD (if you missed that post check it out <a href="http://www.the-mommychronicles.com/2010/11/living-with-mr-ocd.html">here</a>) so its like the kid is stuck on repeat if the batteries go out in one toy. All I hear every five seconds is "Mommy we need batteries", "Mommy Mommy where are the batteries", "Batteries I need Batteries". I just want to make it stop, its even worse than the toys themselves with all the loud sirens, whistles, beeping and singing.<br />
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When I first had my son he had all the battery operated stuff but I slowly realized that they were more of a pain than I bargained for and tons more expensive even with rechargable batteries. Think about it if the kid has 20-30 toys that require 4 batteries thats alot of batteries even if they are rechargable. That also means that if a toy cost in the ballpark of 20 bucks you have to figure in how many times you will have to buy batteries so that 20 dollar toy could become more like 100+ after all the batteries.<br />
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I just got fed up with it and said to hell with toys with batteries and stopped buying them. He does of course still have toys that require batteries but being the "mean" mom that I am I let all the batteries die and I don't replace them. So now when he comes to tell me about his battery dilemma I tell him things like "All you have to do is believe and it will work" or "It doesn't need batteries it runs on imagination". The great thing about having a three year old is that he believes pretty much any phony line that I feed him. I take it one step further and I take the toy and pretend like it is doing all these great things and then he wants to try it out as well. This usually solves the problem for awhile but then that pesky OCD kicks in and its back to "Mommy Mommy...." and then we have to repeat the entire process again.<br />
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The other reason that I can't tolerate toys with batteries is the fact that when the batteries are dying the toys take on a life of their own which freaks me out . When Daylan was much younger (as if you can get much younger than 3) he had this Vtech table that took 4 AA batteries and it began to die slowly. In the middle of the night I would hear this creapy sound coming from his room. It sounded like ghost signing. I was terrified so being the complete wuss that i am I refused to go into my son's room at night but I tip toed past the door and I listened really close and it was the most terrifying ABC's that I every heard. Imagine for a moment the ABC's being sung really really slowly and drug out kinda like a tortured soul that is what it sounded like and there was no way that I was going in there after that. I figured if I didn't hear crying Daylan was alright and if I did hear crying I figured he was still alive. I know I am horrible but I was just so scared not to mention it was just me and him so I didn't have anyone else to coax into going and checking to see if things were okay.<br />
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So pretty much after that I made a vow that I would never purchase another battery operated toy every again. I have been pretty good to date the only thing that i have bought was a Vtech MobiGo (yep another Vtech but it doesn't come in the house it is strictly a car toy for our outings).<br />
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Does anyone else get a bad taste in their mouth when it comes to battery opeteated toys you know the kid ones not the adult kind (sorry I had to throw that in here somewhere...lol). <br />
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