Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

fourthnlast

AprilMay9 said:

Those who cloth diaper (who I feel like is everyone but right now can only think of @pineconey‌ @ColleenSwerb‌ @Rrrrrachel‌ @Rogue237‌) I need help with detergent. I have an older (maybe 8-10 years) HE maytag front loader. What the hell should I use for detergent?? I was using non HE Detergent a while ago and had some issues and was scolded by the repair man to make sure I used he. Is this chart a good place to start??? https://www.diaperjungle.com/he-detergent-chart.html

I bought some bg 4.0, flips, thirsties covers, and prefolds.

I use Tide.

RocksInTheWater

Jessieann1020 said:

I went to the liquor store and was all "Yeahhhhh gettin tipsy tonight!" I am finally home and LO is asleep and I just feel like eating ice cream and watching The Avengers. I can't decide if that's a fail or a win.

I totally understand where you are coming from! The ice cream is a win though.

baileymama3

FYI: The chocolate truffle brownie mix from trader joes is incredible. All you add is 2 eggs and a stick of butter. They are incredible!!!!! Gooey and amazing!

fourthnlast

baileymama3 said:

FYI: The chocolate truffle brownie mix from trader joes is incredible. All you add is 2 eggs and a stick of butter. They are incredible!!!!! Gooey and amazing!

Anything that calls for a stick of butter has to be amazing.

Bailey'sbride

@honeyzoo‌ That's awful! I'm sorry you have to go through that. Hoping you find someone even better to care for your LO.

edoliesmom

@KendraColeslaw‌ @snmetz7‌ I'll probably be back up here again some time this summer. When would be good for y'all? ;;)

Twirple

I was trying to catch up on RTT when I realized that I wasn't signed in.  Did that and now I don't know where I was.  Hugs and/or TP's to those who need them.  

rockstarlaw

@AprilMay9‌ - I'm new to CDing, so this could backfire on me (read: take anything I say with a grain of salt), but so far the HE Tide Free liquid is working for me on my prefolds.

Twirple

I think I was born in the wrong era.  My MIL and FIL just got back from a rafting trip on the Colorado river.  The shirt my MIL was wearing for most of the trip was badly stained by the red silt.  She has spot treated it and put it through the laundry twice before declaring it a loss.  I was able to get it looking brand new using bar laundry soap, a wash board and then a plunger washer in a bucket.  

edoliesmom

Edited because it didn't post the picture. Boo! I'll try again later.

janice9821

We met the neighbors across the street from our new house. They are our age and have a February baby. We had them over for dinner. Maybe I can have some non-work friends that live nearby? It's been a while since I've had that.
[-O<

Twirple

lia619 said:

I think I was born in the wrong era.  My MIL and FIL just got back from a rafting trip on the Colorado river.  The shirt my MIL was wearing for most of the trip was badly stained by the red silt.  She has spot treated it and put it through the laundry twice before declaring it a loss.  I was able to get it looking brand new using bar laundry soap, a wash board and then a plunger washer in a bucket.  

What is bar laundry soap!?! This sounds like magic!

It is exactly what it sounds like, laundry soap in bar form.  There are two brands that I have tried, Fels Naptha and Zote.  Both work great for stubborn stains.  You can probably get Fels Naptha in the laundry isle at your grocery store.

BiggerinRealLife

@aprilmay9 I use our regular detergent. But we use seventh generation, honest company, or the like.

BiggerinRealLife

My pregnant BFF and her husband were over tonight and we were talking about getting an IUD. I told her I was getting the copper one. She said she was too. Her husband perked up.

"They come in color options?"

) ) )

Twirple

@lia619 I hadn't heard of it until a couple of years ago.  It is one of the ingredients in homemade laundry detergent.   

The other stain remover I use is 2 parts hydrogen peroxide to 1 part dish soap.  I keep it in a spray bottle.  It has taken wine out of a white table cloth, oil stains out of my clothing, and blood out of DD's pants.  It also works great on carpet stains.

RocksInTheWater

Twirple said:

@lia619 I hadn't heard of it until a couple of years ago.  It is one of the ingredients in homemade laundry detergent.   

The other stain remover I use is 2 parts hydrogen peroxide to 1 part dish soap.  I keep it in a spray bottle.  It has taken wine out of a white table cloth, oil stains out of my clothing, and blood out of DD's pants.  It also works great on carpet stains.

The hydrogen peroxide and blue dawn dish soap has been my go-to for getting poop stains out of DS's clothes. I just dump a little of each on the stain. Mixing it in a spray bottle is a great idea!

Twirple

LoriMc12 said:

@lia619 I hadn't heard of it until a couple of years ago.  It is one of the ingredients in homemade laundry detergent.   

The other stain remover I use is 2 parts hydrogen peroxide to 1 part dish soap.  I keep it in a spray bottle.  It has taken wine out of a white table cloth, oil stains out of my clothing, and blood out of DD's pants.  It also works great on carpet stains.

The hydrogen peroxide and blue dawn dish soap has been my go-to for getting poop stains out of DS's clothes. I just dump a little of each on the stain. Mixing it in a spray bottle is a great idea!

I use it for poop stains too.  

Twirple

Carlene just did a simultaneous sneeze/fart then got the biggest grin on her face!

snmetz7

KendraColeslaw said:

@KendraColeslaw‌ @snmetz7‌ I'll probably be back up here again some time this summer. When would be good for y'all? ;;)

Whenever! I don't have a schedule anymore...

i work (boo) so it would have to be a weekend.

Emily041285

snmetz7 said:

KendraColeslaw said:

SLSchuerg said:

@KendraColeslaw‌ @snmetz7‌ I'll probably be back up here again some time this summer. When would be good for y'all? ;;)

Whenever! I don't have a schedule anymore...

i work (boo) so it would have to be a weekend.


Can I come too? I'm close! 8->

snmetz7

@Emily041285 said:

KendraColeslaw said:

@KendraColeslaw‌ @snmetz7‌ I'll probably be back up here again some time this summer. When would be good for y'all? ;;)

Whenever! I don't have a schedule anymore...

i work (boo) so it would have to be a weekend.

Can I come too? I'm close! 8->

Y_all_GPM :-D

pineconey

2 mikes hard lemonades and a Jell-O shot- I'm not tipsy, I'm TIRED. Made a joke about how DS was going to end up getting sprayed in the face while I BF him tonight. Funny thing is, he gets that when I'm SOBER.

janice9821

I stayed up late to hang out with DH and now it is 1:45 and I'm exhausted but I don't want to go to sleep because I know as soon as I do, LO will be up and wanting to eat. Hrmph.

BiggerinRealLife

Josie is such a girl! Finally found her hairbrush (lost it, have maybe brushed her hair twice in her life, both while sleeping) and started brushing her hair. She was in the middle of her nightly battle with gas, an screaming to high heaven. As soon as he felt the brush strokes she went limp and passed the heck out. Hair brushing. The way to a girl's heart, every time.

irisheyez7

BiggerinRealLife said:

Josie is such a girl! Finally found her hairbrush (lost it, have maybe brushed her hair twice in her life, both while sleeping) and started brushing her hair. She was in the middle of her nightly battle with gas, an screaming to high heaven. As soon as he felt the brush strokes she went limp and passed the heck out. Hair brushing. The way to a girl's heart, every time.

Amelia absolutely melts when I comb her hair! I don't blame her, I love it when DH plays with my hair now and I used to make my mom do it when I was little :-)

Twirple

irisheyez7 said:

BiggerinRealLife said:

Josie is such a girl! Finally found her hairbrush (lost it, have maybe brushed her hair twice in her life, both while sleeping) and started brushing her hair. She was in the middle of her nightly battle with gas, an screaming to high heaven. As soon as he felt the brush strokes she went limp and passed the heck out. Hair brushing. The way to a girl's heart, every time.

Amelia absolutely melts when I comb her hair! I don't blame her, I love it when DH plays with my hair now and I used to make my mom do it when I was little :-)

Can't wait until DD has enough hair for me to brush it.

BiggerinRealLife

Dude, @Twirple, I say do it anyway. The best part of a good hair brushing is the feeling on the scalp!

JessieAlbin

jellysparkles said:

pineconey said:

So how soon is too soon to give this kid a hair cut? He's seriously in mullet territory...

I'm for real considering buzzing Fi. She has short very light blonde up top and longish brown in the bottom of the back. It's like someone failed at putting on a skullcap.

I've given Sullivan the baby buzz cut twice now with daddy's beard trimmer. First to remove the epic mullet, and then to remove the Homer Simpson stragglers on top when he was doing his balding thing. I give no fucks about baby curls.

Twirple

@BiggerinRealLife I just brushed her hair.  Her eyes  were huge while I was doing it, so I wasn't sure she liked it, then she started fussing as soon as I stopped.  Started brushing again and she immediately relaxed.  Added bonus, her peach fuzz is perfectly aligned.

Mamamonzo

irisheyez7 said:

BiggerinRealLife said:

Josie is such a girl! Finally found her hairbrush (lost it, have maybe brushed her hair twice in her life, both while sleeping) and started brushing her hair. She was in the middle of her nightly battle with gas, an screaming to high heaven. As soon as he felt the brush strokes she went limp and passed the heck out. Hair brushing. The way to a girl's heart, every time.

Amelia absolutely melts when I comb her hair! I don't blame her, I love it when DH plays with my hair now and I used to make my mom do it when I was little :-)


This is what Luke does when we brush his hair

edoliesmom

P&B715 said:

@mamrotu73‌ we are in Austin. Dallas is 4 hours away or so.

It's 5.5 for me (more with baby). You could come too!

fourthnlast

The peroxide/dawn mixture, can you use that on poop stains on CD's?

KatieGummow

My friends came over and one of them grabbed Carter, so of course my flea bag took his spot so we didn't get lonely. "See? I fits! Where's MY bottle, momma?"

snmetz7

mamrotu73 said:

@P&amp;B715 Where in TX? I have cool relatives with kiddos you could be friends with in The Dallas/Fort Worth area. Is that central enough? One teaches Stroller Strides and has two going on four kids. Another sells tasty buns at the farmers market. The last I forget what she does, but she has a daughter under one.

I want to be friends with your relatives!

pineconey

DH told me he was trying an "experiment" and only fed DS 2oz at his night feeding. Uh ok, next time you're hungry and haven't eaten in 6 hours I'm only giving you 1/2 of a sandwich. Tell me how you like it.

rockstarlaw

mamrotu73 said:

Father's Day breakfast: Angel food cake french toast! With berry-maple syrup (thanks for inventing maple butter, Canada!).
It is always a good choice to give presents that you can partake of, too.

This sounds like sweet heaven!

allyandmike24

Vinny424 said:

I wanna go to story land y'all! Do the kids really need to be old enough?

This!!!!! Let's goooo!!!

rockstarlaw

jellysparkles said:

Rest in peace, Shaggy.

Totally thought you were referring to the "It Wasn't Me" guy until I put this together. Can't believe I thought of him over Scooby Doo!

Emily041285

Cool idea @mamrotu73‌. I never thought to use a blanket as the background. We have a bunch of handmade quilts from people I don't know how to use. Totally stealing that idea!

SoulTermination

My poor DH. He looked sad yesterday and I asked him what was wrong: "First Father's Day as a daddy, first Father's Day without my dad."