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Do humidifiers cause our kids to get sick?
Do you have a humidifier in your kids room? When is the last time you cleaned it?
If you’re anything like us, it’s probably not been cleaned in a long time. And that’s not good.
Lily’s humidifier was a year old and I don’t think we ever cleaned it. We only use it in the winter and never thought twice about it. Turns out, it was supposed to be cleaned weekly. Weekly!
We ended up turning it off until we could get her a new one. Just turning it off seemed to make her sleep better. I could have been coincidence, but then again, you never know. It could have been blowing bad stuff into the air too.
Why are fingers and nostrils the same size?
Have you ever wondered why your fingers and nostrils are the same size? Especially when it’s not cool to put your fingers in there?
With Lily having a runny and crusty nose, she has a tendency to try to either wipe away some of the snot away with her hand, or pick off the crusty parts. She doesn’t yet understand that her fingers are not to go up the nose.
But it’s a really good question. Why are they the same size if they don’t go together?
Will we always get sick when Lily gets sick?
If you recall, last week Lily got sick. It only lasted 12 hours or so and she dealt with it really good, however, the next day, I got sick.
The day after that, Christi got sick. If we would have had any other family members, they’d have gotten sick too.
That begs the question, will we always get sick when our little girl does?
I’m not ready for being sick once a year, or more. I like my once every few years thing that I’ve been lucky to have.
What’s your take? Do you get sick every time your kids do?
When can we start putting blankets on our baby?
Where is Lily?
We were told from day one that blankets couldn’t go in the crib for safety reasons. Of course, if Lily was swaddled in a smaller receiving blanket, than that was ok.
The sad thing is, we got lots of nice blankets for shower gifts and even home-made ones! They’ve been used, but never for sleeping.
So when is it ok to put a blanket in the crib?
Lily is old enough, and smart enough, that a blanket shouldn’t cause any safety issues. At least I don’t think so. If she doesn’t want it, she’d just toss it out of the crib. Of course, then she’d wake us up to come get it so she could do it again. 
When did my baby girl become a toddler?
Looking for something good.
When Lily turned one, did that make her a toddler? Or what’s that age is it when they no longer considered a baby?
I don’t think I’m ready for a toddler. I like my baby girl.
Toddlers seem bigger, more independent and I’m not ready for that. I like my little girl who’s completely dependent on me and who thinks I’m amazing.
And don’t even start to tell me they grow up fast. I know that but don’t need to hear it.
I guess just need to enjoy today, worry less and take more pictures.
What did you do for your babies first birthday?
Eating an early birthday doughnut.
Lily’s first birthday is less than a week away now. However, we aren’t doing anything too special. I mean she’s one, she won’t know what’s going on.
One year is a big milestone and we are going to have some cake and the grandparents over, but won’t go all out. When she’s older, and knows what a birthday party is, then we’ll have a lot more going on. But for a one year old, is the party really for her, or is it for the parents?
Can you baby proof a hotel room?
I han’t thought of baby proofing a hotel room before, but now that Lily is moving around a lot everything needs to be baby proofed. Well, as much as it can be. We’ve been to a few hotels with Lily, but she wasn’t this mobile before.
Now that we are about to embark on a vacation, we have a hotel room to think about. Baby proofing is hard to do though when you don’t even know what it looks like.
One good idea that was shared with us was to bring painters tape and tape over the outlets so little fingers don’t get in there.
Can you hypnotize a baby to sleep?
You are getting sleepy.
As I was putting Lily down tonight, she was doing her normal routine of eyes wide open, fidgeting, and not really wanting to go to bed. So I tried hypnotizing her… sort of.
Basically I told her she was getting sleepy. Her eyes were heavy and she waned to drift off into dreamland. I kind of added a bit of a song to it too; even though it wasn’t very well thought out.
Looking for tips on flying with a baby.
Flying
In just a few weeks, our family is headed out on a vacation to San Diego California. Where as Lily is pretty easy to travel with, this will be her first time on an airplane and we’re all a little nervous.
Have you flown with a baby before? Any advice?
So far, here is what we have:
- Try to book around their nap time if possible to help them sleep on the plane.
- Take food so they can eat during takeoff and landing to help with the popping ears.
Is there a night owl stage in babies?
Lily has recently decided that sleeping is not her thing. She use to go down about 8 every night with little to no fuss. However, recently she hasn’t wanted to go to bed at all.
We still have the same routine, but by 8:30 she’s still wide awake. Same goes for 9 and 10. She just has no desire to go to bed.
She also has no desire for Dad. If I try to put her to sleep she just cries and cries. She doesn’t like me at all. Mom on the other hand can hold her no problem. Lily will sit on her shoulder, suck her thumb and just relax. She won’t fall asleep, but she’ll act like she is.
