Thomas, Author at TwisterMc

Can babies have nightmares?

11 Mar, 2010

Last night, about 11pm, Lily started making noise in her crib; she started to whimper and cry. It wasn’t a loud I’m hungry or I’m hurt cry, in fact, she wasn’t even awake! After a minute or two I went in to check on her and she was definitely asleep. I touched her head and […]

Surviving Without My iMac

10 Mar, 2010

It’s now day 4 without my iMac and I’m surviving quite well. You see, my iMac screen decided that a yellow vertical line was cool and I didn’t agree. So I called Apple and my screen was on recall so they’re fixing it for free. The downside is that it’ll take 5-7 days. So I’m […]

Why do babies sleep so good in our arms but wake when they touch the crib mattress?

7 Mar, 2010

What is is about our arms that can put a baby to sleep in no time, but as soon as you put them down in the crib, their eyes pop open and they’re wide awake?

What’s In The Box? Is It A Cookie?

6 Mar, 2010

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I’m a big Muppet fan and here is a great example of Jim Henson’s work on Sesame Street. All Cookie Monster has to do is guess what’s in the box and he gets a cookie. Can’t be that hard… right?

It’s quiet, to quiet without anyone home.

6 Mar, 2010

It sure is quiet around this house without my girls. They’ve gone away for the weekend and I’m left to entertain the cats, do a few household items, and relax. This is the second time I’ve been away from my girls since Lily has been born and it’s weird. I get so use to being […]

The .htaccess File Is Pretty Powerful Stuff

4 Mar, 2010

It seems that whenever I try to block bad sites from stealing bandwidth, I end up blocking myself too. Doh! And to make it worse, it’s not obvous to me that I’m doing it until months later So if you’ve had issues in the past with images on my site, I apologize. Hopefully all is […]

Master Multiple Clipboards & More with ClipMenu

4 Mar, 2010

I’ve long been looking for a good clipboard application. My requirements were something that was lightweight, easy to use, remembered all sorts of information, and free. After testing out quite a few, I fell in love with ClipMenu. Ok, so it wasn’t love at first sight. Something about it wasn’t right when I first tested […]

They’re fine. Just relax a little.

3 Mar, 2010

One piece of advice we overheard when the wife was pregnant was to not freak out at every little thing. Now that Lily is moving around more and more, I realize how great that advice really is. The idea is simple, if you freak out, your baby freaks out. They look to you for comfort […]

Safety proofing started, now I’m locked out.

1 Mar, 2010

Crap. Now that we’ve started safety proofing the house, there are cupboards I can’t get into and things I can’t get to. The worst part is some are the cupboards under the bathroom sink where the extra TP is. There’s now way you can get these stupid locks off when you realize you’re out. You have […]

So what do we really have to safety proof?

27 Feb, 2010

This weekend we are starting to safety proof our home. I guess it’s time since Lily has got her army crawl down and can move across the room quite quickly. That, and she loves to put everything in her mouth. Here’s what we have on our agenda: Plug up the outlets. Tie cabinets shut; even […]