Archive through November 21, 2003
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Archive through November 21, 2003
Justme | Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 04:03 pm     Thanks Annie |
Hippyt | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 05:25 pm     OK,this may out dumb even my how do you defrost a chicken question,but I need advice. My son is finally,finally gonna lose his first tooth. He's all excited about it,and it's really ,really loose. Should I pull it,or let it just fall out? I've heard of kids swallowing them in their sleep,is that true? I wouldn't want the tooth to get lost since it's the first baby tooth! Thanks friends! |
Grannyg | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 05:30 pm     HIppy, I found the best way was to get a wash cloth and tell the son you were just gonna feel of it and see how loose it was. Then feel of it and make sure it's really loose and give a slight tug. That way the tooth is in the wash cloth and you won't drop it and it helps if there is any bleeding. The cloth helps because it's dry and you will be sweating and he will be slobbering. |
Sisalou | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 05:37 pm     Hippy, whatever you do, don't let him eat a tootsie roll. Thats what happened to one of my baby teeth and I never quite recovered from it. |
Hippyt | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:00 pm     Well,I tried it! LOL,he screamed and I let go,now he won't let me near him! |
Lucy | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:01 pm     Hippy, I would try and pull the tooth, if ds will let you. Granny's idea about using the wash cloth is a good idea, but even a tissue will work. My ds swallowed one tooth while eating ice-cream and lost another one in the tan bark at school. Both were big disappointments, but I can attest to the fact that the tooth fairy still comes even when there is a missing tooth! edited to say...forgot it for now! |
Hippyt | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:03 pm     OK,see that's just what I don't want to happen! I'm gonna try it again,tell him I'm just wiggling it. |
Lucy | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:04 pm     Keep a firm grip on the tissue or washcloth, Hippy! |
Squaredsc | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:13 pm     i actually tied a string around the tooth and yanked hard. popped right out and per the boys it didn't hurt. one of them actually lost a tooth eating an apple. needless to say it went down his throat with the apple piece. i told him to write a note to the tooth fairy explaining what happened, lol. he still got a dollar. |
Hippyt | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:15 pm     Well,he's on to me! He won't even keep his mouth open long enough for me to get in there. He's actually trying to pull it himself.lol |
Lucy | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:19 pm     If ds can pull it himself that's even better. Maybe he'd like to try Square's string trick! |
Grannyg | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:19 pm     Tell him you just want to feel of it and see if it's loose. Just feel that's all. |
Lumbele | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:26 pm     Hippy, don't worry, let him swallow it. You won't lose that first baby tooth if you "sift" once it has made its trip south. |
Hippyt | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:27 pm     Well get this,the kid pulled his own tooth!!!!! What a little fruitcake! |
Reiki | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:28 pm     Okay the problem with the "let me just feel it to see if its loose" routine is that you are basically lying to the child. My sister tried that trick on me and I have never gotten over it |
Lucy | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:35 pm     Yay!!! That's great, Hippy!!! |
Grannyg | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:40 pm     YEA!!!!!!!! So glad the tooth is out. I know he is so excited. |
Hippyt | Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:43 pm     sniff,sniff,he's not my little baby anymore! Thanks for all the help and support! |
Christina | Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 03:40 am     When ever the tooth fairy came to our house, he/she always sprinkled tooth fairy dust aound the tooth box on the dresser, so you know when you wake up, if she was there or not. (I used some baby powder) My son used to tell everyone about the dust. He even saved it for show and tell once, He was the star. really cute. |
Whoami | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 08:22 pm     Is anyone an expert on racoon behavior? My boys just spotted one outside (its nighttime). The racoon was motionless, just staring at the Boys (thank God a fence separated them). I shone the flashlight on it, and it didn't move. I then got a water bottle to squirt it with (to chase it off). When I got back outside it was curled up in some leaves by the fence. I had to squirt it several times before it finally got up and slowly waddled a couple of feet away, and went under a neighbor's car. I couldn't tell if its eyes were clear or not. I could have seen/imagined a crustiness around its eyes, though I can't tell if it was just squinting in the beam of the light (I didn't get a long/clear look at its eyes). I thought these things came out at night to forage. I thought with it being nocturnal, it would be more active. And I thought if it decided to nest, it would be in a tree or something, not out in the open in a pile of leaves. I called Animal Control (just got the police depts' evening dispatcher), and they said unless the animal is injured (or I would assume sick, too), they can't do a thing about it. I just wondered what I should consider normal behavior. I want to keep an eye on this thing and make sure my Boys don't get harmed or infected. |
Tess | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 11:45 pm     Who, we had a raccoon act in a similar manner (hiding under our front porch, then in the window well and then drinking out of a puddle at the end of our driveway and this was all during the day. The animal was obviously sick. Animal Control came out and captured it easily, told me he had distemper and took him away. They, too, said they would only come if the animal was sick or injured but it was clear this one was sick. |
Whoami | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:30 am     Well, at least this was at night. I too have heard to be very cautious if you see one in the daytime. I went out later and scoped out the area (and the yard), found it gone, and did finally let the Boys out. You'd have thought they'd been cooped up in the house for weeks, the way they galloped round and round the yard in the pure delight of being able to go outside again! I will be keeping an eye out for the next few days. I just don't want to take any chances. Like I said, I kinda thought it would be more active, since it was nighttime. A little while before I let the Boys back out, I did hear a "pop, pop, pop" outside. Made me wonder if someone else saw the critter and shot at it.  |
Twinkie | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:44 am     Who, it does sound like the animal is sick. Raccoons are normally pretty active. I've been around them most of my life in FL. And they are quite brazen. If you had to squirt it a few times to get it to waddle away then it is definitely sick. I would call animal control again and tell them its very evident its sick and let them be on the lookout for it. |
Whoami | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:52 am     Thank you Twinkie. Well, since the animal is apparantly gone for now, I'll wait and call Animal Control when they are actually in the building. I've never had much success with dispatchers (from this department) who are manning the phones "off hours." The lady I talked to tonight couldn't get me off the phone fast enough. |
Whoami | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 01:04 am     What the heck is a HEMI? And why is it better than any other type of engine? |
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