I didn't see Body Worlds because every since my childhood encounter with the mummy, and the nightmares afterwards, I have had no desire to see human bodies, plasticized or not... but um, this, this we need to make into a group outing. Like with dinner and wine and everything.
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Monday we decided to feed the Sprout cereal for the first time... even got out the camera and everything.
We forgot to put a bib on her.
We did better last night, remembered the bib, which is good because most of the cereal ended up on it.
Don't tell my mom, but I just signed up at Nestle's site. I already have Similac samples at home, and at Syl's suggestion, I'll get some from Nestle as well. Not to mention, coupons are good.
Even if I get enough milk frozen, on the off chance it still isn't good, I'd better have a backup plan. Its not like if she won't eat it that I can just come up in a few hours and feed her. I've also done some checking around here, and their kids were picky about formula, so we should make sure she is OK with it before I'm a three hour flight and an international border away.
However, please don't tell my mom. She boycotted Nestle from way back in the day. I didn't have a damn Crunch bar except Halloween until I had my own allowance. They still are on the really iffy side in the whole breast milk vs. formula war. I'll be hiding the evidence when she comes to visit.
Mmmm... chocolate.
I read this:
Is your freezer cold enough? If your freezer keeps ice cream hard, then the temperature is right.
I think the main issue is the freezer. We had some ice cream in August, and it wasn't staying hard. I thought it was airy cheap icecream. I suspect its the temp. I've dropped the temp in the freezer. I don't think scalding is a bad idea as an insurance policy. I'm going to press to get a deep freeze right away.
I've also gotten some good advice on what to do to help mitigate the issue. Including for the more recent stuff, mixing it with fresh milk to cut down on the smell, so hopefully she will take it.
We did our test, and its pretty official. All of my frozen milk is bad. I'm guessing its the lipase combined with the defrost cycle on the fridge. So far I've been able to get my milk to last over the weekend (Thursday to Tuesday didn't however), but the freezer stash is out. I've thawed August and July milk and same issue. It makes me wanna gag, and she refuses it. I haven't counted it up yet (and I'm afraid I really will cry if I do), but I'm estimating around 150 ounces. Even I find a way to scald/store, and if I go ape shit on pumping between now and mid October, I don't think I'll have the 75+ ounces I'll need for my trip.
The plan it to clean out the basement, get a chest freezer, and start scalding my milk. Seems a lot of women have had good luck with doing it in bottle warmers, so that's what I'm hoping to do. I have one, just need an instant read thermometer to devote to the process as well.
So, that's the plan, but now I have another question. A question I never planned on having to ask since I had the super boobs. How in the hell do you pick a formula to use? I have some samples, but that's not making an educated decision. Daycare uses a Nestle product with Iron, so that wouldn't cost me anything for daycare, but I don't know if that's best either. Syl? AKJ? Help? I'll most likely call the Dr. office too, but I need some mom opinions.
I steal cool stuff from other people's blogs.
My name: Kale
1. Famous Singer/Band: Korn
2. Four letter word: kick
3. Street: Knox
4. Color: Khaki
5. Gifts/Presents: Killer Rabbit Plush Toy
6. Vehicle: Kia
7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: keychain
8. Boy Name: Kent
9. Girl Name: Kayla
10. Movie Title: Kiss Me Kate
11. Drink: Kamikaze
12. Occupation: King
13. Celebrity: Kate Hudson
14. Magazine: Knits
15. U.S. City: Kansas City
16. Pro Sports Teams: Knickerbockers (Knicks)
17. Fruit: Kumquat
18. Reason for Being Late for Work: Kid
19. Something You Throw Away: kitty litter
20. Things You Shout: Kaboom!
21. Cartoon Character: Kermit (Muppet Babies)
