THIS is a juicy title isn't it? YES, I have a new addiction, and it's called yahoo answers. Have you ever done it? I was asking a question on there (you know, medical advice), and then I got carried away answering questions. I reached my limit yesterday... seriously, they wouldn't allow to me answer anymore...
Here are some of my experiences so far on yahoo....
1. I've been surprised by the questions people ask.... there have just been some things where I'm disturbed they are seeking counsel from yahoo... like.. "My 2 year old son is currently choking, what should I do?" OR "I cut my arm with a saw, and it's just hanging there, should I call the doctor?"
2. I LOVE answering the questions dealing with pregnancy/parenting. It's just VERY interesting... and slightly frustrating. Basically, I keep commenting on ones where people are asking everyone on yahoo if they should have an abortion or not. There are surprisingly a lot of pro-life people on there.... I do this because you know, I'm a pro-life activist--even on yahoo answers! =)
3. I answered a question on when to let your baby cry-- like a 6 week old.... and I gave a VERY reasonable answer from my beloved Babywise book... and SO many people hated it, that the comment was removed.
HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA.
Seriously, I cannot get over it. It's like.... why do people hate babywise so much? Most of them have not read the book, I'm convinced. It's almost as if people WANT to have a hard time putting their babies down. Other answers were like this...
"It can be really unnerving for a baby to go to sleep safely in mommy's arms and then wake up in a strange place all by themselves. They have no way of knowing that the strange place is a bassinet lovingly selected by mommy to be their very own bed."
awwwww....but not really.....
Or, my personal favorite
"Read about safe co-sleeping and during the day, nap with the baby"
WHAT?!
4. I answered a question written by a girl asking why people hate Christians (she is one herself) and my response was that the gospel is offensive because there's only ONE way to heaven and you NEED Jesus to get there! We have an ABSOLUTE truth and that goes completely against our current culture. Anyway, so far 3 people have disliked my comment. (Am I surprised? No.) But don't worry, someone liked the comment that answered the question this way...
"Because religion has done bad things."
Enough about yahoo answers.
Let's talk about.... CALEB-- My big boy who I can hardly carry anymore! Seriously, he's huge. He doesn't look as heavy as he is. =) Caleb, went to Grandpa and Grandma DY's house for FIVE days. It was nice to have a break, but I was glad to get him back.
Ben and I went out on a few dates together while he was gone, and I was able to get more done around the house. When we picked Caleb up last Thursday, we decided to go to Lincoln Park Zoo.
I forgot to take pictures the whole time until the very end when we went to the little kid part of the zoo... figures huh?
Here's Caleb playing with Grammy and the fake corn.
He LOVED going up in the tractor! Or... whatever we were sitting in. (I'm not a farm girl....)
And last, but CERTAINLY not least, and completely irrelevant to everything else in this post..... here is the AMAZING pumpkin that Dean Kuper, the brilliant artist made for Ben.
Isn't that incredible?! Do you know who it is? =)
It's John Calvin of course!
We leave for a THREE honking week vacation on Sunday after church (Lord willing). It's going to be AMAZING-- 1 week in Jackson, and 2 weeks in Augusta. I am so excited, I can hardly stand it!
-Melanie
First of all, I love your blog and I read it EVERY time. Just wanted you to know how faithful I am.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I used Babywise and it works wonders.
Thirdly, I am going on vacation for 5 days without kids too! For the first time, like, ever! Isn't that crazy?? I hope I make it.
And finally, I hope ya'll are doing as well as you seem! I love looking at your family pictures... Caleb is precious and so are ya'll. :)