tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post4993721482429552068..comments2023-11-03T03:13:42.515-07:00Comments on Fresh Fixins: The Old Days or The New Days- What do you think?Karen Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-58817576310882952622009-03-26T18:44:00.000-07:002009-03-26T18:44:00.000-07:00I found that I was able to buy good Baby High Chai...I found that I was able to buy good <A HREF="http://www.spacify.com/high_chairs-549-756.html" REL="nofollow">Baby High Chairs</A> for a great price at the spacify.com. It was less costly than elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-15716082292228761192009-03-25T16:16:00.000-07:002009-03-25T16:16:00.000-07:00I hear ya. My indispensable was a Pack n Play play...I hear ya. My indispensable was a Pack n Play playpen. We were back and forth a lot at my MIL's and it was the second bed. Otherwise I got a LOT of stuff from garage sales and as hand me downs.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to use cloth diapers, but we lived in my MIL's basement at the time of first child's birth. That would have been nine people using the washer and dryer, including diapers. Just didn't happen. But I don't have a problem with making your own cloth diapers with elastic and velcro. Better fit, less mess. It's really tough, too, to find the old fashioned diapers. And they cost mucho. I looked.Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412755038083750088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-46447071624580941232009-03-25T13:40:00.000-07:002009-03-25T13:40:00.000-07:00Ive heard it said that you're only as old as you f...Ive heard it said that you're only as old as you feel--and I don't think you're old at all!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-52011309086601613092009-03-25T11:33:00.000-07:002009-03-25T11:33:00.000-07:00Believe it or not, for my first born, his 'bassine...Believe it or not, for my first born, his 'bassinet' was a wicker laundry basket filled with homemade blankets that were made for him..lolAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857554289543670693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-56943275532044467462009-03-25T09:56:00.000-07:002009-03-25T09:56:00.000-07:00wow Jeff thanks for the info that is cool!wow Jeff thanks for the info that is cool!Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-54927447553417607592009-03-25T03:39:00.000-07:002009-03-25T03:39:00.000-07:00I loved this. So dead on. Kaish always got his bat...I loved this. So dead on. Kaish always got his bath in the kitchen sink and I didn't buy useless products just so I could be a cool Mom!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874897254332872367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-91985592109395132582009-03-24T20:49:00.000-07:002009-03-24T20:49:00.000-07:00wow Trudy we have quite a bit in common. I was jus...wow Trudy we have quite a bit in common. I was just turned 17 when my daughter was born. I also remember that when I got my drivers license gas was 23 cents a gallon. So was a loaf of bread. I don't feel like I am old, am I old?Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-71053688997364484592009-03-24T20:34:00.000-07:002009-03-24T20:34:00.000-07:00Well, I'm the oldie here, I guess--my kids were bo...Well, I'm the oldie here, I guess--my kids were born in 1966 and 1972. I used cloth diapers with both--and we didn't own a clothes dryer til my second child was 17! Later, I had to wash and get football and cheerleading uniforms dry by the space heater we had back then in the wintertime and it worked fine. All year round, I hung out clothes. When they were babies, I was blessed enough to have a lot of hand me downs from relatives and friends. No computer games, very little tv except on Saturday mornings. Things were so different; and yes, I worry about today's kids. My grandchildren are obsessed with the computer--the young one, games, and the oldest with Facebook and MySpace.<BR/><BR/> I was,like you,a very young mother-- a month before I turned 17, but my husband got a good job at a paper mill (I think it was $2.50 an hour starting pay back then and we learned to live on one paycheck and lived from paycheck to paycheck! My husband always worked shiftwork and I've always stayed at home and done the work that was done there--an "old-fashioned marriage", I guess, but it has worked for 43 years.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I worry about today's parents and today's kids--I worry and pray!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-5241786897145324472009-03-24T19:13:00.000-07:002009-03-24T19:13:00.000-07:00Peach, I had my travel Pampers too, made going som...Peach, I had my travel Pampers too, made going somewhere so much easier. But my baby always had a diaper rash when she wore pampers. I used to get pure lanolin by the tubful for that. I've often wondered about the "keeping baby drier" so you can potty train them at 3 years of age. That's another whole post!Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-658603201342156882009-03-24T17:43:00.000-07:002009-03-24T17:43:00.000-07:00Well this is cool a lively discussion.Well this is cool a lively discussion.Karen Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892103639142471595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-68121973853245328522009-03-24T14:12:00.000-07:002009-03-24T14:12:00.000-07:00I think that Farmlady is right about "Babies can't...I think that Farmlady is right about "Babies can't have discomfort, or you are a bad parent". If kids are not happy these days then it is seen as bad parenting.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-38514222211726358292009-03-24T11:36:00.000-07:002009-03-24T11:36:00.000-07:00Just because you didn't have something as a child,...Just because you didn't have something as a child, doesn't mean it's not a good thing. Some parents do go to excess, but isn't that what we all want? For our children to have a better life than we did?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-8994065519338996282009-03-24T08:56:00.000-07:002009-03-24T08:56:00.000-07:00when we walked through babys r us with stephanie a...when we walked through babys r us with stephanie as she was clicking away on items ... her mother and I were telling her how we did things. With cory we had a clothes basket for his bed it sat right beside our bed, the swing and car seat were must haves, a neighbor gave us a high chair when he was about 8 months old and their kid out grew it... I used dry rice and cold water to clean out his bottle...i used cloth diapers ... with pins and jabbed myself a few times and laughed so hard when daddy changed him and picked him up and the diaper fell to the floor... corys favorite toys were empty boxes, pot, with awooden spoon to bang them and potatos to roll across the floor. thats not to say that we did nto keep a box of disposable diapers for when we were out and about and he had toys and such but life was so much easier and all these gadgets and "must haves" just floored me!Laura ~Peach~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06436851234824883774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-69770749793120787412009-03-23T22:43:00.000-07:002009-03-23T22:43:00.000-07:00Pffft... I used cloth nappies (the real ones) .. a...Pffft... I used cloth nappies (the real ones) .. and I bathed my babies in a big plastic bowl on the kitchen bench, I didn't have any fancy computer programmes or games or nothing!<BR/>Nowdays the Mum's and Dad's want everything going, and so much of it is unnecessary! But, you can't tell them....OH NO... they already know EVERYTHING.Chris Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03599144462630400401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-21247558826504595282009-03-23T20:37:00.000-07:002009-03-23T20:37:00.000-07:00Wow! I'm with you 100% here. Mom's and baby "stuff...Wow! I'm with you 100% here. <BR/>Mom's and baby "stuff" have become big business and new moms think that they can't live without all the bells and whistles. <BR/>Most kids have so many toys that there is no room for anything else in the house. The toys are everywhere and the kids don't even know what they have because they have so much..., and nothing is special to them. They have started at the top and there is no where to go, nothing to appreciate.<BR/>Babies can't have any discomfort or you're a bad parent. No wonder they grow up thinking that they are the center of the universe. What a shock to find out they aren't.<BR/>...and we wonder why there are so many disfunctional young adults.farmladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516462251842458511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-20023310396035943902009-03-23T20:17:00.000-07:002009-03-23T20:17:00.000-07:00WOW - you said what I have felt about raising my b...WOW - you said what I have felt about raising my boys. Poor Milk Dud is wearing hand me downs of Big Sons - he is 10. Yes, I saved baby cloths for 10 years and they are SO out of 'style'...but I didnt spend a frigin penny on em either... I have real cloth diapers, but I have velcro ones too.. I can use them to often, because the boys all have their dads fragile skin - darn pale Norskies'.. LOL I dont have all the gadgets. I have an old 'washpan' that was my great grandmothers. All of us kids bathed in it and my granny gave it to me to bathe my kids in. I have pictures of milk dud in it so I will post them for you. NOW, I am going to say somthing that will make people throw things at me... ready - young woman are spoiled.... there, its out in the open.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16327157455249207495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559227461484344655.post-67339419990494024202009-03-23T20:12:00.000-07:002009-03-23T20:12:00.000-07:00Way megga deprived... I'd almost consider having a...Way megga deprived... I'd almost consider having another just to get more toys! Well not really, he's fixed, and I have no other sources.<BR/><BR/>lol<BR/><BR/>DaNellaDaNella Autenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343518686058163040noreply@blogger.com