For those of you who are familiar with Etsy, I’ve opened a shop there. Leggie Weggies sells baby/toddler leg warmers. Jacob and Grace pretty much live in them and they are fun to make so I figured I’d try selling them.
I might get creative and list other products there too, but we’ll see. I have some appliqued onesies to make and I might try listing them there also. There just aren’t enough hours in the day.
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I’ve been getting a lot of hits on my blog because of people looking for more information about MRSA. Since Jacob has had MRSA not once, not twice, but 4 times, I’ll share a little about what we’ve learned.
First off, if your child (or you) have something that looks like a pimple and is filled with puss and really red, have it checked out. It goes away pretty quick when you catch it early.
The first time Jacob had it, it was on his belly. It looked like a chicken pox and since he had the vaccination for it a week before, I thought it was a break through case of the chicken pox. It got pretty nasty looking and was right where his diaper rubbed and I decided to take him to the doctor. It had broken open on it’s own and the doctor took a swab of it to be sent to the lab. She put him on Bactrim, and told us to do the following at home:
*Wash hands frequently
*Don’t cover it with a bandaid since that will make it spread to wherever the bandaid is. It’s best to let it dry out.
*Use hand sanitizer that contains alcohol. Use it on your hands and also wipe it over the infected area. Just be careful not to get it in any open sores or it will hurt.
*Sterilize the bath tub after the infected person uses it. Before you drain the water, pour some bleach in and let it sit.
*Don’t share towels.
*Take a q-tip with some neosporin or bactroban on it and swab the inside of the nose 3 times a day.
*Wash the infected person’s clothing, bedding and towels separately, in hot water. Or you can wash it however and dry it on high.
*Use anti-bacterial soap, such as Dial.
The reason Jacob gets it so easily is unknown. The doctor seems to think that it’s because he has eczema and that allows the bacteria to get in there. I kind of think that it never fully went away the first time and the 3 other times were because of that. He hasn’t had it in a few months.
Chances are, you or your child will fully recover from MRSA. Although Jacob has had it 4 times, it hasn’t spread to anyone else in our family. I think he originally got it from the doctor’s office at his 12 month check up but in all actuality, it could have been from a grocery cart or the pew at church. You never know where you’re going to come in contact with it so practicing good hygiene will help you a lot.
Remember, Lysol is your friend.
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I’m not sure I like this one. I don’t like how the black socks show the stuffing through them and I don’t like how dangly he is. Plus, his ear is crooked.
I think I’m going to pick up some normal socks instead of knee highs and see how they turn out.
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I made this today from a pair of Halloween knee high socks that I got at Target today. He’s very dangly.
I will add the mouth and eyes tonight and update with new pics.
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My scarf is finally done. I didn’t like the way my bind-off looked but the fringe hid that, so it’s all good.
Now I have to figure out what to do for my next project. I really want to make some socks but I don’t have the yarn for that. Maybe some fingerless mitts to go with the scarf. I have a full skein of this yarn left and I’m not sure that’s enough. I’ll have to check out some patterns.
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Bold what you have read, italicise what you started but couldn’t finish, and strike through what you couldn’t stand. The numbers after each one are the number of LT users who used the tag of that book.
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I can’t seem to find this list on librarything at all so I copied it off of a random blog. I also don’t know what’s up with the (no title) thing either. I think I probably read those books anyways.
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Gracie is being a ballerina for Halloween. I made her tutu and it only cost me about $5 to make. Since she can’t stand on her own, it was kind of hard to get a shot of how cute it is on her. Maybe I can get Jason to help me later.
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