MomOfTwins

Just going through that with my two cats........losing my sleep as hubby doesn't want to hire a broker in Dubai - but I have one dealing with the paperwork here. Wish me luck!!!

Try shortening her afternoon nap a little - do not eliminate it as she is little and will still need that nap for some time. She should nap no less than 1 1/2hr and no more than 3 in the afternoon. She should sleep around 10-11 hours at night. What is her last meal of the day besides nursing? Do you nurse before or after the meal? Does she nap in the morning? Does she have a bedtime routine? Does she have new teeth coming? Is she already walking?

Try cinnamon mixed with chili powder instead of coffee on thresholds, window sills and everywhere they might be coming in from. Mop/wipe entire house and spray everywhere they might have walked over with equal parts of water and vinegar. That will remove the scent the "scout" ant leaves behind for the others to come in. Just make sure babies dont touch chili powder and put in their mouth/eyes....

If you have kids like me and want to try something before doing the chemical option, here's a homemade remedy: Clean entire home with equal parts of water and vinegar first, including all places they might have walked on. Use a sprayer and spray everywhere where the mop wont reach. That confuses the other ants from finding the marks left by the scouts ( the ones that come in first looking for food). Then sprinkle a mix of cinnamon and chili powder and place it on thresholds, doors, windowsills or anywhere else they could be coming in from - don't forget vents and drains especially dryer vents and dishwashers. Reapply often until they give up, but they might start roaming outside looking for ways to come in - and that's when you will find it easier to trace them back to their farm! Go outside and look for ant mounds and cracks on bricks, walls, etc... and pour boiling water on it. Ta-da! Hope this helps....

Misana, you can make one yourself....lots of websites that do that for free. Google "free websites" and tons will come up. If u need help lemme know.

maybe orange is more visible in the desert environment?.....

I swear by technology and videos as a plan B to crayons, stickers, paper dolls, coloring books...but we end up carrying so much stuff!!!!So my best time-gaining tips are: 1- bring some new, small, dollar store type toys individually wrapped, something she's never seen before and think of a game and the toy would be a prize.... give it to her one at a time during the flight, let her open it, make it difficult to open (lots of tape etc);) (oh my gosh I'm so mean..LOL) 2- Get a Nintendo DS and games like Puzzle, Sudoku for Kids, Etch A Sketch . Ask the store for more toddler options, there are many games and touching the screen with the little pen will keep her entertained for hoooours. You can turn the volume off or let her use headphones. Also download some movies and she can watch it on DS - unless you bring the IPAD with movies, which is even better. 3- washable, window coloring crayola markers. She can draw on the plane window! Make sure to bring some wet ones to wipe it off - you will get some looks, but all in the name of motherhood and it will pay off when you wipe it all off like magic ;) - if you can't find it, bring some chalk, ask for water, wet the chalk and let her draw on the window. Then she has to let it dry and the chalk will appear on the window like magic. (oh, yea, and get a window seat first ;)) 4- Ipod - make a playlist just for her with kids songs or lullabies *wink wink* 5- finger puppets. Get crafty and make a paper foldable stage with windows that open up, like a real puppet show stage. If you can handle making it on the flight , keep her busy by trying to help you do that. 6- get a book on simple or kids Origami, bring some small papers and ask for her to help you make it. (get the proper paper as they are small and so colorful! Some come with the books) No matter what, NO NAPS during the time before the flight - keep her tired and hopefully she will crash during takeoff :) and no matter what DO NOT wake her up for meals!!!!!!

I've decided to clean up the msg I found online...took me a while...hope it makes sense..... ( if you wish to look for the full content, just copy and paste a section of the text on google, it might bring the whole thing up...) Some "dude" decided to reply to those scam emails...it is hilarious..... Even for people as gullible as me, the trials of harsh experience can produce a thimbleful of wisdom. As I’ve recounted in these pages, people from all over the world (okay, mainly from Africa) have written me with offers of pre-funded ATM cards, wire-transfers of vast sums of money, bags of gold dust, boxes of cash, and more. Those messages have come from British bureaucrats, orphans on the run from murderous uncles, ovarian cancer survivors, bank officers, you name it. Sometimes, they’ve discovered I’m the sole survivor of dead relatives I never knew I had. I took them at their word. I promptly wrote back to every one of these people, trying to do my part to make possible the delivery of wealth into my hands, so that I might fulfill grand projects that would turn NCS from a half-a** metal blog into a global empire of awesomeness. And every one of the slimy ***** has failed to deliver. And yes, I’ve learned something from these hope-crushing experiences: Don’t trust anyone offering you money if they don’t know what Fleshgod Apocalypse is. But, I confess, hope springs eternal. And an e-mail I received just this week from a dude in Ghana has revived my hopes. It’s just so eloquently written that I know something good will come of it. Plus, I think this is the biggest offer of cash I’ve yet received. After the jump, the message I got and my heart-felt reply to it. From Mr.Pascal Akossa Cal Merchant Bank Ring road Accra Ghana. Attn, I am enchanted using this tremendous opportunity to converse with you in this medium of communication. I am Mr.Pascal Akossa Finance director Cal Merchant Bank Ghana. I am contacting you for a possible business transfer worth $10,500,000.00 I am using this moment to give you the cognizance and also to seek your assistance to this business proposal. I got your contact over the internet. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $10,500,000.00 in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr. Alan Williams, A British National who died along with his entire family in (20th Oct, 2005) in a plane crash. As followed in this link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/1501084/Tycoon-dies-with-family-in-Tanzania-safari-plane-crash.html Do not view this as being illegal but an opportunity for us to enrich our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds. You should not nurse any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of these funds into your account, and your acceptance is what will crown this effort. It will be my interest to finish this transaction with you hoping that you will not cheat or blackmail me at the conclusion of this goal because I have planned it for long. If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate your positive interest immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is absolutely confidential because my Bank does not know about it. To establish this you have to send the following information to me: FULL NAMES:________________________ ADDRESS: _________________________ STATE:_____________________ COUNTRY________________________________ AGE:_________________ OCCUPATION:________________________ MOBILE PHONE:_____________________________ TEL FAX NUMBER:_____________________ Thank you for your time and attention. Thanks and God bless You, Mr. Pascal Akossa. MY REPLY Hey dude. How they hangin’ there in Ghana? Awesome e-mail you wrote me. I don’t know about you, but it sure as **** enriched my hope in life! I mean, srsly, I’m pretty ***’ enchanted by the mention of that $10,500,000. In fact, I had to soak my underoos in the sink overnight after I saw that! That’s a **** ****-ton of money, almost more than I would know what to do with. Notice I said almost. lol. So, lemme put your mind at ease right from the start: I do NOT view your offer as illegal. No ******way. I’m sure it’s totally above-board and proper, even though your bank doesn’t know you’re offering to transfer this money to me despite the fact that I have no ****** right to it. And no way would I ever blackmail you – unless of course you don’t follow through on transferring the millions. But that won’t happen, will it? Of course not! So have no atom of fear. So yeah, I’m ready to get goin’ with the money transfer. Here’s the personal info you wanted: FULL NAMES: What, you think I have more than one name? ADDRESS: The *** Metal Island Where I Live STATE: Of Bliss COUNTRY: Can’t stand that kind of music. AGE: Older than dirt OCCUPATION:  Part-time metal blogger and full-time half-wit MOBILE PHONE: (666) 666-6666 TEL FAX NUMBER: You’re kidding, right? Now that I’ve given you my personal info, I’d like to get some personal details about you, y’know, just to establish your boner fides: Pizza or popsicles?  ________ Bacon curry Jack Daniels shots:  ___ Yes  ___ No Last Metallica album that was worth a ****: ________ Flat-ironed hair and girl jeans: ___ Sexy  ___ Kill me now Best metal band on the planet: ___ Gojira  ___ Fleshgod Apocalypse ___ Hollywood Undead My Style: ___ Briefs ___ Boxers ___ Commando Brutal death metal: ___ Best metal genre ___ Bestest metal genre Favrit movie not starring Barbra Streisand: ________ Biggest overflowing ***bag in metal: ___ Dave Mustaine ___ Axl Rose Corpsepaint: ___ Sexy  ___ Kill me now Tentacle p***: ___Sometimes  ___ Always Hanging around men’s locker rooms is rad: ___Yeah  ___ **** yeah And listen, don’t nurse an atom of fear about your answers. I wouldn’t use them to embarrass or blackmail you and I’ll keep ‘em totally confidential. Totally. Confidential. Just like your offer to transfer all this money without the other *********** in your bank finding out. No one will see your e-mail and my response except just the two of us. Cool? So, now you got what you need from me, go ahead and “give me the cognizance.” To be brutally honest here, Pascal, I don’t know what the **** that means, but it better mean sending the $10.5 mill over to me with no *******’ around, or a little bird might whisper something about this in the ear of your bank superiors. You feel me? One last thing: I know you don’t expect to get anything out of this except the enchanting knowledge that all this money will be put to work for the betterment of metalheads everywhere (or at least metalheads with the good taste to read NCS). But I think you deserve a little something for your efforts, and with the $10.5 million, I can afford to be generous. So I was thinking about $500 for you would be fair. Sound good? Awesome. Thanks, and Hail Satan.

Yes, exactly...thank you!!!!!!

And definately don't allow them to smoke in public during Ramadan, that'll really upset people :-P :P I'll make sure they put away their cigars..(u silly!:P:P) Thank you all for the information.

I am in Canada and arriving in July, is there something I can help you with?

Yeah, I deleted it ;)

Thank you VERY much!!!!

Great link! I could fetch a few linkbacks by googling "how much water an 8th month old baby should have" but let's keep in mind the issue is her constipation...not how much water she should have.....

Sorry but she mentioned 170ml of [i'>juice[/i'> at every meal - not [i'>water[/i'>. There is a difference there, especially if the juice is processed and sweetened, like apple or grape juice that you can buy ready to drink.... honestly I don't think (for kids AND adults) we can say one had "too much water", especially in hot climates like Dubai - and simply because if your baby is not thirsty, she won't drink it ;)) As long as the intake of water is not done right before meals (that would fill them up and they wouldn't want to eat as much as they should), I don't see why she should not drink more water......especially if she's constipated (and maybe the constipation has something to do with something already in her diet - so maybe there's no need for more fiber...) The content of water in food should only count as 20% of your daily intake of water. To put it in numbers, my pedia recommended 4-6 oz of plain water (not juice!) per day as an average, and 6-8 if the baby is constipated , if it's summer or if in hot climates, for up to 12 months of age. Also a good tip is to watch your baby's urine color, if its pale yellow, then she is probably getting enough to drink, if it gets darker, offer more. The water content in formula also cannot be considered in the calculation of the amount of "water" you are giving to your baby. Now, I obviously do agree with breastmilk, no discussion of the 'goodness" on it.... But I was monitored very closely by my pediatricians ( I had two in different countries - one of them VERY hot) and both did not put any restrictions to water intake (after and in between meals - not right before - a few sips [i'>during[/i'> is ok) provided my twins had the right amount of food and formula they needed for their age at the time. Hope this helps!

Palmera seems to be greener.....and I think each palmera has a pool?

PS If she's 8 months now and was 6 months and/or displaying all the signs of readiness when you first introduced solids, then allergies are unlikely as you say unless there is a family history. oh..she has a big bottle of diluted juice at every meal.. and she finishes the whole bottle ( 170ml) ok...will send you and email... thanks BFC!!! Agree that she might be constipated. She definitely needs more water. Try adding also more fiber to her diet, like offering oatmeal with bits of pitted prunes in it. But adding more fiber will do nothing unless she drinks more water to her diet.(and that doesn't mean juice or formula). Jello , Watermelon, Papaya, Canteloupe, Pears and other fruits rich in water help too. Good luck.

just very nervous ladies... coz i actually have a stressful month ahead... lots happening at work... plus a four day business trip to sweden... shucks... just hope this won't affect this in anyway... keeping my feet up throughout though and not lifting anything heavy and no gymming etc... wish this stupid trip hadnt come in the way but it's a no option situation... i have to go or then forfeit the job... so once again... need all ur prayers and support... I'd go to Sweden for you ;) j/k I'm sure you'll be fine, pack light and no lifting bags!

My son was born without an enzyme and is EXTREMELY sensitive to some foods especially Fava beans. Is this bean present in middle eastern food??? Is there some particular food I should worry about????

If you are my true friend and if I buy you a gift for whatever occasion, I absolutely do not expect a gift in return! It is different though if you are an acquaintance, a friend from work, or someone you're not too close to - then the gift should be returned if possible - if not possible, which looks like it's your case, thats OK too!!! But a note, email, even a hand written card would do to explain why and apologize.

OOOH CONGRATS!!!!! From a multimom to a mom to be!!!!! Prayin' for TWINS!!!!! Much love

I am giving it a try since I am back home til July. Will let you all know - will run it through some washes.