FOZ, love your post!!!
Gina, I am sure you appreciate bible stories like this too..
RE: Marine Omega
Pinky, Marine Omega is not fish oil, it's krill oil, food for the whale.
BBEthan, I know it's available online from USA, I got mine from Nuskin. I signed up when I was pregnant cos I needed the marine omega for "Yoda". It's $74 for 120 capsules. I am sure it's alot more expensive than the normal fish oil but as I reseached on "EPA", "Marine Omega", "Krill Oil", I found that MO is 80% more potent than fish oil and great for those with cholesterol problems.
RE: Quiting jobs, SAHM, "Necessities"
I always feel life is full of choices, and it's our needs & expectations (of life) that determined which choice. Likewise the necessities. To be put it crudely, sometimes I asked myself, if some parents can use a $99 "lucky Baby" stroller, why then did I insisted one that costs $800? There are baby carriers that cost a little as $80, why then must I have a Baby Bjorn and then eventually bought a second one from Combi? I see many less well-to-do family using no brand bottles and teats, but I have from the most reasonably priced Pigeon to Avent to Medela to Playtex to Dr. Brown. Things that are necessary for me may not be necessary for others, e.g. I preached the goodness of cordyceps, but you may not believe in Chinese herb, I preached Marine Omega, but you may not be willing to pay that kind of price..
Etirto, for my household, anything to do with safety, hygiene and health is not necessary but MANDAToRY. I am glad for this I have agreement with J.
Come to think about it, I only started feeling ok getting money from hb after we learnt that my brother-in-law gets a certain amount of "allowance" from my sis-in-law and she proudly claims "no one can question how he spent it".. It's like a hint to my MIL... Sigh! Different fate!!
Anyway, yesterday, I went to the Better Toy Store. Thanks to HBB for the info, now it's my favorite toy store.
Neighbor's boy had happily shared his when we were out walking in the morning, so I decided to go check it at ELC until HBB tole me about TBTS. I ended up buy him a push cart with building blocks and a push along rattle.
I think I am still far behind the paints and crayons... better pull up my socks here..
Now my new concern: I think K is teething again, his last 4 molars.. Typical symptoms like his previous teething- increase in salivation, drop in milk consumption. Few new symptoms, keeps putting thing into his mouth however not to the back, keeps wanting to bite, rusk is the best but I suspect that causes him to eat less during the proper meal sometimes..
Thank God, like the last time, he has no fever. The reason he was cranky last night (longest ever) was because he was overly tired and hungry (he skipped his 4pm milk yesterday).
Have a great weekend!