Comments on: Mashing the Mish

By: Velma

Velma — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:23:10 +0000

My girl is 9 and still thinks she won’t be able to handle the pain, so the ears remain virginal.

I loved Middlesex so much, felt the same way about it.

By: kimblahg

kimblahg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:19:02 +0000

also- someone teach german coughing boy (in my head, he’s german) the vampire cough. cough into the bend of your arm!

By: kimblahg

kimblahg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:16:52 +0000

you are very lucky your library fines can be solved with quarters. my oldest lost some ninja book i swear we never borrowed and we owe them a fairly absurd fine. they do let me pay it off a bit at a time but i feel like such a library loser. have you heard about the library loser? beaten by the queen of hearts every time.

By: Floral Joy

Floral Joy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:15:45 +0000

There are so many virus’s going around that are accompanied by a whooping cough that doesn’t want to go away. It’s hard enough to have to take care of the kids as it is, but when they get sick we all have to turn into supermoms.

By: Amy in StL

Amy in StL — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:15:30 +0000

Wow, once again you’ve reminded me that I’m not ready to be a mom. If I’d been there – with or without kids – I would have recoiled in horror and said something very un-Christian like to the mom. Probably not a good role model, eh? But I applaud you for not mentioning it to her since then because I totally would have to call her out for getting my kids sick.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:06:26 +0000

I was visiting my sister this weekend and she reminded me that when I was little I used to pass out when my mother would clean my newly pierced ears, every single time. I think I was about 8, and when I had them pierced again at 18 everything was fine. (I’m not sharing this as a scare tactic, just to share that little kids are weird.) Good luck Meredith, such an important milestone!

By: Lynn @ human, being

Lynn @ human, being — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:03:09 +0000

Lauren got her ears pierced at 6, and she was a tiny bit too young to handle the responsibility on her own. But really, I was still helping her brush her teeth properly then so making sure she cleaned the piercings too was not a big deal. Be sure to bring a Teddy Bear for squeezing and have them do both at once if they can (takes 2 people). If we’d have done them one at a time she’d only have one done.

Hope your house is well soon.

By: Alli

Alli — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:21:03 +0000

Mindy- I hate when the couch won’t leave! HAahhahhahah…sorry, that just struck me funny. If Mere starts with a fever or is still coughing in another day she should def. get a chest xray. Pneumonia rears its ugly head in many ways. Also, my oldest had her ears pierced at 7. All went well and she was really into cleaning them with the super special pierced ear solution.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:54:44 +0000

I have had that disease too. Even after antibiotics the couch isn’t going anywhere…

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:16:55 +0000

LOVED Middlesex. Have a two-year-old who wants earrings. No way. Not yet. But six? Maybe old enough to decide. Good luck.