Car seats and diapers

Since the kidlet really only sleeps next to/on me, I haven't been terribly mobile. But eating at my computer through grad school has made me a decent one handed typer, so I've been trolling the internet pretty much constantly the past few weeks. First I was in search of the perfect car seat that would fit the still tiny kidlet till he's a big kidlet and is super safe and keeps him rear facing for as long as possible. Oh and it has to fit in our car. Apparently so many of the car seat buying public have minivans that car seat makers don't feel the need to make seats fit sedans anymore. Arg, we went through 2 'perfect' seats till we found one that actually fits-First Years TrueFit convertible. It seems really comfortable for the kidlet, but it kind of wide so fitting someone on the seat beside him isn't as easy as I was hoping.

Now I'm on to obsessively researching cloth diapers. We went with simple old fashioned cotton prefold diapers and PLU covers for when he was first born-worked well and laundry was simple-rinse all diapers and wipes, wash everything on hot with just a bit of detergent, rinse again, dry. But he's outgrown his newborn diapers so I'm figuring out what is next. We're still using mostly prefolds with covers but I'm trying out some pocket diapers too since they keep his cute little butt dry while he's in his diaper for long chunks of time at night. The pockets that I got came with microfiber inserts which are supposed to be super absorbent but are the tactile equivalent of nails on a chalk board. I've bought some hemp inserts and am just waiting to get them-they should be even more absorbent than the microfiber and not feel horrible. Yes this really is how I'm spending my days when I'm not snuggling, feeding, or changing the kidlet. Stay tuned for my further musings on hemp vs cotton vs microfiber. or for a real treat I may discuss laundry

Pictures of kidlet

I've decided not to post any more pictures of the kid here (I'll continue pretending this could turn into the sciency blog I thought I was starting). For now, I'm just going to post them in a private picasa album. If I haven't sent you an invite to see that album and you would like to, send me an email.

Last garden update

So I've been kind of distracted the past few weeks and didn't see the early signs of late blight on the tomatoes. This week my mom was here to help out with the little guy (nom de plume still not determined). Anyway she loves tomatoes as much as I do, so we went to pick some and realized that they were very badly damaged. We picked those that we thought were salvageable which wasn't very much. As soon as it stops raining we'll have to go tear out all the plants so we stop being a source of blight spores in the neighborhood. All told I think we got less than 10 pounds of tomatoes out of the garden this year. so sad

Kidlet is here

He hasn't chosen a nom de plume yet. So kidlet will have to do for the moment.

Picking tomatoes early, I guess

Ok our friend google showed me this article from K state

http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/news/sty/2005/harvest_tomatoes071805.htm

I tend to completely believe extension agents. So if he says the tomatoes will ripen off the plant, I'll try it. Even if they're slightly less tasty it'll still be taster than no tomatoes.

What is doing this and how can I kill it????

Here are a few pictures of the tomatoes that were munched on today. Sooooo irritating. Just a few days before the fruit is good to go, something eats it. I think this is happening during the day, I checked the tomatoes this morning on my way to work and I'm pretty sure that they were whole. but this afternoon found this. What ever it is is eating both red and yellow tomatoes.

I still haven't gotten a tomato out of the garden this year.

Thairo's first diaper change

No blood or tears were shed, total success in my mind.