Crib Recall

It seems my little boy has been sleeping in an unsafe crib. Parts of his crib are being recalled. Actually parts of lots of cribs are being recalled. So if you a Storkcraft brand crib made between the years of May 2000-November 2008 and purchased between the dates of May 2000 and January 2009 here is the info I have on the recall. The cribs being recalled are listed below. I have the name listed first and then the item number and the upc number. You can find out what crib you have by lifting up the mattress and looking on the instruction panel.

HEATHER STAGES CRIB
2616496
5692707605
CAMBRIDGE CRIB
2690221
89105000200
HEATHER STAGES CRIB
2668013
5692707605
SANDRA CRIB
2623336
5692707652
SANDRA CRIB
2623343
5692707716
DEB 2IN1 CRB BK
2626238
5692707631
CAMBRIDGE CRIB
2635851
89105000200
HEATHER STAGES CRIB
2640387
5692707605
LAURN CRB ESPR
2641556
5692707674
ALLISON STAGES CRIB
2648641
5692707670
HTHR STG 4IN1 CRB
2659437
5692707678
HTHR STG 4IN1 CRB
2659654
5692707778
LENNOX STAGES CRIB
2661527
5692707522
ASPEN STAGES-NATURAL
2667438
5692707361
ASPEN STAGES-COGNAC
2667445
5692707362
ASPEN STAGES-CHERRY
2667452
5692707364
ASPEN STAGES-OAK
2667460
5692707383
ROCHESTER CRIB-CH
2667501
5692707482
ROCHESTER CRIB-NAT
2667508
5692707485
ASPEN STAGES-WHITE
2667515
5692707486
ARIEL CRIB-WHITE
2667543
5692707599
ARIEL CRIB-COGNAC
2667550
5692707601
LAUREN CRIB CHERRY
2667914
5692707714
LAUREN CRIB COGNAC
2667922
5692707715
ROCHESTER STGS BLACK
2667929
5692707804
4IN1 CRIB CHRY
2681389
5692707692
4IN1 CRIB CGNC
2681402
5692707693
4IN1 CRIB OAK
2681409
5692707677
ROCHESTER CRIB - ESP
2689137
5692707752
ASPEN CRIB - ESP
2689144
5692707753

The Hulk has the Aspen crib in Cherry which is obviously on the list. So all you have to do if your crib is on the list is go to www.storkcraft.com and fill out their contact email requesting a recall kit. They will ship it to you in a couple days.

Clickin Mama

Making Baby Food 101

Okay okay crazy baby food making moms! I'll give another little baby food making lesson. If someone would have asked me 2 years ago if I would ever post on my blog about making baby food I would have laughed at them! Seriously in a million years I never would have thought that anyone would ask me about making baby food. I can hardly cook for myself. But you all keep emailing me so I'll keep posting tidbits if it helps you.

This time around lets talk about fiber! Yes fiber! Fiber is our friend and fiber is your baby's friend. Why do baby's need fiber you ask. Well they need it to make the poop better. It helps keep them regular and it helps keep it soft. And trust me I never knew how important that was till I had a kid. Not soft poop causes problems. It causes screaming baby poop rock problems. But I'm off track. Babies just need fiber. So we need to give it to them! Here are some of my favorite fiber friendly baby foods.

Pears

Hello pears. Pears have lots of fiber! And pears are frequently on sale at my grocery store. So we have lots of pears around here. Pears are easy to make for babies. All you do is peel and core the pear and bake it in the oven in water for about 25 minutes. Then you mash it up and serve it to baby. Freeze the rest using the ice cube trays. A side tip for ya. Pears tend to be pretty runny so I mix the pears in with a thicker food so it is a better consistency. Sweet potatoes are thicker in consistency. So a sweet pot/pear mix is wonderful!

Pumpkin

Okay pumpkin is a very fiber friendly food. Pumpkin has 5 grams of fiber in 1/2 cup! That's great! And I can't believe I'm admitting this but I just give The Hulk the Libby's canned pure pumpkin. Do not give your baby the pumpkin pie mix! Make sure it say PURE pumpkin! I get a can and make the cubes out of that. Seriously, it's a steal at $1.18 a can. And the kid loves it! Mix in a little bit of cinnamon or ginger to spice things up.

Flax Seed

I add flax seed to all of The Hulk' food. I just have a shaker of it and for each bowl of food at every meal he gets a few shakes. Flax seed is a great source of fiber. It also does other good things but I'm mainly focused on fiber around here. So use the flax seed. It does lots of good stuff!

Just a few warnings. If your child eats very little fiber right now I would not recommend giving him a pear, pumpkin, and flax seed combo. That could case stomach pains, or a poop explosion, or constipation. Slowly add more fiber to your baby's diet. A good rule of thumb is that a child needs their age plus 5 grams of fiber a day. So if you have a one year old they need 6 grams of fiber. If you have a 3 year old they need 8 grams of fiber.

Let me know what other questions you have about baby food. If I don't know the answer I'll find it for ya!

Happy feeding!

Clickin Mama

Where Are You From?

Okay my wonderful little stat counter tells me all kinds of things. It tells me what time people visit my blog. It tells me where people came from. It even tells me what words led you here. But what it doesn't tell me is who you are. So come on folks. Leave me some comments and tell me who you are and where you are from. Here are some things I'm dying to know.

Who reads my blog from Howard Kansas? I can't think of anyone I know in Howard. So if you live in Howard and you are reading this post leave a comment and let me know who ya are. I'd love to visit your blog too!

And someone from Cambridge Mass is reading my blog too. I'd love to know how close Cambridge is to Boston... And have you ever been to Harvard? I visited the Harvard campus once and fell in love. It's beautiful!

So leave me some comments folks and fill me in on who you are. Tell me some crazy detail about your city or town. Maybe I can make a Where's The Reader post out of your comments. I'd love to be able to share with everyone so crazy facts about the places you live.

Fill me in!

Clickin Mama

Boys Will Be Boys

This weekend I did a photo session with a really fun family. They had two boys and two girls. And those boys were all boy! I just had a blast getting pictures of them. Their parents really wanted them to "be good" and "cooperate" but I love the silliness of boys. I love the way they do their own thing. And I love capturing the real boy rather than the on their best behavior boy. So these are my favorite pictures from the shoot. I'm guessing their folks won't order any of these but I think they are adorable!






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Something Special

Here are the pics that I took of Heather and Doug this weekend. I think Heather just looks beautiful! I see so much of my mom in her. The older Heather gets the more mom comes out in her. Something about the eyes... and the mouth... oh and for sure those hands. So here is my beautiful sister in all her glory...

Where's The Hulk

This week The Hulk started crawling. Well I don't know that you can say it's crawling. He kinda drags himself around. It's like a soldier crawl. He pulls himself forward with his arms. But seriously he is very fast at it! It's crazy! So a new adventure is beginning.

Since this is a new skill. About 3 days old now I under estimated his abilities. So this morning I went to bathroom at the back of the house. When I left him he was in the living room playing with his toys. When I came back about 4 minutes later he was gone! I couldn't find him. I had a moment of panic where I thought I was gonna throw up. Where's The Hulk, where's The Hulk, WHERE THE HELL IS THE HULK!!! I was screaming his name as I went room to room. And nothing!

The doors were locked the dog didn't bark so I knew he was in the house but nothing. And then I heard it. The Hulk laughs. Little The Hulk laughs. And then the Da Da Da's started. Seriously kid that guy isn't gonna save ya! But I still couldn't see him. So I got down on the floor and started crawling around myself. And there in the kitchen I saw him. I have corner benches in my kitchen. There is a little bittie nook where the two benches meet that he somehow crawled into. I don't know how he fit in the opening. Because to get him out I had to lift the benches up and move them and take a piece off. But he managed to get in there.

And then the rest of today he continued to go under the benches. He never went back in the little part again but several times he crawled under the benches and just played under there. I guess it's like a little cave. The first time I didn't take a picture because I was so scared from the The Hulk hunt. So he's not in the really weird part but I did get a pic of him just chilling in the kitchen. In the pictures if you look to the left of where he is at you can see the nook he got into this morning. Silly kid!




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Not Me Monday

Wahooooo! Another round of free therapy heading my way!MckMama is hosting this great carnival. Gotta love the Not Me's. Since I'm oh so perfect in every way there is no way I did any of this stuff. Nope Not Me!!!!

I did NOT eat yummy yummy pizza tonight when I'm supposed to be watching what I eat. I wouldn't eat something like that. It makes my blood sugar go through the roof so it for sure wasn't me.

I did NOT put my baby in a laundry basket and drag him around the living room like it was a sled. Nope! And I most certainly did NOT think about using that basket as a containment toy for when I need to go to the bathroom. And I definitely did Not find it incredibly funny that he used that basket as a toy for 30 minutes and then got himself trapped in it several times.




I did NOT scream a curse word in front of the baby because he did NOT bite my arm hard enough to make it bleed. Nope NOT me and for sure Not him. The Hulk would NOT be biting like crazy now. I also would NOT be begging for advice from the rest of you on how to get him to NOT bite me. Since he doesn't bite I don't need advice. So don't give me any. NO NO NO advice for me. I'm NOT at all worried that I have a 10 month old Dracula on my hands.

I did NOT flirt with the FedEx man again this week. I do NOT find him deliciously handsome at all. I do NOT have a fantasy that he one day sweeps me off my feet and we ride away in his truck and live happily ever after. NEVER!

And I most definitely did NOT totally wipe out at the post office this week. That did not happen to me for the second time in my life. No one ran into me and knocked me down and made my packages fly every where. Nope that didn't happen to me!

So what did you NOT do this week???

Clickin Mama