Thanks

at 02/12/10 3:20PM
Thank you everyone for your encouragement. It hasn't even been 24 hours, and everyone has been very encouraging. Have a good weekend, have a happy Valentines day (if that day means anything to you).

A Small Request for My Wife

at 02/11/10 12:56PM
I have a small request for those of you who know Summer personally (ie: not from some group here on pleo). She is in the need of some encouragement right now. She is feeling very lonely, even shunned by some people she thought were friends.

Furthermore, I would ask that if you were offended at me or Summer for something that was said here on pleo, be it in a post or in the following discussion, please let us know and let's talk about it.
  • holly_ann
    :(
    by holly_ann at 02/11/10 4:09PM
  • curlie
    We love you guys.
    by curlie at 02/11/10 9:31PM
  • telly
    I am in the same boat, in fact I look forward to Friday afternoon's when she comes over and we have a chance to talk. Maybe we should all get together soon.
    by telly at 02/11/10 9:49PM

The Life of Paul

at 01/25/10 8:09PM *
Has anyone else heard this? Its about 30 minutes long, but very funny. I do believe it is about 15-20 years old.

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Cloth Diaper Cost Study

at 01/19/10 11:31PM *
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a study of how much we spent on cloth diapers since Silas was born. I threw in some research on the costs of disposable diapers, to make sure that so far we have saved money. By my accounting, we will actually break even in February or March, and see significant benefits with future children.



The first version of this study is now available, in PDF format. I would appreciate any insights people might have, especially in the area of how much they spend on disposables. This study did not take into account the savings one can get with coupons or big sales on disposables.
  • godswarrior32803
    We saved a fortune doing cloth with our third child.
    by godswarrior32803 at 01/20/10 8:50AM
  • dawnmk23
    wow, that was done really well!
    by dawnmk23 at 01/21/10 2:35PM
  • dawnmk23
    I just added this blog to our cloth diaper group..
    by dawnmk23 at 01/21/10 2:41PM
  • christina
    Very good study.
    by christina at 01/22/10 11:33AM
  • kendrad
    I think we spent about $300 on Nola's dipes. In the first couple weeks she was home we used disposables. We bought 3 pkgs of 50 dipes for about $10/pkg. BUT, we did have $3 off coupons for each pkg. This made them roughly the cost of the Parents Choice brand (generic @ WalMart). These are IL prices so I suppose that could also vary depending on where you live.
    by kendrad at 01/22/10 9:11PM
  • kendrad
    PS-The disposables we used were Huggies and "$3.00 off any pkg" coupons are the best I;ve seen.
    by kendrad at 01/22/10 9:20PM
  • danwatt
    Was the $10 before or after the coupon?
    by danwatt at 01/23/10 1:06AM
  • sharon
    This is great. It took us about 6+ months to break even with ours. I'm going to pass this along!
    by sharon at 01/25/10 7:26AM

Finally, Some News

at 07/05/09 8:06AM
We are traveling right now (in Alabama today and tomorrow), but I was able to call the doctor's office the other day. After several rounds of phone tag with the nurse, I was able to finally figured out what the had discovered:

1. There was some fat in the liver (though they did not come out and say it was fatty-liver disease)
2. The liver is in 'stage 1' fibrosis, most likely related to the fat that invaded the liver. This can result in cirrhosis, though they thankfully did not say that I had that
3. There is an abnormally high amount of iron in the liver. They want to perform additional tests to see what that is about. They didn't care to explain what it could mean, and Summer doesn't know either.
  • ousinger
    praying for you.....and have a safe trip back to Co, MO!
    by ousinger at 07/06/09 1:22PM
  • holly_ann
    So it wasn't necessarily bad news, right? That's good. I hope you get more answers soon :\
    by holly_ann at 07/10/09 10:52PM