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Comment on Portrait Retouching : Making Mom Look Good by Lisa E

Lisa E — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:54:41 +0000

Ariana- Your beautiful! I didn’t even notice any imperfections! Thanks for the sharpening action! I rented the Canon 24-70L and it is so heavy. My wrist was killing me at the end of taking pictures. I love my Tammy ;)

Comment on Daylight Savings = Mommy’s Savior?? by Shane

Shane — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:54 +0000

I hadn’t thought about this benefit of the time change. Now I have high hopes for Sunday. G goes to bed around 7-7:15 pm and falls asleep FAST (5-10 mins). He wakes up around 6:15 am during the week – which is good because we’re out of the house a little before 7 am. On the weekends we’re lucky for him to sleep until 7 am — he just doesn’t know what Weekends are yet!!!!

Like Jasper once he’s up, he doesn’t want to snuggle in bed w/ us.

I used to get soooo much done in the evening, now I’m exhausted and go to bed early even on Fri and Sat nights.

Comment on Daylight Savings = Mommy’s Savior?? by ariana

ariana — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:11:49 +0000

Good luck Kristy!! Hope JoJo cooperates.

Jaimie, Jasper goes to bed around 7:30ish. Jasper also used to get up around 5:00 or so, at which point I would nurse him back to sleep and he would stay put until 7:30. He started waking up closer to 6 but now has no interest in nursing back to sleep (maybe because I tried weaning him and threw in the towel because I wanted my sleep back!) anymore, as soon as he wakes up he wants UP for good now!!

Cynthia, at 4.5 months I was waking up like 5 times a night to nurse Jasper… those were the “dark ages” :) It wasn’t until we ferberized around 6 months that anyone got a decent night sleep! Plus there is a 4 month sleep regression. Hopefully you’ll get into a better groove soon!

Comment on Daylight Savings = Mommy’s Savior?? by Cynthia Aguilar

Cynthia Aguilar — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:47 +0000

I do not know what this weekend or next week will bring for me!! My daughter is 4.5 months old and has a very consistent (for now) sleeping schedule…we will see. She thinks 5 am is a GREAT wake up time…uggghh. Can not complain though. I hope your little one sleeps till 7 am again. I know how going to bed at 12 am and waking up early feels :)!

Comment on Daylight Savings = Mommy’s Savior?? by Jaimie

Jaimie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:45:16 +0000

I guess it’s all relative, but I’m pleased (nay, delighted!) if my son sleeps in until 6:15! What time does Jasper go to bed? We have an early bird at our house who commonly gets up between 5:00 and 6:00. I’ve had to resign myself to going to bed really early to get enough sleep, which doesn’t leave much evening time. However, I’m too tired to do much in the evening anyway, due to getting up at 5:30!

Comment on Daylight Savings = Mommy’s Savior?? by Kristy

Kristy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:31:54 +0000

I have high hopes for sleeping till 7am this weekend. My toddler WAS sleeping later, but is now back on the 5:45/6am wake up call. People should just not be up that early on a weekend. Good luck to you guys… I will let you know how it goes at our house :-)

Comment on Rash Face by ariana

ariana — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:33:46 +0000

Hi Margie, I haven’t taken him to a ped. allergist. At this point, I’m taking a wait and see approach. I think basically his skin has become extremely sensitive in a way that it wasn’t before.. for example yesterday he used a boogie wipe (the saline soaked wipes that we used to love) and wiped his entire face with it..two seconds later, he was bright red like in these pictures! We used to use these wipes all the time without problems, so I guess now I just have to be incredibly mindful about what comes into contact with his face. Fortunately, the reactions don’t seen to bother him, he doesn’t seem like he’s in any pain, he doesn’t scratch it so for now I’m just going to watch and wait. If it starts to bother him our next stop will be an allergist!

Comment on Portrait Retouching : Making Mom Look Good by Maddie

Maddie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:13:15 +0000

I’m a fan of the wrinkles! It shows you’re a real Mum ;-)

Comment on Rash Face by Margie

Margie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:19:43 +0000

I have no idea how I came across your website or this post, but I am SO GLAD I did! So helpful! My poor little guy just went through allergy testing only to find out he is not technically allergic to anything. Yet, we still have some pretty serious skin issues, one being the same skin rash on the cheeks pictured above! It all makes sense now! Have you taken him to a ped. dermatologist? That is our next step… Thank you for the insight!!

Comment on Portrait Retouching : Making Mom Look Good by ariana

ariana — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:16:46 +0000

Marybeth, I think I was wearing Sephora’s smokey eye palette: http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P222602&categoryId=RPYMAL&shouldPaginate=true I apply the dark black as a liner with a sephora lip brush of all things.. it’s just the right size and shape for this :)

Jbhat, I totally agree – maybe that’s what everyone looks like to people with bad vision… a nice gaussian blur can do wonders for skin!