Random Neural Firings

Friday’s Random RoundUp

September25

Here’s what’s open in my browser right now:

The Bumbo potty training seat. We never used a Bumbo. That was one thing our kid figured out early (sitting) and he’s still sitting today (instead of crawling). But I just read on CoolMomPicks about this Bumbo seat for the toilet and I’m filing it away for future reference. Any potty-training experienced mommas out there want to weigh in on this? Is this a genius idea or just another thing desperate parents waste their money on?

Infant and Children’s Tylenol Recall. Here’s a list of all the recalled box numbers. But notice it’s a long list of teeny, tiny numbers. <sigh> No time to pore through each one so here’s what I did. I found the box of Infant Tylenol we have at home, looked for the code on the bottom, went to the recall list on my browser, hit the Control Key plus “F” (ctrl+f) which brings up a “Find” dialogue box. I typed the lot number in there and it highlighted it for me on the page. (If yours isn’t recalled, it won’t find it.) Quick and easy!

Pinwheel Birthday Idea. This is really coming together. Found cute pinwheels and pinwheel favor boxes on Etsy, of course. Some of you all emailed me last week that you thought it was a great idea. I think I’ll do pinwheel food (think sandwich roll-ups) and pinwheel cinnamon rolls, that type of thing. I’m liking this as a one year birthday idea. What do you think?

50 Kitchen Ideas from the Barefoot Contessa. You all know that we’re building a house, right? Hope to break ground in a few weeks so we’re in the thick of meeting with the builder, revising plans, that sort of thing. I am researching like mad to find ideas for the house and ran across this piece — with lots of pictures – from Ina Garten (a/k/a “The Barefoot Contessa”) on her kitchen. She details what you need in the kitchen, how she designed hers to be maximally efficient, and other little helpful tips. The site also has lots of other kitchen designs and ideas. I’m in research heaven!