New Parent Duty: Life Insurance

Becoming a parent means taking responsibility for the life of another human being and that should include if something were to happen to you. Who would care for your child?  How would they provide for your child for the duration of their childhood?  These are important!

My husband and I obtained several life insurance quotes and took out a couple different life insurance policies to care for our four children in the event something to were to happen to both or one of us. Children are expensive!  It's important to us to alleviate whatever financial strain we can for the caregiver of our four children.  My sister would be taking on a huge responsibility for our four children.  I wouldn't expect her to bear the entire financial burden as well.

Child Restraint Recall

Dorel Juvenile Group just sent me a postcard in the mail about a recall on some convertible child restraints.  I went to their web site and I believe it is the Eddie Bauer car seat we are using but I'm not positive.  I have to run out to the car and get a model number from the seat.  I will call for a repair kit if it is one of ours but I'm irritated.  This recall was noted on their web site on January 18, 2010.  Why is the postcard just now coming over two months later? 

When you get pregnant, most people try to do everything right. You eat right, get insurance quotes for what is covered for the pregnancy and delivery, go to the recommended doctor visits, tour the birthing center at the hospitals, child-proof the house, find the perfect baby name, paint the nursery, pick out the safe car seat, etc.  It sure would help if these types of recalls were taken care of in a timely manner!

I Got Pampered!

I had a "mommy makeover" over the weekend.  We just returned from vacation with our four youngest children.  We went to visit family, including our oldest two of our six children.  It was a fun trip and a four-hour car ride with four kids wasn't bad.  It made us think about moving back to our home state.  Anyway, my little sister took me to a salon to have my hair cut and highlighted and my eyebrows waxed for the first time. I looked hot (so my husband and some guys in a club said:)  I just enjoyed the pampering for a change and tossing off the "soccer mom" look for a trendy mom look for a weekend.

We stayed with my sister on the river and watched the sun rise every morning over the river.  It was really pretty.  I saw my first swan this year in the marshes.  Many of the houses along the water have a sailing or water theme to their outdoor décor.  It was nice to get out of the country boonies as a family for a long weekend, leave the regular routine behind, and have some fun.

Graco Recalling High Chairs

1.2 million high chairs are being reported in USA Today as being recalled by Graco due to the fall hazard they represent.  Apparently, screws can loosen and fall out in the legs and that plastic brackets can crack according to the article.

Model:  all Harmony-TM high chairs

The report says to stop using the high chair immediately.

Out of the Mouth of Little Ones: Trinity Strikes Again

My four-year-old attends speech therapy once a week.  During therapy today, her therapist was using a picture of a witch to distinguish between the |r| and |w| sound.  Trinity blurted out to her speech therapist that she looked like the picture of the witch!  Her speech therapist laughed and said this was one of those things to go into the preschool book.  Good thing she has a good sense of humor and was laughing about it.

Then after we left speech therapy, we went through Wendy's drive-thru for a chocolate shake.  In the past, they have always messed up our order.  After I give the order and start to pull away, Trinity yells, "...and get our order right."  My window was still down!