Half Pint Pixie

I really should blog smaller posts more frequently! But to make up for the HPP drought, here is a little infodump of random goings-on in HPP-land….

Overalls: My wonderfully talented friend Bibble recently made Littlepixie a gorgeous set of overalls.

These are all the more special because they are crafted from my muchly loved cord skirt that I treated myself to when LP was born (and I was no longer a giant walking belly!). I wore the skirt almost 24-7, so comfy! But it started to get worn-out and faded so the lovely Bibble repurposed it into funky overalls for LP, and she even made a caterpillar pouch for LP’s animals. We love Bibble and are very muchly in awe of her sewing and repurposing abilities ♥

Star Wars vs. Trek: Littlepixie loves Star Wars, Mr. HPP showed her the first one (I mean the 4th one, you know, the real first one, with Harrison Ford), she calls herself “Space Princess” and dresses as Princess Leia (the long white dress, not the other outfit!!) and carries the little Mr. Potato Man R2D2 around with her. It’s all very sweet, and she is free to like whatever she likes and to choose her own path in life, BUT…. we are a Star Trek house, we quite like Star Wars, but we prefer Trek. Hmmmm…. what if she likes Episodes 1-3, what if she likes Jar-Jar, what are we raising her like!!!? Must put the original Trek on continuous playback on tv to brainwash her out of her Star Wars ways. Speaking of Star Wars, Fanboys is very worth a watch, very funny

TV Shows: You may recall that I was lamenting the loss of Sarah Connor & BSG in our telly watching lives. Well, we tried out some of your recommendations, and so far we have loved the online show “The Guild” about a group of online gamers. The episodes are only 10 minutes long and it’s good fun to watch and there is a catchy little song too. It’s made by Felicia Day who was in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, another must-watch for you all. We are also (finally) watching Firefly, another Joss Whedon offering, we’re not totally convinced yet, but it is enjoyable. And we briefly checked out True Blood, but I am not liking it much, it’s a bit too much on the nasty side of voyeurism for my tastes!

Naps: Yes, I cannot speak much of these, suffice to say, LP is dropping them. Booooooo hoooooo…. She is taking a nap maybe only every third day now, argh, my lunch break, my entitlements, all gone! But I am pleased of course that she is getting so big and grown-up, but my time off…. boo hoo

Gnomes: I am making Christmas babywearing gnomes now, Nollaig & Holly, I do realise it isn’t even Hallowe’en yet, but with LP abandoning her naps, my sewing time is very limited so I thought I would start making them early. They have gotten a good reception, my waiting list is nice and long now! I have the very first one kept aside for LP to hang on our tree.

Harry Potter: While I sew the gnomes I am really enjoying listening to the Harry Potter books on the computer. One of my lovely friends gave me them, and they are fab. They are read by Jim Dale and they are just amazing, his Voldemort is so creepy, Prof McGonagle is spot on and his Snape is just wonderful (mmm…Snape) I just finished The Deathly Hallows and I’m listening to The Half-Blood Prince now (yes, I am listening to them in reverse order) I highly recommend listening to them if you get the chance, they are a perfect background while you are sewing or crafting.

Naps (again): You see why the nap-dropping is so traumatic for me? I can’t listen to my HP books everyday now, LP would talk over them

Fillings: I have to go and get an old amalgam filling replaced, it has cracked, and results in a fairly unique and nerve-shattering pain when I chew on hard things like bagel crusts (I like bagel crusts). Fun and games, not! I hate the injection they give you to numb your mouth, I normally get fillings without it, but seen as this is a removal and replacement… I’ll be all slobbery. Has to be done though, if I wait till after breastfeeding, I could be ages with this annoying pain and the tooth wouldn’t fare too well with a cracked filling in it. From Kellymom:

Hale (Medications and Mothers’ Milk, 2004, p. 528) recommends that “the replacement of amalgam fillings should if possible be postponed until after pregnancy and breastfeeding as the removal of amalgam fillings while breastfeeding could potentially increase the transfer of mercury to the breastfed infant.” If replacement of an amalgam filling is necessary, Hale recommends that the dentist take routine precautions when removing the old amalgam: “use copious amounts of cold water irrigation to minimize heat, use a rubber dam to isolate her mouth from the particles, and use an alternate source of air (oxygen) to minimize mercury vapor inhalation.”

Ugh!

That’s all for now, hope you all are well!