Two months

Abigail is two months old today. She celebrated by sleeping until Elizabeth got home from school. I fed her just before dropping the girls off and again after picking Elizabeth up at 1:15. I went back to sleep on the couch while kind of watching Vincent. It was nice to rest since I've been averaging about five hours a night for a while now and don't always get a nap. She really is a good baby. She just always stays up until 2am. We'll fix that soon. Tonight she gets to go to Red Robin with Andy and I for a date.
This outfit is from Andy's sister Cindy and it almost fits her finally. The long shirt makes her legs look extra tiny and her torso look extra long.Big huge smiles and even a chin roll. It looks cute on her, but not so much on me...This on shows just how spunky she's bound to be!I love this one with her tongue rolled. If you like it, you can vote for her at the cutest baby contest Winkflash is having this week. Sign up to vote and get really cheap prints of your pictures!
Sorry. I can't help myself. I have to add a bunch of the pictures. You're getting off easy. I took 43. The chore/reward sticks still seem to be working well. Two nights ago the kids were bad at bedtime again (unloading Vincent's drawer of socks-unfolding them, his underwear, and all of his yet to be worn nighttime diapers that were under his dresser and threw them all over their room. I was upset! I made them get out of the beds they just jumped in and clean it all up (not matching the socks though-that would take too long!) and told them that they each had to draw three chore sticks the next day. I forgot about it Thursday until Olivia reminded me at dinner. Then she was out the door to weed and then came in to load the dishwasher. I changed their sticks to two instead. Elizabeth took out trashes and washed chairs after dinner and Vincent put away Andy's ice from his lunch and threw away the trash from the lunch and picked up books. This chore thing is good. When they were done both girls wanted more. I don't know if they are taking this as punishment yet, but they are doing the jobs without complaint, so I don't really care how they feel about it.
We have so much going on, as always, and I'm left wondering how moms who aren't organized can do anything! Between dance class, groceries, doctor visits, library, and dinners, homework, cleaning, making breakfast and lunch, potty-training, and taking care of a newborn, my day is pretty full. Add in more family (which I don't mind at all!), PTA, church, and everything else, and I'm probably overfull.... Can't take out family or church and I'm taking a break from being a PTA officer next year, so that will help a little, I think. I am in charge of the calendars for missionary dinners in our ward and also their exchanges (formerly known as splits, but now they stay with just one person with them). We have sister missionaries, so Relief Society sisters and Laurels get to go with them on exchanges. I have had a little bit of a hard time getting women to volunteer to go with them for three hours on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday evening, so I just had to make a calendar with assignments using names the RS President gave me. With the schedule, they get to go once every two months. That's not too much to ask, is it? I don't think so. Missionary work is important. I kind of laugh when people without kids at home tell me (ME!!!) that they are too busy to go. Right....you can't spare three hours every 60 days? Really? I went three days before I had Abigail. I liked it. I understand I'm not the average lady though. I'm a little crazy.

Quilt Show

On Saturday I took the three girls with me to the quilt show that my mom entered some quilts in and we met her there too. Vincent stayed home to take a much needed nap and Andy worked on the van brakes and spot-cleaned the carpet a little.I entered my blue and brown quilt that I made (my mom finished it in June for me). It's named Chocolate Covered Blueberries and my mom quilted chocolate kisses on it. I made the top and my mom added the borders, back, and quilted it for me.
It was fun to wander around looking at the interesting quilts with my mom. They even had a junior section, so she said she'd teach Elizabeth and Olivia how to make quilts this summer (or maybe spring break???) and they can enter them in next year's quilt show. They are SO excited. Their quilts will probably be pretty small, but they will LOVE making them.
Abigail in her little carrier that Andy's mom made for me. I was in the picture, but it wasn't flattering at all, so I cropped myself out. =) I can do that. She slept for most of the time we were there.Olivia and Elizabeth had a fun time looking at the cute quilts. Olivia had my camera for most of the time and took pictures of quilts.We found these wonderfully comfortable chairs and couches and rested while my mom was visiting with a friend. The girls found a few little vendors who had candy too. Elizabeth eats her candy really fast and Olivia is a saver and takes her time.
We found this fun quilt that my mom might make for Andy and Vincent eventually. I think they'd like it. The paper said that the lady made it for her son because he asked her to and she couldn't find a pattern anywhere, so she drew it out on graph paper and gave it to him for Christmas. Then it says, "By the way, he's 22."

Update on the chore/reward stick plan: The kids are behaving nicer already. Bedtime is a little less of a struggle (much less of a struggle than last Thursday) and I'm starting to like being their mom again. I really didn't stop, but it's hard to like being a mom when you feel like all you do is yell and discipline kids. I like it MUCH better when they are being sweet and nice and cute and FUN!

Update on potty-training: Vincent is doing great and even kept his pull up dry through his naps for the last two days. He poops in the little potty too and calls his poop "little rocks". He's silly like that.

Life is busy as always. I guess that's the stage of life we are in and what was expected to happen with four kids. Now our job is to enjoy it and not make it even busier than needed.

Chores and Rewards

I came up with a new system for discipline last night. I decided that if the kids misbehaved that instead of me yelling at them and spanking them or giving a time out and making my job harder, I'd make my job easier by writing chores that they can do (even Vincent-3years old-can do most of them with a tiny bit of help) on popsicle sticks that I had in my craft stuff that I bought at Dollar Tree a while ago. I looked online and found some chores to get my idea juices going and filled up the colored sticks. I wrote some of them a few times on the kids' favorite colors that I'm sure they'll pick. Tricky. =)All nice in the cup. I may find a nicer bucket or something later. We'll see how it works for a while first.
Then I decided to make a cup mostly plain sticks with special rewards for extra good behavior that they can do without leaving home for most of them, so they will get a nearly immediate reward for doing something extra helpful or nice. I'd like them to earn those all day long.
I made the colored ones for the chore one originally, but then decided that reading a book, doing a puzzle, or writing a letter aren't really punishments. I was thinking it might be nice to have a surprise nice one in there, but I don't want to reward bad behavior. I taped the end of the colored ones so they won't mix in the chore cup. Olivia-5 years old-helped me come up with some of these. Others are surprises.I told them the new plan this morning on the way to drop them off at school and let them know that starting fresh now they could earn chores or rewards and that they'd better behave. Guess what? The kids all did awesome today! Hooray!

Here is how it worked today.
-Vincent had to choose a chore stick after I dropped the older girls off at school. His stick told him to wash the dining room table. I got him a washcloth and he did it.

-All four kids (only three are in the running for chores and rewards since Abby is only 7 1/2 weeks old) were SO great at Costco after school. Yes, Costco with four kids CAN be done. Elizabeth-8 years old-put nearly everything in the cart (I really didn't get too much there. Just six things.) and Olivia and Vincent sat in the baby seats. Abigail was in a chest carrier on me. I was calm and smiling and it was a great trip. They are generally pretty good in the stores anyway because I normally take them with me, but Costco can get crazy. I heard people saying things like, "Wow, she has four kids with her" and it didn't sound like a negative thing either. At checkout a customer close to us praised Elizabeth for being such a good helper while she put all the items up to pay. They each got to pick a reward stick when we got home. I decided that they could pick two reward sticks and choose the one they wanted to do the most. What's a reward without a choice? Vincent picked puzzles. Olivia picked computer games or 2 pieces of candy (she chose computer games). Elizabeth picked ice cream.

-Elizabeth gave me some suggestions of new things I could write for rewards so I decided that I could write on both sides of the stick, especially those things Vincent won't do, like play with Polly Pockets. I put trains on the opposite side of that for him.

-Later Vincent got to draw another chore stick. He drew pick up books. He did it without a fight. The stick told him to. I think this is working!

-Vincent went to bed a little early tonight because he missed his nap and we are trying to figure out a better bedtime system (he went right to sleep) and the girls wanted to draw their own chores after reading just for fun. Elizabeth was nearly begging us to make her do chores. Elizabeth cleaned the bathroom sink and Olivia cleaned some doorknobs. They liked it. I don't know about this chore thing with them. I'm pretty sure they won't like all of them...
The girls were great at going to sleep tonight too. I didn't have to yell all day, except when I was making dinner and they were "cleaning" a little and then I just asked Andy to supervise while I finished making the pizzas. Pretty good to only be frustrated with them once, right? I think so.

Chore sticks say:
clean bathroom
trash
weeds
dishes
dress Barbies
pillows and blankets (meaning pick them up)
toilet paper (meaning refill the basket in the bathroom)
wash cupboards
pick up sticks (outside)
pick up toys
pick up rocks (outside)
wash walls
pick up toys
dress Pollys
clean doorknobs
make bed (I don't normally require them to do this because it's kind of dumb and it doesn't really bother me in their room. My bed is different and must be straightened before I go to bed.)
clean windows
wash trash can (in the kitchen)
pick up books
vacuum (this is on a green stick for Elizabeth)
clean sink
clean mirrors
wash couches (the leather ones)
mop (this is on a green stick for Elizabeth)
laundry
wash fridge and oven (the outside)
dust
wash table
clean baseboards (I think I'll let them pick a room)
wash chairs


Reward sticks say:
dress up
rocket (Elizabeth's idea)
ice cream
computer game
watch movie
do puzzle
read book (they do this anyway)
bubbles
paint fingernails
play outside (they do this anyway, but sometimes it can be special for just them.)
play a game with sibling
puppet show
take pictures with camera
popsicle
play Barbies
write letter to Grandpa
stamps picture
build a fort
dance
polly pockets
make necklace
play with friend
buy book at library (they are a quarter where we live for kid's books)
paint picture
build trains
iron beads (those little beads you can turn into shapes or animals. Our kids LOVE them. Use a light colored blanket or make them sit at a special spot to get all the little ones that drop.)
paint fingernails
go to library
play monopoly
read a book to sibling
write story
2 pieces candy
write letter to Grandma
play a game
pet shops
wrestle
picnic
play at park
scooter
chocolate milk
call someone

We will add to these as we come up with new ideas. I'm excited about this plan.

Do you have any fun, free ideas we can add?
Or not fun ones for the chores, but good for kids?

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Better day

This morning I got ready for the day before taking Elizabeth to school, came home and hung out for an hour, and then took the other three kids to the picture place in Walmart to have Abigail's pictures taken in her blessing dress. She did great and the kids did pretty well. My mom met me there too.
This shot is my favorite. I should crop out my chin, but you were looking at her anyway.Full dress shot.
A little personality.Then we came home to take care of Abigail and eat some lunch and Vincent had an hour and a half nap and I had an hour nap before going to pick Elizabeth up from school and taking her to dance class. Normally we just drop her off and go home and Andy picks her up, but he helped with baptisms at the Temple with the youth tonight, so I was on my own. I took the younger three to the library and bank and then back to get Elizabeth and watched her class a little. She was having a great time!
Olivia "read" Peter Rabbit to the therapy dogs in the library.Even Vincent paid attention.I got my Winkflash photo book of our trip to Disneyland last April in the mail today. I love it!
Home for leftovers for dinner, playing, books, snack, and bedtime. Andy came in the door just after they laid down. Then the fun really got going. Ugh.
Still bad night. It's like when we put them in their bed and turn off their light, they think it's time to play and act like monkeys and rotten kids for a few hours. They are making my wind down time crazy. Even if Abigail is sleeping, I can't because they are being loud and playing and turning the light on and getting out of bed (mostly Vincent, but the girls are doing it too.) How did adding Vincent in their room make such a mess of bedtime? Even the girls alone last night was rough. I made some chores for them to do on popsicle sticks so anytime they do something they shouldn't, they get to draw one out of the cup. I thought about adding good ones too, but I don't want them to be rewarded for being awful. I've been telling them that they could go to the park if they behave at bedtime and ended up having to take that away, along with "wrestle time" and dresses and milk (depending on the kid). I even had to take away pillows and blankets and don't give them back until they are asleep. I'm frustrated with them and wish they'd go to sleep without such a huge fight (and spankings) every single night. I just want peace in my house and they are making me crazy. I can hardly turn off the light and shut the door before Vincent's out of bed again to turn the light back on and the girls are talking (and it's not telling him to get back in bed.) Just so you know what it's like around here at bedtime. Most nights they finally go to sleep about 10:30pm or 11pm before and after daylight savings time. Before bed we read to them, have a healthy snack, brush teeth, and pray. No affect on them.
Anyway, I did have a really good day today and I was optimistic about bedtime. It still didn't work.
It just makes me feel like an awful parent to have to yell at them to go to sleep.

Suggestions welcome.
Seriously.
You can even come and try to put them to bed.

my day

Note: I'm holding a baby through this and so it's not written that nicely.
-holding a baby all day (except when I showered, started laundry, and made dinner-she would wake up as soon as I laid her down all day!)
-dishes loaded
-changed all three twin beds
-three older kid's bath
-two underwear changes for V (both varieties)
-fingers and toys in my scentsy candle warmer
-yogurt on my couch
-scratches on our brand new dining room chair
-V screaming all day-after he woke up at 11:40 that is
-fighting over who did what and tattling
-Toilet paper roll all unrolled on the floor
-not cleaning up
-other things I am not thinking about while I hold this cute sad (today) baby.
BUT...
-playing outside together for 15 minutes
-drawing placemats together
-I finished Juliet-Great book
-kids and I all slept in
-cookies to eat
-blogs to read-early bedtime for the girls while Andy takes Vincent to father/son hockey
-lucky to have kids at all, even on the really tough days. And I so don't feel that right now, but I'll get there.
Updated to add: Whole plate of dinner spilled on the kitchen floor. Stickers all over the carpet. Marker with "Bad Mom" written on the white toy shelf. (I'm pretty sure that means I'm doing my job.)
And Abigail is now peacefully resting in the swing for a few minutes. Maybe I have a minute to go to the bathroom and fold a load of laundry and put it away. Maybe both before she wakes up again. Nope. Awake again. Do newborns not like oranges in their breast milk?
Sorry to be a complainer again. Just HAD to vent and avoid them for a little bit. Maybe Supernanny can come over at bedtime tomorrow??? Or someone else they're scared of...

slow week

Just a quick (I promise) update on us.
This week is parent-teacher conferences so Elizabeth and Olivia were both out of school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and Olivia is out Thursday too. As hard as it is to have all four kids home at once all day long, it's nice to not have to get up and get everyone ready for school and out the door to get the girls to school on time. I enjoy sleeping in. Tuesday we couldn't because Andy and I went to the school to visit with their teachers, but the other two days (so far) have been great for not showering until 11 or 12. The kids are being terrible at going to sleep this week though. Last night they didn't get to sleep until 10:30pm. Right now at 11:30am, Vincent is still asleep. I think he's tired....and I think we'll be skipping his nap today. The girls are busy making placemats. I think using the placemats on our new table created this new interest.
Abigail is growing still and wants to eat constantly. Her diapers show it.
Last week I made a Winkflash photo book of our Disneyland adventure last April. It was fun to make and I enjoyed seeing all those pictures again. We'll go again in four or five years when Abigail is tall enough for the rides.
And Vincent is finally awake, so I'd better help him out.

Singin' (birthday) in the Rain

Wednesday was a funny weather day here. It was cold and windy part of the day, sunny and mild for the middle portion of the day, and then rainy and breezy after school and in the evening. In the Northwest, we call that Spring. =)
I always want to play tennis at this time of year. Do I? No. Not for way too long now, but I want to. I miss it. I think it's easier to pretend I used to be a really good tennis player if I avoid playing now though. I'm out of shape and slow now. It's hard to find someone to play with and even if I did, I don't know what to do with these four kids.
The girls love any excuse to use their dollar store umbrellas, so they asked me to drop them off at the bottom of the hill down the road (a block) from our house to walk home with their umbrellas.
I like the umbrellas too, but mostly just for cute pictures.
See anything wrong with this picture? Me neither... ;)
Wednesday was Andy's birthday, so I made some brownies for game night. George and Shirley came over to bring Andy his presents from them, so Elizabeth took pictures.
They gave him a book called "The War" about WWII, a Name Chase game about historical figures, and a new plaid shirt (not pictured).
Here are the brownies with frosting pretending to be birthday cake. I spelled Andy's name out with 38 candles. Can you read it? It's a little crowded on that cake.
Abigail went to her regular doctor Thursday (so many doctor appointments!) for a weight check to make sure she's doing well. She gained 10 ounces in 10 days, so now she's growing the way the pediatrician wants her to. I hope she keeps it up. She finally passed the eight pound mark. She still fits into all of the newborn clothes, but I guess I'm just getting plenty of good use out of them.
Elizabeth was able to go to a fun Stake Activity Day today after school. It was from 2-8pm. She had a great time with about a hundred (at a glance in the gym) other girls from Richland. They did crafts, learned good things, had sack dinners, and enjoyed being around each other. So, she was at school for five hours and then at Activity Day for six hours. She's still behaving now. I hope she keeps it up.
New bedtime plan tonight: If they all go to bed without too much fuss, whoever behaves gets to go to a park tomorrow. No fussing=Awesome big park. If they fuss a little, the park won't be quite as fun and we won't stay as long. If they fuss too much-No park for that kid.

Andy's Birthday

Today is Andy's 38th birthday! He doesn't care much about birthdays, but we like to celebrate anyway. He was born just after both of his parent's birthdays so we usually sing to all three of them. They didn't want candles, so we just sang on Sunday night without them. Here is Andy pretending to blow out the candles that aren't there.Andy has been busy building our table and chairs the past two evenings. This is the table all put together with the eight chairs. Andy wanted to just buy six, but I wanted eight because I want them to match when we have company over. And we already have six people in our family, so it makes sense to have more than the number of people in our family, right? I love it! The table was $299 and the chairs were each $39.99. Great deal for brand new furniture and it looks pretty nice too.
This is the table with two leaves in it. We will have plenty of room for big dinners now. We have been using placemats for the kids to eat on trying to keep it nice.
Abigail playing under her little mobile toy. Yesterday we took her to the ear, nose, throat doctor and he clipped under her tongue a little because of her tongue-tie. Hopefully she'll gain weight a little faster now and latch on better. She seems to be fully recovered. They just put a little numbing stuff under her tongue and then clipped it. Hardly any bleeding and she was more mad at being held down than the clip. Tomorrow she gets to go to the regular doctor and we'll see how big she is now.
I'm busy today making some brownies and dinner and I even made some granola and boiled some eggs today. Busy, busy, like always over here.

Abigail's Blessing

Abigail was blessed on Sunday morning by Andy at church. We had a lot of family there with us. We could have saved another long bench in the middle, but we just saved two. The benches in the new building are shorter than the ones in the old building. Oops. We didn't get a picture with everyone since most everyone left to go to their own wards after our meeting (the benefits of living locally), but we did take this one at the church of me, Abigail, my parents, and my grandparents. Andy had already gone to Sunday School because it's the Gospel Principles class and he's kind of in charge of it.It was a nice blessing and we always like seeing our family.Her dress was gorgeous. Shirley made it for her. (My mom made Elizabeth's. Shirley made Olivia's. My mom made Vincent's tux. So it was Shirley's turn again.) Andy's sister, Torrie, made her cute white headband and Shirley gave her the pink bracelet. I was surprised it fit her so well. Teeny, tiny.After our meetings were over, we had hoagies at our house. Both sets of parents and Sara and her girls came. Everyone else went back to their own meetings.
George and Shirley actually went back for some of their meetings and came back over for lunch.My parents with Abigail.My four kids in their Sunday best.Vincent, Elizabeth, Abigail, and Olivia being goofy with Sami.
Before the blessing, my mom gave me the Mary ring. It was her Grandma's engagement ring. My Great-Grandma Mary Priscella Mann Waite. My mom was named Mary after her and my middle name is Mary. Abigail's middle name is Mary as well, so I'm now the keeper of the Mary ring and will pass it down to Abigail when she passes on the Mary name (I think that's how it works...)
It was a great day and Abigail didn't have any diaper blowouts. She didn't spit up on her dress until after lunch and I already got it all cleaned so we can go and have some professional pictures taken next week sometime.

Ikea--Again

Saturday we went to Portland to buy a nice new dining room table with matching chairs. We loaded up the Veracruz and hitched up the trailer. We left just before 10am and got home just after 11pm. It was a long day, but we got Andy's Lego for his birthday at the Lego store, and the table, chairs, dinner, and a few other little things at Ikea. In Oregon they don't have sales tax and the roads to Seattle are terrible right now, so we opt to save money and drive safer.
Olivia and Vincent sit in the third row of our car. We were glad Vincent was so far back when he cried the whole way home.After our stop at McDonald's for lunch, Elizabeth wanted the binoculars. They kept her entertained for a while.Vincent at Ikea while he, Abigail, and I waited for Andy and the two older girls to get our dinner. The parking lot was full and the sunset was beautiful.There was quite a bit of waiting at Ikea. I signed the girls up for their playplace. Vincent was too short and not potty-trained so he couldn't go and Andy took him upstairs while I waited by the tables. It took about a half hour to get them in. Then I went off to find Andy and Vincent and Abigail. When we went to eat in Ikea, I kept Vincent and Abigail entertained while Andy and the older girls got our dinner which took another half hour. As we left to pay, I thought it would be easier to take all the kids except Elizabeth to the car to wait and to feed Abigail, so I left when Andy was the second one in line. I thought it would be pretty quick so I just fed her a bottle after moving the car to a better place. We waited for another half hour because for whatever reason, Andy's debit card would not go through, which is crazy because we have so much in there from the tax refund we got and payday. Andy called the bank and tried to figure it out for ten minutes and then finally had to buy the table on its own and then the chairs two at a time so it took a while. He's going to call his bank Monday to figure out why that would happen. It's not like most people who go to Ikea don't spend $800. We were there in November and spent a chunk on the bunkbed. We wouldn't bring cash. I don't know what we would have done instead or why the bank was being difficult about it. It just doesn't make sense. He said he always feels like telling the people behind him that he pays his bills and he isn't a lowlife freeloader when this sort of misunderstanding happens. But we got out of there with the things we wanted.
Abigail was a great traveler and ate when I wanted her to and slept the rest of the trip. I didn't really want her to sleep, but sleeping is much better than crying (Vincent took care of that enough on the trip.) She was up (and so was I) until 3am. She was blessed Sunday morning at 9am, so when she woke up to eat at 6am by the time I finished feeding her it was time to get ready for church. Yes, you read that right. Three hours of sleep. I did get a little rest in the car on the way to Portland, but not much on the way home because of a certain little boy (who will remain nameless) who screamed pretty much the whole 3 1/2 hours home. He wanted a drink, has a little cold, and needed to sleep badly, so instead of asking for anything, he just yelled and screamed. So frustrating. Abigail slept right through it. Can you tell she's a fourth child?
A few funny little tidbits about our Saturday:
*As we walked into the McDonald's for lunch on the way to Portland, some guy coming out called us a herd.
*We drove part of the way on the Washington side of the Columbia River and we were talking about the river and Andy noticed how glassy the water was this time (it's usually really choppy and people like to windsurf there). We talked about how the Columbia River's nickname before dams were built was the long narrows and how after dams were built it helped create electricity, helped regulate the flooding, and made it so boats could go through. Elizabeth heard goats instead of boats and didn't understand for a minute how goats would go in the river.
*As we were driving on bridges around Portland, Olivia said, "I shoulda brought my compass". She had one attached to her sleeping bag backpack she got for Christmas.
We got home pretty late, but it was a pretty nice trip overall and now Andy has plenty of building to do between his Lego set and the table and eight chairs.
We bought the table with part of our tax refund and the rest is going to pay off the hospital and other doctor bills.
Next post-Abigail's baby blessing-after my mom sends me the rest of the pictures. =) hint...

Worth it?!

I spent an hour after dropping the girls off at school building this train for Vincent. I used all of the pieces, which makes it harder because you have to have the tracks all connect just right at the end. I'm so glad my friend offered me a great deal on her GeoTrax just before Christmas. It's more fun to have a big track. I usually just get Elizabeth or Olivia build a track. Abigail was sleeping since I fed her before taking the girls to school, so I had a little time to build it this time. Vincent has a little cold that just seemed to peak today, so we are just hanging out at home today relaxing. That is, he's relaxing. I'm doing a little laundry, feeding a baby, changing a baby, trying to remember to get this boy to go to the bathroom so he'll be better at it (he's doing great!), and trying to figure out what to make for dinner. I really need a nap too. Abigail ate and is asleep again, so off I go to sleep...
Hopefully that track keeps that boy busy for a while. Maybe it will even keep Olivia busy when she gets home from school.

Freshly Folded

My new baby trick:
Baby + Fresh, warm basket of laundry = Time to fold some clothes.
You may even be able to coax a smile out of your baby.

Disclaimer: This may or may not work for your baby. If you move your baby and expect to fold that basket of clothes, expect to do it while holding baby. This will very likely not work on a baby who is hungry, poopy, needs to burp, or is otherwise discontent. If your baby spits up or blows out, or does any other thing to defile your freshly cleaned laundry, you may NOT blame me. Do NOT throw your baby out in the wash. Do NOT place child in the washer or dryer. Do not harm your child in any way. Make sure to snap a picture if they are smiling.