Ruthie update, plus CSA and PSAs

[mamajoan]

Happy Solstice, everyone!

Ruthie update: Last night I squirted some breastmilk into her goopy eye (breastmilk has amazing antibacterial properties, you know -- I use it often for things like that). I also put a little bit into her other eye just in case. Then this morning she woke up with the other eye crusted shut. D'oh! But she managed to get it open herself without my help, and after I got her cleaned up, it was clear that both eyes were a bit puffy/swollen but much less so than the one eye was yesterday.

I went and picked up the erythromicin anyway, and put it in both eyes; she barely fought it at all, which was good. We're supposed to do it 3x/day, so sandykidd will do it this afternoon and I'll do it again tonight before bed. I may also do another breastmilk treatment depending on how the eyes are looking. As of this morning, though, they were both looking not-so-bad and Ruthie was her normal self, temperament-wise, so I'm thinking it's not going to be a big deal.

Tomorrow sandykidd and Bastian are leaving to fly down to Arizona and visit her family, so I'll be staying home with Ruthie. I didn't try too hard to find a babysitter, because of the eyes. Hopefully I'll find someone to watch her on Monday though. They're coming back late Monday night.

CSA: This week's haul had stuff other than leafy greens!! We got some turnips, beets, and sugar snap peas! *DROOL* We also got more greens (a new kind of chard, more kale, bibb lettuce, romaine, arugula) and some baby fennel. I am a little scared of the fennel. I have no idea what to do with it. I'm not even sure whether I like it (I hate licorice).

PSA: In case you missed the announcement, LJ will be selling Permanent Accounts for a limited time, starting tomorrow. Here's the news post about that. A permanent account costs $150 and gets you a bunch of nifty features. I already have one, thanks to the LJ Fairy (whom I have a pretty good idea who it is, but I don't know for sure). LJ only does Permanent Account sales once in a blue moon, so if you want one and have the cash, now is your chance!

PSA part 2: For those who knew and loved the late thamiris (and who could know her without loving her?), you may be interested to know that there's an effort underway to raise money to convert her LJ account to a Permanent account. You can check out the community tham_preserved for details.

Comments

[mogwar.livejournal.com]

Funny. I'm flying into AZ tomorrow with my kid, too. But we won't be back until a week from Monday. (I have a work thing in Scottsdale all next week.)

[woobiewoobster.livejournal.com]

I have never heard that about breast milk but it totally makes sense. I would have been awed if Ruthie had clear eyes this morning though. *wink*

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Do you take anything for it? like an antihistamine or etc.?