Comments on: Cupcakes, pajamas, stairs

By: ladybughugs

ladybughugs — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:58:47 +0000

Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a metabolism disorder passed down through families in which the body cannot break down certain parts of proteins. Urine in persons with this condition smells like maple syrup.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000373.htm

The feeding difficulties fit, too. Can’t hurt to check with your pediatrician.

By: jen @ negative lane

jen @ negative lane — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:13:03 +0000

This totally makes me think I should follow you on Twitter because my son also has the syrup smell in his footie pajamas and my husband also though I was crazy.

As for the “Twitter is way awesomer than husbands” subject, that is also a topic I often think I could write about with some veracity.

(@Rachael above, I get what your husband says about the “wet bacon” smell — to me it’s kind of like a combination syrup and bacon fat odor. Which is just one more example of how I am very weird.)

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:24:44 +0000

Your kids are So. Freakin’. Cute! The footie PJ’s! They KILL me!

That is all.

By: Wilma Comenat

Wilma Comenat — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:34:04 +0000

As the organizer of the Big Climb I’d like to thank you for mentioning our event in your blog. It’s nice to know that some people have also commented on it. Anyway, glad to have you on board and looking forward to meeting you in person perhaps on race day!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:38:15 +0000

Chem Dry is the best carpet cleaner ever. It’s a parent’s best friend!

By: Red

Red — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:12:16 +0000

Also meant to add, my DS also has the same hair-trigger gag reflex can self-induce vomiting when upset in under 60 seconds that will make CIO a method NEVER used in this house. He also eats retardedly. We ate a lot of freeze-dried fruit in very small pieces to start. Reminding him to CHEW seemed to be the key.

By: Red

Red — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:07:50 +0000

Okay, how inappropriate is it for me to say my cats smell like syrup? Haven’t noticed that smell on DS, but he does do the pee-through some mornings…in that same pair of footie jammies, no less!

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:11:51 +0000

OH GOD YES the syrup! My husband compares it to “wet bacon” but I am convinced it smells like syrup! WHAT is that? The pjs certainly smell fresh and clean when we put the Little Dude to bed… I am highly suspicious.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:46:07 +0000

Dude, you know what I just thought of while looking at the pictures of your kids making skruntchy faces and wearing ridiculous pajamas, I don’t think we’ve ever seen any embarrassing pictures of you looking like a dork when you were a little kid. (not that your kids are looking like dorks now, they are actually adorable, but I don’t want to see a picture of you looking adorable as a little girl, I want to see one of you looking like a total dork) What’s up with that? I don’t catch every single post or anything, so it’s possible I missed one, but I kind of feel … I feel like a poor kid who just discovered that every other kid in school has a TV. I was ok with it until I realized I was missing out. Your tireless blog posts rife with transparent honesty can not make up for this sudden lack of comedic history. Why have you held out? Is it because you are evil? Or perhaps is it because you are the opposite of good?

I just told five year old twin girls about it and they are sniffling and tearing up now. Oh, oh, look at that, now they are crying. You just made a little blond angel cry, and her freaky identical sister who some people consider a girl, but has not been proven to have a soul. (jury’s out on twins) I’m pretty sure this is why God made your baby barf on your carpet.

Lastly, some advice about the carpets. I have found, and I do get rid of stains professionally, (not really) that the best thing to use is fire, followed by cream colored spray paint. (the fire gets rid of the stink) If that doesn’t suit you, you could try some of that professional grade carpet cleaner. Not the shit you get at a grocery store, the stuff with a warning label you get at Lowes or the Home Depot. the stuff that probably kills fish and destroys the ozone and may or may not register on a Geiger counter. Mix it with some water, let it soak for a few minutes, and then shop-vac the living hell out of it. We use a normal carpet cleaner machine with that industrial strength stuff and it usually gets out even red clay tracks, which is what NC is made of. I’ll ask at work though, cause my work buddy used to clean carpets professionally, so he knows more than me. (remember, warning labels are good. grocery store chemicals are for pussies with dirty carpets)

By: Shangrila

Shangrila — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:32:09 +0000

Okay, so now I want to run downstairs and put my two-yr-old in his fleece jammies just so that I can check him for a syrup smell in the morning. Your suggestion that parents leave the kids home with a sitter and celebrate surviving is awesome! Happy Birthday, Dylan!