You may have heard of Phantom Ringer (ringtone), which is where you think you hear your phone ringing when you are watching a movie or something. Well… It seems to be happening with baby toy music now.

I was at court today since I got called for jury duty, and was waiting to be called/dismissed, and there was music playing in the distance. I was working on some project sketches in my notebook, and I swear, I suddenly started hearing one of Ashley’s toys. It was distinct enough, that I now had the damn song in my head, and couldn’t get it out.

Seriously, they need to put a warning label on these music toys, “may drive parents batty”.

I am removing the vids from youtube. The human race is full of stupid, ignorant, useless windbags, who seem to have nothing better to do with their time then comment (ironically) on how much time I seem to have on my hands.

Instead, flickr now hosts videos, so I am going to move the videos there, and make them invite only. If you want access, shoot me an email. You will need a flickr account, which is free, and you will need to tell me you nickname on flickr so I can add you to my friends/family list.

ugh. That Subway sandwich ad is the worst most annoying ad ever, and i can’t get it out of my head. Apparently it works on babies too, since every time it plays on the TV, Ashley spins her head around to the TV. Probably because both mom and I keep singing it all the time. What’s interesting though is that when I sing it, and Ashley is not paying attention to me, she looks at the TV, even though it was me. So that means she has associated those sounds with the TV. LOL

Been off the posting wagon for a while because Ashley has been back to waking up constantly during the night. Seems to be more reflux problems, which should be growing out of, but isn’t for some reason. We are now on a waiting list for the Gastro specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital to figure out what is wrong. Currently we are giving Ashley the max dosage for her weight for Zantac, which of course thrills me to know end if you know how I feel about drugs in general… But since she won’t eat without it, we have no choice.

However, since she is now maxed-out on the dosage, she has started to sleep through the night, mostly. So i will try to get back to posting again. It’s hard to be creative and enthusiastic when your child is sucking the life out of you.

Two days ago I was asked by the Rubicon Project (an advertising network that I used…) to place a terms of service (TOS) on this blog stating that I will not promote adult stuff. Basically they don’t want me peddling porn. LOL, this is a blog about raising my daughter… Well, I created a TOS that was about as solid as any other TOS that you see on the net, which is to say it has no real enforceable value and makes some ridiculous assertions. And of course I had to do it in my usual smart assed manner, which I pushed into absurdity and apparently Rubicon didn’t see the point or my humor. Soo…

I have been asked to by one of my ad/affiliate networks to add a Terms of Service notice to this site. LOL. I’m serious. Ridiculous I know, but alas, it gives me a topic of humor to write about.

Warning, by clicking the following link to read it the TOS, you are agreeing to to be bound by law in a contractual agreement to put 5 bucks into Ashley’s college fund. Just kidding.

TOS

Apparently the fever from a few days ago was a precursor to a skin rash from a viral infections called Roseola. Pretty much every kid gets it at some point, and the rash itself is not a big deal, though it looks bad. Red welts all over her trunk. All gone now, but, pretty bad looking for about 2 days. The only possible issue from what I could find was the fever, which was over anyway. So, all is good. First illness, and no worse the wear.

I have invented a new baby device. You have a buy a couch with cushions. The heavier the cushions the better. Also a big lounge chair would work as well.

All you do, is stuff your baby down behind the cushion, so they are wedged between the couch back-frame and the cushion. The reason a heavier cushion works better is so the baby cannot move. You can also shore up the cushion with 1 or 2 of the 30 excessive throw pillows your wife has piled the couch under. The beauty of this setup is that you can stuff your baby in, and walk away without fear of baby doom. Of course out of sight is a bad idea, unless its only for a few hours… just kidding. But anyway, you can then play your video games, or just wander aimlessly around the house, and baby is safe.

The side effects are, puke on the couch, drool on the couch, snot on the couch, and wife being mad at you when you get caught.

The benefits are, being able to change a light fixture, play video games, cook some food, baby loves it since she can watch you do stuff, wife thinks its cute even though you are being a bad daddy.

Yesterday Ashley had her first fever. No idea what it was from since she wasn’t really coughing or sneezing or anything else for that matter. Just a little down is all. Fever hit 101.7, at least that we measured. The doctor said to sell at 103, but we never got there. Gave her some tylenol “as the doctor directed” and she started cooling off about 2 hours later. All is good now, a little warm, but still under the normal 100.5 fluctuation that infants swing up to.

One of the first things we asked for (and got) was the Fisher Price Rainforest Bouncer. Not really sure why it was important to us, but for some reason we were actually able to make a good decision for once. The bouncy is awesome. Though I will say it does tend to grate on your nerves a bit with the noises it makes as Ashley beats the hell of of the monkey and the parrot.