I took on an extra day of babysitting this week
@shaggin (75481)
United States
September 15, 2026 1:37pm CST
Boy am I tuckered out today. Since I didn’t plan to really leave the house I tried to cut down on my sugar intake by having a coffee followed by a tea instead dog two coffees. But then I was unbearably tired. Then I wound up warming a big cup of milk and adding oregan chai tea latte mix.
Baby S has been very fussy today. Her momma thinks she’s cutting two molars. Usually her mom wakes her up at 5:30 am and then she goes down for a nap around 9:30 or 10am. Today she slept until 6:30 and then I couldn’t get her down for a nap until 12:30. It’s 2:30 and she’s still sleeping.
I was able to do a load of laundry, catch up on Facebook and myLot a bit while she has been sleeping and read a book.
When my little one gets home the girls will have a snack and I will try to get what I can ready ahead of time for dinner. After baby S leaves I have to run my oldest to the post office.
I need to vacuum the living room later other than that and the clean up after dinner I hope to make a fresh batch of playdough for the girls to play with tomorrow. I have been babysitting Baby S Wednesday and Friday but she needed me to fill in an extra day today since her mother in law is sick.
Photo is of a neat beetle I saw a few weeks back
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@celticeagle (195938)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep
Ah, poor sweet baby S. Those molars can be real scallywags. We always used something cold they could chew on. That is a cool beetle. Isn't nature something?
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
15 Sep
@celticeagle she wound up waking up 10 minutes after I made this post. She woke up much happier.
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@celticeagle (195938)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep
@shaggin .......That's good. I'm a firm believer that little ones like her shouldn't have to go through pain.
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@celticeagle (195938)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Sep
@shaggin ........That's probably true. And true about the dogs. I just see the sick kids in hospital, and I think it very unfair that they have to go through such things. The innocence of childhood and all.
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@Deepizzaguy (126665)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Sep
I am happy for you that you are enjoying your babysitting job this week.
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
20 Sep
@Deepizzaguy she’s a little doll I am enjoying my days with her.
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
15 Sep
@snowy22315 she’s really very good even at her fussiest I think.
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@RasmaSandra (102263)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Sep
That is a beetle with the colors of a bee. Glad you can help out. How do you make playdough? My parents jsut bought me jars of Play Doh,
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
20 Sep
@RasmaSandra the beetle is orange and black.
Homemade playdough is lot of salt. I think flour and food dye and something else. I always have to look up the recipe.
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@DaddyEvil (179042)
• United States
16 Sep
I think that's a Lycidas beetle. They're highly toxic.
I used to make playdough for Pretty when she was little. 
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
17 Sep
@Daddyevil it was on the top of my garbage can.
I love to make that. I just tossed the last batch we had made months ago. I am hoping to make some fresh with Little E after school tomorrow.
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@DaddyEvil (179042)
• United States
17 Sep
@shaggin As long as you didn't eat the bug, you should be fine.
I hope you both have a great time playing with it.
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
17 Sep
@DaddyEvil I thought about it I was pretty hungry jk
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
16 Sep
@Judyev I recall in my teens my wisdom teeth coming in and were so painful. So I can relate to how they may feel especially not understanding what is happening to them.
I have to laugh because when I typed your name in here a response I typed Judyevil like @daddyevil who was the last comment on I made before this one.
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@shaggin (75481)
• United States
16 Sep
@DaddyEvil we could be a whole online family Shagginevil
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@DaddyEvil (179042)
• United States
16 Sep
@shaggin That's okay with me. I'd let my friends on myLot adopt the last name Evil if they asked. It doesn't just fit me, you know. 
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