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Post by tcu2003 on Jan 19, 2019 0:48:45 GMT -5
Anyone have a tried and true or favorite remedy for stinky shoes? C’s shoes are stank after school, basketball, and/or soccer. Like clear the room stank. I ordered the activated charcoal odor eliminators from Amazon: Remodeez Odor Eliminator for Shoes and Moisture Absorber for Footwear - Activated Charcoal Coconut Husks, Pack of 2 www.amazon.com/dp/B016ZZWL6E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.MRqCbVHA1E7JAnd this odor eliminator spray for his shoes: Sweat X Sport Odor Eliminator Spray | Odor Spray For Sports Equipment, Gear and Shoes | No Washing Required www.amazon.com/dp/B00QCKVCBI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hORqCbZX39ASRNeither will arrive until Tuesday, so if anyone has other suggestions, I’m all ears.
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 19, 2019 11:49:44 GMT -5
Dumping baking soda in them, letting them sit and then dumping it out. What about spraying his feet with an antibacterial deodorant? Spraying it in the shoes may help too.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 19, 2019 11:55:37 GMT -5
We switched shoe brands. When Gwen was wearing Nikes her feet would stink so bad she could clear a room.
She wanted Adidas so I got her some for Christmas and the stink went away. Nothing else has changed.
I have no freaking clue. Must be something in the material of the Nikes that reacted with her foot chemistry.
We are an Adidas family now.😛
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Post by tcu2003 on Jan 19, 2019 12:08:03 GMT -5
We switched shoe brands. When Gwen was wearing Nikes her feet would stink so bad she could clear a room. She wanted Adidas so I got her some for Christmas and the stink went away. Nothing else has changed. I have no freaking clue. Must be something in the material of the Nikes that reacted with her foot chemistry. We are an Adidas family now.😛 That’s a thought. He’s never had particularly stinky feet until recently, and we just got him the stride rite knockoff shoes they sell at Target a few weeks ago. I randomly have new shoes also on the way because he keeps wearing through whatever I buy. New shoes are a different brand, so I’ll also see if that makes a difference.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jan 19, 2019 12:16:00 GMT -5
That's interesting that Adidas and Nike are different, as I think they're owned by the same company. My ODS's feet always stink. I heard that they should alternate between 2 pairs, at least, but he doesn't. We did last summer when I had more time/energy to remind him.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 19, 2019 13:21:56 GMT -5
I have no idea but I'm not tempting fate. Her feet smelled so bad before she couldn't take off her shoes for gymnastics.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jan 19, 2019 13:52:15 GMT -5
I was wrong. It's Converse that is owned by Nike. Even if they were the same company, they could have been using different materials. It just would have been more unexpected, is all.
My ODS hasn't wanted Nikes yet, but I'll have to keep the stinky feet situation in mind if he does.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jan 19, 2019 16:22:14 GMT -5
Spray the shoes with vodka mixed 1:1 with water. Then bag them and put them in the deep freeze. Or just outside
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 19, 2019 17:52:18 GMT -5
Our living room that is Carlie Play room has been a mess all week, and it takes an hour to clean up in the evening ... only to have to do the same thing the next day. She got way to many gifts for her birthday and I think her attention span just goes crazy trying to decide what to play with. I spent this morning putting this together for her : www.crateandbarrel.com/gourmet-play-kitchen-set/s130645?st=Gourmet%20Play%20Kitchen%20Set&ta=gourmet%20kit&rac=p1Also put together the scooter for her (got her a minis helmet) and keeps practicing slowly ... Since getting ride of the pacifier her vocabulary and speech just accelerated; speaking at almost full sentences and clearly too so easier to understand her. She is getting more independent Day by day, wanting to do more and more things for herself and refusing help (or getting upset if helped)... and definitely bossy!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jan 19, 2019 18:08:01 GMT -5
Pointe shoes stink also, but nothing can be put in/on them. When they were actually traveling with us, we made them stay in the trunk of the car. Then, they, when they were dead, had to stay in the garage until they were tolerable enough to come inside.
TheHaitian, can you get tubs/crates/baskets for half of Carlie's toys? Then, put half the toys in storage and switch them out with the other half after one or two weeks?
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Post by oped on Jan 19, 2019 23:05:46 GMT -5
Our living room that is Carlie Play room has been a mess all week, and it takes an hour to clean up in the evening ... only to have to do the same thing the next day. She got way to many gifts for her birthday and I think her attention span just goes crazy trying to decide what to play with. I spent this morning putting this together for her : www.crateandbarrel.com/gourmet-play-kitchen-set/s130645?st=Gourmet%20Play%20Kitchen%20Set&ta=gourmet%20kit&rac=p1Also put together the scooter for her (got her a minis helmet) and keeps practicing slowly ... Since getting ride of the pacifier her vocabulary and speech just accelerated; speaking at almost full sentences and clearly too so easier to understand her. She is getting more independent Day by day, wanting to do more and more things for herself and refusing help (or getting upset if helped)... and definitely bossy! Get a big bin and fill it with toys and put it away. Cycle through them every few weeks pulling out new things from the bin and putting others away. More manageable and will always have new things without buying more.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jan 20, 2019 18:27:04 GMT -5
I totally went out last night and bought 18-36m pacifiers for Taylor. #notthefirstkid never would have done that for Liv. I enrolled T in preschool for the fall. I feel like 2 days/wk with other kiddos will be nice since hes just home with mom all day now. Mom was sad, lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 21:39:42 GMT -5
Our living room that is Carlie Play room has been a mess all week, and it takes an hour to clean up in the evening ... only to have to do the same thing the next day. She got way to many gifts for her birthday and I think her attention span just goes crazy trying to decide what to play with. I spent this morning putting this together for her : www.crateandbarrel.com/gourmet-play-kitchen-set/s130645?st=Gourmet%20Play%20Kitchen%20Set&ta=gourmet%20kit&rac=p1Also put together the scooter for her (got her a minis helmet) and keeps practicing slowly ... Since getting ride of the pacifier her vocabulary and speech just accelerated; speaking at almost full sentences and clearly too so easier to understand her. She is getting more independent Day by day, wanting to do more and more things for herself and refusing help (or getting upset if helped)... and definitely bossy! Get a big bin and fill it with toys and put it away. Cycle through them every few weeks pulling out new things from the bin and putting others away. More manageable and will always have new things without buying more. I always kept the majority of the kids toys in rubbermaid totes in the basement. Not only did it keep the upstairs a lot neater, but it was like Christmas all over at that age when I'd swap the totes out because they'd totally forget what they had before. I still get that reaction out of my 8 year old sometimes when I come across something down there that might have been stored away for a year or more.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jan 20, 2019 21:58:45 GMT -5
I wasn't organized or efficient enough to rotate toys.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jan 20, 2019 22:00:58 GMT -5
My kids are roaming the waterpark. It's one of those football field sized ones. I catch sight of them every so often. They're having fun. And hopefully tiring themselves out so they crash once they're in bed.
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 20, 2019 23:15:53 GMT -5
ODD is sitting outside watching the eclipse. YDD, E, and I keep poking our heads out but it is cold. I think I will heat up some hot water for hot coco afterwards. I am glad that we have tomorrow off, although I most likely would have still stayed up, and let YDD stay up to watch it. A is asleep and her daughter and DH are playing Monster Hunter World. Bums.
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 20, 2019 23:17:04 GMT -5
We were not very good at rotating toys either. But we did have down stair toys and toys in their room.
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Post by Works4me on Jan 21, 2019 0:45:55 GMT -5
Step son's step daughter just turned 12. Any gift ideas? She's smart and creative. I'm thinking money?
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Post by Peace77 on Jan 21, 2019 0:51:25 GMT -5
Money is always good. Or a gift card to a craft store like Michael"s or Hobby Lobby.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2019 9:49:35 GMT -5
I wasn't organized or efficient enough to rotate toys. Trust me. I am not organized or efficient! That's why I did it. It was the only way I could keep things under control. Shovel a bunch in totes and haul them downstairs. Done.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jan 21, 2019 11:52:40 GMT -5
We're back in the waterpark. Kids are roaming again. I've got $34 in credit on my wristband, that will cover lunch.
I'm in shorts while I'm inside. It's around -7 outside. I told the kids we'd do lunch and arcade once they're done being wet. In the hopes of being dry before we have to go back out.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jan 21, 2019 13:07:19 GMT -5
And another one for the "kids are weird " file. K has decided she doesn't like pizza. Ok, she's 10. Whatever. I figure its a choice not an actual dislike but whatever. She's scarfed down a huge slice of pizza here in the waterpark and would happily eat more of it. "Mom, I like waterpark pizza only"
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 21, 2019 15:06:17 GMT -5
I always like science kits at gifts for kids that age.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 21, 2019 15:38:42 GMT -5
Thanks for all the suggestions, we did save some of her gifts (did not open them) because she had so many.... even my MIL said that the other day; she has so many toys that she cannot decide what to play with and by the end of the evening it’s like her bins exploded and toys everywhere.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 21, 2019 15:47:25 GMT -5
In other news, last night Carlie did the sweetest thing ever to save her old man ego and making me feel still needed. She was drinking her apple juice from a box and the straw came out. So I said out of habit : “oh honey, your straw came out; let daddy put it back in for you.” But before I could finish that sentence she had already put it back in... and I said : oh ok. And I don’t know why; maybe I looked sad that she did not need me anymore or something; she pulled the straw back out and brought both (the juice box and straw) to me to put it back in for her. And then she proceeded to ask me to hold the box for her so she can drink the juice (I know she is more than capable of doing that, she has been since before she was 1). But anyway that gesture made me laugh, smile and I said: look at you , protecting your old man ego! I know the pro-feminist me should be like: you should never play the “damsel in distress” to protect a man’s ego but the poor old dad me felt loved. She cares for me and love me enough that she is willing to pretend she still needs me when we both know she doesn’t. My baby is no longer a baby
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Post by azucena on Jan 22, 2019 20:53:53 GMT -5
Fuck science fairs.
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Post by chapeau on Jan 22, 2019 21:10:36 GMT -5
Fuck having to help with homework at all. I’m so sick of the whining.
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Post by azucena on Jan 23, 2019 8:54:37 GMT -5
Fuck having to help with homework at all. I’m so sick of the whining. Science fairs are a whole nother level of hell in homework world. I ended up cussing at my 10 yo and my husband who was supposed to help her do a bunch of it over the long weekend while I was out of town. Why do they have to keep a written log book and then type out the same freaking things in google docs. And who thought giving all of your friends access to your project was a good idea? I was trying to copy graphs from excel into google docs (learned these two don't play nicely together, but I'm not about to figure out google's version of a spreadsheet thank you very much)...the graphs kept moving - yeah DD's friend thought it was funny to move them at the same time. I only figured it out when friend sent a poop emoticon that popped up on the screen. I quickly figured out how to take away edit capabilities. Also take it from me that projects involving food aren't the way to go what with all the allergies. We got kicked out of the library trying to get people to taste test jelly beans with and without smell.
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Post by chapeau on Jan 23, 2019 13:53:15 GMT -5
That is ridiculous. And I’d have probably killed the friend with the power of my mind alone. DD had to do a report on a person. Next week she has to do an oral presentation on the report, either in costume or with an appropriate symbol of the person. And at least half her class had their costume/symbol with them today. I haven’t the foggiest idea what to use as a symbol, because I’m not making a single-use costume (and trust me, this will never be worn again). It’s just a constant battle to do the homework, and there isn’t a huge amount. There’s a spelling test a week and one book report and one research report per month. Both “reports” are about a page long, so there isn’t a ton of stuff to do. But DD is a slow poke, so she regularly has to finish in-class assignments at home. That’s where the (IMO, unsustainable) volume comes from. I have no idea how long her homework should take, because of the nightly dramatics. I think it’s 10-15 minutes per night, but it’s taking 3-5 times longer. It’s really tempting to just let her not do them, but she’s so slow (and dramatic) about doing it, I’m afraid she’d never catch up.
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Post by azucena on Jan 23, 2019 14:24:34 GMT -5
That is ridiculous. And I’d have probably killed the friend with the power of my mind alone. DD had to do a report on a person. Next week she has to do an oral presentation on the report, either in costume or with an appropriate symbol of the person. And at least half her class had their costume/symbol with them today. I haven’t the foggiest idea what to use as a symbol, because I’m not making a single-use costume (and trust me, this will never be worn again). It’s just a constant battle to do the homework, and there isn’t a huge amount. There’s a spelling test a week and one book report and one research report per month. Both “reports” are about a page long, so there isn’t a ton of stuff to do. But DD is a slow poke, so she regularly has to finish in-class assignments at home. That’s where the (IMO, unsustainable) volume comes from. I have no idea how long her homework should take, because of the nightly dramatics. I think it’s 10-15 minutes per night, but it’s taking 3-5 times longer. It’s really tempting to just let her not do them, but she’s so slow (and dramatic) about doing it, I’m afraid she’d never catch up. What grade? In third grade, I literally set my phone timer one night as the homework fit started, stopped when it ended and announced the 25 minute timeframe. Then, I timed how long it took to do her homework...5 minutes. She was stunned that I wasn't kidding when I said the fit was taking five times longer. We also started lighting a candle and making tea to make homework more of a tolerable ritual. I hate the single use costumes and refuse to play that game. DD usually fumbles around and finds something that will work and so far has never received a lower grade.
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