Moon Shadows are Evil
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Glad to hear "Operation Pink Friggin' Everything" worked out well. Nothing like the stress of worrying about the pregnancy, times two. Good news man.
I do appreciate the aggressive "even though I'm exhausted and have someone else's fluids all over me I'm still a cyclist, dammit" tone here. Double the spit-up. Damn.
!!!!!! Cause you'd be disappointed if I didn't use any. 😉
I do appreciate the aggressive "even though I'm exhausted and have someone else's fluids all over me I'm still a cyclist, dammit" tone here. Double the spit-up. Damn.
!!!!!! Cause you'd be disappointed if I didn't use any. 😉
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
Can you imagine double poop up the back diapers?
1speed
Incredibly profound yet fantastically flawed
Congratulations! (I, too, was born at St. Peter's in NB, and my mom told me I turned out awesome, so you've got that going for you. Which is nice.)
When I was in the early stages of my career, I used to do outcomes research on hospital performance. One study I did on preemies in a NICU yielded a seemingly odd result, and I had to present my results at a national conference so odd results scared the sh*t out of me and I spent a lot of time trying to come up with justifications. In the end, what I went with (based on all the data I could gather) was basically what you implied above. I had found that infant size was inversely correlated with positive outcomes in a NICU. That is, the smaller the baby, the more likely it was to get out of the NICU healthy and without complications. And the reason this made sense in the end is that the majority of those kids just needed to grow, and growing babies is something the health system in this country is actually really, really good at. (I came to this result by examining resource utilization for babies in the "small" category vs. medium and large kids.) Put another way, if a normal sized baby is in the NICU, it's usually because something is terribly wrong, but usually a preemie goes there just to get fed and grow in a controlled environment.
Just one of the few feel-good results that stuck with me from back in the day ...
Again, congrats to you and the family!
When I was in the early stages of my career, I used to do outcomes research on hospital performance. One study I did on preemies in a NICU yielded a seemingly odd result, and I had to present my results at a national conference so odd results scared the sh*t out of me and I spent a lot of time trying to come up with justifications. In the end, what I went with (based on all the data I could gather) was basically what you implied above. I had found that infant size was inversely correlated with positive outcomes in a NICU. That is, the smaller the baby, the more likely it was to get out of the NICU healthy and without complications. And the reason this made sense in the end is that the majority of those kids just needed to grow, and growing babies is something the health system in this country is actually really, really good at. (I came to this result by examining resource utilization for babies in the "small" category vs. medium and large kids.) Put another way, if a normal sized baby is in the NICU, it's usually because something is terribly wrong, but usually a preemie goes there just to get fed and grow in a controlled environment.
Just one of the few feel-good results that stuck with me from back in the day ...
Again, congrats to you and the family!
missing moonlight rides, rollers in the garage - you're falling apart!!! 😀
congrats again.
now let's talk about diaper genies and how awful they become.
congrats again.
now let's talk about diaper genies and how awful they become.
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
Do or did you have the one that when you pull out all the diapers it looks like a huge sausage link? I wanted that one but was veto'd.
Nope. Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope.
Congratulations man!! Sucks about the house and ICU drama, but im glad to hear everything worked out in the end.
My brain is on overload with just one baby, I cant even think about the amount of work twins must be. Best of luck to you.
Im going to go ahead and NOT give you any bullshit for the rollers despite all of the abuse you have given me in the past few years 😉
My brain is on overload with just one baby, I cant even think about the amount of work twins must be. Best of luck to you.
Im going to go ahead and NOT give you any bullshit for the rollers despite all of the abuse you have given me in the past few years 😉
The Kalmyk
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Congrats Kevin!!! They share a birthday with my sister. She was born in Saint Peters 27 years earlier
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Thank You
Thanks everyone for the congrats. First, the pregnancy and then the birth was the closing of a multi-year chapter that was the realities of a 30-something who beat breast cancer and then wants to have more kids. It was stress from all angles and now we trade that for different stress, but I am glad to have closed that door. In the end, it was a hail mary pass that worked out.
Broski
My son is 7 and a half and overall is taking the sisters ok. In the summer, we had to move him to our smallest bedroom and that was a few months of bartering but not a big issue once it happened. As expected, he was a mess for the first week since I was in and out and my wife was in the hospital. Once they came home, he did alittle acting out type shit and was stuck to my leg for two weeks and thankfully school started so he could focus on that and not how many mintues mom and dad held each baby. Since he is 7, we did not have to worry about him like stabbing the babies or something like a 3-4 year old might. He certainly gets a little crazy when no attention is on him, but he mainly just ends up acting annoying. He “helps” sometimes, like I paid him a quarter to watch the girls last night while I mowed a new section of grass in my yard quick.
Roller
Man, I would be all over me and the rollers if I were you guys, but hey, that’s why I’m a dick and yous ain’t. As long as I can ride outside a few days a week, they will probably sit but I am sure there will be times when the girl’s and work schedule just don’t allow that for an extended period. However, if you were to search me mentioning rollers over the past two years, you would notice that I said I think I could tolerate rollers since there is some type of skill required to ride them and not just sit on a trainer and “workout”.
Double Trouble
We are taking the in-sync approach to the twins which basically keeps them on the same schedule, actually, just off the same schedule. Finish feeding one, wake the other and feed them, try not to get them eating more than 45 min apart type of deal. Since they were preemies, they slept something like 22 hours a day the first 6 weeks, so they basically wake up to eat. One can last longer between feedings but we try to keep them close otherwise you are always feeding one of them. Seems to work out pretty well so far. A few times they want to eat at the same time and you just need to let one cry, sucks, but I tried to feed them both at once and they are too jellyfish like for it to work at this time.
Diaper Genie
The new one we got isn’t as good as the older one we had. The worst is when you go to tie it off and you squeeze it a little and that waft of death air is released. Nothing smells better than 2 day old poop and pee in a confined space, nothing! I also like when my so threw it down the stairs and it exploded at the bottom.
Skating
In anticipation of having less time to ride, I started doing some skating as in 20 min I can skate around the neighborhood and do some tricks if I feels and I can skate around with my son as well. I went back to basics stacking boards to ollie and stuff like that. I also watch a bunch of stuff on youtube as the amount of content is seemingly endless and the level skating is at now is just sick. So much control.This is one of the regular things I have been watching. None of it will make sense if you know nothing of skating but damn is that dude funny.
Thanks everyone for the congrats. First, the pregnancy and then the birth was the closing of a multi-year chapter that was the realities of a 30-something who beat breast cancer and then wants to have more kids. It was stress from all angles and now we trade that for different stress, but I am glad to have closed that door. In the end, it was a hail mary pass that worked out.
Broski
My son is 7 and a half and overall is taking the sisters ok. In the summer, we had to move him to our smallest bedroom and that was a few months of bartering but not a big issue once it happened. As expected, he was a mess for the first week since I was in and out and my wife was in the hospital. Once they came home, he did alittle acting out type shit and was stuck to my leg for two weeks and thankfully school started so he could focus on that and not how many mintues mom and dad held each baby. Since he is 7, we did not have to worry about him like stabbing the babies or something like a 3-4 year old might. He certainly gets a little crazy when no attention is on him, but he mainly just ends up acting annoying. He “helps” sometimes, like I paid him a quarter to watch the girls last night while I mowed a new section of grass in my yard quick.
Roller
Man, I would be all over me and the rollers if I were you guys, but hey, that’s why I’m a dick and yous ain’t. As long as I can ride outside a few days a week, they will probably sit but I am sure there will be times when the girl’s and work schedule just don’t allow that for an extended period. However, if you were to search me mentioning rollers over the past two years, you would notice that I said I think I could tolerate rollers since there is some type of skill required to ride them and not just sit on a trainer and “workout”.
Double Trouble
We are taking the in-sync approach to the twins which basically keeps them on the same schedule, actually, just off the same schedule. Finish feeding one, wake the other and feed them, try not to get them eating more than 45 min apart type of deal. Since they were preemies, they slept something like 22 hours a day the first 6 weeks, so they basically wake up to eat. One can last longer between feedings but we try to keep them close otherwise you are always feeding one of them. Seems to work out pretty well so far. A few times they want to eat at the same time and you just need to let one cry, sucks, but I tried to feed them both at once and they are too jellyfish like for it to work at this time.
Diaper Genie
The new one we got isn’t as good as the older one we had. The worst is when you go to tie it off and you squeeze it a little and that waft of death air is released. Nothing smells better than 2 day old poop and pee in a confined space, nothing! I also like when my so threw it down the stairs and it exploded at the bottom.
Skating
In anticipation of having less time to ride, I started doing some skating as in 20 min I can skate around the neighborhood and do some tricks if I feels and I can skate around with my son as well. I went back to basics stacking boards to ollie and stuff like that. I also watch a bunch of stuff on youtube as the amount of content is seemingly endless and the level skating is at now is just sick. So much control.This is one of the regular things I have been watching. None of it will make sense if you know nothing of skating but damn is that dude funny.
Mountain Bike Mike
Well-Known Member
My now 6 year old had the nickname "Dead Carcass Ass on a hot day" (because that is what it smelled like) when he was a baby and he always blew our the diaper: Up the back, out the sides... I refused to change my third son after being traumatized from AJ. I would literally hold my breath and have an anxiety attack after every changing. I have soo many more greys because of it.
STD - I have tons of baby stuff to offload if interested... I have a diaper genie that we are done with.. I will make sure its super sanitized before donating 🙂
Thanks. We are good for now, if I find I need something, I will reach out.
Delish
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Congrats Kevin. I literally cannot fathom how I would have gotten through twins the second go around.
That daiper Geenie is full of shit man. We figured out a pretty good system. Yellows go in the little can. Browns (or in your case mustard seeds) get tied up in a dog poop bag and immediately out to the garage. No amount of plastic or geenie magic can keep a 2 day old bag of poo from stinking up the house.
That daiper Geenie is full of shit man. We figured out a pretty good system. Yellows go in the little can. Browns (or in your case mustard seeds) get tied up in a dog poop bag and immediately out to the garage. No amount of plastic or geenie magic can keep a 2 day old bag of poo from stinking up the house.
Don't even get me started on the in-laws putting shitty diapers in the regular trash.
Also, our municipal trash can (blue one) already has a smell that will probably never fade.
Great stuff Kev thank god for good health for your family. They are beautiful girls and such a handsome boy. Much to be proud of.
I know your bit of flatlands but have you long board at all. Picked up a nice Santa Cruz long board for my son that just rails at speed. I know you like trick boards but these boards are nuts at speed compared to the nervousness of tricks.
I know your bit of flatlands but have you long board at all. Picked up a nice Santa Cruz long board for my son that just rails at speed. I know you like trick boards but these boards are nuts at speed compared to the nervousness of tricks.
Sometimes You Make the Wind Your Bitch; Sometimes the Wind Ball Gags You and Dick Sl
Given this is a family website, I thought twice about the title for this post, as it was the title for the ride on Strava, but then I thought that people get offended too easy and the more they see offensive stuff, the more they become desensitized to it, which has to be a good thing. But like most things, people don’t appreciate good things and take them for granted, so I will refrain from posting other offensive material and the like because it will be lost on most of your feeble minds.
Speaking of feeble, covered bridges 2014…
The past two years I rode to and from the covered bridges from my house, which makes up 2 of my top 3 of my longest days on the bike. This year, a day or two before, my wife says you aren’t going to do that dumb thing where you ride to and from the ride, right? Well I guess not f’ing now I ain’t is how I responded or maybe just No but truth be told I wasn’t planning on it as I wanted to be back for my son’s soccer game, of which I am the coach and riding to/from would have been really tight with time. It also turned out to be windy as hell, so that would have been an extra 30 mile into the wind to start out and I can do without that business.
But, I still wanted to make the most of the day, so I drove and parked at Bulls Island and rode from there. One of the first chilly mornings but not chilly enough that you really had to think about what to wear. I have the smart idea of riding Tohicken Hill Road a few mins into my ride because of view of the Tohicken Creek Gorge makes you feel like you are in central PA or something. Normally I would have 20+ miles before I hit this climb, not 10 min, so it was a smack in the face riding up that. Looped around and bombed back down it and then right up the High Rocks side. Some areas of really nice foliage and tunnels of yellow and other places where the leaves had completely fallen already. Made it to the start of the ride and grabbed some hot cider and 1 (or 4) Krispy Kreme’s and headed right out.
With temps in the low 40’s , you see so many peeps that you know will be over heated on the first climb of the day and this is just what I saw, lots of open jerseys and vests. I was ofcourse adorned in wool, which is superior this time of year for temperature regulation.
Kinda Like This Guy, You Know That Shit was Hot, His Smile Left As Soon As I Crushed His Soul
Mid-Soul Crushing. I would like this picture if the buffoon in the yellow vest didn’t ruin the solitude.
So the first bit was fairly protected from the wind and I was just doing my thing. Everyone was just lollygagging, so no groups to latch on too and no one past me, so solo it is. Caught a large group at a light at 611 and they rocketed away from the light and I thought I found my place to wheel suck for the day but 100 feet later the road ticked up for a mile climb and they went backwards faster that a sprinter climbing in the TDF, so meh, back solo. Around the first rest stop, the route was more open to the wind and it was murder. The rest stops appeared to be back in their full glory (last year was a down year) with the home made goods and I slammed some cookies and kept on my way.
Still no one to latch on too and the group I came up on I would just fly by, so more solo. Every once and awhile the route would change direction and you got a break from the headwind but for like 20 miles it was all mega crosswinds. Like fight to hold the bike straight type winds. I snickered at the peeps who thought deep dish wheels were a good idea on this day. More rest stop goodies and whoever makes these peanut butter bar things is some kinda of baking saint.
After the last covered bridge, I was riding by this girl with maybe 5 feet between us when she changed lines dramatically enough that her bars tapped mine. I had not called myself out so i guess it wood have been my fault but not sure what she was doing and I am just glad none of us hit the deck. Shortly after, I was motoring along and picked up a wheel sucker, who promptly passed me on the next downhill so I just rode his wheel for awhile until he let me pull through. I always have trouble with the last part of this course at the constant up and down kinda does me in and this year was no different. I lost him at some point but I bridged back up right at the end to wish him a farewell.
So that was the loop and I made my way to Uhlerstown Road and just after making the turn to the really steep part my legs revolted and I stuck my tail between my legs and rode back down. Meh. RIP climbing STB. Took this picture which really shows no foliage but did show the clear skies of such a beautiful day.
Headed over to jersey hit up Tumble Falls Road where I was humbled again as I had some gear issues right at the bottom which dampened the rest of the climb. Then made my way over to bomb down Federal Twist to finish the day off. I was hoping for a century but came up short but still a nice day on the bike.
Covered Bridges 2014: Sometimes You Make the Wind Your Bitch; Sometimes the Wind Ball Gags You and Dick Slaps You; Today was the Latter
Given this is a family website, I thought twice about the title for this post, as it was the title for the ride on Strava, but then I thought that people get offended too easy and the more they see offensive stuff, the more they become desensitized to it, which has to be a good thing. But like most things, people don’t appreciate good things and take them for granted, so I will refrain from posting other offensive material and the like because it will be lost on most of your feeble minds.
Speaking of feeble, covered bridges 2014…
The past two years I rode to and from the covered bridges from my house, which makes up 2 of my top 3 of my longest days on the bike. This year, a day or two before, my wife says you aren’t going to do that dumb thing where you ride to and from the ride, right? Well I guess not f’ing now I ain’t is how I responded or maybe just No but truth be told I wasn’t planning on it as I wanted to be back for my son’s soccer game, of which I am the coach and riding to/from would have been really tight with time. It also turned out to be windy as hell, so that would have been an extra 30 mile into the wind to start out and I can do without that business.
But, I still wanted to make the most of the day, so I drove and parked at Bulls Island and rode from there. One of the first chilly mornings but not chilly enough that you really had to think about what to wear. I have the smart idea of riding Tohicken Hill Road a few mins into my ride because of view of the Tohicken Creek Gorge makes you feel like you are in central PA or something. Normally I would have 20+ miles before I hit this climb, not 10 min, so it was a smack in the face riding up that. Looped around and bombed back down it and then right up the High Rocks side. Some areas of really nice foliage and tunnels of yellow and other places where the leaves had completely fallen already. Made it to the start of the ride and grabbed some hot cider and 1 (or 4) Krispy Kreme’s and headed right out.
With temps in the low 40’s , you see so many peeps that you know will be over heated on the first climb of the day and this is just what I saw, lots of open jerseys and vests. I was ofcourse adorned in wool, which is superior this time of year for temperature regulation.
Kinda Like This Guy, You Know That Shit was Hot, His Smile Left As Soon As I Crushed His Soul
Mid-Soul Crushing. I would like this picture if the buffoon in the yellow vest didn’t ruin the solitude.
So the first bit was fairly protected from the wind and I was just doing my thing. Everyone was just lollygagging, so no groups to latch on too and no one past me, so solo it is. Caught a large group at a light at 611 and they rocketed away from the light and I thought I found my place to wheel suck for the day but 100 feet later the road ticked up for a mile climb and they went backwards faster that a sprinter climbing in the TDF, so meh, back solo. Around the first rest stop, the route was more open to the wind and it was murder. The rest stops appeared to be back in their full glory (last year was a down year) with the home made goods and I slammed some cookies and kept on my way.
Still no one to latch on too and the group I came up on I would just fly by, so more solo. Every once and awhile the route would change direction and you got a break from the headwind but for like 20 miles it was all mega crosswinds. Like fight to hold the bike straight type winds. I snickered at the peeps who thought deep dish wheels were a good idea on this day. More rest stop goodies and whoever makes these peanut butter bar things is some kinda of baking saint.
After the last covered bridge, I was riding by this girl with maybe 5 feet between us when she changed lines dramatically enough that her bars tapped mine. I had not called myself out so i guess it wood have been my fault but not sure what she was doing and I am just glad none of us hit the deck. Shortly after, I was motoring along and picked up a wheel sucker, who promptly passed me on the next downhill so I just rode his wheel for awhile until he let me pull through. I always have trouble with the last part of this course at the constant up and down kinda does me in and this year was no different. I lost him at some point but I bridged back up right at the end to wish him a farewell.
So that was the loop and I made my way to Uhlerstown Road and just after making the turn to the really steep part my legs revolted and I stuck my tail between my legs and rode back down. Meh. RIP climbing STB. Took this picture which really shows no foliage but did show the clear skies of such a beautiful day.
Headed over to jersey hit up Tumble Falls Road where I was humbled again as I had some gear issues right at the bottom which dampened the rest of the climb. Then made my way over to bomb down Federal Twist to finish the day off. I was hoping for a century but came up short but still a nice day on the bike.
Covered Bridges 2014: Sometimes You Make the Wind Your Bitch; Sometimes the Wind Ball Gags You and Dick Slaps You; Today was the Latter