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Old August 30th 06, 01:21 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Cheri Stryker
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My six month old is just at "that stage". He is really hating being
left on his back, he's not able to sit up by himself, and he can't be on
the couch because he's really good at rolling over, which means he'll
fall off. (I can't really sling him for very long, because my back is
too ruined from the first one...)

Here's my question. He mostly gets put down on a comforter on the
living room floor. We are currently suffering from a truly heinous
mouse invasion. Like, one or two on glue traps every three/four days.

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are
running; though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been
any first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I
have to be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon
- I think I might just steam the whole house before then.
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mom to DS1 - 7 yrs, and DS2 - 6 months
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Old August 30th 06, 05:32 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Jess
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"Cheri Stryker" wrote in message
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I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are running;
though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been any
first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I have to
be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon - I think
I might just steam the whole house before then.


I'm the one that had a nervous fit at ants crawling across my kitchen floor.
Mice would probably make me neurotic.

Can you get a cat? Semi-seriously.

Jess


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Old August 30th 06, 09:49 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Dave {Reply Address In.sig}
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Default OT ish - Infant and mouse invasion

Cheri Stryker wrote:
My six month old is just at "that stage". He is really hating being
left on his back, he's not able to sit up by himself, and he can't be on
the couch because he's really good at rolling over, which means he'll
fall off. (I can't really sling him for very long, because my back is
too ruined from the first one...)

Here's my question. He mostly gets put down on a comforter on the
living room floor. We are currently suffering from a truly heinous
mouse invasion. Like, one or two on glue traps every three/four days.

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are
running; though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been
any first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I
have to be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon
- I think I might just steam the whole house before then.


Kit (almost 5) had his first encounter with mouse guts this week. One of
our cats plays with mice in the shower because they can't escape, and
recently she's taken to eating them in there as well. So now he knows
what mouse entrails look like and fortunately he seemed to think it was
funny[*] rather than scary. He did say there were two in there and I
corrected him to point out that the head was separate from the rest, but
he just laughed even more.
[*] I think the amusing part was that the cat had done something yucky
and daddy was annoyed.
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Old September 1st 06, 12:12 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
PK
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Default OT ish - Infant and mouse invasion

Cheri Stryker wrote:
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I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are
running; though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been
any first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I
have to be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon
- I think I might just steam the whole house before then.
--


if possible, invest in a playpen. Its this hexagonal "fence" that
basically isolates the outside world from the baby. You will still need
to supervise of course, but at least you don't have to worry about the
mice getting to baby while your back is turned.
(It's been great for us, because E and the 18 month old 90 lb
puppy-at-heart dog are both "at that stage" !!)

Oh, and de-mouse of course! :-)

PK

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Old September 1st 06, 04:17 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Nikki
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Default OT ish - Infant and mouse invasion


"Cheri Stryker" wrote in message
...
My six month old is just at "that stage". He is really hating being left
on his back, he's not able to sit up by himself, and he can't be on the
couch because he's really good at rolling over, which means he'll fall
off. (I can't really sling him for very long, because my back is too
ruined from the first one...)

Here's my question. He mostly gets put down on a comforter on the living
room floor. We are currently suffering from a truly heinous mouse
invasion. Like, one or two on glue traps every three/four days.

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are running;
though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been any
first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I have to
be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon - I think
I might just steam the whole house before then.


I'm a freak with mice so I'd get a play pen for sure. In reality even if a
mouse ran over him I doubt it would be to big of a deal. I'm assuming you
are taking steps to get the hideous little things out. ;-)
--
Nikki, mama to
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Brock 4/06
Ben 4/06

I had a mouse problem once. Nothing worked except poison. Dh was against
poison. I eventually packed my bags and said he could live with the mice.
Hunter and I were getting out of there! We flung poison and they all
disappeared in short order.


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Old September 1st 06, 11:39 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
KD
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Nikki wrote:
"Cheri Stryker" wrote in message
...
My six month old is just at "that stage". He is really hating being left
on his back, he's not able to sit up by himself, and he can't be on the
couch because he's really good at rolling over, which means he'll fall
off. (I can't really sling him for very long, because my back is too
ruined from the first one...)

Here's my question. He mostly gets put down on a comforter on the living
room floor. We are currently suffering from a truly heinous mouse
invasion. Like, one or two on glue traps every three/four days.

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are running;
though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been any
first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I have to
be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon - I think
I might just steam the whole house before then.


I'm a freak with mice so I'd get a play pen for sure. In reality even if a
mouse ran over him I doubt it would be to big of a deal. I'm assuming you
are taking steps to get the hideous little things out. ;-)
--
Nikki, mama to
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Brock 4/06
Ben 4/06

I had a mouse problem once. Nothing worked except poison. Dh was against
poison. I eventually packed my bags and said he could live with the mice.
Hunter and I were getting out of there! We flung poison and they all
disappeared in short order.


When I was a kid we used mouse poison in our house once. The buggers
had a habit of crawling under the built-in dishwasher to perish. You
got to know that dead mouse smell in the kitchen after awhile, blech. I
prefer the cat solution! I think my house might have had mice before
we moved in, but not a sign of 'em since we got here with the cat.

KD & G

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Old September 1st 06, 08:45 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Nikki
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"KD" wrote in message

When I was a kid we used mouse poison in our house once. The buggers
had a habit of crawling under the built-in dishwasher to perish. You
got to know that dead mouse smell in the kitchen after awhile, blech. I
prefer the cat solution! I think my house might have had mice before
we moved in, but not a sign of 'em since we got here with the cat.



We had a couple of cats but I think they must have been stuffed, lol. They
did a pretty good job but they (the mice) got in the walls and attic. It
was just horrible.

I don't recall a terrible smell although I'm sure there must have been one.
It was fall so I had the windows open etc. We were more on top of spraying
the foundation and kept the poison in the crawl space, attic, and walls so
we didn't have any trouble after that. I'm guessing they were probably
still down in the unfinished basement area because dh had so many boxes of
crap down there but they didn't invade my area.

That was an old house out in the country surrounded by fields. Hard to keep
mice away. We used to have a bunch of barn cats but that year we didn't so
that probably made a difference too. We also had more snakes (not in the
house!) after the cats were gone. Cats are good.

That was not my favorite part of living in the country that is for sure!


--
Nikki, mama to
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Brock 4/06
Ben 4/06


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Old September 1st 06, 09:03 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
cjra
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Nikki wrote:
"KD" wrote in message

When I was a kid we used mouse poison in our house once. The buggers
had a habit of crawling under the built-in dishwasher to perish. You
got to know that dead mouse smell in the kitchen after awhile, blech. I
prefer the cat solution! I think my house might have had mice before
we moved in, but not a sign of 'em since we got here with the cat.



We had a couple of cats but I think they must have been stuffed, lol. They
did a pretty good job but they (the mice) got in the walls and attic. It
was just horrible.

I don't recall a terrible smell although I'm sure there must have been one.
It was fall so I had the windows open etc. We were more on top of spraying
the foundation and kept the poison in the crawl space, attic, and walls so
we didn't have any trouble after that. I'm guessing they were probably
still down in the unfinished basement area because dh had so many boxes of
crap down there but they didn't invade my area.

That was an old house out in the country surrounded by fields. Hard to keep
mice away. We used to have a bunch of barn cats but that year we didn't so
that probably made a difference too. We also had more snakes (not in the
house!) after the cats were gone. Cats are good.

That was not my favorite part of living in the country that is for sure!


We've used poison before in this house and our last house (old house,
impossible to keep them out completely) and never had trouble with them
dying in the walls. But now we have a cat - I've seen some mouse
droppings but no mouse, so I'm not sure our cat is doing much, but I
don't want to put out poison now because I don't want out cat to get
sick.

I know the cat *can* catch mice,she's caught a squirrel(!), but she may
be lazy now.

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Old September 2nd 06, 10:19 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Chookie
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In article ,
Cheri Stryker wrote:

Here's my question. He mostly gets put down on a comforter on the
living room floor. We are currently suffering from a truly heinous
mouse invasion. Like, one or two on glue traps every three/four days.

I'm having a nervous breakdown. I don't know where all they are
running; though the babe is never left unobserved, so there's not been
any first-hand encounters between him and mice. How freaked out do I
have to be about him being on or near the floor? He's gonna crawl soon
- I think I might just steam the whole house before then.


I'm not getting why the mice would be after DS. He isn't cheese!

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start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled."
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Old September 2nd 06, 04:33 PM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
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Cheri Stryker wrote:
Here's my question. He mostly gets put down on a comforter on the
living room floor. We are currently suffering from a truly heinous
mouse invasion. Like, one or two on glue traps every three/four days.


Oooh, yes, been there, only we had *rats*. Big ones. I totally
understand. :P I kept on top of sweeping/mopping, and no food was
ever left out. I did steam clean once or twice, but to be honest, it
was such a pain that I just stopped (no housekeeper of the year award
here...). FWIW, Micah never (that I know of) ate any rat poo, no rats
ever crawled into his crib and started nibbling on him in the middle of
the night, he never went crawling after a rat and grabbed its tail, and
he never picked up any of the dreaded rat-born diseases that I was
obsessing about. I eventually stopped worrying much about it in
terms of Micah, although we *did* keep on our landlady about it, and if
it hadn't gotten any better, we might have moved. (*Might*, since I
consider moving up there with steam cleaning in terms of Things I Like
To Do With My Spare Time.)

Good luck!! I know it's a real PITA, but at least in our experience,
Micah didn't suffer any negative consequences from our little rat
friends. Oh, except for the horrendous temper tantrums he's been
throwing lately.

Em
mama to Micah, 11/14/04

 




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