Here’s what the new code would require:

“The updated code requires new homes to have tamper-resistant receptacles, designed to prevent children from inserting objects like hairpins, keys and nails which could cause them to receive a shock.”

–on a side note, if your child is playing with nails, you may have bigger problems then them being electrocuted!

When I saw this article, I thought of these:

Which we installed in my son’s room, but I have to say, they suck. The plugs always manage to slip out and never stay put.

“The new receptacles have a built-in shutter system that prevents anything from going into just one hole. The shutters will open only if two prongs are heading into the holes at the same time.”

These are permanent fixtures that would go on the wall, it’s designed to prevent kids from sticking more then one thing at a time in the outlet  (like hairpins, keys.. or anything metal). They also say that they’ve done research and that kids who are at the “sticking stuff in outlet age” don’t have the capacity to stick more then one thing in each side at the same time.  I’m sure there are kids out there who would defy their logic but it’s an interesting concept. At home depot, a cover that we bought was about 8$, that’s quite expensive if you’re doing your whole house, and maybe it was our old electrical outlets or our shoddy installation, but I’m not impressed with ours. Plus we only did his room.

While it’s not mandatory to make these changes to comply with the electrical code,  you can still use the little plugs for your old house. However, it was also stated that they’re not ideal.  And could you imagine, calling and electrician (which they recommend) to install these covers on all of your outlets? Maybe I’ll win the lottery so I can protect my child. But until then, it will be the little plastic things.

To read the whole article click here.

The city does not stop working because it get’s a little chilly, and we do not call in the national guard when it snows 20 cm ( That’s like 8 inches of snow for you not on the metric system)—ahem I’m looking at you Toronto.. national guard because a little snow. shameful really. LOL

So I decided to take my little man out in the snow for the first time, and this is his first time in a snow suit. humm what do you think?  Maybe next year it will be more fun?

This time of year always makes me think of my favourite Christmas movie, A Christmas story (they’ve even turned the original house into a museum)

You know it’s not so much the winter I dislike, it’s the wind.  When it get’s to be freaking a little cold you can always dress up for it, head to toe, and still be warm, but if that wind picks up, you’re done!

I know people say you can still look fashionable in winter, and I’m sure in many cities that’s true. BUT it is not true here.  Most people look like that kid from A Christmas Story.. and those who don’t look ridiculous because they’re freezing.

Mind you when I was a cool teenager, I never did up my jacket, because I thought it made me look fat. So glad those days are behind me now.. I don’t think I’d go back to be a teenager again!

It became a big thing in my family.. would it be blue or pink. Yes many people asked me to turn around, asked me what the heart rate was, was my hair dryer then usual. I had heard that carrying low, or high, front or wide was supposed to be a boy/girl depending on who you asked.

So after my ultrasound, I went on my message boards and announced.. It’s a ….. Baby!

Man were people miffed I then wrote we thought we were expecting kittens and low and behold it was a human baby! go figure!

So i thought a cute thing would be for people to guess, so I came across something called expectnet.com

Here are the guesses from my poll called BabyC08

Any ways my due date was March 29th.. and I ended up going into labour March 4th!  But besides my business partner I was the closest!

It lets you select if you think it will be a boy or a girl, what day, what time and how much baby will weigh. It’s quite neat. After you have baby you can update it and it emails everyone!

Happy guessing!

Please check this out:

http://www.channel4.com/video/my-fake-baby/index.html

It’s a documentary about UK women who buy these fake babies, to fill some void in their lives, or to collect them.  The creepiest thing is that they LOOK real! The artist Deborah King sells them on Ebay for around 400 GBP-which is called adopting the baby.  If you would like to take a look at her gallery click here, it is quite amazing how real these little dolls are.

Once you get past the fact that it’s a little creepy, she’s very talented. These babies are amazing works of art, I just wonder if people are not buying them for other reasons.  I’m sure not all of them are buying them to have one in their collection, getting attached to an item like this seems a little unhealthy if people treat this doll as a real baby. But I’m not here to judge, to each their own.

I always have gone all out decorating our house for Halloween, and year after year I only get about 10 kids.  It’s sad really.  I also dress up, the Cat in the Hat has been my costume for the past 3 years and even though it’s not scary I manage to scare the little kids with my big hat. some are brave enough to touch it.  Last year I couldn’t fit into the actual body of the outfit because I was 5 months pregnant!

So this year I’m in a predicament.  I want to take my son  out for his first Halloween (to friends and family)  So I probably won’t bother putting that cob webbed stuff all over the trees and I’ll forgo the caution tape, BUT I will still be carving the pumpkins i got at the corn maze!  (all 4 of them)

Hubby and I are working on two pumpkins tonight (I’ll post pictures later this evening) and two tomorrow with our son.

I’ve decided to enter our little on in a Halloween costume contest!  So if you feel like voting for him please please do! Click here!