Background information: As new parents, I'm sure many of us doubt that we actually have that "parental instinct". This was not a fun experiment or planned experiment for any of us.
Experiment design: Observational
Hypothesis: Parental instincts do exist
We were having dinner at a restaurant and feeding the spawn some apples. You guessed it, the spawn decided to shove about 3 pieces of apples into her mouth and started to choke. The waitress was there to take our orders, but seeing the panic I told her to come back.
Parental instincts (and some first aid training) came into play. Husband quickly does a finger sweep and clears her airway. Little girl stops making the scary gagging noise and starts crying. What a wonderful noise!
We quickly whisk her out of her seat and comfort her. In less then 10 minutes, she was back in her seat asking for more apples! She may have been ready for apples, but I was far from it.
I know we're the type of people that run into a dangerous situation, but I think when it comes to your kids, you'll know what needs to be done. If you can't do it yourself, you will be sure to find someone who can. Like 9-1-1... I was not a fan of this experiment and I hope to not repeat this again!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Documented Experiment #1- Car sick kiddo
Background Information: My Spawn is now 15 months old. From birth to 13 months, she has had a love/hate relationship with the car seat. She either falls asleep in the car seat or cries as loud as she can. Recently, I started early trips to my mother's house which is about 45 minutes away.
The Problem: Early morning carsickness
The Experiment:
1. Find out the different variables
2. Test the different variables
3. Stop carsick from happening
Null hypothesis:
1. The kiddo has motion sickness. (carsickness= 100% during car rides)
Test 1 (control):
The day we found out about this new baby feature. After riding in the car for about 40 minutes, kiddo gets cranky, cries and within 10 minutes shows me what she ate for breakfast.
Result 1= carsick (Null hypothesis accepted)
Test 2:
Variable 1: Early wake up.
This experiment, we woke her up earlier and played with her. We gave her the usual treatment (diaper change, milk, food, love) BUT we took our time to leave. After riding in the car and making it to our destination, kiddo gets sick as I take her out of her seat.
Result 2= carsick (Null hypothesis accepted)
Test 3:
Variable 2: Food (milk)
This experiment, we did not give her milk when she got up. SUCCESS!!
Result 3= No cleaning of the car seat (Null hypothesis REJECTED!)
Test 4 (confirmation?)
Variable 3: Food (other)
This experiment, we gave her more solid food. I think it was a banana oatmeal. NO milk. After 30 minutes, the aroma of banana was spewed. She gets another car seat washing and impromptu bath.
Result 4= carsick (Null hypothesis accepted)
Test 5
Variable 4: Combination of variable 2 and 3 (no milk and no food)
This morning was just cheerios and some juice. SUCCESS!!
Result 5= I get to work early! (Null hypothesis REJECTED!)
Test 6
Repeat of Test 5 to confirm:
Variable 4: No milk and only cheerios and juice
Result: SUCCESS. It is confirmed that the milk and liquid like food causes the carsickness.
I am now happy to let you all know that kiddo is no longer "car sick"!
I can now uninstall, reinstall, clean and adjust the car seat like a pro. One good advice is that you should try to plug up those holes in the car seat. I lovingly call them the cheerio holes or the spit pocket, but a good friend of mine suggested cotton balls. These worked great until tiny fingers decided to pull them out. But yes, stuffing those holes have made cleaning messes so much easier!
The Problem: Early morning carsickness
The Experiment:
1. Find out the different variables
2. Test the different variables
3. Stop carsick from happening
Null hypothesis:
1. The kiddo has motion sickness. (carsickness= 100% during car rides)
Test 1 (control):
The day we found out about this new baby feature. After riding in the car for about 40 minutes, kiddo gets cranky, cries and within 10 minutes shows me what she ate for breakfast.
Result 1= carsick (Null hypothesis accepted)
Test 2:
Variable 1: Early wake up.
This experiment, we woke her up earlier and played with her. We gave her the usual treatment (diaper change, milk, food, love) BUT we took our time to leave. After riding in the car and making it to our destination, kiddo gets sick as I take her out of her seat.
Result 2= carsick (Null hypothesis accepted)
Test 3:
Variable 2: Food (milk)
This experiment, we did not give her milk when she got up. SUCCESS!!
Result 3= No cleaning of the car seat (Null hypothesis REJECTED!)
Test 4 (confirmation?)
Variable 3: Food (other)
This experiment, we gave her more solid food. I think it was a banana oatmeal. NO milk. After 30 minutes, the aroma of banana was spewed. She gets another car seat washing and impromptu bath.
Result 4= carsick (Null hypothesis accepted)
Test 5
Variable 4: Combination of variable 2 and 3 (no milk and no food)
This morning was just cheerios and some juice. SUCCESS!!
Result 5= I get to work early! (Null hypothesis REJECTED!)
Test 6
Repeat of Test 5 to confirm:
Variable 4: No milk and only cheerios and juice
Result: SUCCESS. It is confirmed that the milk and liquid like food causes the carsickness.
It has been repeated!!
I am now happy to let you all know that kiddo is no longer "car sick"!
I can now uninstall, reinstall, clean and adjust the car seat like a pro. One good advice is that you should try to plug up those holes in the car seat. I lovingly call them the cheerio holes or the spit pocket, but a good friend of mine suggested cotton balls. These worked great until tiny fingers decided to pull them out. But yes, stuffing those holes have made cleaning messes so much easier!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Introduction
Hi everyone,
Like all new mothers, I started a journal when I found out I was pregnant. It was more like letters to myself and my spawn. In this blog, I will refer to my offspring lovingly as my "spawn", "kiddo", "peanut", "monkey".
There were two goals. The first goal was for me to remember what happened (in case I want to repeat this). The second goal is to document what I did for my spawn so I can hold it against her when she was born.
So far, I really have nothing to hold against my spawn. She has been pretty good. Actually, she's amazing good which makes me want to experiment with her. The idea of this particular blog is to document my mini baby experiments. No babies were harmed during these experiments, and I am my own IRB (internal review board) so I approve all these pediatric experiments.
My hope is that you will find this as amusing as I did and maybe it will help you look at life differently.
Like all new mothers, I started a journal when I found out I was pregnant. It was more like letters to myself and my spawn. In this blog, I will refer to my offspring lovingly as my "spawn", "kiddo", "peanut", "monkey".
There were two goals. The first goal was for me to remember what happened (in case I want to repeat this). The second goal is to document what I did for my spawn so I can hold it against her when she was born.
So far, I really have nothing to hold against my spawn. She has been pretty good. Actually, she's amazing good which makes me want to experiment with her. The idea of this particular blog is to document my mini baby experiments. No babies were harmed during these experiments, and I am my own IRB (internal review board) so I approve all these pediatric experiments.
My hope is that you will find this as amusing as I did and maybe it will help you look at life differently.
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