It's all in the spoon

When I started feeding my son baby food, I went in search for some good baby spoons. I was surprised by how many options there were! I found some spoons that, I thought, looked awesome. The spoon and part of the handle are made of a soft, flexible silicone. Great! The thought behind buying them was that they would be soft and comfortable for my son to eat with. That turned out to be true. However, they were so soft that I had almost no control over the spoon, which made for pretty messy meal times.

I thought it was just lack of experience (on both our parts). My mom suggested I use a sturdier spoon and I was willing to try anything if it meant a cleaner baby and a cleaner high chair. I went out and bought some simple, cheap plastic spoons.

MAGIC! Mealtime mess has been cut down by at least 90%.

Gabriel really doesn't care what spoon I use as long as there's food on it! So for you new or soon-to-be mothers out there, take heed! The flexible silicone spoons are not worth the time, money, or frustration!

A solution to fill'er up woes...

Okay, so I didn't know this until last summer when my brother pointed it out to me....

Have you ever pulled up to the gas station and thought "Uhhh....wait--what side is my tank on again?" Everyone has done it. Don't kid yourself. Whether it's in your own car or you were driving someone else's car, we've all had one of those little brain farts. This happened to me last summer when I bought a new car. I was going for a spin with my brother and realized that I needed to fill up. Having never put gas in the car before, I had a pretty legitimate excuse to not know which side to pull up to. So what do we all do? Try to see if we can tell by looking in one of the side mirrors. If that doesn't work, you gotta open the door and lean out to check. I have news for you! You will never have to do that ever again!

You know where the little picture of a gas pump is in your dash next to the gas gauge? There is a little triangle/arrow pointing to the side that your gas tank is on. Yeah. It's that simple. Maybe this is something everyone has known for years (I doubt that because I see confused people at the gas station all the time!) but I felt like it was something that needed to be brought to light.

As you can see in this picture, the tank is on the RIGHT side in  this car...

I hope I have made a difference in the world now.