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It's been too long since i've blogged about a project supported by Symbiotica (although they did get their fair amount of mentions and praises in #A.I.L., the show i present on ResonanceFM.)
For the In-Potentia work, the artists grew cells that were taken from human foreskin cells purchased from an online catalogue. The cells were then re-programmed by genetic manipulation and bio-engineered to become a neural network.
This functioning "brain" is presented in a sculptural incubator containing custom-made automated feeding and waste retrieval system as well as an electrophysiological recording setup.
The work is more clearly explained in the video below:
In-Potentia exposes, in the most limpid and absurd way, how science is blurring what we are used to regard as clear-cut categories, such as where life begins and ends or what constitutes a person. Or in Guy Ben-Ary's words:
What is the potential for artists employing bio-technologies to address, and modify, boundaries surrounding understandings of life, death and person-hood? And what exactly does it mean culturally, artistically, ontologically, philosophically, politically and ethically to make a living biological brain from human foreskin cells?
The artists have kindly accepted to answer my questions:
In Potentia is without doubt a very powerful and thought-provoking work. What is the state of the scientific but also cultural debate around liminal forms of life? where could i read more about it (in a not too daunting, hi-tech language if possible)? do you have simple examples of these 'uncertain lives' at the border between human/non-human, coherent/hybrid, etc.?
Liminal lives can be "brain dead" or coma patients who are only being kept alive due to machinic intervention, or severely pre-term newborns kept alive with external life support systems, or embryos (both within or outside of a female host body) whose status as "pre-beings" disrupts our understanding of "life" as being conscious, independent and "useful". Liminal lives could also be humans with animal (or other human) organ transplants, genetically modified/manipulated (human and non-human) lives that challenge the ontological status of where and how "life" starts, or even non-humans that exhibit "human-like" characteristics of consciousness etc etc. A liminal life can therefore be found anywhere that our traditional western understandings of what it means to be human is challenged, altered or transgressed. If you were only going to read one thing on liminal lives, I would suggest Susan M Squire's 2004 seminal text: Liminal Lives - Imagining the Human at the Frontiers of Biomedicine.
I like the humour behind 'project dickhead' as you nicknamed it but i've been wondering if you're not worried that certain journalists (and bloggers) will jump on the opportunity to depict the project in a simplistic light? Your choice was quite bold because you could have avoided potential simplistic headlines by choosing to use other cells than the ones of foreskin?
Could you briefly explain me the audio-soundscape that exposes the electrical activity of neural signals or synaptic output? It is just the electrical activity from the neural network being amplified? Did you modify the sound in any way to make it more 'evocative' of what the activity of a brain might sound like?
Thanks Guy and Kirsten!
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired this afternoon at 4pm (London time.)
Today we will be talking with the flamboyant Adam Zaretsky, a Doctor of Philosophy in Electronic Arts, a researcher and art theorist whose work focuses on Biology and Art Wet Lab Practice. He has been lecturing and doing research in some of the most prestigious institutes around the world. If you've been following this blog for a while you probably know that i LOVE Adam Zaretsky.
Zarestsky has co-habited during one week in a terrarium with E. Coli bacteria, worms, plant, fish, frogs, mice, flies and yeast. He has dedicated part of his research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to playing Engelbert Humperdinck's Greatest Hits to fermenting E.Coli continuously for 48 hours and observing the impact that the rather camp music had on the bacteria. More recently, the artist has worked with materials that include surgically manipulated pheasant embryos and a preserved turd of the deceased writer William S. Burroughs.
So that's what we are going to discuss in this episode of #A.I.L., turds from a famous writer but also eyeballs in armpits. And ethics, biotechnological materials and ''Full Breadth Genetic Alterity.
The show will be aired today Wednesday 24st March at 16:00. The repeat is next Tuesday at 6.30 am (yes, a.m!) If you don't live in London, you can catch the online stream or wait till we upload the episodes on soundcloud.
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired today at 4pm (London time.)
My guest at Resonance this afternoon is Kira O'Reilly, a performer whose work i've encountered a number of times in biotech art context. I've been particularly drawn to the works that address the ethics of human/animal interactions and more generally our complex relationships with animals. The most discussed of her work is probably inthewrongplaceness, an intimate performance that Kira developed on her return from a residency at the art science collaborative research lab SymbioticA in 2004. Realizing the similarities between the pig's skin and her own, Kira danced skin to skin with a dead pig and invited members of the audience to touch both her own and the skin of the nonhuman animal,
A few years later, Kira presented the performance, Falling Asleep With a Pig in which she cohabited with a live pig called Deliah in a specially constructed sty. Sometimes they shared the space for 36 hours and in other performances, the cohabitation lasted 72 hours.
Kira O'Reilly's work has been exhibited and discussed widely throughout the UK, Europe, Australia, China and Mexico.
Kira is currently busy working on a three year AHRC funded creative fellowship at Queen Mary University of London called Thresholds of Performance, between body, laboratory and text.
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired tonight.
My guest at Resonance will be Ulla Taipale, a curator and creative producer whose main role in the art world is to act as a bridge with the scientific community, enhancing and facilitating collaborations between artists, creators and scientists.
Ulla is one of the founders of Capsula which since 2005 has been organizing workshops, talks and events related to art, science and nature. She also initiated the Capsula Curated Expeditions which periodically invite artists to embark on artistic exploration and research linked to natural phenomena.
Today, however, we are going to talk about Ulla's latest endeavor: her work as a Project Manager of Biofilia - Base for Biological Arts. This brand new a biological art unit interweaving artistic and bio-scientific explorations opened at Aalto University, Finland in January of this year and i've been looking forward to hearing more about Biofilia ever since.
Aalto Biofilia is unique in the world as it has the only fully equipped biological lab that is operated by an art school and based in an electrical engineering building. It offers unparalled reseach capacity for the growing field of biological art. The programme consist of research projects and a series of courses, lectures and hands-on workshops in the laboratory and natural environments exploring the interfaces between biosciences and art.
Biofilia was set up as a collaboration between the University of Western Australia, Perth, and Aalto University. Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr from SymbioticA -The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts are consulting and contributing to the development of this new learning and research environment.
The show will be aired today Thursday 28 March at 17:30. The repeat is next Tuesday at 6.30 am (yes, a.m!) If you don't live in London, you can catch the online stream or wait till we upload the episodes on soundcloud.
I should add that if you're curious about Biofilia and the projects developed there, you might want to follow the live streaming of the lecture that artist, researcher Dr. Ionat Zurr from Symbiotica will be giving about Semi Living Muscle actuators as evocative "matter"
Previously: Interview with Ulla Taipale, Herbologies/Foraging Networks at Pixelache Helsinki, Herbologies/Foraging Networks.
The last episode of 2012 of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present ResonanceFM, will be broadcast today Tuesday 18th December at 4:00 pm. There will be a repeat on Thursday 20th December at 10:30 pm. You can catch it online if you don't live in London.
This week i'm talking with Ollie Palmer is a designer, artist, a tutor at Bartlett but he is also the guy who's so interested in dancing insects that he's embarked on a 6 year project to choreograph and stage an Ant Ballet.
Developed with the support of scientists from University College London and the Institute of Zoology in London, the work uses a robotic arm which sprays synthesized pheromone in artificial trails that the ants will follow in preference to their own natural foraging behaviour. The project will grow over several phases and one of them involves the creation of intercontinental ant telecommunication devices.
During the interview, Ollie talks ants and more precisely Argentine ants, a particularly invasive species that the UK wants nowhere near its shores. We also learn about the best way to collect ants, to synthesize pheromones and end the show with a few words about the Godot Machine, a device built for the sole purpose of preventing a single ant to move around.
What a merry interview to end the year! The next episode of #A.I.L / artists in laboratories will be up at resonanceFM in mid-January.
Previously: An Ant Ballet at FutureEverything.
A new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present ResonanceFM, will be broadcast today Tuesday 4th December at 4:00 pm. There will be a repeat on Thursday 6th December at 10:30 pm. You can catch it online if you don't live in London.
The host of this episode is conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen who has spent the past 20 years crossbreeding national species of chicken in order to create the ultimate 'Cosmopolitan Chicken Project.' You might or might not know it but each country has cultivated its own peculiar breed of chicken: the French, for example, have the Poulet the Brest. It's white and red with blue feet, the same colours as their flag. Americans like their chicken to be big and powerful. The Chinese have created a chicken covered in silky feathers.
I've been admiring Vanmechelen's work for several years but i only got to meet him a few weeks ago at Z33 House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt. That's where the interview took place. The conversation has moments of humour and moments of deeper reflection. There's something both humble and heroic about Vanmechelen's stories of the incestuous and infertile English Red Cap or of the rooster that underwent surgery to be fitted with a new golden spur. But Koen's research project is not just about chicken and egg. His work encroaches on the fields of science, philosophy and ethics to ask questions about biocultural diversity, identity, evolution and freedom of movement.
For a sneak peek of his work, check out this short video of Koen Vanmechelen summing up the Cosmopolitan Chicken:
Or this other one, showing the artist at work in Venice:
Image on the homepage: Koen Vanmechelen, Mechelse Bresse (M) x English Redcap (F), 2007


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Need some design opinions on the granite and sink...please
I know nobody likes my layout, but I still do like it :))) so the question is not about layout, but design :)) the cabinets are ikea abstrakt white, shiny contemporary :)
1. Do you think it would look strange to have black (jet mist honed) granite by the wall and grayish (super white honed granite, but it has more grey then white, go figure) island? Island is attached to the wall. If you think it's strange... Would you choose super white or jet mist? Both honed...
2. Do you think it's strange to have big sink in black silgranite and small in stainless? Would it look strange if I use two different stones and if I use super white only?
I would appreciate any input and ideas!!! Thank you!!
Agree with keeping the counters the same. If the 'island' were out in the middle like an island usually is maybe not, but since it runs from the wall I'd pick the same.
Totally can't help myself so forgive me for touching on layout, but do you really want that little sink right next to the stove? I could picture ending up hating that being in my way really quickly when I'm trying to spread out and cook, esp since the clean up sink is on the other side. Have you considered going with one sink since your space is smaller?
I personally would not mix those two counters. I love both of them but not together. Actually I think I would do one counter with your layout. As for which one, I really wanted to do superwhite with my white cabinets but every sample I brought home etched. Most GWer's seemed to warn me of its non practicality in a kitchen. Although there are many who have used it...hopefully they'll weigh in on its durability. But maybe you don't cook much or have family members who don't clean up after themselves like I do!
So basically, my opinion is one counter and either would look great. I don't think mixing sinks would be an issue.
lcskaisgir, etching or staining? my husband would go nuts if it stains! We are considering honed so you can't see etching that muchâ¦I actually LOVE marble and i love how it stains and etches (i am crazy, i know), but my husband hated it so i thought super white would be a good alternativeâ¦
deedles, i thought i really really needed the small sink, but now that everybody says its a bad idea i am having doubtsâ¦.But how do i drag every pot to the stove and back to the main sink and don't ruin my hardwood??? The pot filler is not an option anymore, we just don't have time to move the pipesâ¦i can only close the pipes and don't do anything there at allâ¦.its either 2 sinks or 1â¦
and also, the two 12 inch cabinets together do not make sense if i remove the sink :(
I think i'll do positive reveal granite and order custom size wood board so it can fit "inside" and can stay there when sink is not in useâ¦
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I would do one granite (I'd pick the Jet of the 2 with the white cabinets) and get rid of the prep sink. It's not that far to your main sink and I think you'll regret the lack of landing space on either side of the stove. Those spots are constantly used when I'm cooking.
Our hardwood floors are 103 years old and there is no path worn anywhere; I really wouldn't worry about that. Not to mention you'll probably have some sort of mat or rug that will protect quite a bit of that floor.
Mentally walk through prepping and cooking a meal and think about where the cutting board will go, the spices, the utensils, the olive oil, the potholders, where will you want to hurry up and set down a hot dish from the oven? That really helped us think about where to put things.
I would definitely get a sample of the superwhite slab and bring it home to test. The etching was pretty bad on all of the pieces I brought home (which was a lot because I was adamant I would find one that didn't cuz I loved it so much). People that are knowledgable in this area have said that superwhite is actually a marble and is usually mislabeled. Actually one stone yard I visited starting labeling it as marble after having labeled it as a granite for a long time because they found it to behave more like a marble. Most others labeled it as a granite or quartzite. I do believe that my samples also stained with red wine. Good luck!
I think it would look funny doing 2 different counter tops in your space. Like the others said, I'd test out the superwhite b/c some times they mislabel it and it's really a marble and not quartzite. There are other threads from some geologist that talks about that on this forum.
I think that sink is a bad idea, too. And in a really bad spot. Think about cooking - a person is constantly putting things down next to the stove - utensils, boxes of rice/pasta/whatever. You won't have room for that - even with 12 inches before the sink you'l constantly be knocking things into the sink. I think if you got rid of that small sink, you'd find yourself prepping almost completely in that lovely expanse of counter top to the left of the stove.
And what will be dripping all over? The space between the two counters it, what, 3.5-4 feet? It's 2 small steps. You fill the pot, turn and put it down. You finish boiling the pasta/eggs/potatoes, you turn, take a step, and dump it into the sink. My sink is 42" to the left of my stove. I never (well, extremely rarely! :) ) spill anything on the counter? And maybe you wash some veggies. You either put them on the cutting board and turn to the other counter, or you chop them right next to the sink then turn and drop them in the pan on the stove. Either way they are on the cutting board? There are TONS of people who have a prep sink behind them on an island and use only that - they have no sink next to the stove.
All that said, are the cabs already ordered? If yes, can you move the stove down and put a 12" cab on either side of it? Seems that shouldn't be hard and would require little to no changes for the stove wiring/venting?
AND, I'd go with one color. Honed black will show a lot of fingerprints probably, and super white etches (though maybe not so bad since it would be honed). I personally love super white!
get rid of the little sink and use one type of countertop, same reasons as state above...
that little sink looks sooo in the way of "busy work", would annoy me...
definitely need one type of counter, kitchen would have no cohesion at all, and i personally would pick something else completely....not a fan of super white in looks and durability...& jet mist is just so-so..but out of the two, i would go with JM
i do like the idea of a honed granite since your cabs will be shiny...
KathyNY76, the cook top can't move over because the venting is already in place.
That said, YuliaO, have you considered doing an asymmetrical vent hood so that you can move the cook top over? Something like this very sharp-looking set-up perhaps:
Industrial Kitchen by Berkeley Architects & Designers WA design
Of course, cost could be an issue but it's doesn't cost anything to inquire what is possible.
Count me as another vote for one counter choice only. I love Super White, too, but a local supplier told me they stopped carrying it because the shipment they got etched so I had to cross it off my list. For now. I'm hoping that by the time we get around to remodeling our kitchen, there will be a new batch, perhaps from a different source, that won't etch.
THank you for all your opinions! I really appreciate all your inputâ¦
we've decided to go with all super white! I am so excited, i had to fight my DH a lot, he loves black countertops. But i won, yea!
Still keeping the prep sink ha ha :)) I am really curious to see what i say in 2 months - "well, all those people were right, damn it!!" or "i am so glad i didn't listen" :) :)
I have a plan of making a board that fits into the sink and is the same level with countertops, it can stay closed if i need the space. Also, we have 36 inch BS range top with griddle in the middle, and that part can work as landing space, as well.
Yay, glad you're getting your Super White!
I had an idea that might help you test out whether a small prep sink will work or not. Find a plastic bowl or tub in the approx size and shape of the sink you'll be able to fit into a 12" cab, drill an appropriately sized drain hole in the bottom (I think someone posted sinks this small would have something like a 1.5" drain hole,) and fit a piece of PVC pipe into it. You'll need to caulk it to seal it. Then put it in a sink or over a bucket, pour a pot of water into your mock-up sink as if you were draining pasta water or a pot of boiled potatoes and see how well it works. Or doesn't. It's not going to be fool proof dry run (er, uh, wet run, haha), obviously, but if the mock-up doesn't work well, it's likely a good bet the real thing won't either.
btw, our pop-up tent camper has a small sink in the kitchen area, and after the first few mishaps, I learned to pour a pot of water very slowly to keep water from splashing all over the place. The sink is wider than a small prep sink, its depth is similar to the depth of old SS sinks. In other words, shallow. That's my experience with small sinks. YMMV.
Was about to suggest that if you HAVE to have the small sink, go with a fitted cutting board for it--do realize that you need a positive reveal in it if you're going to get it to be exactly level with the granite. SOMETHING has to support the wood, it doesn't just hold itself up. And pick your faucet carefully, you don't want something that's always in your way & can't be swiveled away or whatever.
In my current kitchen i have small double sink, and the smaller bowl is about 8 inches, so for the couple of days i was testing itâ¦I would not want it as my only sink of course, but should be good enough for small tasks. I will make sure to report back when we finally move inâ¦
I read your other thread and what got me was when one of the kitchen designers pointed out the 1.5" drain! Whoa! It's not the sink size but the drain size! I'd definitely do what Lisa suggests. The other thing I didn't understand was why you feel your big sink is too far away. I don't know your aisle widths, but it appears you can just turn and take two or three steps. That's good counter space you're wasting to save three steps.
You said:
i thought i really really needed the small sink, but now that everybody says its a bad idea i am having doubtsâ¦.But how do i drag every pot to the stove and back to the main sink and don't ruin my hardwood???
I really don't understand what the hardwoods have to do with it at all. A kitchen floor is going to get wear and tear regardless.
In a modern kitchen I would not even consider mixing countertop materials. But maybe that's just me. I think you could go either way really. Have you looked at a sample of the super white with the Ikea cabinets? IF the white in the super white looks good with the Ikea cabinets, I might go that route because I'm a huge sucker for super white quartzite. I also have a bathroom with white cabinets and marble countertops and I love that combination of white and gray.
Why not do a gray/silver siligranit sink if you do super white? I think black would look a little odd, kind of a black hole.
This post was edited by pricklypearcactus on Fri, Jan 10, 14 at 10:47
I guess we all post here looking for input so my input is yay! for the one color counter and BOO to that prep sink. But, of course, I've had lots of suggestions for things that I discarded, but have to say I pay attention to GW when there is an overwhelming consensus against something functional. Or glaringly un-esthetic (is that a word?)
If you really decide to keep the sink and cover it, can you at least get a wall mounted faucet that can swivel flat? That faucet sticking up out of the counter 12" away from your stove will be a giant PIA in short order. Am I hearing you say that you really wanted a pot filler in the stove back splash that you now can't have there? Why not have a wall mount pot filler next to the stove that can reach to at least the outside back burner and forget the hole in your counter (sink)? Like this:
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St. Patrick's Day Table
My table has been set for more than a week.
I thought it was time to post it. From 2014-03-10 (by Eye-Fi) From 2014-03-10 (by Eye-Fi)
The wee folk came for the party and they will steal your gold when you are not looking. From 2014-03-10 (by Eye-Fi) From 2014-03-10 (by Eye-Fi)
I just realized I forgot to use candles..oh well I'm sure Pat and Mike would probably run off with them too~~
Would love to join you at the table, and keep an eye on the wee folk who are probably thinking of all kinds of mischief. Green is one my very favorite colors, it is serene to me. Plus I love anything to do with Nature, so green puts me right there in a happy state of mind.
hugs, Karen
Another wonderful table.
Pat & Mike look like they are full of mischief.
I love the gold coins, I use those too and since I gave up chocolate for Lent, they are safe from me eating them, LOL
Lovely use of the different shades of green.
Thank you everyone
Marlene, those are tea towels I used for napkins.
I liked the shade of green with the darker green in the tc.
Jeanne the wee ones are hard to control. They were hiding from me at the store
last year when I wanted to buy them.
Karen, I would love to have you sit at my table, we can keep an eye out for those little rascals, while we share a cup of tea and some soda bread.
I am so looking forward to green. Spring can't come soon enough,
Candy, I'm pretty sure Pat and Mike are fond of chocolate too.
Nothing is safe from them!!
Thank you all again.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Nana, love all of the dishes on your St Paddy's table. The little
glasses look like they match your dinnerware w/clovers.Super
sweet! The green glasses remind me of some we had growing
Tea towels are perfect w/pot o' gold on them. Hope the wee
folk are behaving since you've given them a chance to play
on your ts.haha
Not sure I'll make it back here before monday so hope you
have a wonderful St Parick's Day!
I'm sure by now , Pat and Mike are in Full Swing Mischief Mode...with
St Pat's almost here.
You put together another pretty table...love the different shades of green in the
plates, frosted glasses and those adorable little cups..Even the cute Tea Towels
with the Pot O Gold for added fun....I'm sure the 'Wee Ones' are loving it
all. Did you promise them some Corn Beef N Cabbage to celebrate the day?


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....pain relief gel on the gums, or ibuprofen? ...and which brand?
(baby is 10 months)
Hello... I have had decent luck with Hyland's teething gel for daytime and tylenol for nights when things are real bad... good luck, it's tough to watch your little one be uncomfortable :(
(A note on the tylenol: if you've never given it before you might want to call your child's healthcare provider first. Technically it is no longer for use in children under age 2 but my doc said it was fine, just be careful with giving the proper dose.)
We do the Hyland's gel as well, and when things get really bad and she's clearly in pain, we do ibuprofen (generic Motrin from Target) rather than acetaminophen (generic Tylenol).
I alternate between acetomenephen and ibuprofen since they are processed by different organs. I usually only give one dose at night if things are bad, though with these one year molars I've give some daytime doses because she's gone 8 hours at a time unable to nap and is so totally miserable.
Hylands helps a little too, but not on real bad days.
Our pediatrician (who is a homeopath) recommended not even bothering with topical stuff on the gums as it just wears right off and isn't as readily absorbed as the little homeopathic balls, so we use the common brand in Germany (where we live) which is called Osanit. I have to say though that during the intense phase, which was about two days and three nights, when the first tooth came in we gave DS generic Tylenol.
Really?Why? Where did you hear this? It's certainly readily available in pharmacies both in the US and Germany, and our pediatrician also said it was fine to use and did not interfere with the homeopathy. Also, in the Sears' Baby Book he recommends acetominophen (Tylenol) over ibuprofin just because it's been approved for use in infants longer and therefore could be safer. Not sure if I agree with that logic but I know both acetomenophen and ibuprofin have pros and cons so I just went with the Tylenol and it definitely helped so we'll stick with it I suppose.
Our local Pharmacist said the same thing, "It is no longer recommended for children under two, talk to your pediatrician". My ped said tylenol was fine just use 1/3 dropper full, but no ibuprofen. The reasoning behind that is ibuprofen is best at reducing fever so you don't want to lower baby's tolerence of it, best to leave that for emergency fever reduction only. (like when nothing else will get down a super high fever)
Okay, I just did a little search and all I came up with was this:
'on January 17, 2008 the FDA issued a public health advisory and said that it "strongly recommends that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold products should not be used for infants and children under 2 years of age because serious and potentially life-threatening side effects could occur.".'
from here: http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/toddler/toddlermedicinecabinet.html
Dr. Sears' website reports that nasal decongestants, cough suppresants, antihistamines, and expectorants are no longer approved for children 4 and under, but then goes on to recommend Tylenol for kids age 6 months and up:
The Baby Center also says it's ok to give a baby over 3 months of age acetaminophen:
However, I do recall reading about a link between use of acetaminophen in infancy and asthma, so I looked that up and sure enough one study did lead to some concern:
Even so, I could find no info whereby it is officially not recommended or sold for kids under 2, but I assume it's based on that study that doctors and pharmacists are concerned.
Honestly I find it all so confusing and now I too am second guessing giving DS acetaminophen. Hmph.....
My son is officially teething now! He's just 3 months though,so maybe a little young? The first one is all the way out and he's working on the next one. He only fussed a little bit with the first but he cried a little tonight with this other one. I was able to settle him with some nursing though and extra cuddles. I have Tempra that I bought when he got his vax,can I use that for teething if nursing doesn't help him?
Well the way I figured out the whole under two thing was I went to buy some acetaminophen for DS when he started this teething business and every brand, package, etc. I could find said, "Under 2 years - ask a doctor". I did a lot of reading about it, and I think it's just a CYA thing. I read about adverse reactions to acetaminophen in babies and found that they almost always occurred in one of three scenarios: 1) Parents gave children's acetominophen thinking it was infant's, and thus the babies got an overdose; 2) Parents gave it in conjunction with another OTC medicine that also contained acetominophen and thus the babies got an overdose; or 3) One parent gave a dose, and then the other parent came along and gave another dose not realizing the baby had already had some and thus the baby got an overdose.
I talked to his doctor and she said that one dose per night, even if you have to give it every night for a week, is just fine.
Okay, I just did a little search and all I came up with was this:
'on January 17, 2008 the FDA issued a public health advisory and said that it "strongly recommends that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold products should not be used for infants and children under 2 years of age because serious and potentially life-threatening side effects could occur.".'
from here: http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/toddler/toddlermedicinecabinet.html
Dr. Sears' website reports that nasal decongestants, cough suppresants, antihistamines, and expectorants are no longer approved for children 4 and under, but then goes on to recommend Tylenol for kids age 6 months and up:
The Baby Center also says it's ok to give a baby over 3 months of age acetaminophen:
However, I do recall reading about a link between use of acetaminophen in infancy and asthma, so I looked that up and sure enough one study did lead to some concern:
Even so, I could find no info whereby it is officially not recommended or sold for kids under 2, but I assume it's based on that study that doctors and pharmacists are concerned.
Honestly I find it all so confusing and now I too am second guessing giving DS acetaminophen. Hmph.....
I'm using cell salts for my daughter, check out this thread in Health & Healing
They're part homeopathic and partly nutritional and I'm finding they have a lot of other uses besides just teething. They work quite well--my daughter is 7 (years old, I mean), her 6-year molars were a rude awakening for me--I had no idea they could be painful coming in.
When I can't find any other way to deal with the kids' pain, I use ibuprofen, I won't use tylenol--I won't keep it in the house for any of us. I don't like how it's metabolized by the body.
I think it really does depend on your baby. DD has multiple food intolerences and we stopped giving her ibuprohen because it's not good for the digestive tract.
Is there a good website on teething?
The first tooth is the worst, we were pretty much on 24/7 ibuprofen for about 5 days due to the 24/7 crying. This second tooth only required 2 nights of ibuprofen. Once they break through they're a breeze.
We still have a bottle of the Hylands Teething Tablets from before they were recalled last fall. I've read about the recall, and still feel comfortable using the tablets with DS when he's uncomfortable. (He's still working on his first tooth, so I've only used them once so far, but they worked like magic to soothe him.)
I went to the website for Osanit, and it looks similar to the Hylands, with chamomile being the main active ingredient. Are there other products in the US that use that for teething relief? (PS The blinking baby on the Osanit homepage is something else!)
What about the Hyland's gel? Right now we have that and infant acetaminophen (but he never gets a full dose for his weight). Would I be better off getting the tablets? I'm never even completely sure it is teething. I can't feel which teeth are coming through, and he's not nearly as loud as his cousin was, but rubbing on his gums gets him to calm down.
Have you read up on Amber teething jewelry for babies? It has done amazing things for my family I have found this merchant on Amazon is amazing!!! She has the best prices and really good quality.
ya know....I haven't read up on them. I've heard of them and I see them around...but I'm so skeptical of them. ...but to be fair, I haven't done any research.
tylenol for the really bad nights. during the day I am able to get by with cold items for her. The orajel and hylands are pretty worthless IMO so we don't use them.
I was skeptical as well. When I finally found a necklace that was about the same as I was spending on teething remedies I figured it was worth a shot. Worst thing that would happen is my kid would just look cute in the necklace. After trying the necklace I was amazed at how well it worked. Within in minutes you could see a difference in my baby. He was back to his happy self that I new when he was born. Whenever we took the necklace off it would not be long before he was fussy and irritable. It was amazing.
After much research I found that this had been used in Europe for centuries. I made life so much easier for us. I hope you find a remedy soon. Also, olive oil and a few drops of clove oil mixed together make for a good topical treatment. I have had many conversations with my Naturopath about this :o)
The teething gel never worked for my son and Camillia worked on occasion but it always seemed to be for short periods of time rather than lasting relief. We now use an amber necklace, my son cut four teeth before getting an amber necklace (top and bottom) and has since cut 5 more with. The difference was night and day! He was miserable, in pain, didn't sleep or eat well and drooled like crazy. The necklace helps a lot, he is now cutting molars and apart form the odd day, he is doing great! I got one from http://butter-n-honey.com and its knotted between each bead and has a safety clasp. If it gets caught on something it will break and if it breaks only one bead will come off. I would do anything to help my baby when he's in pain so I tried it and it worked!
i second the teething necklace. it has been a miracle for my dd, truly. i was skeptical, too, but i bought one and figured if it didn't work then at the very least she'd just have a nice necklace! but the truth is, i can't imagine *not* having it now. she's teethed the bottom two and working on the top two, with a little discomfort, but drooling has ceased and her discomfort is simple enough to solve with a little nursing or something cold. i highly recommend them and wish i'd had one for ds, 3 years ago. ours is from inspired by finn. oh, and the trick is that they have to stay under your LOs shirt. body heat warms them up and releases succinic acid. hth!
We do a combo. Tylenol, or sometimes ibruprophen (seems to last longer) usually only one dose a night. I've just go ta teething necklace and feel like it might be helping, but so hard to tell since every day is different. I have also had luck with Borion (sp?) brand Camilla drops, they are homeopathic. DS loves them and is always willing to take them, like he knows they make him feel better. Anyway that seems to be enough to break the cycle of pain and crabiness on bad days. The drops are not enough for nighttime pain. Good luck! Oh and my teething necklace is from inspired by finn - get one, they are cute, so no real loss if it doesn't work
We use an amber necklace (not sure if it works or not but it can't hurt) and ibuprofen. We have paracetamol but prefer not to use it. There have been some documented cases in Australia of babies sustaining liver damage after taking only the correct dosage so we'll try to avoid it altogether if possible. So far the occasional dose of ibuprofen has worked really well.
I just now gave DS a dose of generic Tylenol (Target up&up is dye-free) and nursed him a little and now he's asleep in my arms.
My own rule is when he's in so much pain he won't nurse then he gets a dose of medicine. Normally we just use Hyland's gel. Like others said it works but not for too long. I find I reapply 3-4 times in a row and he gets relief. Their tablets are back now so I'll try those too. We tried cold stuff but it seems to upset him sometimes. He bites on it and cries :( Distractions like going out of the house or seeing new people also help!
BTW his bottom gums are slightly broken and bloody. Does that mean they are *finally* coming in or did he cut himself w a too sharp fingernail?


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People have said that you can't have fun and be a Christian. They are just plain wrong. Some of the funniest incidents in my life have occurred since I recommitted my life to serving God. Below are a couple stories of some of these funny incidents:
- One church member and I like to pick at each other and I hate to admit this, but she normally gets the better of me. I like to call her Satan and she had a field day when I wore a pink shirt to church. There was even one particular Sunday I was attempting to sing for the church and this lady decided she would hide in the back of the church, in the sound booth, and pick her head up during the service with a Halloween mask on. Needless to say it was a devilish looking mask. Try singing with a straight face after seeing something like that.
But I finally got my revenge on this particular member. The church held a movie night and showed one of the Sherwood Baptist films, Facing the Giants or Fireproof, I can't remember which movie it was. As the movie progressed I got up to go to the restroom and my wife, Amy, went out with one of our sons. Little did I know that at about the same time this church member had also went out. I returned to the movie but decided to take a seat in the back of the sanctuary since Amy had not returned.
As I was sitting there this particular church member returned a few moments after I had taken my seat and attempted to sit down beside me. Unbeknownst to her and me, her husband had also moved during the time we had taken a break from the movie, and guess where he was seated before the break? Right where I was now sitting. The sanctuary was somewhat dark and it took a few moments for your eyes to adjust. As the lady attempted to sit down beside me, she started touching my shoulder and chest area in order to find out exactly where she needed to sit on the row of seats. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she looked up at my smiling and conniving face, which had the appearance of an "I got you" expression. She could not contain her laughter and embarrassment and had to exit the movie again to regain her composure. Upon returning she promptly found a seat beside her husband.
Of course once the movie was finished I proclaimed to the preacher and the congregation that, "I was violated by some dirty old lady during the showing of the movie."
- It is no secret that I enjoy the game of golf. At one point I played drums for the church and had missed a service or two due to business. Brother Ronnie Rentz, my pastor, decided he would attempt to garner my attention about missing church. He found an old golf club and used the club to replace my drumsticks. I guess he thought I had skipped church and went to the golf course.
Now there have been times that I have poked fun at the pastor's height, excuse me let's be politically correct, he is vertically challenged. So the Sunday following the golf club incident, I decided I would get my revenge. As he approached the pulpit that morning he found awaiting him a step stool. I figured it would help the audience be able to see the guy preaching the message.
- Every year during our children's Jam Fest at church, the kids bring canned food for the Appling County Food Bank. To encourage the kids to participate in the food drive there is usually some type of competition between the girls and the boys. The winning prize for the team that brings the most food normally involves some embarrassing moment for the adults who help out with the event. Amy, I and other adults have had to dress up like babies, had goo dumped over our heads, etc. Can you imagine seeing me dressed up like a baby? Trust me I'm one big baby at 6' 4" and 270 pounds.
One year when the boys won the food drive challenge the men (I didn't have anything to do with it honey, well maybe a little bit) mixed up some concoction to pour on the women's heads to represent slime. I don't remember what was in the mixture, but I do recall seeing brown areas in the grass around the church weeks later. That stuff killed the grass. I guess it was a good thing it didn't have the same effect on the women's hair.
These are but a few of the fun incidents that I have experienced as a Christian. Don't fall into the trap that you can't have fun as a Christian. I believe God has a sense of humor; especially when I get up and look in the mirror every morning.
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Loved the Christian FUN story...the unnamed church member would not just happen to be Sandra Spivey would it? Sounds just like her, so I had to ask. Keep having FUN! I would not even want to imagine my life without my Christian friends.
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I see the title on Lisa-Jo's "Five Minute Friday"post and swirls of tension move inside me.
Her topic this week is Bare. And, for five minutes I get to write about whatever comes to mind:
I see the word BARE and I think of my soul and how I feel so exposed and open to the world these days.
My past has caught up with me again and again and kept me from feeling joy and moving in the direction that I believe God has for me.
But then, I stop and ponder, "Perhaps THIS is where God wants me. Perhaps He wants me to bare my soul to Him and to seek Him in all I do - all I need - all I want - all I hope for - all I fear - all I dread. Perhaps I really am EXACTLY where I am supposed to be - right here and right now... bare, vulnerable and exposed."
This bare feeling is not comfortable. It's so the opposite of feeling warm sun on the bare skin of your arm.
But, if this is what I need to feel and where I need to be to get to where He wants me, I'm willing to "suck it up" and be - well - bare.
PS: Image is of the moon between bare winter tree branches.
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- Krista said...
Yes, this is something I was trying to put into words as well. It's so hard to get to that point of being bare isn't it? So vulnerable.
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Love your ending. To BE - well - bare! Believing that God will bare you well!!! That's just what He does. Although I don't know you, I feel proud of your courage, Stacey. Enjoyed my visit here; lovely photograph, too!
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amazing photo.
i really liked the ending to this post, as well.
glad i popped over today.
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Loved the photo and what you wrote. I am in a place sort of like this too and sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't (being bare). But I think it can be a good thing sometimes. It can be freeing. I also wrote about bare souls (bare souls and trees actually :) ). Thanks for sharing.
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bare and beautiful, wish i was this beautiful when i am bare LOL
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We are all bare before God,right? I am thankful that even though He sees me just as I am,He still loves me.
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Bare and vulnerable is a scary place, but when all the "junk" is out of the way, God has an empty canvas to do His best work.
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