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A buddy of mine sent out a note asking for iPhone app recommendations.  Since I went through the effort to put the list together I figured I might as well share it on the site.

• WeatherBug – replaces stock weather app and provides more detailed forecasts and weather maps
• Wordpress – I run a couple Wordpress powered blogs and this provides publishing on the go
• Facebook – This one needs much improvement.  It’s rumored they’re working on a 2.0 that closely resembles the web based Facebook
• Pandora – Internet radio that adapts to your taste.  You can create custom stations by seeding the player with a favorite artist or song.
• eBay – Obvious
• iChoose – Free app that offers a coin flip, yes/no, dice roll or card choice when you need a little help making a decision!
• myLite – Flashlight app with some cool effects.  Great way to cut Jacob’s fingernails while he’s sleeping at night.
• Simplify – App that allows iTunes library sharing between users.  I share mine under NorCalAngler
• SportsTap – Instant access to scores and news for all major sports
• Last.fm – Similar to Pandora, Internet radio that adapts to your preferences
• Dual Level – Bubble level app that uses the iPhone sensors to make sure things are level
• Exposure – Tap into your Flickr photo library anywhere.  Great for showing off pics of Jacob without loading my iPhone will gigs of photos
• HoldEm – The best iPhone Texas Holdem game
• Enigmo – Fun puzzle game where you use various tools to direct water into buckets
• Air Hockey – 1/2 player air hockey
• Sudoku Free – Obvious
• Tris – Will be removed from the app store on Wednesday due to copyright issues – Tetris clone

What are your favorite apps?

You can see it’s pretty watered down, but he loved it!

It’s very rare that a network news writer is witty enough to make me laugh.  If you have watched any of the women’s gymnastics then you have heard about the controversy with rumors some of the Chinese women were under 16 years of age, the minimum age to compete in this sport.  MSNBC has an article about how Olympic athletes can move into reality TV and surprised me with this hilarious summary:

“Olympic athletes who’ve made names for themselves on Beijing don’t need to leave the glare of the television cameras. They could make careers on reality TV. How about Michael Phelps as “The Bachelor,” or tiny Chinese gymnast He Kexin as a baby on “Baby Borrowers”?”

Freaking hilarious!  From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26254878/

Our poor little man has been going through a little rough patch.  To give some background, he started going 3-4 days between “poo-poos” and it started to affect his eating.  We met with our pediatrician and she checked him out and gave him a clean bill of health.  She recommended a little prune juice when he gets backed up and mentioned a formula switch should be one of the last things we try.  Well that afternoon we were at Target and we found the Target brand sensitive formula, which was identical to Similac Sensitive that Jacob has been on for months.  The Target brand was $10 cheaper so we decided to give it a try and see if it helped get him more regular.

What we didn’t know is that we just kicked off a horrible series of events.  Jacob became so constipated on the Target formula that he started straining while his face turned beet red trying to push the poo-poos out.  It got so bad that we had to pick him up and calm him down for fear he would pop a blood vessel.  We called the hospital advice line and the nurse said we should try half-diluted prune juice.  We started him on it in the afternoon and by the evening he had cleared himself out.

Seeing him that upset on the new formula made me sick to my stomach knowing that we caused that pain.  We decided to immediately switch him back to Similac Sensitive.  Over the last four days Jacob has been a completely different child.  He hasn’t been his normal, happy, laughing self and seems to constantly be in pain.  He is gassier than before and we’re guessing he may be an early teether.  He’s constantly drooling and he is chewing on anything he can get his tiny hands on.  Hopefully this is a short lived phase and he gets back to his fun-loving self.  Mom and dad are out of ideas for trying to soothe him.

That’s the short version and there are a ton of details I left out regarding him not taking naps, becoming bored of his toys, and needing constant attention.  We have a pediatric appointment at 2:45 today and hopefully we have some answers and/or new ideas.

The first is Jacob rolling over from his tummy to his back.  It’s adorable!

The second is Jacob laughing at the “I’m gonna get you” game. He really gets going with it!