<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post4920331997271385641..comments</id><updated>2010-02-03T21:29:01.057-05:00</updated><category term='space'/><category term='babyproofing'/><category term='creepy-crawlies'/><category term='boating'/><category term='Latitude 26'/><category term='33441'/><category term='32830'/><category term='weekends'/><category term='everything and nothing'/><category term='news'/><category term='books'/><category term='beach'/><category term='good causes'/><category term='Tropic of Mom&apos;s South Florida photo gallery'/><category term='stuff'/><category term='shopping'/><category term='hurrahs'/><category term='environment'/><category term='events'/><category term='art'/><category term='DIYness'/><category term='hair'/><category term='the dad crazies'/><category term='crafty stuff'/><category term='sleep'/><category term='health or lack thereof'/><category term='travel'/><category term='Be Out There'/><category term='trains'/><category term='celebrities'/><category term='family'/><category term='sports'/><category term='Green Hour'/><category term='33323'/><category term='3 Rs'/><category term='Man-cub'/><category term='fun times'/><category term='recipes'/><category term='giveaways'/><category term='neighbors'/><category term='hello my name is'/><category term='kids'/><category term='friends'/><category term='weather'/><category term='33177'/><category term='parenthood'/><category term='tech'/><category term='this is why I&apos;m crazy'/><category term='reviews'/><category term='photography'/><category term='dogs'/><category term='rants'/><category term='plants'/><category term='hurricanes'/><category term='music'/><category term='laughs'/><category term='33301'/><category term='cats'/><category term='school'/><category term='crime and punishment'/><category term='33071'/><category term='tantrums'/><category term='the mom crazies'/><category term='toys'/><category term='bodily functions'/><category term='Food and eating'/><category term='babymaking'/><category term='site seeing'/><category term='Hollydays'/><category term='water fun'/><category term='lucky to be alive'/><category term='outdoors'/><category term='Junebug'/><category term='&quot;couture&quot;'/><category term='domestic life'/><category term='awards'/><category term='female stuff'/><category term='33021'/><category term='design'/><category term='33065'/><category term='things to do'/><category term='Under Awards'/><category term='SoFla landmarks'/><category term='the potty'/><category term='paranoia'/><category term='blogging'/><category term='love'/><category term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>Comments on Tropic of Mom: Life at Latitude 26: Being a mom is hazardous to your ears</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/feeds/4920331997271385641/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html'/><author><name>Holly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03724228599717695914</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YXO9hbLVgxE/StD8fMRt1JI/AAAAAAAAA6I/oszvzW6Cckc/S220/tropicofmom.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-6780099473854666954</id><published>2010-02-03T21:29:01.057-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T21:29:01.057-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We&amp;#39;ve actually had toys (with batteries) go of...</title><content type='html'>We&amp;#39;ve actually had toys (with batteries) go off at night, when no one was around to play with them. Imagine being rudely awakened by the annoying sound of a child&amp;#39;s toy piano. It&amp;#39;s a little weird and (somewhat) scary. Needless to say, those batteries have been removed and the offending toy relocated to the playroom in my basement.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/6780099473854666954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/6780099473854666954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html?showComment=1265250541057#c6780099473854666954' title=''/><author><name>Joyce-Anne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05833330034225455578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M_5aK5ba9k0/SZobPEwFYHI/AAAAAAAAAAY/3imPNfzPkcU/S220/image001.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-4920331997271385641' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/posts/default/4920331997271385641' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1510816874'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-7439889286361275457</id><published>2010-02-02T12:50:01.569-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T12:50:01.569-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My least favorite, and that&amp;#39;s saying a lot, ar...</title><content type='html'>My least favorite, and that&amp;#39;s saying a lot, are the books where you push buttons for a particular sound when a character or symbol appears in the story. They don&amp;#39;t have a volume control it&amp;#39;s just LOUD! Hate. Them. My daughter? Loves. Them. Perfect.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/7439889286361275457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/7439889286361275457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html?showComment=1265133001569#c7439889286361275457' title=''/><author><name>CaraBee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04614627167922944626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kWj7Bf2hGNs/SKuGnnF_qfI/AAAAAAAAAvw/betYa0OhPKg/S220/Cara-Age+1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-4920331997271385641' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/posts/default/4920331997271385641' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-855082980'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-7961177515425617350</id><published>2010-02-02T11:45:29.485-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T11:45:29.485-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We avoid battery toys too. If we receive them we c...</title><content type='html'>We avoid battery toys too. If we receive them we continually forget to replace the batteries!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/7961177515425617350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/7961177515425617350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html?showComment=1265129129485#c7961177515425617350' title=''/><author><name>chelle</name><uri>http://soodz.com/blog</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-4920331997271385641' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/posts/default/4920331997271385641' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1631199830'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-8001371755529069465</id><published>2010-02-02T00:58:25.835-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T00:58:25.835-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, yes.  This is why I&amp;#39;ve banned toys with ba...</title><content type='html'>Ah, yes.  This is why I&amp;#39;ve banned toys with batteries.  And, if one sneaks in, I lose the batteries very very quickly (and often the toy).  It&amp;#39;s funny...I can handle drums and bells and such, but please no horrible repeating squeaky tunes and voices.  They could certainly drive a mama mad.&lt;br /&gt;I know.  Someday my child&amp;#39;s going to be in therapy over this, but at least I&amp;#39;ll still have my sanity. ;)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/8001371755529069465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/8001371755529069465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html?showComment=1265090305835#c8001371755529069465' title=''/><author><name>Madeline</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02269938426943887438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uJ5JKzKq57s/SxXsmj5kP9I/AAAAAAAAD2U/1l3YXMZ_qa8/S220/IMG_3031.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-4920331997271385641' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/posts/default/4920331997271385641' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1699446592'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-2695781901536931187</id><published>2010-02-01T21:57:18.046-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T21:57:18.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate those toys with no &amp;quot;off&amp;quot; button!</title><content type='html'>I hate those toys with no &amp;quot;off&amp;quot; button!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/2695781901536931187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/2695781901536931187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html?showComment=1265079438046#c2695781901536931187' title=''/><author><name>Heather</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01979925607834752536</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17368008688483666266'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pph3PeTWtKA/SwnnXSP3CeI/AAAAAAAADIs/5AMfPIYdaQE/S220/Feet.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-4920331997271385641' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/posts/default/4920331997271385641' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-187865302'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-5969569442792944538</id><published>2010-02-01T19:38:42.541-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T19:38:42.541-05:00</updated><title type='text'>LOl...so true!  Frequently once the batteries run ...</title><content type='html'>LOl...so true!  Frequently once the batteries run out I never replace them.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/5969569442792944538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/4920331997271385641/comments/default/5969569442792944538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html?showComment=1265071122541#c5969569442792944538' title=''/><author><name>Emily</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04065195610270532889</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e7afPYuMpHU/S0Ej5KbiQfI/AAAAAAAAEzo/V-sHvcxDujg/S220/112509AlexEmJackMelodyCharlie.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.tropicofmom.com/2010/02/being-mom-is-hazardous-to-your-ears.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648718514678011672.post-4920331997271385641' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3648718514678011672/posts/default/4920331997271385641' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1650124089'/></entry></feed>
