Comments on: HOW TO: Overcome Balloon Addiction http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2005/10/how_to_overcome.html A dad's eye view of baby and toddler stuff Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:05:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AJ http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2005/10/how_to_overcome.html/comment-page-1#comment-6236 AJ Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:57:25 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2005/10/how-to-overcome-balloon-addiction.html#comment-6236 <p>Big pumpkins quickly become mushy and collapse in on themselves within a couple months because of the high volume of juice trapped inside. Besides, Miss can't pick up a normal sized pumpkin. It was funny to watch her though when we visited a pumpkin patch last weekend. (By the way, never explore a corn maze after a storm. It's like hiking through a thick jungle.)</p> <p>A small pumpkin will last a good eight months (I speak from experience). But, Little Miss would roll small pumpkins around the house, knocking them with mold-inducing nicks, scratches and dents. I'm guessing a Mylar helium balloon would last longer, about two weeks. Plus, if her addiction heads into November and December, canned pumpkin from the grocery store just wouldn't suffice as a balloon substitute.</p> Big pumpkins quickly become mushy and collapse in on themselves within a couple months because of the high volume of juice trapped inside. Besides, Miss can’t pick up a normal sized pumpkin. It was funny to watch her though when we visited a pumpkin patch last weekend. (By the way, never explore a corn maze after a storm. It’s like hiking through a thick jungle.)

A small pumpkin will last a good eight months (I speak from experience). But, Little Miss would roll small pumpkins around the house, knocking them with mold-inducing nicks, scratches and dents. I’m guessing a Mylar helium balloon would last longer, about two weeks. Plus, if her addiction heads into November and December, canned pumpkin from the grocery store just wouldn’t suffice as a balloon substitute.

]]> By: Joel http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2005/10/how_to_overcome.html/comment-page-1#comment-6235 Joel Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:04:03 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2005/10/how-to-overcome-balloon-addiction.html#comment-6235 <p>you could try pumpkins as a substitute???... <a href="http://littlebunsblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/monsieur-pumpkin-ze-greeeaatttt.html" rel="nofollow">http://littlebunsblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/monsieur-pumpkin-ze-greeeaatttt.html</a></p> you could try pumpkins as a substitute???… http://littlebunsblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/monsieur-pumpkin-ze-greeeaatttt.html

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