They did an episode on Mythbusters about the phenom. Basically they said they already knew it to be true, so the show was about why it was true. They realized there is a chemical reaction between the aspertame, caffeine and something else (I think potassium benzoate) in the Diet Coke. And the gum and another long named chemical ingredient in the Mentos. Though you can get a reaction out of other beverages, it's not as big. But the biggest reaction came from something called nucleation. Basically the bubbles that are trapped in the Coke are violently released when they are able to escape via the dimples, cracks and fissures on the surface of the Mentos. I love Mythbusters cause they never are satisfied with giving us all the information about a myth. They also have to blow some stuff up.They looked for the next big thing in chemical reactions.
1. They piped methane into a diffuser in a bucket of soapy water. The result was a lighter-than-air column of bubbles which they were able to set off in a gassy fireball. Cool, but who has a tank of methane lying around the house?
2. They cut 2 holes into a pringles can, one on the top and another on the bottom. They pumped Hydrogen into the bottom hole, then lit the top on fire. It burned like a candle for a second or two, then when the pressure was lost in the can, the fire rushed into the can and BOOM! They can exploded, and considering the blast, the chips themselves were relatively unharmed. Again, super fun, but also a little dangerous.
So on to Sophia. I don't know if it's because I'm staying home with Sophia all day, or if it's because she actually is growing and learning. She is A-L-M-O-S-T able to roll over all by herself. She can get from her back to her side, and sometimes from her side to her stomach. She just can't seem to get past the hump on her side to make it all they way around. I know she already knew our voice but I'm pretty sure she is recognizing our faces. And it's really cool to see her more interested in the things around her. It seemed that only a couple weeks ago, she didn't care about the dangling colored things on her seat. Now she is interested in the colors and - this probably isn't on purpose - but she's actually hitting them with her hand. Lynette said that after a trip with grandma and grandpa to Powell Gardens she was VERY interested in all the colors of the flowers.
Yesterday I took our little girl to work with me. It was fun but she was having trouble taking a nap. In fact, she was tired for a lot of yesterday, but she would only nap for 10-20 minutes at a time. Then at about 4:00 I wrapped her up and gave her the 5 S's (It's a trick from this book I read) and she went down like a light. When Lynette and I went to the grocery store at 6:00 she was still asleep. When Lynette and I were eating dinner at 7:00 she was still asleep. After Sophia ate at 8:00 she was still asleep. When Lynette and I were watching TV at 9:00 she was still asleep.
It was about that time we realized that we need to get to bed ourselves. If Sophia has been sleeping since 4:00, there is no way we were going to get a full night out of her. We'll surely wake up in the middle of the night, so let's get to sleeping now. We went to bed at 10:00. Sophia woke up at 2:00 and ate, then went back to sleep! She woke again at 7:00 and finally she was up for the day.
I don't know what kind of growth spurt she hit. But something happened at yesterday she needed 15 hours of sleep.
