You know how marriage is made out of the tough stuff of life? The middle-of-the-night kids waking up, getting stuck with trash duty, hanging with your spouse through times when they need more support…from their underwear?? I know, I KNOW. My husband is a saint… It’s safe to say that some parts of me adjusted less […]
Eye Surgery, Vaginal Birth and the Blue Cupcakes
Weird week around these parts. Monday was a delight of gorgeous weather and hitting up our beloved Longwood Gardens with some of sweet friends, and then things sort of fell apart. Tuesday is vague, but I remember a lot of temper tantrums and desperate dreams of locking myself in a closet–permanently. Then Wednesday it was time […]
No Fear
I wish I had my daughter’s spirit and energy. In her two-year old wild perfection, she barrels and life and doesn’t stop. If you’ve met Elyse in person, you know exactly what I mean. My son has the most gorgeous heart I’ve witnessed on this earth, but he is a sensitive soul. More like his […]
10 Bonuses to Hauling the Kids with You to the Doctor’s Office
I am not a brave mother by any stretch. If I can’t figure out a way to hit an appointment sans the kiddos, I don’t go. Something must be wrong with my 3 1/2 yr. old and my 1 1/2 yr. old because they won’t sit calmly and patiently through an entire dental appointment while […]
The Pediatrician’s Office Revisited
In short: her ears were fine 😉 Will this become a series?? I had posted a few months ago about my infinite success in taking my kids to my daughter’s 6 mo. well visit. As you might guess, we had some further pretty gorgeous Mom of the Year moments this time around as well. The […]
Just Relax and Breathe Deeply
Won’t lie–in general I’m a huge non-fan of taking children along to appointments. It’s stressful, time-consuming and usually ends with at least 2 of us in tears. Even dragging them along to their pediatrician appointments seems excessive at times. Unfortunately, with no preschool yet on the scene, we are blessed to be able to rock […]
Pediatric Dentist
My anxiety about taking my son to his first dental appt. yesterday was through the roof, sleepless night beforehand and all (yes, I’m crazy). This was largely due to the fact that every time I stick my fingers in his mouth, he bites them, and bites them hard. I scream, then he screams–just a rather […]
Just Keep Driving
Thanks to my friend S for reminding me of this particular phenomena. You know how it goes–as soon as you are driving away from a place, you immediately think of all the things you should have bought/said/asked/done/etc. The easy one (although still annoying) is when, immediately upon pulling out of the pediatrician office’s parking lot, you think of all the […]
The Pediatrician’s Office
So we went. My daughter was 6 mo., and I’m not cool enough to skip vaccines, so we were there. At this point, what goes down during our visits no longer shocks me, it’s more that the child abuse authorities actually weren’t tipped off and weren’t waiting for us at the door upon our arrival. […]
Cast-offing!!!
No, not a typo where I meant to say “casting off”. Today is the day after six very long and very short weeks (isn’t it funny how time can take on very different dimensions simultaneously?), the hip spica cast is coming off! Woo-hoo! Kind of scared as to what we will find in there–I’m willing to […]
