My son and I are at an impasse. He doesn’t want to wear pull-ups to bed and I don’t want to get up at 3 a.m. to change his sheets. He just turned 5 and my inner parent is telling me that he should be diaper free by now. My doctor (yes, I consulted him) says he is normal. That he will soon learn to mind his bladder at night and besides, he says, no 18-year-olds are heading off to college in pull-ups anyway.
Still, try to tell that to a 5-year-old “big boy” who is sobbing at his bedside because …read more

My son woke me up last night laughing hysterically. I like that he does this from time to time. Sometimes his eyes will be open and he’ll even say things like, “That hairy green guy! Ha ha!” And then just as quickly as it started, it’s over. His eyes close, his head rolls to the side, and he is fast asleep again.
My son has always been somewhat of an active sleeper. Sometimes he laughs at night, sometimes he chatters away. Other nights he screams violently. These are the most difficult to handle, as you can image. We’ll find him flailing …read more

Can I share something with you? As I sit here, waiting for my father-in-law to come pick us up, I have to confess – I hate my kids’ appointments.
I’m sure no one really flat out LOVES going to the doctor and dentist and whatnot, but I really seriously hate going. I always find myself wishing for a good reason to cancel, something like, “oh the car isn’t working, can’t get there! Time to reschedule!”
Today we have dentist appointments, just a regular check-up. I’d rather stay home, thanks. On top of my dislike of these necessary …read more

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Our bedtime routine is really simple here in my home, but it’s still pretty important and I try to follow it as much as possible. When we’ve had to deviate from the routine, either because we’re out or someone is sick, I find it especially important to get it back on track as soon as possible in order to keep things running smoothly.
Our routine tends to involve a bath as needed (usually every second day unless it’s really hot, in which case they get a cool bath without shampoo or soap or anything other than cooling down), …read more

I confess that I watch a few reality tv shows. I never got into Shaq’s Big Challenge though. I never even flipped it on once and only knew the very basics about it because of the commercials for it.
Tonight I got stuck watching it because the remote in the bedroom is broken and I was on that channel while trying to convince my toddler that it was time to sleep.
Much to my shock I ended up sobbing through the first ten minute segment. And then I wanted to stand up and applaud for those six …read more

Do you know the signs of concussion?
I remember it like a film on instant replay, over and over again. Her blonde hair streaked with blonde, her blue dress, both flying as she ran around a blind corner–straight into me. I even remember her name. I must have been in first or second grade, prone to melodrama. We collided and the back of my head hit the asphalt path. Hard. An hour later, I didn’t feel well. I was sick to my stomach, sleepy and dizzy, and only wanted to curl up in a bean bag and be still. It took …read more

I like being able to whip out my shiny Mac laptop at the doctor’s office and have him drool. I like it even more when I play the video I took of my child sleeping. Nothing like real time moving picture to get the point across.
He’s sound asleep. And he sounds like he’s choking. He takes three, strangled breaths… forgets to inhale again on the fourth go round. I wait, both there in the doctor’s office as well as that night, holding the video camera. In my head, I start to count. 1…2…3…4…5
When I get to fifteen, I can’t stand …read more

My son snores.
At first, it was no big deal. Just annoying. And loud. But anyone who watches television has seen the ads: “does your husband snore at night? Maybe he has sleep apnea!” And then it goes on to list all the scary things that sleep apnea can do to you. So I worried.
Watch my son sleep. It’s like turning off a light. One second, he’s talking to me, snuggled in my arms, and the next? Boom. He starts to snore. His nasal passages are completely blocked, and he struggles for each breath. Sometimes, I can see his chest pulling …read more

 
Kate over at Babylune has done it again. She has issued a challenge to us all to eat healthy by sampling our way through the alphabet’s fruits and vegetables.
  
She has some great ideas on how to turn this into an exciting learning opportunity for your kids, too. Veggie charts! Food pyramids! And perhaps a reduction in Blogger Butt. I’d like some of that, please?
*runs off to do a bellydance excersise DVD*