By Milehimama on Feb 25, 2010 in Baby A, Mama Says Randomness, Mr P | 14 Comments
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Today I take Mr X to the school for his speech evaluation. He talks in full sentences all the time, but is so terribly hard to understand. They have to evaluate him before they can tell us what services he’ll qualify for. Next month is the last one for in-home ECI.
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She is driving me [...]
By Milehimama on Feb 12, 2010 in Baby A, Mama Says Randomness, Mr P, Politicking | 5 Comments
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Saw the doctor Medicaid referred us to. She’s not a doctor, but a CNP. She did spend a good bit of time with me, didn’t get weirded out by the vaccine thing, and carefully explained all the options, her opinion, and let me make a choice (one vax this time, containing DTaP and polio.) She’s [...]
By Milehimama on Jan 29, 2010 in Health, Mama Says Randomness, Mr P, Real Food | 13 Comments
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I’ve been reading a lot of foodie books (Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver) and they both emphasize eating locally and eating in season. I’ve virtuosly passed up on cherries from Chile and thought twice about buying corn on the cob in January (really, what’s the point of that?) But I really experienced what they are talking [...]
By Milehimama on Jan 19, 2010 in Health, Mr P | 10 Comments
Last Thursday, Mr P fell off his bunk bed. He probably would have been okay if he hadn’t hit a metal chair on the way down. He knocked a tooth loose and had quite a bruise on his chest, but otherwise seemed unhurt, so I sent him back to bed. Alone. (His bed is on [...]
By Milehimama on Dec 26, 2009 in Health, Mr P | 3 Comments
We had a wonderful Christmas, though we postponed Christmas dinner a few days. We ate frozen meatballs and jarred spaghetti sauce on Christmas, instead!
On Wednesday, a few of the children started coughing – the deep, loud coughing. By Thursday Miss C (4) and Mr S (7) had fevers. Christmas morning, Mr P (10) woke us [...]