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YES! Your food allergy kid can eat Oreos and more!
Last fall, my son was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. I cried, panicked, and thought the world had come to an end. Since then, I’ve learned to not only live with it, but bring better health to our family. I’ve also learned to cook and bake. My son is allergic to all but two of [...]
Icky, crawlies in your kid’s hair… Lice
photo credit: Gilles San Martin A few years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school and came home one day with a note from the school nurse, declaring a lice outbreak. No sharing of hairbrushes or of hats, all bookbags and coats needed to be stored in plastic bags at school. Not long after [...]
Ethan’s Story: My preemie’s fight
My second pregnancy started fine. Aside from a strange rash, and some bleeding at 13 weeks that put me on limited bed rest for a month, it was smooth sailing, until I hit 23 weeks. Rather than leaking urine like I thought I was, it was amniotic fluid. I went to the hospital, and was [...]
Tiger Tales and MyTales Digital book and app giveaway winners announced!
Last week we reviewed two great books and iPhone/ iPad apps, Hush Little Baby and Sleep, Baby Sleep from Tiger Tales Books and MyTales Digital. Because we thought the books were so great we wanted to share copies of Hush Little Baby, Sleep, Baby Sleep and Rock-a-Bye Baby in both the printed book form and [...]
47 things to do before my kids hate me
The sneer happened today. The lip curl. The look of disdain. “You are embarrassing me, Mom.” All I was doing was talking to some kids in the street. Asking questions. That was enough to make my sons cringe. That made me reflect on all the things I want to do with my sons (twins who [...]
The Princess and the Pea
Children love to explore all types of things, their environment, their bodies, the things that can fit into the tiniest spaces in their bodies. Our indoctrination began with a pea. After a few attempts at raisins, (caught in time), our daughter discovered that peas were the perfect fit for a nose.. I was out [...]
Bed rest blues…week four
I’m still pregnant, hooray! Amniotic fluid levels according to this week’s ultrasound is in the high-normal range. No signs of infection. I’m IV free, I have “outside privileges” (a.k.a. I can go into the “yard.”) Baby is approximately 2.2 lbs and I am 27 weeks. On Friday, I was told I could go home on [...]
Bed rest blues, week one
As many of you know, my husband and I are expecting a bouncing baby boy in early January. Or, at least that was the plan. On September 13th at 23 weeks pregnant, my water broke. Not a full break. It is more accurate to say that I’m leaking amniotic fluid. The diagnostic term is Preterm [...]
How safe is the swine flu shot for pregnant women?
No drug testing exists for pregnant women. Why? Because it’s deemed unethical. What if something happens to the fetus? This year, pregnant women across the U.S. are being told that they are in the highest risk group for the swine flu infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control “Adverse pregnancy outcomes have been reported [...]
Second Pregnancy- The halfway point
For those of you who have been following Mom2′s “The second time around” posts, I have a confession to make. I am Mom2. Me. Renee. Your friendly MTWer. So far, this pregnancy has had its strange moments, but all seems to be well now. I’m off restricted duty and back to a normal life. I’ve [...]
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