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I think you have to be a parent to fully appreciate just how bad a bad cold can be. Because according to this informal study I have just made up, there is a 140% probability that no matter how sick you are one or more of your children will be sicker. So despite the fact that your head is...
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Sleep deprivation makes me morbid and anxious so by four o'clock in the morning I am usually twisted in a bunch about something that seemed rational in the night watches but sounds looneytunes by breakfast.
This morning I pounced on Steve as soon as he returned from driving the...
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Patrick orchestrated a mini treasure hunt this evening. He hid one of his toys and then spent almost an hour designing an elaborate map to assist me in finding it. I love this as a time-killer activity (I mean: as a wonderful way to nurture a child's creativity through art, physics and, um,...
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It's a pity we can't do this all the time. You guys could leave questions in the comments; I could answer them... ad infinitum. Sometimes writing is a bit like being responsible for making dinner: the work involved is cathartic but the planning can be a total drag. So having a tidy...
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I have another post mostly written but I wanted to ask if any of you have any experience with children and night terrors. Patrick has been waking up (every so often) in floods of tears, shaking uncontrollably and incoherent. He never remembers it in the morning; although I don't think I will ever...
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A few posts ago Majvac left a comment noting that I tend not to revisit subjects after soliciting advice on them. She asked that I follow up on things more, like the situation with the neighbor and Patrick's unwillingness to participate in conversations with well-intentioned strangers....
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Remember how I told you we convinced Ethan that pull ups were special night time big boy underwear? And how wonderful it was not to have to change the sheets every other night?
Well, first he has woken up dry every morning except one. He has gotten up maybe twice to pee in the middle...
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I decided to change Caroline's bed sheet yesterday but first I removed from her crib: a soft white bunny, her blankie, a pacifier, a teething ring, a fabric book with those crinkly pages she likes... and a three inch by three inch mesh packet containing several dozen polyethylene...
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Our vacation to Colorado was very pleasant with only a few exceptions. On the flight out we were stranded on the tarmac with mechanical problems for an hour and a half and I thought I was going to hyperventilate. At one point I heard the flight attendant behind us (why do they always put...
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hi its me patrick writing for my mom. we are on a vacation to colorodo. 10 seconds before we landed i was saying: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ....... and after i said 1 the front weels of the plane toched the ground. the best part of the trip was seeing the bands on jupiter with a telescope. the...
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