When last I posted, I talked about starting the little miss on meds for her attention. She was doing well in everything, but her inability to keep her attention (which she has tons of) on anything for an extended period, and that was really hamstringing her. I won't say that
Category: Health
Another year is ending, and what a wild year it has been. The little girl has really gotten into Christmas, and this year's Christmas and the girl looks like it's going to be the best one since she came home from the hospital. We've been working hard on so
Here in Canada, it's Autism Awareness month. With everyone in the family being on varying points on the spectrum, we'd rather that it be Autism Acceptance. Quite a few of my friends have children on the spectrum, and I am blessed to know them. They are my people. We
It's been about two months since things came to a grinding halt. We initially thought it was going to be two weeks longer than the planned March Break. But, in some ways for the best, we've been trying to learn from home. Kiddo has been doing well. She misses the
Every year around this time, I get really wound up about viruses and germs (or viruses and germies) The first year that the little girl was with us, we almost lost her to RSV. This year my adorable little illness vector managed to catch a cold, the flu and
I've been putting this entry off for a while, because I've needed time to digest, to sit and actually feel the emotions that come with this. The little miss has been diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. I know I shouldn't be surprised, because there is a large genetic
Little miss has been having a hard time with sleeping lately. I don't know if it's a cognitive leap or a physical growth spurt, but she's really having a hard time with getting to sleep and getting up from sleep. Which means Mommy and Daddy are having issues with sleep. Which
My daughter has a hemangioma. Well, she was born with three. One is very small, less than the size of a dime. But she has two on her face, which, evidently is normal with hemangiomas. What is a hemangioma? In short it's a benign blood vessel tumour. They don't know
I've just gotten home from a week in hospital with my daughter. She had bronchiolitis caused by a virus called RSV. She was the youngest baby admitted last week with the virus. We spent a week with her hooked up to wires and tubes. I have never, ever, been as scared
I take a bit of flack over my choice to not breastfeed the baby I'm having. Yes, I'm aware that breast is best. I would love to be able to, but... First, I'm on psych meds. Right now kidlet has no option to ingest them. When kidlet operates in the atmosphere, I