Milestones

Strut

Current milestones at our home: A, Age: 5 Started kindergarten Didn’t get kicked out of kindergarten.  Fingers crossed, 4 weeks in. Decided of his own volition to start calling me by my first name instead of mommy, which puts me in danger of having an Amber Alert taken out on me.  Especially when he screams […]

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Apnea monitor

For 4 1/2 months, I’ve had what almost qualifies as an extra appendage. It’s this big blue contraption. One end was velcro’d securely around my baby’s chest and the other — the apnea monitor — was slung over my shoulder. Along with my baby bag. My purse. And the infant car seat carrier containing said […]

Premature Elation

Unless you or a close family member or friend have ever had a baby decide to come into this world really, really early, you probably have no idea what the preemie world is like. That was me a few months ago. My first son was born full-term without incident. This one, not so much. Go ahead and […]