Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Illness, Preventative medicine on Mar 9th, 2010
When my daughter was about 15-months-old I took her in for a well-check. “Whoa, she’s gained a lot this month,” my doctor told me. “What is she eating?” My answer was sort of complicated. Katelyn was a hungry kid and a good eater. This was a good thing, I thought, which is why I was [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Friendship, Health, Illness, Preventative medicine on Mar 3rd, 2010
I almost hate saying it, but I am surprised I am not hacking up a lung. Usually when I go away — and definitely after spending an afternoon in a kids’ ER — I get a cold. It’s been 48 hours now, and I am sniffle-free, but we’ll see what the week brings. I thought [...]
We all make choices for our kids. We try and make the right ones. Sometimes the choices work out okay. Sometimes they suck. I am just back from the emergency room because of a few choices I made. I am sad and upset.
We went away to Woodloch Pines this past weekend. We had been looking [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Health, Illness, Pregnancy, Research, Toxins on Feb 16th, 2010
I’m really mad at the Powers that Be. They have let us down yet again. This past month there has been a flurry of new research and lawmaking related to chemicals and toxins and their effects on our children. I want to know why it’s taken so long to figure some of these out.
The [...]
Posted in Health, Illness, Safety, Vaccines on Feb 8th, 2010
It has taken me almost 100 posts before tacking this highly charged subject. I didn’t want anyone to think I was anti-medicine or even anti-vaccine. I’m not, but an email I got last night is forcing my hand. The email was pretty inflammatory — emails on either side of the vaccine debate usually are.
The subject [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Illness, Meditation, Organic on Jan 25th, 2010
Last August my husband started having medical issues. Intestinal issues. Sort of. He’s had three operations so far. The last one didn’t work, so he will be having his fourth operation soon. It’s been hard on all of us, although, to quote his doctor, “This is something that’s more a pain in the ass than [...]
I didn’t post yesterday. I was a little busy feeling like I was dying. Keep in mind that I delivered both my babies without any drugs. Those deliveries were like a facial and a massage compared to my last 36 hours dealing with a stomach bug.
Today I still have a 101 degree Fahrenheit fever. [...]
Posted in Health, Illness, School and education, toddlers on Dec 23rd, 2009
My last blog post is getting record readership. And it’s spawning a ton of emails and Facebook posts. People say they felt defensive reading it. They say it was harsh against working moms. They say it has the ability to fan the flames of the Mommy Wars. I stand by the post. When I wrote [...]
I arrived at my local kid class center a few minutes early. I was doing a makeup. I usually go to the class during the day. This was an early evening makeup, though. Immediately, I saw him: The little boy lying on the floor in the corner. His eyes glassy, his nose snotty. He was [...]
Posted in Birth, Illness, Pregnancy, Preventative medicine on Nov 17th, 2009
Yesterday, I stumbled upon a great blog post over on MomLogic written by Angela Chee. She was complaining about incontinence issues with her pregnancy. As I read her post, my own issues with leakage came wooshing back at me.
I got the flu not once but twice when I was pregnant with Keira. I coughed almost [...]