I stumbled across a CD of pictures the other day, and I realized that most of you probably don’t know our (read that: Julianna’s) history, even though I allude to it often. So here goes. It was a long time before I looked at homemade pizza the same way again. Julianna was five and a…
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7 quick takes, Vol. 74
1. Not so long ago, there was a stink about breastfed babies not getting enough vitamin D, and how they needed supplementation. Turns out that formula fed babies are missing it, too. About halfway down this article comes this little nugget: “Although it takes just 10 to 15 minutes of sun exposure for…
Read MoreWhy a Person who HATES POLITICS is lobbying for a bill
I think it’s safe to say that most of us have no idea how the political process works. Several months ago, I got involved with PEP-C, which you may remember is trying to pass legislation requiring insurers to cover PT, OT and speech for kids (under 18) with developmental disabilities. Early in the process, one…
Read MoreLinkety-Snip 11-22-09
Sunday Snippets is a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. This week, my only overtly religious reflection was on the subject of Paul’s advice to women (and men!)…but I had lots of motherhood moments to ponder. I have just three links to share this week. The first is a…
Read MoreOkay, so since everybody’s looking…
The hits are jumping skyward so clearly people are jumping over from Facebook, expecting updates on Julianna. 🙂 Well, the vaporizer failed us at last, and Julianna went to the hospital tonight. We managed to keep her home for almost 10 days, so that’s something. I was putting her seat in Christian’s truck tonight when…
Read MoreIn Praise of Vaporizers (and other health-related stuff)
Who’d’a thunk it? A vaporizer has kept us out of the hospital—twice. Every source we’ve consulted about respiratory distress says to use a cool mist vaporizer, but somehow we’ve always hemmed and hawed and generally procrastinated about it. There’s the potential for mess. And the parenting books, which say they’re a health hazard of their…
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Oh, for the innocent days, before I knew that croup was not an old wives’ tale. For the days before the wheezing in the middle of the night—the stridor breathing in between each cry—made my blood run cold. For the days before I knew about pulsox and oxygen sats, floppy airways and bronchiolitis, and the…
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Kathleen M. Basi 