Went to the doctor today and yes Vivi does has a UTI (which is better than diabetes which was the other possibility - her urine had a strange smell and she has been guzzling water). And she has a cold. Which is good as the fever was caused by the cold not the UTI (a fever would have meant it was REALLY bad). So she is on antibiotics again. *grr ( Read more... )

Sorting through what could be the settlement of the year long custody/child support modification (which is a really nice term for something that is terribly expensive and has the potential to be particularly nasty complete with more legal mind games than I ever want to deal with again - but other than that can't go into the details of such until it ( Read more... )

New doctor appointment went well. She is a bit more conservative in terms of risk taking than the other one but actually seems to be paying attention and concerned, which is nice. I feel much more comfortable talking to her and not feeling like part of an assembly line. Baby has a good heartbeat and is growing well. I won't get to deliver at ( Read more... )

We all survived. And yes it was worse than I thought. I took pictures and actually cried in front of the teacher (she gave me a hug) but not in front of patrick who was fortunately very distracted by the train table. I stayed for about 10 minutes while she told me all the pertinent stuff and then waited until patrick was settled doing play-doh ( Read more... )

Well tomorrow is his first day. And while I really hate to make this all about me, I'm not doing well. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I am taking my precious child and dropping him off and entrusting his care to someone I haven't even met. He keeps asking me what he is going to do and how his day will go and I don' ( Read more... )

The older kids room is almost done. The problem has been a combination of how small the room is vs. how much stuff they have (and continue to get at every christmas/birthday/etc.). And I have a hard time getting rid of toys they outgrow because in a couple of years patrick and Vivi will enjoy it. So I am settling for weeding out the things I don ( Read more... )

I decided to call the preschool mostly to make sure patrick was in the right waiting list batch (they put him in the wrong one last round). And as a last ditch effort asked if they had any spots left in the pre-pre-K. Amazingly they said yes - that the mom who was supposed to have taken the last spot never showed up yesterday. So I explained ( Read more... )

For those in Texas contemplating not vaccinating, selectively vaccinating, or if you simply want the legal power to vary from the recommended schedule should you ever deem it necessary (ie your child is sick and you want to postpone, has a bad reaction to a shot and you want to delay the next one, etc.) without worrying about them not being allowed ( Read more... )

Despite sick baby and all of the other hell, Valentines day was surprising nice. My husband scheduled weeks in advance to be home that evening. It was a few hours of respite in all the chaos. He grilled steak and corn, even bringing me an artichoke (which I adore and crave mercilessly despite their prohibitive cost). There were chocolate ( Read more... )

When your child becomes sick, really sick, the entire world shrinks to their size. Long, long, long week. of a one year old with an untreatable virus and unrelenting 104 fever, her mouth covered in sores, not eating, not drinking, dehydration, doctor visits, waking up every hou, and finally the hospital (and the words "she was shutting down")and ( Read more... )