Bread and Roses

LB has long been into imaginary play, but since we moved to two homes, she has amped up several games. When we first moved, she would repe...

I think I'll always have that little baby in my mind when I think of how amazing she is now.  At four, LB had a friends party and ...

Advice on the internet: it's always worth the money.  Just because I need to periodically revisit issues I've decided not to worry a...

I wrote about some of the stuff LB is up to last week, but I forgot to mention the thing that has been the biggest positive for our quali...

The child is a chatterbox, especially when she's tired.  She has started "reading" to whatever mom is putting her to bed, whic...

LB has finally gone full swimmy.  I ordered four rashguard shirts for her to wear, so we could stop the fussing that happens everyday she ha...

It's been a week of work, and vomiting, and meetings, with just a little bit of the rage virus added in for good measure.  I finished my...

We had LB's IEP transition meeting today.  For those of you lucky enough not to know, that is the transition that three year olds make f...

LB's speech therapist C goes to visit her a daycare once a week, even though the hunch at this point is no speech issues, just some ...

A year and some ago, LB was not quite walking , and then she was not quite talking.  I was hanging out in the space between mom of typical ...

Good speech visit.  ST was impressed by LB's increased articulation, but we're not really sure how or why that happened.  LB wowed w...

Nothing much to see here, just a note to self. This morning was our first meeting with LB's new speech therapist.  We'll have eigh...

First off, I borrowed this book from the library.  I read this book for free!  How amazing is that?  I am really loving the library and tryi...

Last night was the last leg of my last extreme commute.  I find myself relived, very relieved, and sad, and excited, and scared.  I fee...

LB's behavior as of late has been "challenging." I guess it's just a mix of toddler, March in New England, sick and fussy,...

How I hated that phrase, and then, at some point in the last few months it happened.  At LB's developmental appointment in late Septembe...

The good news is that LB knows a new word: puke.  The bad news-she learned this new word after puking copiously in her crib.  She then seeme...

LB is in the midst of a modest language explosion, which is incredibly fun.  She knows she has a mama and a mommy, however, she calls us bot...

A few days ago we went back to the ENT, where we spent an hour waiting for a three minute exam.  Results: better, the infection in one ear ...

No stickers. Much screaming.  Exam results: fluid in one ear, low-grade infection in the other ear.  LB got some antibiotics.  Follow-up in ...