Bread and Roses

November is Prematurity Awareness month, for what it's worth.  In my writing class, I did an exercise describing an object with sentimen...

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...

This post is the one I don't want to spend the weekend writing.  I thought of funnier topics and cuter topics, but this is the post I ne...

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 ...

And now for something more substantive. I think I've hit the wall with my reading of books about preemies and their parents.  Probably...

If you read my previous post, you might think that LB only wears overalls and Mao suits, but I do have a weakness for baby hats and bonnets....

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...

November is.  Obviously I think prematurity awareness is an important public health/science/cultural issue, but it's also a strange one,...

Happy RSV Season (not)! It is the season of illness and ick, and if you have recently brought a preemie home, or you are expecting a preem...

Our Sandy experience was uneventful in the extreme.  I'm thinking of those who are still in the middle of it.  Life without power gets o...

I've previously reviewed books about preemies here  and here . If you have been looking for books about preemies, you have probably co...

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 ...

A month ago, I reviewed the books Extreme Prematurity and Fragile Beginnings here .  I recently read  Half Baked: The Story of My Nerves, ...

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

The past few days have involved a lot of carrying a screaming, thrashing toddler through the streets of our neighborhood.  Thankfully, she c...

LB's sticker says "I got my eyes checked!" Not to worry, no motivation killing empty superlatives there. Mild astigmatis...

Ladybug had her speech evaluation.  At first the therapist said she was just below the 25% delay cutoff and would qualify for services, but ...

When Ladybug was in the NICU, I did no reading about preemies.  In terms of preemie parents, I was probably on the extreme side of not wanti...

It appears that Ladybug may be walking, slowly, and with the warning from our PT that she could still need braces, but definitely walking. W...